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'''VG-62'''<ref>[http://www.vg-62.fi/ VG-62 Official Homepage]</ref> is a [[sports club]] based in [[Naantali]], Finland. It was founded in 1962 |
'''VG-62'''<ref>[http://www.vg-62.fi/ VG-62 Official Homepage]</ref> is a [[sports club]] based in [[Naantali]], Finland. It was founded in 1962 and the name is an abbreviation of Naantali's old [[Latin]] name, "''Vallis gratiae''". VG-62 is particularly well known for their exemplary youth operations, for which the club has been recognised with a {{interlanguage link|Nuori Suomi|fi}} (Young Finland Association) award. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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Naantali's VG-62 sports club has several teams in many sports, including [[ice hockey]], [[volleyball]], [[Football (soccer)|football]], [[figure skating]] and [[ringette]]. |
Naantali's VG-62 sports club has several teams in many sports, including [[ice hockey]], [[volleyball]], [[Football (soccer)|football]], [[figure skating]] and [[ringette]]. |
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[[Ringette Finland#Alpo and Jan Lindström|Alpo and Jan Lindström]] founded the VG-62 ringette club near the end of the 1970s.<ref name=VG62ringette /> The ringette club eventually went on to compete in Finland's national ringette league, {{interlanguage link|Ringeten SM-sarja|fi}}, now know as "SM Ringette". VG-62 is the home of the {{interlanguage link|VG-62 (ringette)|fi}} club. |
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==Ringette== |
==Ringette== |
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[[Ringette]] was introduced to the city of [[Naantali]] towards the end of 1979 by a father-son duo, [[Ringette Finland#Alpo and Jan Lindström|Alpo Lindström and his son, Jan Lindström]], after Jan witnessed girls playing the sport while he had been an exchange student in the [[United States]] in 1978. Jan created the VG-62 ringette club once he returned to Finland.<ref name=VG62ringette>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/Vg62Ringette/photos/o.239841523131551/1098060640323468/|title=Alpo Lindström toi poikansa Janin kanssa ringeten Naantaliin v. 1979 ja perusti VG-62:n ringettejaoston.|trans-title=Alpo Lindström brought Ringette to Naantali with his son Jan in 1979 and founded VG-62's ringette division.|website=facebook.com|author= |date=6 February 2017|access-date=10 October 2022|publisher=VG–62 Ringette|language=en}}</ref> Alpo served as chairman of the local ringette association, the VG-62 ringette team coach, and sometimes as the team's manager. He was instrumental in establishing Finland's national ringette association in 1983 ([[Ringette Finland]]) and later served as a member of the [[International Ringette Federation]] (IRF) board. VG-62 is the home of the {{interlanguage link|VG-62 (ringette)|fi}} club.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ringette.skrl.fi/Image/seurojen%20logoja/VG_ringette_uusi.JPG|title=VG_ringette_uusi.JPG|website=ringette.skrl.fi/|author= |date= |access-date=9 October 2022|publisher= |language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101170750/http://ringette.skrl.fi/Image/seurojen%20logoja/VG_ringette_uusi.JPG|archive-date=1 November 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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VG-62 is the home of the [[VG-62 (ringette)]] club. |
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[[Ringette Finland#Alpo and Jan Lindström|Alpo and Jan Lindström]] founded the VG-62 ringette club near the end of the 1970s.<ref name=VG62ringette>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/Vg62Ringette/photos/o.239841523131551/1098060640323468/|title=Alpo Lindström toi poikansa Janin kanssa ringeten Naantaliin v. 1979 ja perusti VG-62:n ringettejaoston.|trans-title=Alpo Lindström brought Ringette to Naantali with his son Jan in 1979 and founded VG-62's ringette division.|website=facebook.com|author= |date=6 February 2017|access-date=10 October 2022|publisher=VG–62 Ringette|language=en}}</ref> The ringette club eventually went on to compete in Finland's national ringette league, {{interlanguage link|Ringeten SM-sarja|fi}}, now known as "SM Ringette". |
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==Notable footballers== |
==Notable footballers== |
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== References == |
== References == |
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[[Category:Figure skating clubs]] |
[[Category:Figure skating clubs]] |
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VG-62[2] is a sports club based in Naantali, Finland. It was founded in 1962 and the name is an abbreviation of Naantali's old Latin name, "Vallis gratiae". VG-62 is particularly well known for their exemplary youth operations, for which the club has been recognised with a Nuori Suomi (Young Finland Association) award.
History
[edit]Naantali's VG-62 sports club has several teams in many sports, including ice hockey, volleyball, football, figure skating and ringette.
Ringette
[edit]VG-62 is the home of the VG-62 (ringette) club.
Alpo and Jan Lindström founded the VG-62 ringette club near the end of the 1970s.[3] The ringette club eventually went on to compete in Finland's national ringette league, Ringeten SM-sarja, now known as "SM Ringette".
Notable footballers
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "VG-62 Ringette" (in Finnish). 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ VG-62 Official Homepage
- ^ "Alpo Lindström toi poikansa Janin kanssa ringeten Naantaliin v. 1979 ja perusti VG-62:n ringettejaoston" [Alpo Lindström brought Ringette to Naantali with his son Jan in 1979 and founded VG-62's ringette division.]. facebook.com. VG–62 Ringette. 6 February 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2022.