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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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      <title>Re: ***1st 2 DATES!!!  EXCITING NEWS - NEW ENGLAND STORM CONTINUES TO GROW***</title>
      <link>http://community.active.com/message/1068483?tstart=0#1068483</link>
      <description>&lt;!-- [DocumentBodyStart:bdd4b651-d927-4bae-9d49-930ee4f408f3] --&gt;&lt;div class="jive-rendered-content"&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hi!&amp;#160; Our 2nd try out is tomorrow, Sunday, 8/21/11.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We will be at McPherson Field, 55 Richardson St., Lowell, MA&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;U10 &amp;amp; !2 from 4:00 - 5:45 p.m.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;U14, U16 &amp;amp; U18 from 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;Please pre-register, if possible, at &lt;a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.newenglandstorm.org"&gt;www.newenglandstorm.org&lt;/a&gt;, under the Try Outs tab, and email to me!&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 there!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thanks,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;John&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:bdd4b651-d927-4bae-9d49-930ee4f408f3] --&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 02:02:16 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/1065621?tstart=0#1065621</link>
      <description>&lt;!-- [DocumentBodyStart:673ca477-c37b-41f0-94e5-fca463e55c65] --&gt;&lt;div class="jive-rendered-content"&gt;&lt;p&gt;TRY OUTS BEGIN TONIGHT, THURSDAY 8/18/11 AT:&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;Then:&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;PLEASE PRE-REGISTER, IF POSSIBLE, AT &lt;a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.newenglandstorm.org"&gt;www.newenglandstorm.org&lt;/a&gt;, UNDER TRY OUTS TAB!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:673ca477-c37b-41f0-94e5-fca463e55c65] --&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:06:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2011-08-18T15:06:38Z</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/1048774?tstart=0#1048774</link>
      <description>&lt;!-- [DocumentBodyStart:86d2f234-28ff-4f82-b77d-0af91b687245] --&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=": ; color: #333333; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;On Monday, 8/22/11, at Stoneham High School, 149 Franklin St.&amp;#160; U10 &amp;amp; U12's from 5:00 - 6:30 p.m.&amp;#160; U14, U16, &amp;amp; U18 from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.&amp;#160; And, on Saturday, 8/27/11, at Mack Park, 31 Grove St., Salem, MA.&amp;#160; U10 &amp;amp; U12's 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!&amp;#160; Individual try outs are also offered!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Storm will field teams from U10 - U23 in 2012.&amp;#160; We have a coaching curriculum that all coaches are required to follow.&amp;#160; 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;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:86d2f234-28ff-4f82-b77d-0af91b687245] --&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:33:35 GMT</pubDate>
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