Volleyball Players Wanted

The Windsor Sports Scene

In Play Magazine

Biz X and In Play! Magazines are looking for volunteers to

form two co-ed volleyball teams of six players.

Interested players please contact us HERE.

Event takes place Saturday June 18th, 2011 at the brand new

state of the art On The Beach venue in Tecumseh.

Registration for all participating teams will begin

May 2 on the Biz X and In Play! websites.

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City Sport Fields Remain Closed

The Windsor Sports Scene by
In Play Magazine

Baseball diamonds will officially open Saturday, April 30 and soccer fields will open Saturday, May 14, weather permitting.

                

Parks and Recreation limits access to the fields in early spring to allow the grass to re-establish itself after winter.  In early spring, the turf is young and very tender and susceptible to damage.  After a few weeks of warmer dry weather, the grass has grown stronger and more mature.  The fields are then ready for active play. Allowing teams to play on wet fields could have long-term effects that seriously damage the turf.

Organized play on citywide baseball, soccer and cricket grounds should be avoided until the fields have an opportunity to dry and the grass to grow.

For questions about specific sport fields, please call Linda McLeod, Seasonal and Sport Facilitator, at 519-253-2300 x 6714.

For more information, call 311 or visit http://www.citywindsor.ca/.

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5/10km Run, Walk or Wheel for Family Respite Services Windsor

The Windsor Sports Scene by
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Alexandria Fischer, Events/Fundraising Coordinator

Family Respite Services

Family Respite Services invites the public to walk, run, or wheel 5 or 10km along the Riverside Trail on

Riverside Drive

and Huron Church, on Saturday, April 2nd, 2011. The race begins at 11:00 a.m.

This event is sponsored by the University of Windsor Law Students and it’s called the Ambulance Chaser Run. All proceeds will go directly to families caring for children with disabilities in our community.

Registration $25.00 or $100 in pledges.

For more information contact Family Respite Services

519-972-9688 x156

info@familyrespite.org          

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ASSIST program earns charitable organization status

The Windsor Sports Scene by
In Play Magazine

(Windsor, Ontario, Thursday, March 10, 2011) – The ASSIST program should be able to help even more children from financially vulnerable families participate in organized sports now that it has been officially granted charitable organization status, according to one of its founders.

“Up until now we’ve had to turn money away from potential donors because we were unable to issue tax receipts,” explained ASSIST board chairman Mike Dugal. “Now that we can do this, we expect we’ll be able to collect more donations and ultimately help a lot more families.”

ASSIST is a grassroots group of people with a lifelong passion for sports committed to raising funds to help kids experience the joy of participating in organized games. Since its inception in 2007, ASSIST has raised thousands of dollars and helped more than 70 families by defraying some of their expenses so their kids could register to play in organized sports leagues.

The organization has relied mainly upon individual donations while many corporate donations were turned down because businesses require receipts for income tax purposes, a service ASSIST was unable to provide without charitable organization status.

The move has already borne fruit. Dana Young, a lawyer from Clarks Barristers and Solicitors, the law firm which handled the legal process of incorporating the organization celebrated the group’s new status by coordinating the its first tax-receiptable donation of more than $2,000 to the cause, which came at the recommendation of her 14-year-old son who plays hockey with a local minor association.

“We were happy to help out,” said Young. “ASSIST does so many wonderful things for our community and we wanted to celebrate the group’s new success by being the first to contribute in its new form.”

Earning its new status couldn’t have come at a better time. This Saturday, the group will host 24 Hours of Hockey, its annual premiere fundraiser, at South Windsor Arena. The format is simple: teams that register play in one-hour-long three-on-three games and a continuous tally is kept for each side. Players are required to submit a minimum pledge of $20 and previous events have generated average revenue for the association of about $10,000.

“We’re hoping that having charitable status may increase the amount of corporate donations that we’re able to accept for this and other fund-raising events,” said Dugal.

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2011 WMHA Pinnacle Chrysler Day of Champions

The Windsor Sports Scene by
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2011 Windsor Minor Hockey Association Pinnacle Chrysler Day of Champions Huge Success!
By Dean Lapierre

Novice Minor Sponsored by Buskers Submarine

Digi Print (7) Brendan Guinn 4, Zachery Vaillancourt, Matthew Mongeau, Carl Labelle
Windsor Firefighters Benefit Fund (6) Zander Latreille 3, Tyler Sterling, Tyson Dorey, Konnor Smith

Novice Major Tier 1 Sponsored by Valente Travel
Sports Club 444 (2) Julien Gervais 2
Dave Pickford Sports Photography (0) Shut out by Alex Murray

Novice Major Tier 2 Sponsored by Rose City Hockey
Club 200 Youth Activities (3) Tyler Leach, Andy Liu, Nicolas Zinyk
Winmar (1) Connor Smith

Atom Tier 1 Sponsored by Nantais Source for Sports
Windsor Choristers Athletic Club (5) Anthony Coral 2, Justin Brierley, Noah Harper, Josepy Uras
Perani's Hockey World (3) Spencer Grey 2, Ryan Hubberstay

Atom Tier 2 Sponsored by Essex County Locksmiths
Performance Ford (5) Ryan Patterson 2, Stephanio Kerr, Andrew Papas, Pietro D'Agostini
McDonalds (1) Andrew Kopcok

Peewee Tier 1 Sponsored by Advance Business Systems
Cornerstone Insurance Brokers (4) Brady Olar, Mitchell Shields, Alec Dupre, Adam Sghaier
Performance Ford Lincolin (0) Shut out by Alex Acton & Jonathan Little

Peewee Tier 2 Sponsored by All-Risks Insurance Brokers
MCM Collectibles (6) Dylan Fox 2, Jacob Gauthier 2, Aidan Rocheleau, Curtis Cacihas
Bantam Tier 1 Sponsored by Dak's Flowers Club 240 (7) Isaac Lewis 2, Andrew Murray 2, Brett Boissonneau 2, Alexander Blak, Niko Suski (2) Steve Jaworski, Dante Lapico

Bantam Tier 2 Sponsored by Sun Life Financial
Arby's (2) Ted Felet, Giordano La Civita
Auto MAXX (1) Quinn Hunt

Midget Minor Tier 1 Sponsored by Mont's On Time Express Inc
Crescent Television Service (1) Matt Lockwood
Mic Mac Club (0) Shut out by Mitchell Coovert

Midget Minor Tier 2 Sponsored by The Trophy Boys
Windsor Truck & Storage (7) Hugh Paulin 2, Quinn Perfetto 2, Ryan Storey, Tyler Tesolin, David Mammarello
Summit Floor & Wall Coverings (1) Robert Appleyard

Midget Major Sponsored by Lifestyle Family Fitness
Walker Road Automotive (5)
Accurate Embroidery & Screenprinting Scores (1)

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