Send your North Central public event notices (including recreational sports) for free to Edmond Ortiz at eortiz@primetimenewspapers.com; by fax at 250-3350; or by mail to him in c/o North Central News , P.O. Box 2171, San Antonio, TX 78297-2171. Submissions must be received by noon Friday prior to the next desired publication date. Items run on a space-available basis. ONGOING .. more …
The younger guys at the rec center saw the camera, so between games they stood under the basket and lifted a player up for a dunk; they wanted to see the action shot in the paper.It’d be alright if you printed that one, John Schumann, a bearded man who will turn 60 this year, said on Friday afternoon as the young players celebrated the successful slam, but that’s not truly representative of this .. more …
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., March 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ –More than 600,000 eye injuries related to sports and recreation occur each year. More than 40,000 of these require Emergency Room attention and more than one-third of the victims are children. In fact, sports represent the number one cause of eye injuries in children under the age of 16.Common injuries include abrasions of the cornea, bruises of .. more …
PARLIAMENT – Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula says he spends too much of his time mediating “greediness” in sport.He told Parliament’s portfolio committee on sports and recreation yesterday he would to prefer to spend his time focusing on transformation and development.”Administrators are not seized with transformation. They are seized with how far they can get with this budget. Part of the .. more …
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – Washburn University students were encouraged to focus on their “bods” Wednesday.The school celebrated National Recreational Sports and Fitness Day with special activities at the student rec center. All faculty and staff could use the center for free Wednesday and attendees were encouraged to test their fitness by completing the president’s challenge.Rock wall climbing and .. more …
WA Minister for Sport and Recreation Terry Waldron has confirmed a change in his party’s position and now says combined facilities are not universally suited to all sports.The comments fl y in the face of stated position previously that the Liberal-National coalition would only look at funding multi-use facilities.However, last week Mr Waldron said the State Government was committed to listening .. more …
AUBURN PARKS AND RECREATION OPEN GYM HOURS: The newly opened PRAB Gymnasium, located at Les Gove Park at 910 9th St. S.E., hosts open gym schedules for youth and adults. Open gym for children in grades 6-12 run from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. daily. Cost is $1 per day, $10 per month or $25 for a quarterly pass. The gym is also open for adults from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. from Monday to Thursday. Monday and .. more …
The Intramural Sports Advisory Board has come up with a newinteractive way to design shirts for intramural champions for the2012-2013 school year.The board decided to implement a contest that will allowstudents to design their own championship T-shirt that will begiven to the champions of all Purdue recreational sportsleagues.The winning design will be selected by the members of theIntramural .. more …
Park Ridge is moving forward with its plan to install a footbridge and walking path linking Mill Pond Park with the borough’s recreational facilities at Davies Field.At the Tuesday, Jan. 24 meeting, the council awarded the contract for the project to NAVKA Construction Co., Inc. of Newark.In all, 16 bids were received for the project. They ranged from $299,940 to $577,550. The bids were reviewed .. more …
By Anne Knowles CARSON CITY ” Northern Nevada is looking at sports and recreation from every angle to boost its economy.The bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics , the Reno Bighorns minor league basketball team, the UNR Wolf Pack athletic program, even makers of outdoor gear, all figure into plans to capitalize on sports.Nevada Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki and Jon Killoran, the chairman and CEO, .. more …
The National Sport and Recreation Indaba commenced successfully in Midrand today.The Indaba was officially opened by South Africa’s Deputy President, Mr Kgalema Motlanthe, with Sport and Recreation Minister, Mr Fikile Mbalula, delivering the keynote address. The Indaba is divided into six commissions, namely: Recreation/Mass Participation and School SportThe geo-political constitutional boundaries .. more …
-Proceeds from sale to be redeployed to new growth opportunities- BURNABY, BC, Dec. 21, 2011 /CNW/ – Canlan Ice Sports Corp., industry-leading providers of recreational sports and entertainment facilities across North America , today announced that it has sold its two-pad ice rink located in Candiac, Quebec to the City of Candiac. Proceeds from the sale will be used for a combination of debt .. more …
MONTREAL, Dec. 14, 2011 /CNW Telbec/ – MEGA Brands Inc. (TSX: MB.TO – News ) After Sun Youth’s announcement last week that they were short 2,000 toys for their holiday toy drive, Montreal’s own MEGA Brands received an urgent call from the North Pole.”I was worried our workshop wouldn’t be able to make these missing toys in time for Christmas, so I called my friends at MEGA to give me a hand in .. more …
~li~ Reprints For the first time in more than a decade, the United States qualified a group team in rhythmic gymnastics in the Pan American Games.The U.S. group, which represented the United States at the 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011 Rhythmic World Championships, trains at North Shore Rhythmics in Deerfield. Members of the group are Sydney Sachs, Sofya Roytburg, Megan Frohlich, Jessica Bogdanov, .. more …
Jon Williams of Miami won the Palm City 5K race held at Justin Wilson Park on Nov. 6. Williams finished in 17 minutes and 28 seconds. Stacy Paton finished first for the women with a time of 17:47.North Carolina State University used a final-round push Nov. 8 to capture the 10th PGA Jones Cup presented by Golf Pride. The Wolfpack closed with a final-round 9-over-par 297 and a 609 total, at PGA Golf .. more …
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