by Michelle D
So basically it was our last night in Helsinki, we started at the hotel bar, moved to a different bar, I ended up riding our tour guide back to the hotel and then had to be carried to my room by a pair of Bolianaz's.
It all started by MB Inferno winning second place in the Lion's Cup a few hours earlier and recieving a little silver cup trophy. In celebration we took turns drinking beer from our winnings on the patio of the hotel bar. Our handy tour guide, Jaakko, took us of a wonderful place aprrox. 550 meters (never trust a boy who he deals in meters) away from the hotel, where the drink were cheaper. The pub was a good time for all and expect one random women who kept yelling at us. "One by one, outside." She was just upset because her friend had to be carried out of the bar, (much like myself a few hour later, but under different circumstances).
At the end of the night I discovered that alcohol does not ease pain as much as I had anticipated it to do so. I determined that I was not going to survive Jaakko's "550 meter" hike back to the hotel, but as it turns out I didn't need too, because in Helsinki the tour guides are always there for you! The next thing I knew I was on the back of our friendly Finnish tour guide as a gaggle of giggling girls followed close behind.
Once back at the hotel I spent some quality time with a bag of ice and three other intoxicated people before finally making it up to my floor. Unfortunately my good momentum stopped there. The freezing from the ice went away and walking just wasn't an option any more. Thanks to a pair of Bolianaz's (finally someone who could give me an accurate measurement of distance, 20 steps) I finally made it to my room where my umimpressed mother was awaken. Possibly the most entertaining and painful night of my trip!
Current time: 2-3am Sunday Aug 1
Current Location: Helsinki, Finland
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Monday, August 9, 2010
Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany
By Taylor #93
Tuesday Aug 3, 2010
Current time 12:00 noon
WOW! That's the first thing you'll say when you see the Allianz Arena. It's huge. It seats up to 69,000 people. Its so new & modern looking compared to everywhere else we've seen- I guess that's because it's only 5 years old. The outer dome lights up at night and glows red, white or blue. They used to have light shows but they caused so many accidents on the highway so now they only shine those 3 colors at intervals of 15 (or was it 50) minutes each.
The dome doesn't close because the grass is real and the arena is for football (soccer) only- not for concerts. They made us cheer so we could hear our echo. It was cool. There are 2 HUGE TV screens that the tour guide said are the size of a 4 room house. The FC Beyern Munich team and the Munich 1860 team both play here. If you have box seats you get to see every game played. There are 106 private boxes & they cost between 100,000-250,000 Euros per year to rent- holy crap!
They have cool dressing rooms that have a massage area or a hot tub attached to them.
Audi is a big sponsor of the arena so all players on the Bayern Munich team get a new Audi every year. I wouldn't drive to the games though- they have the biggest parking lot in Europe (10,000 cars) and it takes 2 hours to get out of the lot after games.
Tuesday Aug 3, 2010
Current time 12:00 noon
WOW! That's the first thing you'll say when you see the Allianz Arena. It's huge. It seats up to 69,000 people. Its so new & modern looking compared to everywhere else we've seen- I guess that's because it's only 5 years old. The outer dome lights up at night and glows red, white or blue. They used to have light shows but they caused so many accidents on the highway so now they only shine those 3 colors at intervals of 15 (or was it 50) minutes each.
The dome doesn't close because the grass is real and the arena is for football (soccer) only- not for concerts. They made us cheer so we could hear our echo. It was cool. There are 2 HUGE TV screens that the tour guide said are the size of a 4 room house. The FC Beyern Munich team and the Munich 1860 team both play here. If you have box seats you get to see every game played. There are 106 private boxes & they cost between 100,000-250,000 Euros per year to rent- holy crap!
They have cool dressing rooms that have a massage area or a hot tub attached to them.
Audi is a big sponsor of the arena so all players on the Bayern Munich team get a new Audi every year. I wouldn't drive to the games though- they have the biggest parking lot in Europe (10,000 cars) and it takes 2 hours to get out of the lot after games.
July 31 – Inferno vs. Turku White
By Jen M
Earlier this evening we played our third and last game for the day. We were all pretty tired but we were pumped to play! We had a quick warm up then got dressed to play.
The game started off with two pretty quick goals back to back. First Turku white scored then very shortly after Rayanne scored. Within the first minute the score read 1-1. The game continued to be very evenly matched. Turku White scored near the end of the period then again we scored right after, thanks to Megan. By the end of the first period the score was 2-2.
Going into the second we were ready to score more goals. Megan scored early in the period then Turku White scored soon after. Coming near the end o0f the period we were in need of a goal. Steph scored and then Nic R. scored right after to secure the win!!
GO INFERNO!! let's do it again tomorrow!!
Current city：Turku, Finland
Current time: 8pm Saturday July 31
By Jen M
Earlier this evening we played our third and last game for the day. We were all pretty tired but we were pumped to play! We had a quick warm up then got dressed to play.
The game started off with two pretty quick goals back to back. First Turku white scored then very shortly after Rayanne scored. Within the first minute the score read 1-1. The game continued to be very evenly matched. Turku White scored near the end of the period then again we scored right after, thanks to Megan. By the end of the first period the score was 2-2.
Going into the second we were ready to score more goals. Megan scored early in the period then Turku White scored soon after. Coming near the end o0f the period we were in need of a goal. Steph scored and then Nic R. scored right after to secure the win!!
GO INFERNO!! let's do it again tomorrow!!
Current city：Turku, Finland
Current time: 8pm Saturday July 31
Game #4- July 30th
Game #4 – July 30
by ?
At 7:45am this morning we left the hotel to go to the arena for our 9am game. We had a solid warm up in preparation for our game vs Turku Blue. Turku Blue was the youngest team in the tournament. We started off with heavy feet and didn't have our usual jump. Once we finally started playing our game we scored the first goal. The refs were not the greatest and gave us the dumbest penalties ever. We played the first half of the game with three players most of the time. Although they managed to to score only one goal off their many 3 on 2's. Throughout the 2nd half we finally got to start playing with five players again. Thankfully we ended up winning the game with a final score of 4-2. The goal scorers were Steph, Nicole M, and Danielle scored twice. We didn't quite have our top game but we managed to recover and mark another win down on the chart. After the game we all found something to eat and rested at the arena. We stayed at the rink until we played our next game at 1pm.
Current City：Turku, Finland
Current time: 11am, Aug 1
by ?
At 7:45am this morning we left the hotel to go to the arena for our 9am game. We had a solid warm up in preparation for our game vs Turku Blue. Turku Blue was the youngest team in the tournament. We started off with heavy feet and didn't have our usual jump. Once we finally started playing our game we scored the first goal. The refs were not the greatest and gave us the dumbest penalties ever. We played the first half of the game with three players most of the time. Although they managed to to score only one goal off their many 3 on 2's. Throughout the 2nd half we finally got to start playing with five players again. Thankfully we ended up winning the game with a final score of 4-2. The goal scorers were Steph, Nicole M, and Danielle scored twice. We didn't quite have our top game but we managed to recover and mark another win down on the chart. After the game we all found something to eat and rested at the arena. We stayed at the rink until we played our next game at 1pm.
Current City：Turku, Finland
Current time: 11am, Aug 1
Turku Sights
Turku sights – July 30 (friday)
by Laura E
driving to turku went swiftly. arriving in Turku, we picked up our (in my opinion) much better tour guide (she had a less annoying voice) and zoomed off around the sunny streets of Turku. She toured us around the river Aura, and explained how when turku was first settled, the river was the lifeline of the community, and named as such.
Next was the Turku cathedral, majestic and old. Our guide has an extensive knowledge of Turku's history, detailing about how a fire ravaged most of the city, and how the new city plan was different than past plans.
After that, we headed to Turku castle, an enormous castle that first started as merely a battle fortress. our tour guide was SUPER cute. Would have stayed longer just to look at him (and his english was excellent as well, but that's less important)
Bussed to Wirhuri Arena for our exhibition game.
After a quick communal shower in the rink, we hurriedly did our hair and makeup and raced on the bus to the Kupittaa Paviljonki (sp??) a beautiful wood building that held the opening banquet. The food was pretty good and apparently the dessert was SUPER good (I was too full). We were split up into groups of 2-4 and told to mingle with girls from the other teams. Who you sat with seemed to dictate how much communication happened. At my table with Kelsey we said about four sentences to these girls and got one word replies. Beth, Jaz and Nicole's table however were super rowdy behind us! Talk about feeling inadequate! Anyways, it was a nice time, with a group picture at then end.
We bussed to our hotel, checked in, and hit the hay.
Current City: Turku, Finland
Current time: 9pm, July 30
by Laura E
driving to turku went swiftly. arriving in Turku, we picked up our (in my opinion) much better tour guide (she had a less annoying voice) and zoomed off around the sunny streets of Turku. She toured us around the river Aura, and explained how when turku was first settled, the river was the lifeline of the community, and named as such.
Next was the Turku cathedral, majestic and old. Our guide has an extensive knowledge of Turku's history, detailing about how a fire ravaged most of the city, and how the new city plan was different than past plans.
After that, we headed to Turku castle, an enormous castle that first started as merely a battle fortress. our tour guide was SUPER cute. Would have stayed longer just to look at him (and his english was excellent as well, but that's less important)
Bussed to Wirhuri Arena for our exhibition game.
After a quick communal shower in the rink, we hurriedly did our hair and makeup and raced on the bus to the Kupittaa Paviljonki (sp??) a beautiful wood building that held the opening banquet. The food was pretty good and apparently the dessert was SUPER good (I was too full). We were split up into groups of 2-4 and told to mingle with girls from the other teams. Who you sat with seemed to dictate how much communication happened. At my table with Kelsey we said about four sentences to these girls and got one word replies. Beth, Jaz and Nicole's table however were super rowdy behind us! Talk about feeling inadequate! Anyways, it was a nice time, with a group picture at then end.
We bussed to our hotel, checked in, and hit the hay.
Current City: Turku, Finland
Current time: 9pm, July 30
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Greetings from Austria!
By Rayanne
This morning we went to Hohenwerfen castle which was about an hour away from our hotel, and was on top of a mountain! When we arrived we took a funicular (cable car) to the top. The scenery was gorgeous! We were shocked to see that people used to LIVE all the way up there!
During pur tour we were shown the castle's torture chamber (nic r loved it!) along with the bell tower. It was amazing to have been lucky enough to have seen such an old monumental part of Austrian history.
They also had a bird show, and one of the birds escaped and flew away into the trees.
All in all, the castle was a lot of fun, and a great way to start our very long day!
We're all missing our friends and families and can't wait to see everyone back home. Until Sunday, G'day mate! (yes I know that's austrailian and not Austrian... Whatever!)
Current time: 12pm aug 4
Current city: Salzburg, austria
This morning we went to Hohenwerfen castle which was about an hour away from our hotel, and was on top of a mountain! When we arrived we took a funicular (cable car) to the top. The scenery was gorgeous! We were shocked to see that people used to LIVE all the way up there!
During pur tour we were shown the castle's torture chamber (nic r loved it!) along with the bell tower. It was amazing to have been lucky enough to have seen such an old monumental part of Austrian history.
They also had a bird show, and one of the birds escaped and flew away into the trees.
All in all, the castle was a lot of fun, and a great way to start our very long day!
We're all missing our friends and families and can't wait to see everyone back home. Until Sunday, G'day mate! (yes I know that's austrailian and not Austrian... Whatever!)
Current time: 12pm aug 4
Current city: Salzburg, austria
Greetings from Austria!
By Rayanne
This morning we went to Hohenwerfen castle which was about an hour away from our hotel, and was on top of a mountain! When we arrived we took a funicular (cable car) to the top. The scenery was gorgeous! We were shocked to see that people used to LIVE all the way up there!
During pur tour we were shown the castle's torture chamber (nic r loved it!) along with the bell tower. It was amazing to have been lucky enough to have seen such an old monumental part of Austrian history.
They also had a bird show, and one of the birds escaped and flew away into the trees.
All in all, the castle was a lot of u
fun, and a great way to start our very long day!
We're all missing our friends and families and can't wait to see everyone back home. Until Sunday, G'day mate! (yes I know that's austrailian and not Austrian... Whatever!)
Current time: 12pm aug 4
Current city: Salzburg, austria
This morning we went to Hohenwerfen castle which was about an hour away from our hotel, and was on top of a mountain! When we arrived we took a funicular (cable car) to the top. The scenery was gorgeous! We were shocked to see that people used to LIVE all the way up there!
During pur tour we were shown the castle's torture chamber (nic r loved it!) along with the bell tower. It was amazing to have been lucky enough to have seen such an old monumental part of Austrian history.
They also had a bird show, and one of the birds escaped and flew away into the trees.
All in all, the castle was a lot of u
fun, and a great way to start our very long day!
We're all missing our friends and families and can't wait to see everyone back home. Until Sunday, G'day mate! (yes I know that's austrailian and not Austrian... Whatever!)
Current time: 12pm aug 4
Current city: Salzburg, austria
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Aug 3 - salt mines at hallein
By Marri
Well it was a bit rainy on the way to the salt mines and Peter (aka Petey) the bus driver took us on a little loop de doop and and we had to turn around once, maybe twice but sure enough we got there!
When we first got to the mines we put on these white suits with pointy hoods. Not going to lie we looked like we belonged to the kkk. Then we took the this dainty little train into the middle of the mine and that thing picked up a lot of speed by the end. After getting off the train we walked down more of the mine which was small, black and a bit frightening at times but we saw some salt samples and a weird machine. Overall we got a good feeling of what it would be like to be a salt miner, and decided that it wouldn't be a chosen career for any of us in the future.
After watching a couple of videos we went on a boat and saw an underwater cavern in the salt mine that they lit up with pretty colours such as blue, red and green. It was probably my favorite part.
My next favourite part was going down the steep wooden slides - altho I felt like I was going to get slivers in my bum and your butt was on fire by the time you got to the bottom - it was still a fun treat! When we got to the bottom of the 2nd slide we were at the deepest, coldest, and might I add the smelliest part of the mountain. There we crossed back into Austria from Germany (we crossed the border underground) kelly b said is was like the tunnel leading to Canada but I'm going to take a stab in the dark and say she was wrong.
After getting back on the train and returning to ground level we went into the souvenir shop and bought a bunch of goodies like steak and chili flavoured salt. Tam tam B even worked her magic and got us a bunch of free different kinds of salt (tam tam is very good at getting free things just like the drinks at the pub in Helsinki, right tam tam?)
Well that's about all I can say about a salt mine ... A very interesting experience overall. Time to sleep. Hi family!
Current time: 5pm aug 3
Current city: Salzburg, Austria
Well it was a bit rainy on the way to the salt mines and Peter (aka Petey) the bus driver took us on a little loop de doop and and we had to turn around once, maybe twice but sure enough we got there!
When we first got to the mines we put on these white suits with pointy hoods. Not going to lie we looked like we belonged to the kkk. Then we took the this dainty little train into the middle of the mine and that thing picked up a lot of speed by the end. After getting off the train we walked down more of the mine which was small, black and a bit frightening at times but we saw some salt samples and a weird machine. Overall we got a good feeling of what it would be like to be a salt miner, and decided that it wouldn't be a chosen career for any of us in the future.
After watching a couple of videos we went on a boat and saw an underwater cavern in the salt mine that they lit up with pretty colours such as blue, red and green. It was probably my favorite part.
My next favourite part was going down the steep wooden slides - altho I felt like I was going to get slivers in my bum and your butt was on fire by the time you got to the bottom - it was still a fun treat! When we got to the bottom of the 2nd slide we were at the deepest, coldest, and might I add the smelliest part of the mountain. There we crossed back into Austria from Germany (we crossed the border underground) kelly b said is was like the tunnel leading to Canada but I'm going to take a stab in the dark and say she was wrong.
After getting back on the train and returning to ground level we went into the souvenir shop and bought a bunch of goodies like steak and chili flavoured salt. Tam tam B even worked her magic and got us a bunch of free different kinds of salt (tam tam is very good at getting free things just like the drinks at the pub in Helsinki, right tam tam?)
Well that's about all I can say about a salt mine ... A very interesting experience overall. Time to sleep. Hi family!
Current time: 5pm aug 3
Current city: Salzburg, Austria
Tournament game #5 vs. Hyvinkaa
In game #5 we met the toughest team in the tourney. They went undefeated in their first 4 games.
After the first period we were tied 2 all. The atmosphere on the bench was intense, you could tell that everyone was giving their all.
About a minute into the second period hyvinkaa scored to take a one goal lead. I think they came into the game thinking it would easy considering our score against Turku blue in game 4. They sure picked it up In the 2nd half.
They popped In a couple more goals and we couldn't manage to rally bAck, with the final score of 9-4. I tried to block that part out of my memory... Although i felt a little better learning that they were the finish champs - that's pretty impressive.
After the game they were awarded the trophy while we had to wait the outcome of the next game to know if we got second or third plaCe.
That game went in our favor and we got second!!!! The 3 captains were called up to get the trophy and i have to say that was one of the proudest moments I've had being a Canadian ringette player - picking up a trophy and bringing it back to our team to celebrate. Our team as a whole had a great tournament and surprised a lot of people over here and I'm glad i had such a great group to share it with :)
After the first period we were tied 2 all. The atmosphere on the bench was intense, you could tell that everyone was giving their all.
About a minute into the second period hyvinkaa scored to take a one goal lead. I think they came into the game thinking it would easy considering our score against Turku blue in game 4. They sure picked it up In the 2nd half.
They popped In a couple more goals and we couldn't manage to rally bAck, with the final score of 9-4. I tried to block that part out of my memory... Although i felt a little better learning that they were the finish champs - that's pretty impressive.
After the game they were awarded the trophy while we had to wait the outcome of the next game to know if we got second or third plaCe.
That game went in our favor and we got second!!!! The 3 captains were called up to get the trophy and i have to say that was one of the proudest moments I've had being a Canadian ringette player - picking up a trophy and bringing it back to our team to celebrate. Our team as a whole had a great tournament and surprised a lot of people over here and I'm glad i had such a great group to share it with :)
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Note from coach kel:
Some of these posts are out of order... Not sure why they got jumbled. More to come shortly, but we are bringing home the 2nd place cup!!!!
The pride we're all feeling is indescribable.
... More to come ...
The pride we're all feeling is indescribable.
... More to come ...
July 29 - Grona Lund (amusement park)
By Chelsea K
Last day in Sweden, and it was a good one! While some people went to an outdoor museum, a bunch of us ventured off to an amusement park called Grona Lund. We got there about 1/2 an hour before it opened so we were stuck waiting in the rain! Once 11:00am hit Kelly B and I burst through the gates while everyone else got in trouble for running by the crazy people. We went on many rides including rollercoasters that were extremely jerky (one killed Nik's uterus). There was a nice log ride of love, Jen really enjoyed that one! I think everyone's favourite ride was the "dance party that spun really fast" The whole team had a great bonding moment to "Miami bitch" on this ride. We all pulled out some radical dance moves.
As we were leaving we were destined to go on one last ride, the merry go round. This is where Steph was absolutely mortified that Jaz and I stole her giraffes from her. Fortunately she forgave me, aren't I the luckiest girl in the world.
Overall it ended being a great day a well as an awesome bonding experience for our team!!
Current city: Stockholm, Sweden
Current time: 8pm July 29
Last day in Sweden, and it was a good one! While some people went to an outdoor museum, a bunch of us ventured off to an amusement park called Grona Lund. We got there about 1/2 an hour before it opened so we were stuck waiting in the rain! Once 11:00am hit Kelly B and I burst through the gates while everyone else got in trouble for running by the crazy people. We went on many rides including rollercoasters that were extremely jerky (one killed Nik's uterus). There was a nice log ride of love, Jen really enjoyed that one! I think everyone's favourite ride was the "dance party that spun really fast" The whole team had a great bonding moment to "Miami bitch" on this ride. We all pulled out some radical dance moves.
As we were leaving we were destined to go on one last ride, the merry go round. This is where Steph was absolutely mortified that Jaz and I stole her giraffes from her. Fortunately she forgave me, aren't I the luckiest girl in the world.
Overall it ended being a great day a well as an awesome bonding experience for our team!!
Current city: Stockholm, Sweden
Current time: 8pm July 29
Kelsey H. July 28 - sightseeing in Stockholm
For our second day in Sweden a very full day. We ended up spending the whole day in Sweden because of a scheduling problem with the ferry. This meant we just had more time to do things. We started off the day going to drottingham palace. This palace has been the official home of the royal family since 1981. We explored the rooms from the past. We got to see how royalty lived hundreds of years ago. Although we had a private tour for our group, two Asian girls were tagging along, so we named them 30 and 31 in our group, until Hedy kindly asked them to leave. After some exploring of the palace grounds and a break with ice cream and a cold drink, we headed to the city center.
Here we did some shopping and sightseeing. We then had a boat tour around stockholm. We watched the scnery and beautiful architecture. However the rocking of the boat did put some of us to sleep. This gave some of the girls an opportunity to take pictures of jaz with crackers in her mouth. It was quite funny but she wasn't happy when she woke up. Because we had an extra night in Stockholm, Jaakko our tour guide found us some more ice to practice. We did some drills, practiced some of our plays and had a little scrimmage against each other. After our practice we went back to the hotel for dinner then off to bed.
Current city: Stockholm, Sweden
Current time: 9pm July 28
Here we did some shopping and sightseeing. We then had a boat tour around stockholm. We watched the scnery and beautiful architecture. However the rocking of the boat did put some of us to sleep. This gave some of the girls an opportunity to take pictures of jaz with crackers in her mouth. It was quite funny but she wasn't happy when she woke up. Because we had an extra night in Stockholm, Jaakko our tour guide found us some more ice to practice. We did some drills, practiced some of our plays and had a little scrimmage against each other. After our practice we went back to the hotel for dinner then off to bed.
Current city: Stockholm, Sweden
Current time: 9pm July 28
kelly b post - game 2 vs. VG-62 July 31
post by Kelly B.
A big hello from Turku Finland! We have had a very busy day, I'm happily writting this from the comfort of my hotel bed after three games today. It is my duty to fill you in on game two of the day, which was our 3pm game (7am Wpg time) against VG-62. Unfortunately we weren't able to pull out the win, but we definitely put up a good fight loosing 4-3 with goals by Nicole R., Kelly, and Dani. Our team played very well , we kept up our inferno spirt and managed to have some fun! Just a quick hello to the fam back home!
Current city: Turku, Finland
Current time: 9pm July 31
A big hello from Turku Finland! We have had a very busy day, I'm happily writting this from the comfort of my hotel bed after three games today. It is my duty to fill you in on game two of the day, which was our 3pm game (7am Wpg time) against VG-62. Unfortunately we weren't able to pull out the win, but we definitely put up a good fight loosing 4-3 with goals by Nicole R., Kelly, and Dani. Our team played very well , we kept up our inferno spirt and managed to have some fun! Just a quick hello to the fam back home!
Current city: Turku, Finland
Current time: 9pm July 31
Game 1 NoU Ringette vs. Inferno! July 31st
By Nicole M
Well the day has finally arrived! The reason why we came to Europe...not just to sightsee, drink and party the whole time. Game one finally came here.
Waking up at 7:45 was death! Marri and I were very tired in the morning. I Practically had to pull her out of bed as our alarm clock (my phone) was going off forever! Anyways back to the game!
So it was neat that at the beginning of the game the national anthem played! Once the game got started I think NoU was pretty shocked that we kind of have a different syle of play. If we put two on the girl with the ring they would panic and give it up most of the time. That was a great advantage for us.
Nicole R scored the first goal of the game! Then Beth scored now it was 2-0, we thought we had good possession and everything but guess what they scored twice in the second period to tie it up! :O
The periods are only 15 minutes long but with the ice it was the same tiredness we get at home.
In the second half with ten secods left i scored the worst goal ever, HAHA but the main reason is that we won! Wish everyone was there to celebrate our first game against the Europeans.
Well the day has finally arrived! The reason why we came to Europe...not just to sightsee, drink and party the whole time. Game one finally came here.
Waking up at 7:45 was death! Marri and I were very tired in the morning. I Practically had to pull her out of bed as our alarm clock (my phone) was going off forever! Anyways back to the game!
So it was neat that at the beginning of the game the national anthem played! Once the game got started I think NoU was pretty shocked that we kind of have a different syle of play. If we put two on the girl with the ring they would panic and give it up most of the time. That was a great advantage for us.
Nicole R scored the first goal of the game! Then Beth scored now it was 2-0, we thought we had good possession and everything but guess what they scored twice in the second period to tie it up! :O
The periods are only 15 minutes long but with the ice it was the same tiredness we get at home.
In the second half with ten secods left i scored the worst goal ever, HAHA but the main reason is that we won! Wish everyone was there to celebrate our first game against the Europeans.
Saturday, July 31, 2010
I'M ON A BOAT - July 29th to 30th
By: Nic R.
Last night we got the pleasure of riding from Stockholm to Helsinki on a ferry. It was good times indeed! We started out at the buffet dinner, which was delicious. The best part was... All you can drink wine! We definately took advatage of that. Dinner was alot of fun, particularily for Bethany. She was even coming up with clever lines like (touché recipe...with multiple recepies).
Two hours later we were ready to explore the rest of the ship. We started out at duty free where we made some important purchases. Next we headed over to the "fun club" where a couple of us made some elderly friends we shared a couple of dances with. We also met Karl a 15 year old Estonian boy who taught Bethany how to say "I Love You" in many different languages... But not Mandarin. We also met two players from a team in Turku who we will see at the tournament, they were really nice! After more dancing and socializing we headed on down to the karaokee bar. We met alot of fun new people, including a biker group that Steph befriended. We wrapped up the karaokee doing a rendition of Titanic's "My Heart Will Go On" (Beth, Chels, Breann, Marri, Steph, Tami, Jaz, & Myslef) It was beutiful. After singing our hearts out we all went our seperatee ways to bed.
Current Location: Middle of the Baltic Sea (between Stockhold & Helsini) OR I'm on a boat.
Local Time: 11:00am, Friday June 30th
Skansen-July 29th
By: D'Arcy Bain
Further to great trip several of us left to exlpore Skansen, Stockholm's 75 acres of open air living history. Although it was raining we experienced the traditional buildings and farmsteads from all over Sweden (from the extreme north to the skÅne framstead in the south) the 150-200 year old buildings are set among gardens and countryside that are typical of their origins. Guides wearing traditional costumes can tell/pretend to be in former times.
This is an excellent, huge site requiring 3 to 4 hours to do it justice. We experienced rain which shortend our enrichment time but it would be recommended to look at it in the future.
We followed our shortened tour with a light lunch at the sollider restaurant after visiting the notable glass blowing venue, engineering venue '8machines as old as Canada), animals of Sweden (seals, moose, reindeer[Swedish meatballs]), brown beans and farmsteads.
Again, this is an impressive exhibit requiring 2 to 3 hours and good weather to do it justice. Lots of food, souvenir shops, and guided information.
Current Location: Stockholm Sweden
Current Local Time: 3:00pm, Thursday July 29th
Further to great trip several of us left to exlpore Skansen, Stockholm's 75 acres of open air living history. Although it was raining we experienced the traditional buildings and farmsteads from all over Sweden (from the extreme north to the skÅne framstead in the south) the 150-200 year old buildings are set among gardens and countryside that are typical of their origins. Guides wearing traditional costumes can tell/pretend to be in former times.
This is an excellent, huge site requiring 3 to 4 hours to do it justice. We experienced rain which shortend our enrichment time but it would be recommended to look at it in the future.
We followed our shortened tour with a light lunch at the sollider restaurant after visiting the notable glass blowing venue, engineering venue '8machines as old as Canada), animals of Sweden (seals, moose, reindeer[Swedish meatballs]), brown beans and farmsteads.
Again, this is an impressive exhibit requiring 2 to 3 hours and good weather to do it justice. Lots of food, souvenir shops, and guided information.
Current Location: Stockholm Sweden
Current Local Time: 3:00pm, Thursday July 29th
Ice Bar! - July 28th
By Nicole M
Being underage. Not a problem when you were with a bunch of 18-20 year olds. Marri, Steph, Kelly B, coach Kelly, Reanne, Nicole, Megan, Teresa, Laura, Breanne, Bethany, Taylor, Tricia, and myself all went into an ice bar. The bar was pretty sweet! Even though Breanne and I were underage here we still got to drink. A bunch of 18 year olds went infront of us and got ID'd but when I went up and told them I left mine at home and the girl said that "it was fine" haha. We went into a waiting room where they gave us jackets with furry hoods and mitts. Once we got into the bar, the music was blasting and everyone just got so excited and happy! (Breanne wasn't complaining) The walls and bar were made outta ice and there was an ice sculpture you can take pictures in. The cups were made of ice and looked like giant ice cubes. The straws were made out of black licorice but I didn't like mine so I gave mine to Kelly. I'm sure my mom would have loved them. Taylor got a sprite to drink and they put a glow in the dark food colouring in it so it was glowing green. It was so neat. Her tongue glowed too.
Well after we were done our drinks, we were pretty much ice cubes ourselves as we were wearing shorts, sandels and tank tops underneath our jackets. Good times at the Ice Bar! I would highly suggest it if you've ever been that you make your way over to one because they are awesome.
Current Location: Stockholm Sweden
Current Local Time: 5:00pm, Wednesday July 28th
Being underage. Not a problem when you were with a bunch of 18-20 year olds. Marri, Steph, Kelly B, coach Kelly, Reanne, Nicole, Megan, Teresa, Laura, Breanne, Bethany, Taylor, Tricia, and myself all went into an ice bar. The bar was pretty sweet! Even though Breanne and I were underage here we still got to drink. A bunch of 18 year olds went infront of us and got ID'd but when I went up and told them I left mine at home and the girl said that "it was fine" haha. We went into a waiting room where they gave us jackets with furry hoods and mitts. Once we got into the bar, the music was blasting and everyone just got so excited and happy! (Breanne wasn't complaining) The walls and bar were made outta ice and there was an ice sculpture you can take pictures in. The cups were made of ice and looked like giant ice cubes. The straws were made out of black licorice but I didn't like mine so I gave mine to Kelly. I'm sure my mom would have loved them. Taylor got a sprite to drink and they put a glow in the dark food colouring in it so it was glowing green. It was so neat. Her tongue glowed too.
Well after we were done our drinks, we were pretty much ice cubes ourselves as we were wearing shorts, sandels and tank tops underneath our jackets. Good times at the Ice Bar! I would highly suggest it if you've ever been that you make your way over to one because they are awesome.
Current Location: Stockholm Sweden
Current Local Time: 5:00pm, Wednesday July 28th
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Jaz's Blog (a.k.a jessinta) First day in Stockholm
Arena in Stockholm where we had two practices
Greetings from Stockholm! Well well well, where to begin! Our flight from Dusseldorf to Stockholm was a rough one. First off there were no TV's and this blonde family in front of us acted like children. They talked loud and the older boys bounced around and adjusted themselves multiple times. The mom was by far the worst, she took her socks off and started picking her toes, sick!
Once we arrived we met our tour guide Jaakko(pronounced YAK - OH). Nic R. loved her first encounter with him. We then took a tour of Stockholm on our bus. We were all pretty grumpy and tired. Kelly insisted that we DO NOT sleep on the bus. I obeyed her rules... NAT! After our tour was done we checked into our dandy little hotel. Again Kelly insisted that we DO NOT nap. I disobeyed her once again. We then headed off to practice! We arrived at the rink and it was quite chilly, like we were practicing in Lortette. Throughout our practice we took some team pictures and did some drills. I also revealed a name my parents were going to name me and got harrassed. No one should name their child Jessinta. While leaving the rink, Nicole R was dying to have a scrimmage against these random men we saw. She really wanted to play shirts vs. skins. She also wanted us to be skins...don't know how i feel about that! After practice, back to the hotel we went! I was quite famished after practice so my dad (Darc) and i went out for dinner. We went to this quaint pizza pace where we enjoyed a lovely pizza together. We also had a quite the view while eating! We watched Gord put out a bike that was on fire. I smell a change in employment Gord! Just kidding. Well big day ahead of us tomorrow, better catch some z's as my good old friend Jen would say!
Current location: Stockholm, Sweden
Current time: 11:11
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Day 1- Winnipeg Toronto dusseldorf STOCKHOLM!!!
By breann
As per usual going to toronto I cried taking off and leaving. I felt the. Plane ride was very short and time flew by. This could be because ray and I sat together and laughed the whole time. Once in Toronto we all went off and had lunch. I had a great lunch at a place called casey's with Nicole m, ray, magan, Jen, nic r, Chelsea and jazz. After our supposed to be 4 he layover our flt to dusseldorf was delayed by an hour. I was not very happy about this because I hate flying enough as it is. I hated the 7.5hr plane ride. Not only because I had to try to sleep on this plane but the seats were small and squishy. The flight was long and uncomfortable, and most of us barely slept. We had a funny flight attendant who had classic German white blond hair that was all shaved except his bangs. Dad you should try out that hair style!
I found the turbulence bad on that flt but I really hate flying so it might not have been so bad.
On a happy note, the sunrise was so beautiful.
Anyways, family if you're reading this see you soon, I miss you guys!
Note from coach kel: everyone made it safe and sound with only a few minor hiccups. We'll try to post some pics later and get the next post about our first day in Stockholm
After our practice.
Current time 4:45pm tuesday July 27
Current location Stockholm, Sweden
Sunday, July 25, 2010
in 12 hours...
we'll be boarding the plane, and all the planning and stressing will be over. We had a great exhibition game today, sort-of inter-squad but with some awesome "randoms" who came out to make it do-able. It was a blast; things are looking good, no one got (too) hurt, and everyone got their skates sharpened and last-minute equipment from Pro Connexion... Paul and his staff have been awesome in the last few weeks!!! thanks!!
Over the weekend everyone got their jackets and pants... big thanks to Jacqueline and Ron at Shippam who helped us with the jackets, they are incredible! The pants also look great, Jenn at TNM did a great job! The Believe patches all got sewed on to the pants (thanks to my wicked awesome Mom who turned around 19 pairs of pants in less than 12 hours!) Some of us spent the evening last night at the Bain residence, who hosted us for a BBQ - it was a nice relaxing evening and the weather was great!
Now we're really down to the wire... text messages are flying with last minute "remember..." and I'm running around my house like a chicken with my head cut off (a handi-capped chicken I guess, since my back is uber-sore!) trying to round up the last bits of stuff we need.
At the game today we divided the next two weeks into bite-size pieces, so you (our loyal followers) will be getting a summary of all the days/nights/events we experience in the next 14 days. Altho we may not be able to post every day, there will be an entry from every day and we'll get them posted as quickly as possible.
Thanks for your support, and keep us in your thoughts and prayers over the next two weeks!!
Coach Kelly
here is a pic of the stitching on our jackets... the script is on the front and the logo is on the back
Over the weekend everyone got their jackets and pants... big thanks to Jacqueline and Ron at Shippam who helped us with the jackets, they are incredible! The pants also look great, Jenn at TNM did a great job! The Believe patches all got sewed on to the pants (thanks to my wicked awesome Mom who turned around 19 pairs of pants in less than 12 hours!) Some of us spent the evening last night at the Bain residence, who hosted us for a BBQ - it was a nice relaxing evening and the weather was great!
Now we're really down to the wire... text messages are flying with last minute "remember..." and I'm running around my house like a chicken with my head cut off (a handi-capped chicken I guess, since my back is uber-sore!) trying to round up the last bits of stuff we need.
At the game today we divided the next two weeks into bite-size pieces, so you (our loyal followers) will be getting a summary of all the days/nights/events we experience in the next 14 days. Altho we may not be able to post every day, there will be an entry from every day and we'll get them posted as quickly as possible.
Thanks for your support, and keep us in your thoughts and prayers over the next two weeks!!
Coach Kelly
here is a pic of the stitching on our jackets... the script is on the front and the logo is on the back
Friday, July 23, 2010
#11 Jen
Hello everyone my name Jen and I m 19 years old! I have been playing ringette for probably about 10 years! I originally started playing in Calgary and hated every minute of it! Once my family moved to Winnipeg it took a lot of convincing for me to play again but I am so happy I continued to play or I would not be going on this trip! I can't
wait to go!
Last year I took the year off from ringette and travelled to Germany to be an au pair! I worked for a German family with 7 children, just out of Stuttgart (which is 2 hours away from Munich). It was very overwhelming at first, but my family was very welcoming and spoke perfect english which was extremely helpful! I have to say it was a great experience and I learned so much!
I am so excited to be going back to Europe especially with such a fun group of girls! I cant believe we are leaving in just three days i don't where the time has gone, need to start packing but.... i know that is not going to be started till the very last night! Oh man Diane is going to kill me!
wait to go!
Last year I took the year off from ringette and travelled to Germany to be an au pair! I worked for a German family with 7 children, just out of Stuttgart (which is 2 hours away from Munich). It was very overwhelming at first, but my family was very welcoming and spoke perfect english which was extremely helpful! I have to say it was a great experience and I learned so much!
I am so excited to be going back to Europe especially with such a fun group of girls! I cant believe we are leaving in just three days i don't where the time has gone, need to start packing but.... i know that is not going to be started till the very last night! Oh man Diane is going to kill me!
"3 DAYS!!!" - Taylor
Hey! My name is Taylor, most people call me Tay. I'm going on this trip as an honorary player. I'm 10 years old- almost 11. I've only been playing for 4 years, but play in winter, spring, and summer camps, so it feels longer. I started ringette when I was 7, played 1 year each at bunnies and novice and age advanced to petite at 9. I was hoping to age advance again this year to play with that same team since I've had 2 years of petite, but now I'm looking forward to the merge and trying out for an awesome A team. This is my first trip overseas (mom's too), and I feel special to have been picked out of all the junior players. I'm looking forward to the ferry cruise between Finland and Sweden, but not so much to the plane rides. To get ready for the trip I got some new clothes, new backpack, books and stuff for the plane, and emptied out the memory card on my camera. I've asked for early birthday money so that I can buy a cool new ringette stick in Finland.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
the Manitoba Inferno BELIEVE!!!
just a few days before departure... the Inferno have jumped on the "Believe in the Goal" patch program, supporting the cause started by local hockey player Todd Davison.
(Please see http://www.believeinthegoal.com )
We have benefitted from community sponsorship to help us take this once in a lifetime trip to play the sport we love in countries on another continent... and upon hearing about the patch program, nothing would have stopped us from joining this initiative!! We share the same love of being on the ice as Todd did, and supporting young victims and survivors with cancer is something small we can do to show how thankful we are for this opportunity.
Inferno players will proudly wear the TD 34 Believe patch on our pant legs, and hopefully be able to tell the story of Believe in the Goal to the people we meet in Europe over the next two weeks.
Please look into supporting this cause... get a patch or purchase a ticket to the SuperStar Summer Showdown on August 11 at the MTS Centre. Tons of info (including Todd's story and how you can become a BELIEVER at http://www.believeinthegoal.com
#5 Bethany
Hey everyone!
So my name is Bethany, I'm 19 years old and I have played ringette for 11 years, but took the year off last year to coach the Silver Heights Belle A with Kelly. I'm very excited to be playing because coaching is awesome but it's tough to be watching and not being able to be on the ice and play the sport I love so much. All the girls going are so amazing and talented you couldn't have asked for a better group. Lets kick some european butt! :)
I am so not prepared for leaving but I have lists of everything I need to bring and pack, I just haven't got around to getting it all together so this weekend will be a bit of a gongshow trying to gather everything and spend time with those who aren't lucky enough to come with me :)
The only thing I'm not looking forward to is the plane ride. I'm not a fan of flying and I just pray that I can sleep on the way there because our first day will be a very full and long day! So wish me luck!!
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
#18 Chelsea
Hi there, my name is Chelsea K. I am 19 years old and have been playing ringette since I was 8. Back then I couldn't skate or do anything with a ring.. so it's pretty hard to believe that all these years of playing has led me on a trip to Europe!! I have played out of St. James my whole life, this year I played for Silver Heights Belle A Stars!
It's still so hard for me to believe that I will be on a different continent in 7 days!! I've always wanted to go to Europe, but who would've thought that ringette would take me there! I'm lucky to get to experience this trip with some of my best friends, Mom and radical teammates. Since my mom is coming.. she is pretty much going psycho about packing and preparing for our departure, where as I have not done a thing. I'm pretty excited to buy some new shoes this week, and of course my money bag.. My mom just got one from winners that she's pretty stoked about. Can't have pick pocketers picking my pocket!!
I'm most looking forward to going to Germany.. but I really think every city we go to will be absolutely unreal. I will make sure to report back with a lot of pictures for all of your little eyes to see!
Monday, July 19, 2010
#10 Nicole R. (Nic)
Hey! Im Nicole R and I'm 18 years old. I have been playing ringette since i was about 9. I play out of St. James, this year i played for Belle A Silver Heights Stars. My most memorable ringette moment has to be when my team went to westerns.
Im really pumped about the trip, I think its gunna be awesome being overseas and playing ringette with such a fun group of people. Im also pretty excited to room with the Bains on the ferry, that should be a great time.
GOOO INNFERRRRNOOOOO woooo
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
#25 Rayanne L .. 13 days left!! :D
hihi, my name's Rayanne L.! I recently turned 18 and I am the newest (and last, I think) member to join the Manitoba Inferno team :) woo!
I have been playing ringette for 9(or so) years now, and have played at all levels. I played 3 years with the Eastman AA Flames, and the remainder of the years with Lorette or Grunthal. I'm so excited to go to Finland and play the sport I love in a completely new place! It'll be my first time out of Canada. :)
Unfortunately, I haven't started packing yet, so I should probably get on that. The only thing I do have is a money belt, which thankfully my friend's mom is letting me borrow! (Thanks RobbyIrv!).
I remember when Kelly invited me to join the team, and how excited I was then, with MONTHS to go before the departure date. Now that its only 13 days away, its hard to contain my excitement! Thanks mom & dad for everything and letting me go, love you! Go Inferno.
Sunday, July 11, 2010
# 6 Kelly B.
Hi everyone! My name is Kelly Bacon and I’m twenty years old. I started playing
Ringette at the age of four so it’s been a large part of my life since before I knew which skate went on which foot.
I’ve played AA as well as A, mainly out of the south end of the city (APFG). Aside from playing, I’ve also done some coaching and instructing. I’ve earned a Gold, Silver and Bronze medal at the Western Canadian Ringette Championships. I was lucky enough to be picked up to play with Team Manitoba at Westerns twice, as well as getting to experience it with the girls I’ve grown up playing with. I’ve done plenty of traveling throughout Canada to different tournaments however I have to say Europe is the most exciting place to date.
I couldn’t be more excited to go do what I love across the ocean with a very talented
and altogether great group of girls. So far I really haven’t done anything to prepare for the trip.., to the dismay of my parents this is a general trend in my life. After a year of fundraising and hard work by many people it is super exciting to finally be this close to leaving!
#12 Steph
Hi everyone! My name is Steph and my blog is only 11 days late (sorry kelly!) I am 20 years old and attend the University of Manitoba.
I started out as a figure skater but quit when I was 8 and I've been playing ringette ever since. I have played at the AA and A level, out of APFG, for 12 years now. I have had the privilege to be apart of Team Manitoba twice,Team Host as well as being placed on the All Star team at the Western Canadian Ringette Championships. I have coached in the past but have been mostly instructing ringette at various camps all over Winnipeg for the past 4 years as a full time job and even made a trip up to Thompson, MB.
I can't believe the trip is only TWO weeks away.. It seems like yesterday when Coach Kelly first asked me if I was interested in traveling to Europe to play. I am very excited.
If you know me, you probably won't be surprised when I tell you I haven't done much planning for the trip yet but I have big plans for the next two weeks.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
#13 Megan
My name is Megan Mankewich. I just turned 18 years old and have played ringette for 13 years now. I am from the Interlake so I have played on teams out of Warren and Stonewall. I have also played in St. James and I also played Magic AA for a year.
I have coached my sisters team for a couple years and time keep when the warren arena needed. Throughout most of the winter I am constantly in and out of arenas. The people I have met throughout playing this sport are incredible people and getting the chance to travel with them to Eurpore, is a great opportunity. This trip is going to be an experience of a life time and I am super excited for it.
As for preparing I have not done much. I got a nice light weight suitcase as a grad present and a money belt that was used when some of my class mates travelled to Europe over spring break. For the most part I will probably be super rushed a few days before the trip to get ready. I have never travlled out of North America so this will be a great experience!
#9 Kelsey
My name is Kelsey and I am 20 years old. I have played Ringette for 14 years. I played mostly on A teams in my years of playing Ringette. I never really had a home team to play on when I was younger; I have been bounced around from River East to Transcona since I was 11. I did however find a home in St. James with a wonderful team and awesome people. The highlight of my Ringette career, beside this trip, would have to be when I went to Westerns.
To prepare for this trip so far I have bought a money belt and a toiletry bag. I also replaced my gloves because my old ones were missing the palms. I am most looking forward to going to Prague and the actual tournament.
*Note from Coach Kelly: sorry for the delay in posts. Hope to get back on track asap!
Monday, June 28, 2010
28 days!!
Hey! I'm Nicole, and I have been playing ringette since I was in novice. I've mostly played out of my area of St. James my whole life, so it has been great because I don't have to go that far for practices. Last year I played for the Sliver Heights Belle A team.
I am one of the youngest going on the trip to Europe, at age 17. Even though my sister Jen is playing on the team, this is the first time I will be traveling internationally without my parents. I am really looking forward to traveling overseas because I've never been to Europe! Not looking forward to the long flight but can't wait for the ringette tourney and all the countries we get to visit. I must get a camera ASAP!
All the fundraising we have been doing is making me more and more excited to go away. I can't wait for the week before the 26th, to start packing and getting all the little things I need! Now, what do I need....... and what should I be waiting to buy when we are away is the question.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
June 26-27 car wash pics!
Thanks to Buggy Bath (Ness at Moray), Food Fare (Portage at Mount Royal) and Robin's donuts (portage at moray) for your support this weekend!!!!
washing some VERY dirty SUVs at Robin's Donuts on Portage
MLA Sharon Blady sponsored our car wash!
NVRDN guy giving us lessons on car washing... he was prepping for a car show!
Buggy Bath car wash
washing some VERY dirty SUVs at Robin's Donuts on Portage
MLA Sharon Blady sponsored our car wash!
NVRDN guy giving us lessons on car washing... he was prepping for a car show!
Buggy Bath car wash
Bonster
Heyyy everyone. I'm Laura. I have to apologize for the less than flattering picture. I've been writing a paper all weekend, and I was at the Robins' Car Wash this morning.
I say I'm 20 to everyone who doesn't really know who I am. But I'm really 19. I've been playing ringette since I was 5 (yay only two years of bunnies), and I've played at both the A and AA level, always by choice. I've always played within my area, dear St. James, except for this year, my first year of Open, where I played out of the APFG. I've been part of Team Host once, but I was in Europe for the entire thing, so it doesn't count as much. I don't really coach. I kinda half managed the Belle A team under Kelly this year, but I had a lot of other things going on, and so I wasn't very good.
I am super pumped about the trip. Every time I talk about it to someone, I get that much more excited. I've done some basic clothes shopping, but that's really it. I've got shoe shopping to do, possibly picking up a DS for something to do on the 15 hour flight there and back (My bum! She will be numb!). I haven't been able to do a ton of planning yet, as I'm taking a spring course at university, and it has definitely taken up all my time and energy. I'm done tomorrow, so needless to say, my credit card will be much busier in the next few weeks.
Super looking forward to play! It can't come soon enough!
Friday, June 25, 2010
30 days, 23 hours and 5 minutes! – Not that I’m counting..
Hello all! First off, my name is Danielle. I’ve got no cool nickname like ‘T’ so.. you can call me Dani!
I’m 22 years old and regretfully, the senior lady on the team. This upcoming year will be my 16th season playing and 6th season coaching. I started coaching bunnies and gradually moved up and last year coached a Junior A and Belle A team. I was also fortunate enough to coach the All Star game at the MTS Centre this past winter.
As a player, I’ve played all over the city, Maples, Transcona, River East, Silver Heights and most recently Dakota. Over the years I’ve been very fortunate with the skill of the players and coaches on my teams. We participated in the Manitoba Winter Games and 3 bouts at the Western Canadian Ringette Championships as team Manitoba. My ringette has brought me a lot of travel over the years; Calgary, Vancouver, Regina, Saskatoon and The Pas just to name a few, but this by far is the most exciting! After a year and a half of planning and saving, we’re almost there and I cannot wait! I haven’t really done much to prepare just yet, I’ve gotten a converter for the outlets over in Europe and a new memory card for my camera, which will no doubt be full when I return!
I’m especially lucky to have my sister join me (Coach Chandra) on this adventure and that my parents are able to make the trip as well. This will for sure be a once in a lifetime experience. I’m really looking forward to promoting our sport and our country overseas and especially playing at a high level of competition in the country that holds the current World title!
30 days, 23 hours and 5 minutes!
30 days, 23 hours and 5 minutes!
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
"T" minus 33 days...
My name is Teresa Wells, commonly called 'T'. I've played ringette since Bunnies (that was a while ago!) and have been playing goalie religiously since second year novice. I've played from B level, to AA level, and have leveled out at A, with some of the best players around! I've had the honour of playing on a All-Star Team, as well as Team Manitoba and Team Host. As a player, I've never really had to play on a team that is not from my area (St. James), but as a goalie I've been called up to play with AA as well as open teams from all over Winnipeg.
This trip means so much to me, because Ringette is such a key point of my life. I'm so excited, but I haven't really done any planning... ... :3 but it's getting there! I still have to buy clothes for the trip, and I'm really excited to do some sightseeing! (as well as play!) My camera is going to get a better workout than my wallet thats for sure!
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Monday, June 21, 2010
36 days is 35 too many!
Hi! I guess this is team introduction time, this is coach Chandra here, I’m 26 years old and have been playing ringette since I was 9 and started coaching at 17. My most recent claim to fame was an amazing season last year coaching the East End Petitie A team to Silver Medals in both city playoffs and provincials (way to go girls!) as well as playing Open 2 for Dakota C.C. But I’m really looking forward to this season and my first year as the assistant coach for the Bonivital AA Angels!
When Kelly brought up the idea of taking a team to Europe for the July 2010 tournament I got on board immediately, but 16 months ago it seemed so far away, it was easy to overlook how amazing this opportunity is. Now here we are only 35 days away and I can’t believe how far we’ve come! Months and months of hard work from the players, coaches and parents in preparation for this tournament is about to pay off and I couldn’t be more excited, or proud of how much work has gone into making this dream a reality. Stay tuned for all the exciting details!
Coach Chandra... where she spends most of her time :)
When Kelly brought up the idea of taking a team to Europe for the July 2010 tournament I got on board immediately, but 16 months ago it seemed so far away, it was easy to overlook how amazing this opportunity is. Now here we are only 35 days away and I can’t believe how far we’ve come! Months and months of hard work from the players, coaches and parents in preparation for this tournament is about to pay off and I couldn’t be more excited, or proud of how much work has gone into making this dream a reality. Stay tuned for all the exciting details!
Coach Chandra... where she spends most of her time :)Sunday, June 20, 2010
36 days and counting... allow us to introduce ourselves!
Hi! Welcome to our blog, and thanks for joining us on our adventure! We are 36 days away from departure, when we will be leaving on a jet plane to Europe to play ringette and tour around for two weeks :)
This trip has been in the works for over a year... in fact, our very first fundraiser was almost exactly a year ago today! It stemmed from a dream of mine (this is Coach Kelly) of taking a team overseas. It seems to have become reality!!!
28 of us will depart from the Winnipeg Airport on July 26, headed to our first destination, Stolkholm, Sweden. We will travel through five countries (Sweden, Finland, Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic) before returning home on August 8.
There are 17 rostered players, one fantastic honourary player, 3 coaches and 7 parents embarking on this journey. The trip has seemed so far off in the distance for so long (I remember the day we were 300 days away!!) and now we are closing in on a month away!
there is a lot of prep to be done, so in the next month the coaches and players will introduce ourselves and let you know what we are up to preparation-wise. Once we're in Europe, someone will post every day so that our friends and family can be "in the loop" of our adventures overseas. Like the planning and fundraising for this trip, everyone will contribute.
We're glad to have you along for the ride!!
Coach kelly
This trip has been in the works for over a year... in fact, our very first fundraiser was almost exactly a year ago today! It stemmed from a dream of mine (this is Coach Kelly) of taking a team overseas. It seems to have become reality!!!
28 of us will depart from the Winnipeg Airport on July 26, headed to our first destination, Stolkholm, Sweden. We will travel through five countries (Sweden, Finland, Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic) before returning home on August 8.
There are 17 rostered players, one fantastic honourary player, 3 coaches and 7 parents embarking on this journey. The trip has seemed so far off in the distance for so long (I remember the day we were 300 days away!!) and now we are closing in on a month away!
there is a lot of prep to be done, so in the next month the coaches and players will introduce ourselves and let you know what we are up to preparation-wise. Once we're in Europe, someone will post every day so that our friends and family can be "in the loop" of our adventures overseas. Like the planning and fundraising for this trip, everyone will contribute.
We're glad to have you along for the ride!!
Coach kelly
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