As we begin play next week you will see memorial patches on our uniforms so we wanted to let you know the significance of those patches so you can tell your players when they ask.
On all league uniforms you will see a PETE patch in memory of the league founder Don “Pete” Petersen. He was the 17 year old caretaker at St. Patrick’s Catholic School when he decided to open the school and give the children in his neighbourhood a safe place to learn the game and how much fun being part of a team could be. When he passed away in 2014, we renamed the league in his honour and added the memorial patches. A plaque recognizing how much he meant to all of us is on the wall just inside the doors to the St. Francis of Assisi gym.
On the uniforms in the Biddy division you will see a MR patch commemorating the contributions of Mike Robertson, a long time volunteer that lived next to St. Pat’s and refereed most night in the league. He had a special attachment to the Biddy Division later in his time with us so we wanted to remember him in this way when he passed away in 2013.
On the Golden Gals Uniforms in the Little Gals Division you will see TVH patches in memory of Trinity VanHeddegem, a player on the Golden Gals that passed away during the 2013 season. She was a special player, and what she wanted out of that first season was to be part of the year end slide show. Along with the commemorative patches there is also an award given out at the banquet that bares her name and is given to the Little zGals Division Rookie of the Year.
Special people that we as a league wanted to recognize and commemorate.
