Balwearie FBC play in the Northern League floorball tournaments held in Scotland. Balwearie were started by Fife College staff and lecturers who played out of the college gym and then moved to Balwearie recreation centre where they took the name as the club name. Balwearie joined the Northern League in season 2001 /02. In 2002 they formed their committee and the rest is history. Balwearie are from the Kingdom of Fife in Scotland and their members are mostly from the surrounding towns and villages which make up Fife, with the occasional member crossing the river Forth from the city of Edinburgh and the border town of Hawick. Balwearie have three teams: Thunder, Lightning & Storm. Thunder is the main competitive team. Lightning is the development team and Storm is the ladies team which plays in the Northern Ladies Threes tournaments. With the addition of Storm, Balwearie now run three teams in Northern league competitions.

Floorball is an indoor team sport played using composite sticks with a plastic vented blade where the aim is to put a light plastic ball into the opponent's goal. Floorball is most popular in Sweden, Finland and Switzerland, and is also played in several other countries, such as Norway and the Czech Republic. It is gaining popularity in many other places as well, including some countries outside Europe, such as Canada, Singapore, Japan, Australia and the United States.

Floorball is played in a court by six players per side. The objective of the game is to score goals by playing a plastic ball into the opponent's goal net, which is placed at the opposite end of the rink. The players may control and redirect the ball using a stick with a blade that is often curved at one end. Players must not use their hands, arms or head to play the ball on purpose. One may use other body parts. It is also allowed to play (especially stop) the ball once by foot, but not to score goals or pass to teammates.

A floorball team consist of 5 field players and one goalkeeper, whose primary job is to stop the ball from entering the net, and who is permitted unique gear towards that end. The goalkeeper is not permitted a stick. The playing field is 40 x 20 metres and enclosed by a board with rounded corners (50 cm tall). The goal cages are 1.60 x 1.15 m and 65 cm deep. The sticks are made of plastic or carbon and a bit over 1 metre long. The shaft is no longer than 99 cm and a blade of a different kind of plastic is attached to its end. The ball is made of plastic, is 72 mm in diameter, has a maximum weight of 23 grams, and has 26 holes in it.

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