BC Outback AAA Women's Hockey Team

THE BC OUTBACK AAA FEMALE HOCKEY CLUB

Newsflash - February 5, 2007.

The BC Outbacks just played in the Provincial Championships this past weekend and walked away with the series.

The Results........
Round Robin:
BC Outback vs. Killarney Knights (5-4 W)
Killarney Knights vs. Richmond Steelers (2-2)
Richmond Steelers vs. BC Outback (2-2)

Championship Game:
Richmond Steelers vs. BC Outback (3-5 W)

To Road to the Nationals.......
The BC Outback will now attend the
Esso Women’s National Championship in Salmon Arm
March 5th – 10th
For more info visit hockeycanada.ca

About the Team.
The BC Outback is an elite level women’s AAA hockey club. Only the top players and personalities are selected to the team.

We call ourselves the BC OUTBACK because it describes who we are! This season, we have attracted the top players from: Northern BC (Dawson Creek), the Caribou (108 Mile House), the Okanagan (Merritt, Penticton, Armstrong, Kamloops, Revelstoke, Vernon, Kelowna), the Kootenay’s (Cranbrook, Kimberly, Jaffray, Fairmont Hot Springs, Golden, Castlegar, Kaslo), and the Island (Port Alberni). All the players remain living at home while playing for the Outback and train and play with their local teams.

Each year tryouts in September determine which of the most talented, motivated and coachable players from across the province, get selected to the team. The BC Outback holds camps every three weeks in various towns throughout BC, Alberta, and Saskatchewan, where they practice and play against other elite teams. The Outback players are all assigned skills and fitness programs to work on with their hometown teams between the Outback camps. The objective of the team is to provide opportunities for young women in rural BC to develop their skills, get exposure to scouts and elite hockey, and to build as a team in preparation for the Sr. AAA Provincial Championships. Having this calibre of female hockey come to the various towns in BC generates a lot of enthusiasm and support for the female game.

The Outback manages to get in six to seven practices, five to six ‘classroom sessions’ and 20 to 24 games each season. Despite very few practices to bring the team together, we have attended the BC Provincial Championships each of the last seven years and have earned two gold and three silver medal finishes. We believe … a remarkable accomplishment for the obstacles that we must overcome!

“Provincial Champions"
2004, 2005 & now 2007

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Last updated February 20, 2007

Goals
To provide the highest athletic level of opportunity for the women of British Columbia.

To provide a learning environment for developing players as role models for their communities and elite players for college, university and national teams

To promote women’s athletics, synonymous with teamwork, excellence, and sportsmanship

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Last season the average travel time to one of the BC Outback camps was an amazing 6.5 hours each way per player…committed players and parents!

The BC Outback play Senior Female AAA under the rules and regulations of the British Columbia Amateur Hockey Association. This is the highest level of female hockey played in Canada, it is from this level that Team Canada draws their players, and the Universities scout to find their next stars.

Each one of the women that make the team becomes a role model within their community and home association, therefore it is essential that they follow the rules and philosophy of the team:
* Always a positive attitude: Each person associated with the team takes on the responsibility for having a positive attitude to towards the team, the community, and their supporters.
* Stay focused on our goal: Team and individual goals are constantly set, achieved and reset throughout the season.
* Nobody “out works” our team: Everyone has earned their positions on the team because they are elite athletes and work for it year round. Now they have a responsibility to show that work ethic on and off the ice.

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