To our Sharks fans,
A few months ago I attended the birthday party of one of my players. It was her 30th. A surprise given by her husband. At one point during the party, her mother stood up to toast to her only daughter and in that toast her mother revealed how she had always hoped this only daughter would grow up to be a ballerina. After the chuckles died down, she passed out mini footballs saluting her daughters position on the New York Sharks and said how proud she was to be the mother of a female football player. “Go Sharks!” she said boldly and the room of family and friends cheered mother and daughter on.
The Sharks began in 1999 and we fed on passion. Pour perseverance and perspiration into the cocktail of comradery and you have what is today the winningest and longest operating women’s tackle football team in America. In our seven seasons, the New York Sharks have suited up over 350 women who have lived the gridiron magic. Together, through our web, participation grants, a speakers’ bureau, outreach programs and our Sharon Pascale Sports Camps, we have touched the lives of countless other people.
My thanks today goes to all of the fans who supported us then and who support us now. Shark magic is rivaled by no other team in women’s football and we thank you for a being a part of it. We are already preparing for another great season in 2006! See you then.
Sincerely,
Andra Douglas
Owner
New York Sharks