The Irish are nearer to him. They play a game called "hurling", which isn't the aftermath of competitive drinking, but Gaelic hockey. Handle tape is sold in the supermarkets, near the gum shields.
So, reading this, I thought, "Whaaa? Wot's 'e on about, then? Andre's pretty clear about most things, and I know about the hurley, so...??" And then, heel of hand-to-forehead, "Of course, he's talking about FIELD hockey!"
So, Heiko, the tape you want isn't hurley-stick-handle stuff--it's clear hockey tape, the clear plastic stuff made with a nice bit of lengthwise stretchiness that you gives you the tension you need so you can wrap it around your skates' ankles if you need to, or keep your shinpads properly located in your hockey socks, as the stuff was designed to do; OR you can use it as inexpensive-but-effective paint protector on Thorn's excellent products; OR as a ditto hanging-wire fixer-in-place; OR as a ditto handy removable-in-the-spring sealant on leaky window frames to shut out winter winds; and even as ditto emergency wound-closer if, perish the thought, you need it for that. 3M make it, as you might guess, but in my experience the best stuff comes from the small town of Renfrew, a little way up t' Valley from Ottawa, otherwise once famous for lumber and still for quality maple syrup.
Hope this helps, Andre, and best wishes from t'other side of the Great Cultural Divide, a.k.a. The Pond. - J.
