TGHA Update

April 24, 2008

 

Attention Coaches

Next Board Meeting

Watch Gold Medal Game

Dads and Daughters

TGHA Board Members

 

Attention Coaches

TGHA Teams for 2008-09

Coaches Sought for All Teams

Deadline:  May 12, 2008

 

TGHA is in search of qualified and dedicated people to coach for the 2008-09 season. Anyone who is interested please contact Vice President for House Karen Muckstadt or Vice President for Travel John Golay at the email or addresses below with a letter of interest.

 

Please include in your letter the following:

 

1. Your background in hockey.

2. Why you would like to be a TGHA coach.

3. Current USA Hockey coaching certifications you have.

4. What team (s) you have interest in coaching

 

If you are not yet coaching-certified you will have to obtain your USA Hockey coaching license before you coach by attending one of many USA Hockey coaching clinics available in the summer and fall.

 

As of the April 3rd TGHA Board Meeting, TGHA will be supporting the following teams:

 

Initiation

House

Recreation

12U

14U

16U

19U

 

Thank you for your interest in coaching for TGHA. We are looking forward to the 36th year of TGHA, and with your help on the ice we will have another successful season.

 

If you have any questions please contact one of us:

 

Karen Muckstadt

TGHA Vice President for House

340 Hunt Hill Rd. 

Ithaca, NY 14850

539-6920

 

John Golay

TGHA Vice President for Travel

87 Genung Circle

Ithaca, NY 14850

272-8916

 

tgha0708@yahoo.com

 

Board Meeting

 

All TGHA parents and caregivers and coaches and teen players are welcome at any board meeting including the next one which will feature planning for next season:  Tuesday May 13 at 7:00 p.m. at the Cayuga Heights Fire Station near Community Corners.  Contact Mary or Matt for directions or to suggest items for the meeting agenda.

 

Watch the USA Win Gold

 

If you missed Team USA winning the gold medal at the Women’s Worlds or just want to relive the moment, here’s your chance. Follow the link below to the Women’s Worlds home page and you’ll find a link to watch video of the gold medal game where the U.S. beat Canada for the world title.

 

PS Cornellian Rebecca Johnson was playing for Canada.

 

http://www.usahockey.com//Template_Usahockey.aspx?NAV=TU_02_03&ID=24064

 

Dads & Daughters Togetherness Tips

 

You want to do something fun with your daughter—but WHAT? Here are just a few of the dozens of ideas in our book The Dads & Daughters Togetherness Guide: 54 Fun Activities to Help Build a Great Relationship by best-selling fathering author (and Dads & Daughters President) Joe Kelly.

 

1.  Do six impossible things before breakfast. Pop into your local diner or café for a father-daughter sit down breakfast. Before the food comes, you each dream up six impossible things. From riding flying horses to lifting up the seat cushion to find a secret door to China, this creative thinking exercise stimulates fun conversation and, chances are, you’ll still be talking about it when you’re walking or driving back home.

 

2.  Build an edible bridge. Use marshmallows, pretzel sticks, and gumdrops to construct a miniature bridge—and get a fun physics lesson. Test the bridge’s strength by stacking cookies and crackers on top. Then eat your building materials when the bridge collapses!

 

3.  Take a drive to nowhere. Turn off the radio and let her navigate. You may be surprised what you find in your very own town! Leave time to make fun stops at tag sales or other interesting landmarks.

 

4.  Make a Top Ten list. You write down 10 important things you want your daughter to know before she grows up. She lists 10 important things she wants to learn about you and your life before she moves away. The resulting conversations create life-long memories.

 

5.  Let her be the coach. Ask her to teach you how to do something she is talented at.  Your daughter’s self-esteem will grow as she shows you how to make origami cranes, weave friendship bracelets, or create a podcast.

 

6.  Write a story together. Whether in person, over the Internet, or via old-fashioned snail mail, take turns creating a story. She writes a section, then you move the plot and characters along for a section, then she takes it back for the next stretch. Add illustrations, too. A perfect togetherness activity for dads and daughters who don’t live in the same place.

 

7. Get your own copy of The Dads & Daughters Togetherness Guide, the ultimate rain-or-shine resource for girls and their dads and stepdads.

 

Get more resources for fathering daughters at www.DadsandDaughters.org!

 

TGHA Board Members

 

Co -Presidents         Matt Ulinski              mattulinski@verizon.net

                             Mary Grainger           mmgithaca@aol.com

Vice President for

House/Initiation        Karen Muckstadt       skemuck@yahoo.com

 

Vice President

for Travel                John Golay               jwgolay@twcny.rr.com

 

Secretary                Cindy McPherson      cmcpher5@aol.com

 

Treasurer                Judy Yonkin             jlyonkin@twcny.rr.com

 

Ice Scheduler          Dave Herrick             dah@tgmillerpc.com

 

Registrar                 Cathy Long              cel3@cornell.edu

 

Communications        Catherine Van Brunschot sdunk@twcny.rr.com

 

Fund Raising            Barbara Horton         homesweethome@fltg.net

 

Coaching

Coordinator              Lita Remsen             litarem@gmail.com

Rep at Large/

Cub Club                  Wayde Whittaker      wmw9@cornell.edu

 

Mary
Mary M. Grainger
421 Highland Road
Ithaca, NY 14850

Phone 607-257-3268
Fax 607-257-0483
Cell 607-280-4380