VG-62 (ringette)

VG-62 Ringette is a ringette club in Finland from Naantali. The club was founded in 1979 and plays in the Finland national ringette league, SM Ringette (formerly Ringeten SM-sarja). It is one of the sports divisions of the VG-62 sports club. VG-62 Ringette has won six gold, five silver, and two bronze in the SM Ringette league which was established in 1987.[2] In addition, VG-62 has B–F junior teams in ringette.

VG-62[1]
CityNaantali, Finland
LeagueSM Ringette
Founded1979
Home arenaAurinkoareena
(capacity: 500)
Colours     
Head coachArja-Riitta Oksanen
WebsiteVG-62 Ringette Club.fi
Championships
Playoff championships 6
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver: 5
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze: 2

The team's home arena is Aurinkoareena, which was completed in 2002 with 500 seats.[3]

History

Ringette was introduced to the city of Naantali towards the end of 1979 by a father-son duo, 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. The ringette club is a division of the sports club VG-62.[4] 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.

References
  1. "VG_ringette_uusi.JPG". ringette.skrl.fi/. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  2. "Ringeten kausiopas 2013–2014" [Ringete season guide 2013–2014 (PDF) (p.36)] (PDF). ringette.skrl.fi (in Finnish). Suomen Ringetteliitto (Finnish Ringette Association). 17 April 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  3. "Jäähallit" [Ice rinks]. naantali.fi (in Finnish). Naantalin kaupunki (City of Naantali). 13 March 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  4. "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.


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