Team Uniforms
Parents: the Phys-Ed department would really appreciate your help in collecting the team t-shirts that are still outstanding from several of our sports teams that have now come to a close.
Some of the missing team uniforms are from the Co-Ed Badminton Team, Girls Soccer Team, Grade 4/5
Boys Soccer Team, Grade 4/5 Ultimate Frisbee Team and the Track & Field Team.
If your son or daughter played on one or more of those teams and still has their team t-shirt at home can you please send it to school with him/her and have them give it back to Mr. Profiti. Thank you!
Girls’ Soccer
Congratulations to the members of the girls’ soccer team on a fantastic, albeit short season. The girls in Grades 4, 5 and 6 practiced (sometimes in the rain!) for several weeks before heading into their one day tournament. The girls played an outstanding first game (watch out TFC!!), beating Forest Hill 4 - 0. The second game of the tournament matched Brown up against John Fisher, a soccer powerhouse. It was an exciting game from start to finish, but the girls came up just short.
Thank you to all of the players, families, teachers and administrators for a great season!
Coaches: Mr. P and Mr. Wittenberg
Grade 4/5 Ultimate Frisbee
A huge congratulations to our Grade 4/5 Ultimate Frisbee Team! Despite our one day tournament falling on such a cold and rainy day, our mud-covered players demonstrated true perseverance, spirit and sportsmanship. Our Ultimate Frisbee Team worked very hard and played some really great games!
Coaches: Ms Fox and Ms Pietrobaun
Grade 6 Ultimate Frisbee
The Grade 6 Frisbee team has had a fantastic season and finished CITY CHAMPIONS!!!!!
Three wins and a tie at our first tournament propelled us into the South Finals. Neither a bumpy nor wet nor muddy field at Riverdale Park was enough to slow us down as we defeated Palmerston 12 – 2 to win the South Championships for the second year in a row. Perhaps the most amazing part of the victory over Palmerston was the fact that nine different players combined to score our twelve points.
Monday, June 13th was the final stop on our season’s journey. Winning against John Wanless in a close game and moving on to a nail biting finals match against Lambton-Kingsway. The team ran their hearts out making mad catches, big muddy dives and playing through sickness to finish off the victors winning with an 8 to 5 final score. Brown school grade 6 ultimate frisbee city champions!!!!
Congratulations to all our players on a fine, fine season and special thanks to all the dedicated parents who have shuttled us around the city.
Coaches: Ms Baptist & Mr. Mac
Grade 4/5 and 6 Boys’ Soccer
Those of you long-time readers and loyal fans will remember that Mr. Ellis, Darrin and Mme B'Dacy have been slowly building a soccer dynasty here at Brown. It was only a few years ago that the Grade Six Boys brought home the first ever banner for Boys Soccer in Brown's 100 year history. The colours of the banners keep changing and the numbers keep racking up. Last year, the Grade Fours and Fives broke records and brought home the green banner. For those of you new to the legacy - a green banner is a city championship. That's right - last year, the boys were the Toronto Grade Four/Five Boys Soccer Champions.
This year ushered in a year of promise and of great expectations. The 2011 season saw the team divided: the Grade five boys had moved up to take care of business in Grade Six with some new recruits. The Grade Four players had moved up to Grade Five and welcomed a new crew of Fourth Grade athletes. Choosing these two teams was not easy. As always, the coaches, joined this year by the super sporty Mlle Ticoll, were blessed with lots of talents, yet cursed with the terrible task of narrowing it down and choosing only a few out of the great many. The coaches thank and congratulate all those who tried out and remind everyone: You are a winner just for trying. We wished that we could have taken you all.
The boys practiced in rain and, let's face it, more rain. Mondays and Tuesdays after school had to be the rainiest and coldest days on record. The boys, however, were not fazed; they had their eyes on the prize.
The Grade Sixes were the first to be tested. They faced their long-time nemesis: Allenby at Lawrence Heights in a game that will go down in history as: The Curse of the Mud. You've heard of the Rose Bowl and the Cotton Bowl? This was definitely the Mud Bowl. The curse worked and the team, down by two, accepted its first bitter defeat. Bruised, but not bent, we regrouped and handed our own defeats to each subsequent team at the Puddle Bowl, Muck Bowl and Sun Bowl. Neither scourge nor inclement weather could dampen the spirits of these brilliant warriors who finished first in their division and moved on to the next test.
Just last week they met their rivals Allenby in the Conference Finals. This tired coach is pleased to report that the weather and the curse were broken: the Brown Ligers were victorious! The warriors move on to the City Semifinal and Final games, Wednesday at Eglinton Flats. We will let you know how it all played out... in September.
Meanwhile... the other half of our championship team met one sunny day for a tournament. As the knights of yore, they played against many worthy opponents who sought to take the title. The valiant players won the tournament and moved on to meet their next competitors. On the hottest day so far that year, the team travelled afar afield to Kew Beach and played in what can only be called the Grass Bowl. In grass the height of leprechauns the boys played an excellent game, but came up a little short (leprechaun short), sadly ending our season. The team played like lions with the stealth of tigers and we are extremely proud of the Ligers who in all things, kept their heads and spirits high. We await with bated breath to see their performances next year.
But lest I forget: There is no "I" in team. We did not do it alone. Both teams owe a great debt of gratitude to all of the parents and grand-parents who acted as drivers, caterers, water boys and girls, and cheering squad for all of our games. Thank you for the laundry and the moral support. We quite literally could not have done it without you.
There is certainly a "parent/grandparent" in WINNERS! Three cheers for all of the helpers this year. A great big thank you to Mr. Ellis, Mlle Ticoll and Darrin. We'll close out the way we do every game: Brown on three: One, two, three: BROWN!
Coaches: Mr. Ellis, Mme B'Dacy and Mme Tocoll
Athletics Wrap-Up
What an amazing season of sports at Brown! Yet again the student athletes have performed with grate skill and sportsmanship. All in all a great year highlighted by the following:
City Champions – Boys’ Football, Boys’ Basketball and the Grade 6 Ultimate Frisbee Team.
City Finalists – Girls’ Football and Grade 6 Boys’ Volleyball.
Conference Champions – Grade 4 Girls’ Swimming and Grade 6 Boys’ Swimming along with the Grade 6 Boys’ Soccer Team playing in the South Conference Finals on June 9th.
Thanks to all the students who contributed to this years' sports season at Brown; you certainly made the coaches, parents and the school very proud of you. A special thanks to the classroom teachers who always accommodate our hectic sports schedule and a big thank you to the office staff and administrators.
Finally a special thanks to the parents who are always present for a try-out, practice, game or even weekend tournament. The Athletics program would not be what it is without your constant support.
On a personal note I wanted to say a special thank you to Mr. Wittenberg who has dedicated countless hours coaching so many of our teams here at Brown over the past 8 years. It goes without saying that we'll feel his absence throughout the school in so many ways including and especially the Sports Teams. We wish you the best of luck always (except if Whitney is competing against Brown in any sporting event). "Tip of the cap to you my friend..."
Mr. Profiti
