WOMEN-IN-HOCKEY Digest 309

Topics covered in this issue include:

  1) Re: Playing Time
	by Mary Wood 
  2) Re: Other teams in the DC and VA area
	by "Katie Frazier" 
  3) adult novice leagues
	by JENNY TURNER 
  4) Las Vegas Tournament
	by email@hidden (Kristen M. Ede)
  5) Re: Other teams in the DC and VA area
	by email@hidden (Diane E. Bender)

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Date: Sat, 31 Aug 1996 08:52:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: Mary Wood 
To: Lea and Robert Sanford 
Subject: Re: Playing Time
Message-ID: 

There are a few options for novice players here in the 
Baltimore/Washington D.C. area.  For those who want to play in a women's 
club, the Chesapeake Bay Lightning is offering a developmental program 
for beginners to lower intermediate players this year.  

For those who 
want to play in mixed, or men's leagues, there is an Adult Novice Program 
at one of the rinks here (Piney Orchard), however they are more of a 
clinic rather than a league, and their scrimmages are more like 
"pickup". 

Hockey North America, with locations in alot of cities, offers 
an Adult Beginner league which features an 8-week "school", after which 
teams play other beginner teams for 8 games, a playoff, and a 
championship game.  Teams automatically graduate to the next higher 
division after the first year.  




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Date: Fri, 30 Aug 96 11:06:29 EST
From: "Katie Frazier" 
To: email@hidden
Subject: Re: Other teams in the DC and VA area
Message-ID: 

I am a former college hockey player now one year into the "real world."  I
>am living in Alexandria, VA and working in Washington, DC.  Does anyone know
>of any hockey teams in either or both of these areas.  I have information
>on the Chesapeake Bay Lightning in Maryland, but was wondering if there was
>anything a little closer.  Any advice would be helpful.


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Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 09:47:33 -0700 (MST)
From: JENNY TURNER 
To: email@hidden
Subject: adult novice leagues
Message-ID: 


  The adult novice league does exist in other cities too.  I've seen them
in Northern California and now that we have a privately-owned rink we have 
one here in Tucson.  Of course, in any city where hockey is just being  
introduced to the locals, generally until the player base is built up, the
variation in talent on the teams is wide, so the "beginner's league" may
have people who need a higher level of play, but who aren't advanced
enough to play with the advanced group, and of course there aren't enough
folks to form that middle group.

  RE the comment that in a mixed league "sometimes skill cannot overbalance
brawn", implying that women can't be brawny if they want to be, you guys
haven't played with the right women.  If you want to travel out here to hell,
(did I say hell?  I meant Tucson), I'd be happy to arrange a woman-led       
goonfest for you.

jenny turner
#3     


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Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 15:49:55 -0400
From: email@hidden (Kristen M. Ede)
To: email@hidden
Subject: Las Vegas Tournament
Message-ID: 

I have recieved confirmation from California Hockey Productions that the Las
Vegas Senior Woman's Tournament will be held from Thursday February 27, 1997
to Sunday March 02, 1997.

For more informantion on this tourney, please contact:

California Hockey Productions (David)
(310) 478-2826

Our team, the Thunder Bay Blades (Northwestern Ontario) is anxiously
awaiting this tourney.  Apparently it is a 24 hour tourney, meaning games
are played 24 hours of the day.  Sounds like alot of fun.  If your team is
interested in attending, drop me an email so I can keep you updated..

See you in Las Vegas!

Kristen

email@hidden  (new email address)


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Date: Fri, 30 Aug 96 16:47:34 EDT
From: email@hidden (Diane E. Bender)
To: email@hidden
Subject: Re: Other teams in the DC and VA area
Message-ID: 

  Yes there are some women's teams in DC, one that we've played at the
rink in Reston, VA (I think their name was the Washington Wolverines).  I
don't know the other women's team in DC, I've only heard they exist.  Good
luck finding a team.  Let me know what you find so we can contact them too
for a travel weekend sometime.

Thanks,
Diane

NC Trailblazer's Women's Hockey 

-- 
Diane E. Bender
email@hidden


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