VG-62

VG-62

Sport	ice hockey volleyball football figure skating ringette[1]
Founded	Naantali, Finland, 1962; 62 years ago (1962)
Official website
www.vg-62.fi

VG-62[2] is a sports club based in Naantali, Finland. It was founded in 1962 and the name is an abbreviation of Naantali's old Latin name, "Vallis gratiae". VG-62 is particularly well known for their exemplary youth operations, for which the club has been recognised with a Nuori Suomi [fi] (Young Finland Association) award.

History

Naantali's VG-62 sports club has several teams in many sports, including ice hockey, volleyball, football, figure skating and ringette.

Ringette

Main article: VG-62 (ringette)

VG-62 is the home of the VG-62 (ringette) club.

Alpo and Jan Lindström founded the VG-62 ringette club near the end of the 1970s.[3] The ringette club eventually went on to compete in Finland's national ringette league, Ringeten SM-sarja [fi], now known as "SM Ringette".

Notable footballers

• Jermu Gustafsson
• Pauno Kymäläinen

See also

• Ringette
• Ringette Finland
• International Ringette Federation

References

1. "VG-62 Ringette" (in Finnish). 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
2. VG-62 Official Homepage
3. "Alpo Lindström toi poikansa Janin kanssa ringeten Naantaliin v. 1979 ja perusti VG-62:n ringettejaoston" [Alpo Lindström brought Ringette to Naantali with his son Jan in 1979 and founded VG-62's ringette division.]. facebook.com. VG–62 Ringette. 6 February 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2022.