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Wednesday, 07 September 2016 18:29

The First Shift comes to Frontenac Fury

The Frontenac Fury Girls' Hockey Association is pleased to have been selected as a partner in The First Shift. The First Shift is a unique opportunity designed to help kids fall in love with hockey before you buy all the gear. This six-week learn-to-play program focuses on having fun while learning basic skills. Participants will be fitted head to toe with brand new hockey equipment from Bauer Canada and receive 1 hour a week for 6 weeks of on-ice trial. Registration is only $199, and includes all equipment. This program will help break down barrier for some families who might not otherwise be able to offer hockey to their children. The program is open to girls and boys between ages 6 and 10 who have never played hockey before.For more information, please visit http://frontenacfury.ca/news.php?news_id=1334080

Published in SOUTH FRONTENAC

Sunday June 12 dawned cool and wet for June - perfect weather for a run or a long walk. That's what more than 50 people did at the Frontenac Arena that morning, raising money for the Frontenac Fury hockey program and helping to bring the Healthy Kids KFL&A Challenge to South and Central Frontenac.

Later on, it was a cold start to Hockey Day, which included an outdoor BBQ and a large bouncy castle. Luckily, the arena was available for some very young players to get in some ball hockey. The weather turned sunny and warm in the afternoon, however, and the once lonely bouncy castle came to life as children and families arrived on the scene in large numbers. The fun continued until late in the afternoon, when the ball hockey league got one of its last sessions of the season underway.

Hockey Day arrived just in time for the Fury to announce that the Girls' Hockey Association has been selected as part of the First Shift Program for the 2016-2017 hockey season. The First Shift aims to overcome barriers to participation in organised hockey.

For a $199 registration, girls between 6 and 10 who are not currently enrolled in hockey can receive a full set of Bauer equipment including: helmet and face mask, shoulder and elbow pads, base layer top with neck guard, Jersey pants and socks, shinguards, protective under shorts, gloves, sticks, and skates.

The program also includes six one-hour on ice training sessions this fall with a 1-4 participant to coach ratio.

The program is designed to focus on fun and on helping kids learn how to skate.

There are 35 spaces available in the program and they will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Families are encouraged to contact the Fury through their facebook page or by email at frontenacfury.ca.

Published in SOUTH FRONTENAC
Wednesday, 01 June 2016 16:59

Frontenac Fury 3rd Annual Fun Run

Come out & support girls hockey in your community. On Sunday, June 12, the Frontenac Girls' Hockey Association (Frontenac Fury) will be holding their 3rd annual Fun Run at the Frontenac Arena, 4299 Boundary Rd., starting at 9 a.m. There will be a 1K Kids Walk/Run, as well as a 5K & 10K Walk/Run.

The run is one of the association’s major fundraisers of the year, with all funds going back into the association. This year the run is sponsored in part by KFL&A Healthy Kids. They are looking for more runners. Fury girls will serve as "race marshals" and there will be door prizes. Register at runningroom.com

Also taking place later in the day at the arena is “Hockey Day in Frontenac”. Starting at noon there will be a barbecue, Face Painting, Air Castle and wagon Rides. Funds from the barbecue will support Frontenac Arena improvements

Registration is now open and the association is still seeking some atom and peewee players. They are also hoping to mount a novice team this year. The volunteer-led association is growing. This past season they grew to two peewee and two bantam teams from one each.

One of the peewee teams captured the championship this year and the peewee and bantams teams have also come away with a few tournament wins. They are also excited about being accepted for the First Shift program, which will help equip players aged 6-10 with equipment at a much reduced rate. All of this is great news for the community as the association helps empower young girls to be active as they help build self-confidence, sportsmanship and leadership.

Please contact Julie Lambert if you have any questions This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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It is not often that one sees great grandmothers attending hockey games at the Frontenac Community Arena, but great grandmother Barb Stewart of Verona had three very good reasons (and then some) to be there on the afternoon of March 22.

Barb, along with a number of other family relations, were sitting rink side to watch Barb's three grand daughters, 10-year-old cousins, Sophie Norman, Jenna Norman and Taylor McParland, showing their skills out on the ice. The girls, who play, respectively, defense, left wing and goalie for the Atom Girls Frontenac Fury team, were facing off in an exhibition game against the Kingston Ice Wolves (blues) and it just so happens that they are not the only three representatives of the Stewart family on the team. The girls are coached by Barb's eldest grandson Jason Norman, father of Sophie and son of Barb's daughter Linda.

In all, the game attracted four generations of the Stewart family to the arena, which over the decades has been a family hub for this large, multi-generational hockey-playing family.

Hockey indeed runs deep in their blood. Barb in fact is likely one of the only great grandmothers in the area who can boast three great granddaughters on a single team. And it seems no coincidence that the three girls play the exact same positions of their own family hockey mentors. Mallory Garrison, mother of goalie Taylor said the family's love of hockey comes honestly. “Taylor's grandfather Tom played as a goalie in his days on the ice and Taylor, who just started playing this year was asked in her second practice if she wanted to have a try at it. She really has a knack for it, which she likely gets from her Grampy.”

Barb told a funny story of how Taylor called her up on the pone after one of her games and said, “I took over Grampy's spot.” Grampy, Barb’s son Tom Stewart, played goalie for years at the arena and Barb recalled one season in which he won 17 straight games.

Sarah Norman, wife of coach Jason and mother of Sophie, said her daughter has been playing for five years and also comes by her talents honestly since her dad played defense on numerous Frontenac teams since he was seven years old.

Jenna, who has been playing for three years, not surprisingly plays left wing, the same position her dad Greg played for years. It is no wonder that the cousins definitely held their own out on the ice. Though the Fury lost the game 1-0, Taylor made impressive saves - too many to count - throughout the game and received multiple high fives from her team mates. Both Jenna and Sophie also played solidly.

The girls’ parents and relatives are thrilled to have the cousins playing together regularly at least two or three times a week. Naturally, the games are a great excuse for the whole family to get together on a regular basis.

The Fury will play this weekend in a Kanata tournament, which will wrap up their season for the year. The team had eight brand new players and three novice players this year, and had a great regular season. They finished as finalists in their Newmarket tournament, got to the semis in the Ice Wolf Tournament and finished in fourth place in their own league tournament.

The three girls if they choose, could end up playing Frontenac hockey together for years to come and no doubt it will not be the last time that their great grandmother Barb turns up to watch them and feel, naturally, very proud.

Published in SOUTH FRONTENAC
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