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    <title>Active Community: Message List - ***1st 2 DATES!!!  EXCITING NEWS- NEW ENGLAND STORM CONTINUES TO GROW***</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:25:12 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: ***1st 2 DATES!!!  EXCITING NEWS- NEW ENGLAND STORM CONTINUES TO GROW***</title>
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      <description>&lt;!-- [DocumentBodyStart:8913cb2e-499c-4421-b295-981c78be809a] --&gt;&lt;div class="jive-rendered-content"&gt;&lt;p&gt;WE BEGIN TONIGHT!!!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hope to see you at one of our 6 area try outs!&amp;#160; Please visit &lt;a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.newenglandstorm.org"&gt;www.newenglandstorm.org&lt;/a&gt; for additional info, under Try Outs tab!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:8913cb2e-499c-4421-b295-981c78be809a] --&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:25:12 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: ***1st 2 DATES!!!  EXCITING NEWS- NEW ENGLAND STORM CONTINUES TO GROW***</title>
      <link>http://community.active.com/message/1065671?tstart=0#1065671</link>
      <description>&lt;!-- [DocumentBodyStart:2a1f4408-600d-4860-b498-a45fbe9f4eb3] --&gt;&lt;div class="jive-rendered-content"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;TRY OUTS BEGIN TONIGHT, THURSDAY 8/18/11 AT:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Georgetown Middle School - 11 Winter St., Georgetown, MA - U10 &amp;amp; U12 5:00 - 6:30 p.m.; U14, U16 &amp;amp; U18 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Then:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sunday 8/21/11 - McPherson Field - 55 Richardson St., Lowell, MA - U10 &amp;amp; U12 4:00 - 5:45 p.m.; U14, U16 &amp;amp; U18 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Monday 8/22/11 - Stoneham High School - 149 Franklin St., Stoneham, MA - U10 &amp;amp; U12 5:00 - 6:30 p.m.; U14, U16 &amp;amp; U18 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wednesday 8/24/11 - Hill Park - 48 Park Ave., Revere, MA - U10 &amp;amp; U12 5:00 - 6:45 p.m.; U14, U16 &amp;amp; U18 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thursday 8/25/11 - McPherson Field - 55 Richardson St., Lowell, MA - U10 &amp;amp; U12 5:00 - 6:30 p.m.; U14, U16 &amp;amp; U18 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Saturday 8/27/11 - Mack Park - 31 Grove St., Salem, MA - U10 &amp;amp; U12 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.; U14, U16 &amp;amp; U18 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;PLEASE PRE-REGISTER, IF POSSIBLE, AT &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.newenglandstorm.org"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;www.newenglandstorm.org&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;, UNDER TRY OUTS TAB!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:2a1f4408-600d-4860-b498-a45fbe9f4eb3] --&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:17:57 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2011-08-18T15:17:57Z</dc:date>
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      <title>***1st 2 DATES!!!  EXCITING NEWS- NEW ENGLAND STORM CONTINUES TO GROW***</title>
      <link>http://community.active.com/message/1048773?tstart=0#1048773</link>
      <description>&lt;!-- [DocumentBodyStart:e6105a4a-9b99-4f3a-8719-6499f819dade] --&gt;&lt;div class="jive-rendered-content"&gt;&lt;p&gt;The New England Storm Jr. &lt;a class="jive-link-external-small" href="#"&gt;Olympic&lt;/a&gt; Program is expanding, again!&amp;#160; Originally, a North Shore based group, the Storm has grown to include players from 3 states and nearly 50 cities and towns!&amp;#160; Our teams are now spread out among multiple communities.&amp;#160; With that said, it is important to understand that Storm practices are held at various locations from Boston, up toward the NH border, and a bit westward.&amp;#160; Practices are not strictly held on the North Shore.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Our try out dates are coming out soon.&amp;#160; The dates will be from 8/17 - 27 at various locales. &lt;strong style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Our first 2 dates are Monday 8/22/11, at Stoneham High School, 149 Franklin St.&amp;#160; U10 &amp;amp; U12 from 5:00 - 6:30 p.m.&amp;#160; U14, U16, &amp;amp; U18 from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.&amp;#160; Also, on Saturday 8/22/11, at Mack Park, 31 Grove St., Salem, MA.&amp;#160; U10 &amp;amp; U12 from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. and U14, U16, &amp;amp; U18 from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;#160; Please continue to check on eteamz, and at www.newenglandstorm.org for additional locations, dates, and times coming soon!&amp;#160; And, individual try outs are always available! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The majority of Storm coaches have been with our program for multiple years, which brings stability.&amp;#160; Also, we have a few former Storm players, currently playing in college, who have returned to the field as assistant coaches.&amp;#160; They know the Storm philosophy, are solid role models, and help discuss the role of playing college ball, while still focusing on their education.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;During the past 2 years, Storm &lt;a class="jive-link-external-small" href="#"&gt;graduates&lt;/a&gt; are receiving nearly $925,000 of athletic funding at area &lt;a class="jive-link-external-small" href="#"&gt;colleges&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Our relationships with many of these college coaches continues to grow!&amp;#160; We now receive phone calls on a regular basis asking which players they should be looking at.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Also, this past off-season, the director, John Gambale, was offered a position to be 1st assistant coach with the Worcester Hawks, a true U18 GOLD team, coached by the legendary Ralph Raymond of Worcester.&amp;#160; Ralph was the head coach of the first 2 U.S. Olympic softball teams in 1996 &amp;amp; 2000.&amp;#160; Both teams were gold-medal winners!&amp;#160; John was able to spend a few months practicing with Ralph, and bringing those skills back to the Storm program.&amp;#160; Although John had to decline Ralph's offer, the 2 remain as friends, and still discuss potential players for Ralph's squad.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;For any questions or concerns, PLEASE contact John Gambale at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-email-small" href="mailto:jgambalemsc@aim.com"&gt;jgambalemsc@aim.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;INCLUDING BEING EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE, THE STORM FOCUSES ON PLAYER DEVELOPMENT IN A POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT!!!!!!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:e6105a4a-9b99-4f3a-8719-6499f819dade] --&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:30:59 GMT</pubDate>
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