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TGHA Update March 24, 2004
It's time for the TGHA "Celebrate the Season" Banquet!
Tuesday, March 30 6:00 p.m. Boynton Cafeteria
RSVP by Friday March 26
Every TGHA player and her family
are invited to join the rest of the TGHA crew for our annual
end-of-season dinner and banquet. Come and enjoy a night out with
your teammates, and be honored for your many months of hard work
on and off the ice, for the millions of miles and smiles shared by
us all, and for the great contributions you've made to your team
and to the entire TGHA organization. Your coaches and our Cornell
hockey Cub Club Sisters are planning to attend, too, so it's sure
to be an evening of fun!
Here's what you need to know. . .
Date: Tuesday, March 30, 2004
Time: 6:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Location: Boynton Middle School cafeteria
**REMEMBER TO WEAR YOUR TEAM JERSEY!**
(Parents can come dressed as parents, or may feel free to don a
hockey jersey!)
We'll enjoy a delicious "gourmet dinner" of pizza, salad, dessert
and soft drinks, followed by presentations and highlights of each
team's season. It's sure to be a night to remember . . . hope you
can be there!
A donation of $3/player, $5-10/family (depending on the size of
the family) is suggested to cover some of the costs.
We ask that you RSVP as soon as possible and before March 26 by
phoning or emailing Lisa McCutcheon (305 The Parkway, Ithaca, NY
14850) lmccutch@twcny.rr.com,
257-0054. Please bring your contribution ($3/player or
$5-10/family, depending on size of family) or mail it to Lisa in
advance.
Do you have TGHA Equipment to
Return?
Lisa McCutcheon is the
new Equipment Loan Manager with her husband Coach Rich.?nbsp; If
you have equipment to return, consider handing it in on Thursday
March 11, the last TGHA practice of the season.?nbsp; The other
easy way to return it is at the Banquet.?nbsp; Questions? Julie
Eisenhut is about to transfer it to Lisa, lmccutch@twcny.rr.com.?nbsp;
Thanks Julie and Tony for handling this big job for so many
years!!
Girls Age 13+ Invited to
Play in Spring League
Here's a good once-a-week
women's scrimmage for anyone 13+ years old interested in keeping
in touch with hockey, easy and cheap, this Spring.
Please take a look, spread the word, and LET ME KNOW IF YOU ARE A
'YES.' Payment is due to Russ at the Rink by 3/31, next
Wednesday, the first session. I need a head count. If we don't get
20 subscribers, it doesn't happen!
3 months, April, May, June
3/31, 4/7, 4/14, 4/21, 4/28, 5/5, 5/12, 5/19, 5/26, 6/2, 6/9,
6/16, 6/23, 6/30
Wednesday nights
8:30 pm to 9:45 pm
RINK
$125 for 14 sessions (less than $8 per!)
pick-up style scrimmages
Payment due Russ at The Rink by 3/31, and please let me know too.
Russ will charge walk-on's a higher rate, maybe $12 to $15, so
it's a much better deal to sign up for the whole spring, and split
the subscription cost with someone, if you like.
Hilary T. Fraser
607-273-4200
htf@twmlaw.com
Lots of hockey excitement
continuing this month!
Girls and Womens Hockey's
Nationals are....Local This Year!
The Rochester Youth Hockey Association will host the USA
Hockey Women's and Girls' National Hockey Championships at the ESL
Sports Centre from March 25th through April 4th, 2004.
These two tournaments will feature more than 75 of the best female
hockey teams in the United States, including six Rochester Edge
teams, all competing to become the best of the best for 2004. USA
Hockey currently has more than 39,000 female hockey players
registered throughout the United States up from only 5,500 players
in the early nineties.
The Women's Nationals contains A, B & C level competition while in
the Girls' competition National Champions will be determined in
the girls 12 & under, 14 & under, 16 & under, and 19 and under
Tier 1 categories.
"We are very excited to have been selected to host this
prestigious event. Rochester's history in women's rights and its
strong support of youth hockey makes our town the perfect location
to host this national event." said Ron Weinstein, Tournament
Chairperson.
The Tournament schedule is as follows:
· Women's National Championships March 26th through March 28th,
Games begin each day at 9:00 am and run until 9:00 pm.
Championship Games will be played on Sunday, March 28th
· Girls' National Championships March 31st through April 4th,
2004
Games begin each day at 9:00 am and run until 9:00pm.
Championship Games will be played on Sunday, April 4th.
For a complete schedule visit
www.usahockey.com/2004nationals/main/girls_women
Results will also be posted throughout the weekend.
A Tournament Pass including all games is available at ESL Sports
Centre costing $20.00 for adults, $12.00 children. Single day
passes are available for $8.00/adults and $4.00/children. For
more information log onto www.ryhockey.com, email Ray Cardella at
dirgirls@ryhockey.com or call Kevin Sweeney at the ESL Sports
Centre at 424-4625x101.
All female hockey players wearing THEIR TEAM jersey will be
admitted to any of the games free of charge.?
Megan Shull, the American Girls author, will have a book
signing on April 1st from 10:00 am until 3:00 pm in our main
lobby.?She will also address the athletes at their opening
ceremonies.
Friday evening, April 2nd, there will be a welcome party for the
girls with entertain-ment by Nix Chix (part of the Nick n the Nice
Guys entourage).?nbsp; The public is invited to attend but we have
not yet set the admission price.
More Local Notes:
Tara Bricker and Carol Mullins will likely be seen wearing referee
stripes during the Girls/Womens competition!
Some local women may be playing on the Senior A team, New York
Northstars!
Some local girls play on the Syracuse 14U and 16U teams which will
represent New York district.
TGHAers in the news!
*TGHA alumna Elizabeth
Yale-Loehr scored the game winning goal for Middlebury College
womens ice hockey in the D3 National Championship game!!!
*16U goalie Maegan Mikula was Eagle Broadcasting Athlete of
the Week for her 22 shutouts this season!
*TGHA alumna and parent Sue Cosentini will be speaking on a
panel of womens college hockey pioneers at the NCAA Frozen Four in
Providence, RI, that begins Friday March 26. Follow the hockey
action online if you don't find in the media:
www.uscho.com
and
http://monstermac.princeton.edu/frozenfour.htm
http://monstermac.princeton.edu/publicschedule.htm
*Do you remember Sara and Dahia Naguib and their parents
who moved to Maryland two years ago? Nora reads TGHA-All still and
they are part of a growing program for girls in their area. She
wrote:
"You guys must be in the midst of planning the banquet.
We just had ours and I wanted to let you know that Sara received a
very nice award in the Baltimore Youth Hockey club. The
Vivian Kovelman award is awarded annually to the girl who has made
the single most significant contribution to her team with
dedication to practice, development of her skills and performance
in games. The player who, with displays of character as much
as talent, exemplifies girls' hockey at its best.
In addition to being a proud parent, I wanted to let you know
about this because of the important influence that TGHA had on
Sara in her formative years of hockey. She has never
forgotten "RSTG." That emphasis on values that build
character both on and off the ice, which was instilled by the TGHA
coaches and family, has served Sara well. With the Vivian
Kovelman award, she has been recognized not only for her hockey
skills, but more importantly, for her character that serves as a
role model for her teammates.
Thank you, TGHA, for your role in making this award possible!
Check out the Baltimore Youth Hockey website (www.byhstars.org) to
see pictures of Sara receiving her award and the nominations she
received.
I hope that you all are doing well. Please give my regards
to our TGHA friends!"
If you visit the web site you read about their 14U team
winning their local tournament and both girls are pictured. Sara
also played on their older girl team.
*USOC Honors '98 Women's Ice Hockey Team
With their gold medal performance at the 1998 Olympic Winter
Games in Nagano, Japan, the U.S. Olympic Women’s Ice Hockey Team
sparked Olympic dreams for girls everywhere. Team USA upset
Canada, the favorite and four-time defending World Champion, for
the first-ever gold in women’s Olympic hockey. Members of the 1998
U.S. Olympic Women’s Hockey Team included Chris Bailey, Laurie
Baker, Alana Blahoski, Lisa Brown-Miller, Karyn Bye, Colleen
Coyne, Sara DeCosta, Tricia Dunn, Cammi Granato, Katie King,
Shelley Looney, Sue Merz, A.J. Mleczko, Tara Mounsey, Vicki
Movsessian, Angela Ruggiero, Jennifer Schmidgall, Sarah Tueting,
Gretchen Ulion and Sandra Whyte. Every member of the 1998 U.S.
Women’s Ice Hockey Team was told at some point in her life that
she couldn’t play ice hockey because she was a girl. That only
served as motivation for them, however. Led by stars Cammi Granato,
Karyn Bye, Shelley Looney, A.J. Mleczko and Sarah Tueting, the
U.S.A.’s 3-1 victory in the gold medal game over Canada sparked a
flood of emotion and pride rarely seen.
The U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame returns to its roots in Chicago
where the charter class was enshrined in 1983, with such Olympic
legends as speedskater Eric Heiden, Bob Beamon, Cassius Clay,
Peggy Fleming, Al Oerter, Jesse Owens, Wilma Rudolph, Mark Spitz,
Jim Thorpe and the 1980 Miracle on Ice Hockey Team.?
Annual additions continued through 1992, adding Olympic legends
such as Bart Conner, Donna de Varona, Dorothy Hamill, Sugar Ray
Leonard, Carl Lewis, Greg Louganis, Phil Mahre, John Naber and
Mary Lou Retton.?
The Hall of Fame consists of 151 Distinguished Members, including
68 athletes from individual sports, five teams and 11 special
contributors.?
Through April 14, fans are invited to log onto
usolympicteam.com,
the official site of the U.S. Olympic Team, to vote for the
athletes they feel are deserving of Hall of Fame induction.
Participating online voters will be automatically entered to win
one of three VIP trips to Chicago to attend the 2004 U.S. Olympic
Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.
To vote and view athlete bios with video vignettes, visit:
http://www.usolympichalloffame.com
To see a photo gallery of the individual candidates, visit:
http://www.usolympicteam.com/photo_gallery/2004HoF/index.html
To see the complete press release on the Induction, visit:
http://www.usolympicteam.com/goldmedal/031004_p_hofpr.html
To see all existing Distinguished Members of the Hall, visit:
http://www.usolympicteam.com/goldmedal/031004_p_hof.html
Mary
Mary Grainger
421 Highland Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
607-257-3268 phone
607-257-0483 fax
mmgithaca@aol.com
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TGHA, 2003/2004
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