WANT to play GIRLS TEAM GOLF at North Hunterdon or Voorhees high schools in Hunterdon County, New Jersey? READ ME, SIGN ME & SHARE ME.

CLICK HERE to read and sign the petition requesting North Hunterdon and Voorhees high schools to sanction varsity girls golf teams at both schools. 

(By attending the 8/14/18 BOE meeting or writing a snail mail or electronic letter--info below) 

Help us spread the word by voicing your support regarding expanding opportunities for girls to learn, practice, play & compete with & against their peers when they select our sport (TEAM GOLF) at the high school level. 

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The Womens Sports Foundation (WSF, Billie Jean King's organization ) are unable to assist because there are too many females being discriminated against worldwide and they do not have the staff to assist at the local level. 

They wished me good luck and wish to be kept informed.  I will & we can!

I believe that the golf issue is not a limited local or New Jersey but a country-wide issue. 

I am starting small and affect change one county at a time, starting in my beloved Hunterdon County, New Jersey!

The school district of interest is North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional School District. http://www.nhvweb.net

Then expanding country-wide with all of your help, of course.

It is about the sport I love and getting more access for ALL females regardless of skill-level or club-affiliation. 

GOOD NEWS

The NJSIAA reconvened the Girls Golf Subcommittee at their Golf Committee meeting on June 11, 2018 at the request of NJSIAA Golf Committee member Lydia Siipola. 

Okay yes, that IS me. 

It will focus the meeting agenda on issues specific to the sport of girls TEAM golf and expedite decisions regarding the same. 

NEWS THAT NEEDS IMPROVEMENT

 *  There are 311 boys golf teams in NJ. 


 *  There are 81 girls golf teams in NJ.
 

*  Let's look at Hunterdon County 

 5 high schools = 5 varsity boys golf teams + ONE ( 15 years young) varsity girls golf team program 

(Hunterdon Central Regional High School's SANCTIONED Varsity Girls Golf program)

(Inaugural 2004 season under Coach Lydia Siipola)

(checkout sidebar) ) 


Our immediate actions need to show (and rally) support behind Girls TEAM golf and ADVANCING COMPETITIVE EQUITY.

High school female athletes who choose golf as their team sport deserve to experience playing, practicing and competing on a sports TEAM enjoying its many positive outcomes. 


If these athletes chose basketball, soccer, tennis, softball, swimming, lacrosse, or volleyball (to name a few sports) the female athletes are able to practice, play and compete with and against their peers. 

In New Jersey high school golf, this has historically NOT been the case. 

According to the NJSIAA aka New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association aka The Ruling Body of ALL high school sports in New Jersey) attorney, the following is the reality if a high school only offers a boys golf team: 

• Girls are allowed on boys teams and must play by boys team rules. 

• Coed teams do not exist. (I repeat COED golf teams do not exist in the language used by NJSIAA).

• NJSIAA cannot compel member schools to carry equal gender numbers on rosters and/or play equal numbers of each gender during matches. 


I need your help and others like you in the high school sports world and outside. IF you played on a GOLF TEAM in high school (girls or boys) , won't you consider putting a REAL pen to PAPER?

Here is the skinny on the Board of Education meeting where BUDGETARY decisions are made concerning sports teams: 

WEAR A PINK shirt in support of a sanctioned varsity girls golf team program at both high schools in the budget at North Hunterdon-Voorhees School District.

We need adult, tax-paying bodies at the meeting. 

WHAT:BOE meeting Time:7 p.m. 

WHEN:8/14/2018 

WHERE:at North Hunterdon High school campus District Office (near tennis courts) 

WHY:Show and/or voice your SUPPORT for North Hunterdon-Voorhies Board of Education (BOE) to budget for a varsity girls golf team NOW.

The BOE have recently budgeted for 2 assistant  golf coaches to expand their golf program yet no varsity girls golf team exists at either high school within the district.

Phone Number:

District Office: (908) 735-2846

Board Of Education member directory for North Hunterdon and Voorhees school district

NH-Voorhees District Job application for Golf Assistant+Athletic+Coach

NH-Voorhees Superintendents-biography

Girls Golf TEAM & Individual Tournament of Champions history + Scoring Histories from TOC, North Sectional at Stanton Ridge Golf & Country Club & South Sectional Championship at Bey Lea

I received the following (links below) from the Women's Sports Foundation (WSF) re:Competitive Equity which might be helpful:

 "Play Fair: A Title IX Playbook for Victory" This is an excellent resource that is aimed at helping athletes, coaches, parents and others ensure that women receive equal opportunities in high school and college sports. It concentrates on explaining Title IX rules and regulations to allow you to better analyze your school’s athletic program. To review the guide, visit our web site,

"Girls and Boys Competing With and Against Each Other in Sports and Physical Activity Settings"

"Teen Sport in America: Why Participation Matters" WSF's most recent research report explores impact of sports participation on teen health, well-being and academic achievement. Golf is among the sports included in the study, so I hope you'll find this helpful.