Part 1 - Intro and Outstanding
Athlete Awards Part 2 - Teams - Boys and Girls Part 3 - Parents, Coaches, and Fans Part 4 - Distance Lane and Pole Vault Corner Part 5 - Shot Put Circle and Relays Part 6 - Workerbees
by Donna Dye
NEW ORLEANS 3/23/02 - The Nokia Sugar Bowl Classic takes place
in Tad Gormley Stadium in New Orleans City Park, an area of the
city loaded with history and tradition.
New Orleans City Park is in the mid city historic
area called the Historic New Orleans Trace.
It was once the site of Allard Plantation, a swampy, oakfilled forest
home to Indians that trade by dug-out canoes along the banks of
Bayou St. John. The park began with a donation from philanthropist
John McDonogh who donated a 100 acre tract of land to the city for
a park. To some, the park has a very romantic history--a time when
it was known as the place Creole gentleman conducted their "affaires
d'honneur" otherwise known as dueling. The tradition of dueling
was with the park from its beginnings to 1890 when dueling in the
park was outlawed.
"In early Creole days more duels were fought in New Orleans
than in any other American City. Creole honor was a thing of intricate
delicacy to be offended by word or glance. The Dueling Oaks were
a favorite setting for these "affaires d'honneur " with
pistol sabor or colichemarde (a long sword)"
Today, the park is the 5th largest urban park of about 1500 acres
filled with huge old oak trees, statues,
fountains, historic buildings and bridges and City Park Stadium,
known today as Tad Gormley Stadium. The Stadium was dedicated to
the memory of "Francis “Tad” Gormley. He spent his
life serving as head of the New Orleans Gymnastics Club and Amateur
Athletic Union. He was also a trainer at Loyola, Tulane and LSU,
an official in the city’s Prep School Athletic League, football
and basketball referee and superintendent of City Park Stadium."
Tad Gormley Stadium is one of the recreational facilities in the
park. It seats 25,600 and has a 400 meter polyurethane track. It's
a great place to have a track meet! Now on with the meet from the
sidelines.
(Thanks to www.neworleanscitypark.com and www.dueling oaks.com
andfor info and park pics and http://claironherald.org for info
on Tad Gornley.)
Francis T. "Tad" Gormley
1883-1965
Tad Gormley Stadium
Outstanding Athletes
Outstand Track and Field Athletes
(From Left) Outstanding Boys Field, Eli Bergevin, OR;
Outstanding Boy Track, Scot Fuqua AL; Meet Director
Mike Corn; Outstanding Girl Track, Julia Cathcart
MS; Outstanding Girl Field, Edra Findley AL
Baton RougeGirls- Team Winner
Ed Daniels, Station Director at WGNO
(Channel 26), ABC Affilate in New Orleans, presents the Outstanding
Boy Field Athelete award to Eli Bergevin OR fo
Paul Hoolahan, Executive Director of
the Sugar Bowl, presents the Outstanding Boy Track Athlete
award to Scot Fuqua AL.
Julia Cathcart MS Outstanding Girl Track
Athlete
Olympian Jearl Miles-Clark, American
record holder at 800 meters, presents the Outstanding Girl
Field Athlete award to Edra Finley AL
Donna on the Side in New Orleans Part 1 - Intro and Outstanding
Athlete Awards Part 2 - Teams - Boys and Girls Part 3 - Parents, Coaches, and Fans Part 4 - Distance Lane and Pole Vault Corner Part 5 - Shot Put Circle and Relays Part 6 - Workerbees
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It was once the site of Allard Plantation, a swampy, oakfilled forest
home to Indians that trade by dug-out canoes along the banks of
Bayou St. John. The park began with a donation from philanthropist
John McDonogh who donated a 100 acre tract of land to the city for
a park. To some, the park has a very romantic history--a time when
it was known as the place Creole gentleman conducted their "affaires
d'honneur" otherwise known as dueling. The tradition of dueling
was with the park from its beginnings to 1890 when dueling in the
park was outlawed.
statues,
fountains, historic buildings and bridges and City Park Stadium,
known today as Tad Gormley Stadium. The Stadium was dedicated to
the memory of "Francis “Tad” Gormley. He spent his
life serving as head of the New Orleans Gymnastics Club and Amateur
Athletic Union. He was also a trainer at Loyola, Tulane and LSU,
an official in the city’s Prep School Athletic League, football
and basketball referee and superintendent of City Park Stadium."
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