NLIS 6
October 13, 2005
(Tourism, Culture and Recreation)
 

The following is being distributed on behalf of School Sport Newfoundland and Labrador:

Girls Soccer and Boys Slo Pitch this weekend

School Sports Newfoundland and Labrador will start off its provincial championships this weekend as four provincial titles will be up for grabs.

Stephenville High School will play host to two of these tournament, the Girls 3A Soccer and the Boys 4A Slo Pitch.

The 3A Girls Soccer will be a six team event featuring, Carbonear Collegiate, St. Lawrence Academy, Gander Collegiate, Stephenville High, Menihek High (Labrador City) and Indian River High (Springdale).

The tournament is set up in two divisions of three with the top two teams in each division advancing to the championship round. Playing in A division will be Carbonear Collegiate, Stephenville High and Indian River. Competing in the B division will be St. Lawrence Academy, Menihek High and Gander Collegiate. Round robin games will go at 10:00, 1:00 and 4:00 on Friday. Semi-finals will be played Saturday morning at 9:00, followed by a fifth, sixth place game and the championship game at 1:00 p.m.

Eight teams will be vying for the 4A Boys Slo Pitch Championship and Team Sportsmanship Banners. Round robin games will be played Friday at 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m. 12:30 p.m., 2:00 p.m., 3:30 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. Playing in the A division at the Stephenville High Diamond will be Queen Elizabeth High (Foxtrap), Botwood Collegiate, Stephenville High and Clarenville High. The B division will be played at the Town Diamond C and will feature competition between Holy Trinity High (Torbay), Laval High (Placentia), Harriot Curtis Collegiate (St. Anthony) and Appalachia
High (St. Georges). The top two teams to emerge from each division will play in cross over action Saturday morning at 10:00 and 11:30. The championship game is scheduled for 1:30 p.m.

Tricentia Academy in Arnold�s Cove is the host school for the 3A Boys Provincial Slo Pitch. Eight teams will also be competing for top honours in this event. Division A will include Long Range Academy (Cow Head), Burgeo Academy, Tricentia Academy and Bay d�Espoir Academy. Playing in Division B will be J.M. Olds Collegiate (Twillingate), Stella Maris Academy (Trepassey), Cape John Collegiate (LaScie) and Christ the King School (Rushoon). Games get underway Thursday at 3:30 and continue throughout Friday and into Saturday morning. The cross over games will continue and the top two teams meeting in the championship game, Saturday afternoon.

Gonzaga High School in St. John�s is the host school for the 4A Girls Soccer Championships, featuring 6 teams. Teams include the host, Gonzaga, Holy Spirit High (Manuels), Marystown Central High, O�Donel High (Mount Pearl), Holy Heart of Mary High (St. John�s) and Booth Memorial (St. John�s). Games get underway Thursday and continue through to Friday afternoon at Jim Clarke Field, Peter Duff Field and Fieldian Grounds. The top two teams meet in semi-finals at 9:00 Saturday morning. The championship game is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Saturday at Jim Clarke Field.

In its continuing effort to emphasize sportsmanship, School Sports Newfoundland and Labrador, are sponsoring the Sportsmanship First Program. In addition to the Team Sportsmanship Award, each team will nominate an individual player to receive an individual sportsmanship medal.

The top teams will be rewarded with gold and silver medals, while the winner of the championship game will also receive the coveted championship banner.

Convenors:
Girls 3A Soccer and Boys 4A Slo Pitch - Randy Alexander 643-9672 (T) 643-5044 (Fax)
Boys 3A Slo Pitch - Ed Fahey 463-2283 (Tel) 463-2193 (Fax)
Girls 4A Soccer - Tom Moret 4753-7510 (Tel) 753-2117 (Fax)

Media contact: Karen Richard, (709) 729-2795, fax (709) 729-2705

2005 10 13                          11:35 a.m.


SearchHomeBack to GovernmentContact Us


All material copyright the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. No unauthorized copying or redeployment permitted. The Government assumes no responsibility for the accuracy of any material deployed on an unauthorized server.
Disclaimer/Copyright/Privacy Statement