Looking for a fun unusual sport to play or watch in Chicago? I’m not talking about the typical basketball, volleyball or football. How about archery, croquet, bocce and more? Here’s a list of links to calendars for less popular sports in Chicago.
If you see any sports or links missing, please leave them in the comments below.
| Underdog Sport Event Calendars in Chicago | ||
| Sport | National Calendar | Local Calendar |
| Archery | USA Archery (homepage) | Chicago Bow Hunters |
| Pigeon Racing | American Racing Pigeon Union | Rockford Pigeon Club |
| Badminton | USA Badminton | Midwest Badminton Association |
| Bocce | United States Bocce Federation | ? |
| Boomerang | ? | ? |
| Croquet ("offical") | US Croquet of America | Chicago Croquet Club |
| Croquet (backyard) | ? | Chicago Croquet Squirearchy of Gentlefolk (not updated) |
| Darts | World Dart Federation | Windy City Darters |
| Disc Golf | World Flying Disc Federation | Disc Golf Club of Northeastern Illinois |
| Flutag | Red Bull Flugtag USA (no events until 2006) | — |
| Footbag | Footbag Worldwide | ? |
| Handball | United States Handball Association | ? |
| Laser Tag | — | Illinois Laser Tag (list of links, no specific events) |
| Paddleball | American Platform Tennis Association | ? |
| Racquetball | USA Racquetball | ? |
| Scottish Games | — | Illinois Sain Andrew Society |
| Skateboarding | ? | ? |
| Table Tennis | USA Table Tennis (not updated) | ? |
| Ultimate Frisbee | ? | Ultimate Chicago |
| Whirlyball | — | Whirlyball Chicago (homepage, no specific events) |
National Yo-Yo competitions http://www.ayya.net/event.php http://www.nationalyoyo.org/nyyl/nyyl_contests_by_date.htm Couldn’t find anything for local chicago Yo-Yo contests. Certainly there has to be some good Yo-Yo’ers in Chicago.
Let’s add Chicago Roller Derby to the list: http://www.windycityrollers.com/news/events.html
Chicago Polo at: http://www.chicagopolo.com
It seems like the Chicago Windy City Rollers (Roller Derby) updates their myspace profile more frequently then their site. Here’s their myspace profile: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=3650927
There’s another Chicago Roller Derby league called “Chi*Town Sirens Roller Derby. They have websites at: http://www.myspace.com/chitownsirens and http://chitownsirens.com/