Hi Folks,
A few things to catch you up on………
Our Colour Awards
(Athletic Banquet) was held in late March, revealing some extraordinary
accomplishments and accolades, namely:
1.
Our team awards were presented to:
a.
Marianne
Alarie as the Rookie of the Year
b.
Gemma
Bullard and Jenny Wright as
co-recipients of the Coach’s Award
c.
Liz Boag
as the team’s Most Valuable Player
2.
Kathryn
Telford, our lead Student Trainer won the Hal Dunlop trophy as the university’s
top student trainer. Kat has been an
integral part of our team for the past two seasons, and will be moving on to
Chiropractic College this fall.
3.
Liz Boag
received the PHE 55 Award as the Top Female Athlete in the University. Liz is one of only a handful of athletes to
capture the Alfie Pierce Award (as the Top Rookie) in her first year and then
be awarded the PHE 55 in her fifth year.
Outstanding!
Two days after Colour Awards, our team headed to Toronto to
catch the Raptors-Lakers game at the Air
Canada Centre. Courtesy of Robyn Pearson’s parents, the team was
treated to a Skybox experience for the second year in a row (complete with food
and beverages), and were invited down to floor level for the Raptors warm
up. Raptors commentator, Jack Armstrong, was kind enough to come
over and chat with the players.
Our trip to
Barcelona, Spain, scheduled for late August is starting to take shape.
Still a number of tweaks to be made, but hopefully I can share the itinerary in
the next newsletter.
Our Alumni Game and
Reception (complete with Silent Auction) has been established for the fall,
again in conjunction with our Tindall
Tournament. October 16-18 are the
dates, with the Alumni Game to take place on Saturday, October 17, 2015. We will be honouring team members from the
1995-96 to 1999-2000 teams. Please put
these dates on your calendar and I will follow up with more information in a
later Newsletter.
We are gearing up to host the JUEL and JUEL-Prep Championships on May 8-10. In addition, we are also hosting the OUA All-Star game as a feature on the
Saturday evening (7pm tip time). The All
Star game will include Jenny Wright
and Liz Boag. Over the course of the weekend, we will have up
to 5 gyms running at time – a huge undertaking.
Anyone wishing to help out would be welcomed with open arms – just drop
me a note.
Lastly, we are heading into Summer Camp Season with our Thursday nights, Elite Training and
Scrimmage the first to hit the floor, beginning May 28th. For a list of all our camps, please check
out: http://rec.gogaelsgo.com/sports/2015/2/18/CAMPS-KIDS_0218153233.aspx#
(under Sport Specific Camps).
That’s it for now.
All the best.
Dave.
