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| From Curry Motors |
We thank Curry Motors for their yearly support and contributions!
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| Kiss FM |
We thank KISS FM 96.1 for sponsoring our 10th Anniversary Polar Plunge this year!
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We thank Mahoney's Irish Pub and Restaurant for sponsoring us at our 10th Anniversary Polar Plunge on March 8th and for also holding the "Ice Breaker" party for this event the night before on March 7th.
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PROGRAM UPDATE
18 February, 2008
Things are picking up here in the HVR.
We’ve kicked of the first couple of events of the year, attended State Winter Games and now we are off and running, full force into what should prove to be very hectic end of winter and spring season…
So, here’s what’s goin’ on in our Valley…
UPCOMING EVENTS:
24 February:
Unified Bowling – The competition has been solidified for this date! We are back on and ready to go. Registrations are in, and we are in the process of finalizing all the partner divisions. If you have any last minute changes, call immediately. We are looking forward to the largest turn-out ever! Thanks to everyone for your patience with the cancellation and re-schedule due to weather. We look forward to seeing you on Sunday!
1 March, 2008:
Basketball Team NORTH: (inclusive of ALL skills athletes) and the following teams:
DDSO, North East
Nor-West, PRPH
Somers
Taconic
This event will host approximately 12-13 teams from the northern tier and all of the skills athletes (about 100-125)
8 March, 2008:
Basketball Team SOUTH: (NO Skills) and the following teams:
Abbott
Stars
SECON
Taconic
WPREC
WSSSC
YPR
This event will host approximately 12-15 teams from the southern tier and there will be NO skills competition at this venue.
19 March, 2008 – Date Change – Rockland Basketball League Begins
CALENDAR OF EVENTS:
2008
February
24, 2008
CONFIRMED – Unified Bowling Competition – White Plains
March
1, 2008 - West-Put Basketball Team NORTH & ALL Skills – Somers & JFK HS
8, 2008 - West Put Basketball Team SOUTH – White Plains High School
****Please note---there will be no other AQAUTICS Regional event other than the MARIST event this year, so plan accordingly. Unfortunately, our other site for the Regional Aquatics event is seemingly unavailable. Every effort will be made to secure a secondary site for the 2009 calendar year.
19, 2008 - Rockland Basketball League begins
TBD - Summer Coaches Conference
29, 2008 - Regional Basketball, Powerlifting, Aquatics Competition – Marist
April
19, 2008 - Time Trials –Putnam Valley High School
27, 2008 - Rockland Basketball Skills Competition – St. Agatha’s
May
10, 2008 - Regional Spring Games WEST – West Point USMA
17, 2008 - Regional Spring Games EAST – Mahopac High School
31, 2008 - Metro Tournament – Riverbank State Park (Manhattan)
June
12-15, 2008 - SONY Summer Games – Binghamton (tentative host site)
VOLUNTEERS: Those events highlighted 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
17 – 20 January, 2008
We were fortunate to have three of out HVR athletes and two coaches attend a National Tennis Competition/Invitational hosted in Charlottesville, Virginia. Athletes Tom Adimari, Joey Calarco, and John Gianakouros competed in both singles and doubles tennis with SO athletes from all over the country in this three day tennis event. Each of the athletes brought home medals and memories of some stellar tennis competition. Thanks to coaches Sofia Gianakouros and Ted Mascola for everything they did to make this event so successful for the athletes! We are looking forward to next year’s competition with great anticipation!
26 January, 2008 – Floor Hockey Skills Competition – Yonkers
This event saw 69 registered athletes from different agencies registered to compete in the five different skills components. As always, the Yorktown Elks showed up, en masse, as our volunteer base. They, along with approximately 25 other outside volunteers put on a stellar competition for the HVR athletes. Special thanks to the Elks for, as always, being there. Too, to Mat Longo for arranging for the use of the facility for the competition! Thank you to all the volunteers for coming to promote a quality competition for our athletes.
2 February: Regional Floor Team:
13 teams attended this Regional competition. The competition went according to plan and ended right around three-thirty, thanks to the use of the third gym! Mat, you are the best! Special thanks to all of the officials, Bones and Nancy for setting everything up, as always! Competition was fierce within the divisions…and a great time was had by all.
8-10 February – Winter Games Update:
SONY’s Winter Games saw over 75 of the HVR athletes compete in Alpine Skiing, Nordic Skiing, Snowshoeing, Floor Hockey Team and Floor Hockey Skills respectively. The athletes enjoyed the venues tremendously.
PIONEER SPORTS SCHOOL LEAGUE
Thanks again to Mat on a great job a calling a ton of games!
Again, coaches, if you cancel for ANY reason, please call and let us know! Weather is a reason! Mat does travel to your venue even if the weather is questionable…..call and let me know, so I can get word to Mat! Thanks again for your efforts!
IN THE WORKS…
Ulster County S.O.
Contact: Bonnie Lanton (Head Coach) at: Basel04@aol.com
Ulster County SO is currently opening the doors to a track & field training opportunity to currently registered Ulster athletes and any new Ulster athletes wishing to participate. Again, for further information, please contact Bonnie at the email address listed above.
ONGOING TRAINING
Rockland Basketball League –
Will begin on 19 March, 2008 with pairing games.
On-going – Ulster County Floor Hockey Training
They started their Floor Hockey Training Club last night (Wed 11/7) - both Team and Skills. It will run every Wed (except holidays and school snow days) through February 2008. It's at the JFK Elementary School in Kingston. Arrive at 6:00pm to be ready to play promptly at 6:15. We work 'til 7:45pm, then break down the stuff, pack up and be gone by 8:00pm. Contact: via phone 845-758-3880; via email: BaseL04@aol.com
On-going 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.
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DEVELOPMENT
2008 Bresnan Bike Tour
Our 2008 Bresnan Bike Tour will take place on June 6-8th. Please look at our webpage for more information (participating, sponsorships, etc.): http://www.bresnanbiketour.com/
To register, go to www.bresnanbiketour2008.kintera.org.
For more information, please contact Teresa Gilli at 845-878-9722 or via email tgilli@nyso.org
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Celebrate 10 years of "freezin' for a reason!
10th Anniversary Fishkill Polar Plunge
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Sharpe Reservation - Fishkill, NY
Registration begins at 9:00AM
Plunge at noon
Last year, 100 brave souls plunged into frigid waters to raise over $45,000 for the Hudson Valley Region! Help us break last year's record by breaking through the ice at our 10th Anniversary!
This year's Plunge will kick-off with an "Ice Breaker" party at Mahoney's Irish Pub and Restaurant on Friday, March 7. Kick-off the Plunge with food, drinks, giveaways and entertainment!
For more information, contact Teresa Gilli at 845-878-9722 or via email tgilli@nyso.org or register at http://www.firstgiving.com/hvpolarplunge. Also, look at our myspace webpage: www.myspace.com/hvrpolarplunge.
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Miles for Medals Walk FDR:
We have reserved a date for the Miles for Medals Walk at FDR Park. The date has been set for Sunday, April 27, 2008.
For more information, contact Teresa Gilli at 845-878-9722 or via email tgilli@nyso.org.
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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.
