6 Deltoids attending the Arctic Winter Games 2008
While most folks in Delta Junction were sleeping at 4;30 am on Sat morning , six local folk were embarking on a week long adventure to Yellowknife, in the Northwest Territories in Canada.
Three local athletes were selected to compete and represent the State of Alaska at the 2008 Arctic Winter Games. Brett Smith and Jacob Schultz, names you will recognize from Delta`s youth skating program are both chosen members of the Team Alaska Bantam Hockey Boys team. The team is made up of outstanding skaters from all around the state. Brett and Jacob were selected from a tryout in Fairbanks. Their asst coach, local resident and long time hockey coach Mike Tvenge is helping coach their team. Also representing Alaska on the Team Alaska Women`s Hockey Team is Annie Grossmann, another skating name you will recognize from Delta. Annie is a member of the State Champion Delta High School Hockey team. She has also been a participant in our local skating program for many years as well as in several other competitive hockey teams around the state. Most recently she returned from Regional competition in San Jose, CA with her Anchorage North Star AAA Women`s U19 team. Accompanying Annie and the Team Alaska Women`s Hockey team is her favourite hockey mom, yours truly, Dawn Grossmann. The women`s team has 2 male coaches and required a female chaperone. Also accompanying Team Alaska as a visitor is Diane Schultz, Jacob`s mom and a local business woman.
The arctic Winter Games are a fantastic Circum polar competition of athletes representing all the northern peoples of the globe. While here in Yellowknife, I will make an attempt to give you daily reports on the games and the outcomes as well as snippets of our time here so far from our Alaska homes. I encourage you to check out the website for the games, or just search for Arctic Winter Games 2008. The host society home page can be accessed there as well as Team Alaska`s site. To get to the AK site click on the Alaska flag.
So..we are off on our first shuttle adventure around the town to try to locate some dinner. We are housed in a local French school where everything, including this keyboard and the screen text of this computer is all in French. It is going to be an exciting week and I am looking forward to sharing it with you. The competition will be thrilling.
Til tomorrow and the Opening Ceremonies….Dawn
Three local athletes were selected to compete and represent the State of Alaska at the 2008 Arctic Winter Games. Brett Smith and Jacob Schultz, names you will recognize from Delta`s youth skating program are both chosen members of the Team Alaska Bantam Hockey Boys team. The team is made up of outstanding skaters from all around the state. Brett and Jacob were selected from a tryout in Fairbanks. Their asst coach, local resident and long time hockey coach Mike Tvenge is helping coach their team. Also representing Alaska on the Team Alaska Women`s Hockey Team is Annie Grossmann, another skating name you will recognize from Delta. Annie is a member of the State Champion Delta High School Hockey team. She has also been a participant in our local skating program for many years as well as in several other competitive hockey teams around the state. Most recently she returned from Regional competition in San Jose, CA with her Anchorage North Star AAA Women`s U19 team. Accompanying Annie and the Team Alaska Women`s Hockey team is her favourite hockey mom, yours truly, Dawn Grossmann. The women`s team has 2 male coaches and required a female chaperone. Also accompanying Team Alaska as a visitor is Diane Schultz, Jacob`s mom and a local business woman.
The arctic Winter Games are a fantastic Circum polar competition of athletes representing all the northern peoples of the globe. While here in Yellowknife, I will make an attempt to give you daily reports on the games and the outcomes as well as snippets of our time here so far from our Alaska homes. I encourage you to check out the website for the games, or just search for Arctic Winter Games 2008. The host society home page can be accessed there as well as Team Alaska`s site. To get to the AK site click on the Alaska flag.
So..we are off on our first shuttle adventure around the town to try to locate some dinner. We are housed in a local French school where everything, including this keyboard and the screen text of this computer is all in French. It is going to be an exciting week and I am looking forward to sharing it with you. The competition will be thrilling.
Til tomorrow and the Opening Ceremonies….Dawn
posted by Delta News Web at 3/10/2008 02:57:00 AM
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