New winter sport for girls opened in Aldergrove

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New winter sport for girls opened in Aldergrove

Description

Newspaper clipping from the Langley Advance for February 7, 1974 with the headline "New winter sport for girls opened in Aldergrove". The clipping is a page that includes five photographs with captions about the first ice times for the new sport of "ringette hockey".

One caption reads: "Dropping the first ring to officially open the ringette hockey season last Saturday at the Aldergrove arena was alderman Dan Kitsul. Preceeding the opening face-off, chairman of the Langley Recreation Commission, Trever Beggs, addressed a crowd of over 300 spectators who attended the opening ceremonies."

Photographs show participants on ice and in the stands wearing helmets, mouth guards, gloves, knee pads, a jersey, and hockey or figure skates. Some participants are wearing shorts.

According to the newspaper, there are 280 girls and 14 teams in the Langley Ringette Association who cheered on the first ringette game held at the Aldergrove Arena.

Creator

Langley Advance newspaper

Source

Langley Advance newspaper

Publisher

Langley Advance newspaper

Date

1974, February 7

Type

Newspaper

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