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Corydon Comets rise into view
Community centres, teams amalgamate
Michaela Briscoe, 17, who came up with the Comets name, and some friends display the new team logo and gear. (KEN GIGLIOTTI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS) Photo Store
THE Cardinals, Grizzlies and Explorers are benched, but the Corydon Comets are shooting into hockey arenas and soccer fields as the new team name of the Central Corydon Community Centre.
The celestial rebrand was announced Wednesday at the Crescentwood Community Centre. President Pat O'Connor unveiled the name and its new logo.
The new team moniker was selected after a year-long contest to name the new community centre.
Michaela Briscoe, a 17-year-old former River Heights Cardinal, is the mastermind behind the alliterative name.
"I was tired of always hearing the same old team names with animals, like bears or birds or anything like that. This just had a nice ring to it and has kind of a powerful force behind it," Briscoe said, as an excited hoard of kids all dressed in Comets gear surrounded her.
The new name and the formation of the Central Corydon Community Centre means saying goodbye to some beloved community history.
The community centre was founded in April 2011 when three neighbouring Corydon Avenue centres -- Crescentwood, River Heights and Sir John Franklin -- amalgamated. The merger was a strategic move in response to the City of Winnipeg's Plan 2025, which encouraged community centre collaboration.
O'Connor said the partnership ends competition between the three centres, which all offered similar programs while vying for the same funding and users. The merger also lessens the load on volunteers and co-ordinators and improves program availability for children.
The introduction of the Corydon Comets also means swapping the River Heights Cardinals, the Crescentwood Grizzlies and the Sir John Franklin Explorers for the new team. Still, O'Connor said they are aiming to keep the beloved teams alive. Each new Corydon Comets jersey will have a heritage crest with the logos of each of the three joined community centres.
In addition, the Grosvenor Avenue Ice Hockey Federation will be renamed the Corydon Heritage Ice Hockey Federation, with participating teams skating in each traditional jersey.
O'Connor said Comets jerseys will not take over completely yet, as the centre doesn't have the financial means to immediately purchase all new equipment.
"It's going to be a gradual process over three or four seasons. Some teams will play under the original jerseys and names until that material is ready to be retired," he said.
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition August 16, 2012 B2
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Updated on Thursday, August 16, 2012 at 8:20 AM CDT: Fixes cutline.
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