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PROGRAM UPDATE
5 November, 2007
There's only three more weeks to overstuffed turkey and really long weekend. The Bills have gotten their record up to .500, though I really thought they’d go down in complete flames…what could possibly make for a better start to November?
See below for some really neat happenings in the Valley…
UPCOMING EVENTS:
November 10, 2007 – Regional Bowling Competition – New Windsor
In excess of 125 athletes have registered for this
competition. We are looking forward to another
festive bowling competition for our athletes in
addition to their local competitions.
November 14, 2007 – Rockland Floor Hockey League – St. Agatha’s
(for more info, see on-going programs below).
November 17, 2007 – Regional Adaptive/MATP – St. Agatha’s
This is event is for our more seriously challenged
athletes. It is a non-competitive event set up in
stations to challenge the athletes motor skills.
The stations are for both ambulatory and non-
ambulatory athletes. All athletes will receive a
Challenger medal at the end of the day’s
festivities.
December 1, 2007 – Regional Physical Fitness Competition – Yonkers
This event allows the athlete competition in
anywhere from 3-10 different disciplines of
physical fitness by level. The competition this
year, should boast unprecedented numbers. We
are looking forward to a very successful event.
December 1, 2007 – Rockland local Bowling Competition – New City
PLEASE NOTE: this is a date change from the
previously posted schedule. For more info, please
call the office at (845) 878-9722.
December 15, 2007 – Winter Coaches Conference – TBD
December 16, 2007 – Unified Regional Bowling Tournament – White Plains This is our third year hosting this event designed
to pair Special Olympians with Special Partners
and raise awareness, as well as provide another
competitive opportunity. Registrations for this
event will be posted this week. If you have
interest and DO NOT receive a registration,
please call the office at (845) 878-9722.
DECEMBER: TENNIS TRAINING: Program will meet weekly (afternoons) in Bardonia (ROCKLAND) beginning in January
2008.
Contact: Ted Mascola @ 845-624-3442
fmascola@ccsd.edu for more info.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS THROUGH: DECEMBER 2007
November:
10, 2007 * Regional Bowling – New Windsor
14, 2007 * Rockland Floor Hockey League Begins – 6pm – St. Agatha’s
17, 2007 * Regional Adaptive/MATP – St. Agatha’s - Rockland
December:
1, 2007 * Regional Physical Fitness Competition – Yonkers
*1, 2007 * Rockland local Bowling Competition – New City Bowl – DATE CHANGE from 11/17/07
15, 2007 * Winter Coaches Conference – TBD
16, 2007 * Regional Unified Bowling – White Plains
VOLUNTEERS: Those events in orange are the ones where we are in NEED of help! Please contact us at the office (845) 878-9722 if you are available to VOLUNTEER for any of the events that are highlighted!
PAST EVENTS
October 13 – Local Bowling Westchester-Putnam - White Plains
The 3rd Annual Lauren Rizzetta Memorial Bowling
Tournament is held in honor of one of West-Put’s
athletes that passed away far before her prime. This
event saw ‘round about 275+ athletes in attendance.
Special thanks to Tom Solimine and the Junior Bowlers for
presenting the colors (Color Guard) at the opening ceremonies!
October 14 – Local Bowling – Ulster – Saugerties Bowling Club
This brand new competition saw about 25 athletes competing
for ribbons on a Sunday afternoon. Thanks to Ron Winchell for
making it all happen. Ron organized all the training and the
competition itself!
October 27 – Regional Volleyball Skills – Bedford Middle School Gym
This competition saw in excess of 30 Regional athletes competing
for medals in a new venue. Due to the large turnout for team
registration, we had to hold a separate skills competition, as our
athlete numbers are outgrowing our venues. (What a great
problem to have!) The competition was very successful and a
great time had by all. Thanks need be given to Beth Walsh and
the Bedford District for her help in securing said facility and
making the event possible and successful!
November 3, 2007 – Regional Volleyball Team Competition
- Hommocks School
This competition saw 13 teams from the Region compete
for the entire day. Each team played no less than three
games before proceeding into the medal round where
they were guaranteed play of two more games. This
format allowed the most Volleyball to played with little
downtime. All the teams had a great time and
divisions were credible and fair.
Special thanks to Ms. Elson for all her planning,
recruiting (of volunteers & officials) and forethought into
making this tournament a brilliant success. Too, thanks
to all the great staff at the Hommocks for their continued
support!
PIONEER SPORTS SCHOOL LEAGUE
The PSSL League is slated to kick-off the week of 12 November. Final schedules have been sent to all school contacts/districts. Referees are currently being solicited for those needing them. Please do not forget to phone a week in advance to confirm your official(s), should you require them. Any other questions or concerns, please call the office. Additionally, please let me know if there are ANY schedule changes, as officials are being assigned NOW! Thanks!
IN THE WORKS…
SKI PROGRAM: The Alpine (downhill) Ski Program is currently seeking
a new coordinator.
Should anyone have interest in this running this
program, kindly contact Kathi Nolan at
knolan@dutchess-arc.org for further information.
ONGOING TRAINING
Rockland Floor Hockey League – BEGINS November 14th, 2007 – call if
you have interest in joining the
league. It is on-going on Wednesday
nights at St. Agatha’s. The league
runs through 13 February, 2008.
If you have any suggestions as to what we can add to our update, please feel free to let me know. Anything short of photos, are a welcome addition. (Pictures are just too cumbersome, due to the number of people we send this out to.)
Any questions, concerns or suggestions, please feel free to contact us at any time. As always, thanks for your continued support and constructive comments.
