Enfield Athletic Hall Of Fame The Focus Of New Public Access TV Series

ENFIELD, CT — As the newest crop of electees prepare to be inducted into the Enfield Athletic Hall of Fame in September, a new TV series focusing on the organization, produced by a Hall of Fame board member, is set to air its debut episode next week.

"Journeys" is a monthly show which will feature conversation with a pair of Hall of Fame members. The initial 30-minute program was taped July 10 at the Cox Communications public access studio in Enfield, and is slated to air on channel 15 through the remainder of July at 8 p.m. on Mondays and Tuesdays at 11 a.m.

Guests on the inaugural program were one of the most beloved and honored couples in all of Connecticut sports. Cookie and Bob Bromage combined for more than 100 years of high school coaching, a feat unparalleled in state history, and have the unique distinction of being the only husband-wife duo in New England to each have playing surfaces dedicated in their honor.

Cookie Bromage was a member of the charter induction class of the Hall of Fame in 1996. She coached Enfield High School field hockey for 52 years, winning Class M state championships in 1983, 1984, 1992, 1993 and 1994. Counting the induction of her championship teams, she has earned nine Hall of Fame accolades, most recently in January from the National Field Hockey Coaches Association in suburban Orlando, Fla.

In September 2019, the turf playing surface at Carl Angelica Memorial Stadium at Enfield High School was dedicated as Cookie Bromage Field.

Bob Bromage coached Enfield baseball for 37 years, leading the Raiders to the Class L state championship game in 2001. That same year, he was elected to the Enfield shrine, making the Bromages the first, and thus far only, husband-wife duo to be so honored.

Powder Hollow Park is now the home base for Enfield High School varsity baseball, and in April 2022, the diamond there was dedicated as Bob Bromage Field.

Host Tim Jensen, editor of Enfield Patch and a longtime member of the Hall of Fame board of directors, chatted with the couple about coming to Enfield from their respective hometowns of Berlin and Suffield, their years of success with their programs, their Hall of Fame memories, the field dedications in their honor and the thrill of having three dozen of their former players join them as individual Hall of Famers.

Those residing outside the Cox Communications coverage area, or those who simply wish to see the program at any time, may do so by clicking here.