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Fans of UNC Women’s Basketball

July 15. 2010

CALENDAR

Order 2010-2011 Season Tickets: Now through Aug 2010

Thanksgiving in Hawaii: November 22-29, 2010.  Make arrangements NOW.

ACC/Big Ten Challenge Game in Carmichael: Thursday December 2, 2010.

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Coach Hatchell's Classroom

Triangle Team Review

Tar Heels in the WNBA

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Help Wanted

OOPS!  We boggled the Perfect Attendance count!

A Message from the President

From the Events Committee Chair

From the Communications Chair

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Please forward this email to your friends and family who might be (or become) fans of UNC Women’s Basketball!

07/12/10 Photo by Jackie Lambertsen 

CALENDAR

Order 2010-2011 Season Tickets: Now through Aug 2010

Thanksgiving in Hawaii: November 22-29, 2010.  Make arrangements NOW.

Travel with the team to Oahu, Hawaii for Thanksgiving and the 32^nd Annual Rainbow Wahine Classic.  Contact Anthony Travel at 919-843-5580 or click here to visit AnthonyTravel.com and search for UNC before September 1, 2010.

ACC/Big Ten Challenge Game in Carmichael: Thursday December 2, 2010.

Carolina will host the Iowa Hawkeyes on Thursday December 2, 2010.  Read more here.

TEAM TALK

Coach Hatchell's Classroom

In recognition of her generous contribution to the N.C. Cancer Hospital Pediatric Oncology Endowment Fund, a classroom at the Hospital School will be named in honor of Coach Hatchell.  Read more from the UNCAA  here, the Daily Tar Heel here, the News and Observer here, and from the Charlotte Observer here.

Tar Heels in the WNBA

Ivory Latta signed with the Tulsa Shock on July 5^th.  Click here for the new release from Tulsa.  Camille continues as a starter for the Seattle Storm and Rashanda and Marion continue their support from the bench in Minnesota and Tulsa respectively.

Click on the player name below for current stats for the player or the team name for team news and schedules.

Marion Jones * Tulsa Shock

Ivory Latta  *  Tulsa Shock
Camille Little * Seattle Storm
Rashanda McCants * Minnesota Lynx

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Help Wanted

Copywriter to evaluate and upgrade design for new business cards and column display ads.  Experience with Microsoft Publisher helpful.  Estimated time commitment, three hours once.  Deadline:  August 10^th.  Click here to volunteer.

Graphic Artist to evaluate and upgrade design for new business cards and column display ads.  Experience with Microsoft Publisher helpful.   Estimated time commitment, three hours once.  Deadline:  August 10^th. Click here to volunteer.

Coordinator(s) to man Tar Heel Team Tempo’s Facebook and Twitter sites.  Love to text?  Want to be the first to know what’s happening with the right to communicate it to the world?  Experience with Facebook or Twitter helpful but we can train you!  Ease using Internet essential.  Estimated time commitment:  30 minutes/week?  Expiration:  May 31, 2011 as we need you for the season!  Click here to volunteer.

OOPS!  We boggled the Perfect Attendance count!

In configuring our new web site, we unintentionally and accidentally lost email capability for awhile,  Therefore we did not get ANY responses to this request last month!  If you qualify, please email us one more time?  Coach Hatchell and the Woman's Basketball team want this honor roll of fan attendance!

One question in the 2009-2010 Fan Survey asks how many home games you attended this past season.  29 fans indicated that they attended all UNC’s home games!  However the survey was anonymous so we do not know who you are.  Please tell us if you attended ALL home games during the 2009-2010 season. 

Click here to identify yourself for perfect attendance during last season!

A Message from the President

Although it does not seem possible, July 4th has passed and the summer is half-over. As we head into the dog days of August, thoughts of fall will slowly begin to creep into our minds. Inevitably, these thoughts lead me to the promise of the coming year for Carolina.

For those of us that love UNC Women’s Basketball, there is much for us to anticipate in 2010-2011. Clearly Jessica Breland’s return will be one of the biggest stories in all of women’s college basketball, but there are so many other storylines: the senior year of our backcourt of Cetera Degraffenreid and Italee Lucas, the improvement of our sophomores, the incoming freshman class. The best way to see how these storylines develop is to watch in person.

Season Tickets are now on-sale and available at Tarheelblue.com. If you have not already ordered them, I encourage you to do so today. There are some very exciting match-ups such as Iowa in the Big Ten Challenge, rivalry games with NC State and Duke, and the arrival of the two-time defending National Champion Connecticut Huskies. These will be games that you will not want to miss and the only way to guarantee that you can attend is to buy Season Tickets. I look forward to seeing you there.

Until next time,

From the Events Committee Chair

Tar Heel Team Tempo fans can eagerly await the following events during the 2010-2011 season:

·         Tip Off Party with Potluck at Coach Hatchell's house

·         Holiday Party at Time Out with the Carolina Blue Santa, with games and surprises

·         Beat Dook Party preceding the home game in Chapel Hill

·         Annual Meeting with Potluck to wrap up our winning season

In addition, we will:

·         Gather before the game and at half time in the main lobby of Carmichael to meet and greet our fellow fans which will replace the special room that Rams Club ticket holders used to have in pre-renovated Carmichael..

·         Hang banners in Carmichael for signatures to encourage our team (Holidays, Exams, Valentine's Day, Beat Dook, ACC tournament, etc.)

·         Host birthday party for Coach Hatchell

·         Bake cookies for our team when they travel by bus, a real hit last year!

·         Travel to Myrtle Beach for the Carolina Challenge (UNC v USC) in December.

·         Lunch at Time Out before Saturday and Sunday afternoon games.

AND, as always,

·         Meet at Time Out during away games that are televised to cheer on our team!

NEW ADDITION THIS YEAR:

·         Sign birthday cards for team, coaches, and staff.

THANKS!

JoAnn Yvars, Events Committee Chair

email: chair.events@tarheelteamtempo.com 

From the Communications Chair
 

“A New Year, A New Season” for your Communications Committee!

The past 18 months were filled with excitement as we sculptured the framework for our organization to support UNC Women’s Basketball.  Your Communications Committee will use creative energy  in the next 12 months to educate, motivate, and stimulate the UNC Women’s Basketball audience.

Tar Heel Team Tempo’s theme for the 2010-2011 Season is “Be the 6^th Player!”  According to Wikipedia:

“The Sixth Man section is a group of fans of a basketball team, usually collegiate or prep, that attempt to influence the game by cheering and chanting for their team of choice. The fan section is referred to as the "sixth man," because they are the sixth "player" on the basketball team that influences the game. Many share the same characteristics, such as similar chants and similar behaviors.

Sixth Man clubs originated in college basketball, where deep crowds of students assemble to chant for their team. Quality Sixth Man Squads attend home and away games to support their team. Many create identical shirts to appear unified and even more numerous. Sixth Man clubs name themselves based on their school mascot or color.”

We renamed “The 6^th Man” to “The 6^th Player” as Tar Heel Team Tempo challenges UNC students to match our energy, enthusiasm, and emotion.  Although we do not intend to mimic Duke’s Cameron Crazies, neither are we the “Wine and Cheese” crowd.  We are Coach Sylvia Hatchell’s core supporters willing to chant, sing, cheer, clap, host, whatever … all our efforts delivered in a classy style that reflects her demeanor on the court and off.

Your Communications Committee will deliver this message by:

1.    Emailing The Blast to all known fans weekly during the season and monthly off-season with a core of strategic information about Coach Hatchell’s program found nowhere else

2.    Creating a new web site with enhanced features for our members

3.    Photographing games and social events as we catalog our inventory of photographs

4.    Designing social media messages to access the “lost” 21-40 year old fan base

5.    Issuing press releases through local media to invite others to both the home games and our events

6.    Conducting a survey at the end of the season to provide Coach Hatchell’s fans with a direct voice to her office

Many fun, challenging projects await our attention.  Here are two immediate needs:

1.    In the next four weeks, the Communications Committee will assist in the design of Tar Heel Team Tempo’s business cards and a tri-fold flyer.  This requires a marketing copywriter and a graphic artist.   If you have either skill and can volunteer three hours of your time, click here. 

2.    Our Facebook and Twitter pages are active but not manned consistently.  If you would enjoy transmitting information from THTT through either if these media streams, click here.

Thank you for your willingness to help us!

Jackie Lambertsen, Communications Committee Chair

email: chair.communications@tarheelteamtempo.com

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