{{Short description|Multi-sport club in Finland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox sport governing body | name = VG-62 | founded = Naantali, Finland, {{Start date and age|df=yes|1962}} |sport = {{Plainlist| * Ice hockey * volleyball * football * figure skating * ringette<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vg-62.fi/ringette|title=VG-62 Ringette|year=2023|access-date=1 August 2023|language=fi}}</ref> }} | url = {{URL|https://www.vg-62.fi/}} }} '''VG-62'''<ref>[http://www.vg-62.fi/ VG-62 Official Homepage]</ref> 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 {{interlanguage link|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|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.<ref name=VG62ringette>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/Vg62Ringette/photos/o.239841523131551/1098060640323468/|title=Alpo Lindström toi poikansa Janin kanssa ringeten Naantaliin v. 1979 ja perusti VG-62:n ringettejaoston.|trans-title=Alpo Lindström brought Ringette to Naantali with his son Jan in 1979 and founded VG-62's ringette division.|website=facebook.com|author= |date=6 February 2017|access-date=10 October 2022|publisher=VG–62 Ringette|language=en}}</ref> The ringette club eventually went on to compete in Finland's national ringette league, Ringeten SM-sarja, now known as SM Ringette.
==Notable footballers== * Jermu Gustafsson * Pauno Kymäläinen
==See also== * Ringette Finland * International Ringette Federation
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Category:1962 establishments in Finland Category:Figure skating clubs Category:Figure skating in Finland Category:Multi-sport clubs in Finland Category:Naantali Category:Ringette teams Category:Sports clubs and teams established in 1962 Category:Sports clubs and teams in Southwest Finland