| | Central Region Program Report July 22, 2009 | | Dear Friends, I hope everyone is enjoying their summer. We already have some of our training clubs beginning practices, for a list of times and places please refer to the end of the program report because everything is listed below. We have some upcoming events coming up in August which include the Fire Truck pull, a Cycling event and our Coaches Conference. You will find all the information on these items further on in the report. Please don't forget that we have been asked to walk in the New York State parade again this year, so if you would like to reserve your tickets please just call the office at 473-2933 or send me an email and I will put some tickets on hold for you. There are only a couple more weeks until I have to turn in all the information. ATTENTION!! Add "Support Special Olympics" to Your Summer Grocery List" Special Olympics New York Central Region is part of an exciting promotion with Village Market IGA and Bosco & Geers Market stroes across the Oswego area, DiOrio's IGA in Old Forge and Chantry's French Food Market in Utica. Visit your neighborhood store through August 22nd and make a donation at checkout. Proceeds will support the Law Enforcement Torch run for Special Olympics in our local community, which will allow us to provide greater services and programs for our athletes and help us reach the other intellectually disabled children and adults in Central New York to bring them into the Special Olympics Family. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me, thank you. | |
| | Upcoming Events AUGUST August 8th is the 7th Annual Fire Truck Pull & Special Olympics night at Casey Park. Please contact Mike Murray if you would like to participate, his email is murray@copscare.org We have been asked to walk in the NYS Fair Parade again. We will be walking opening night which is August 27th. We have limited amount of tickets and parking tickets so it is first come first serve. You can reserve your tickets by either calling Meghan at 473-2933 or emailing her at mquinn@nyso.org. The tickets are only for athletes and escorts. Thank you. CYCLING - We will be holding our regional cycling event August 29th in Rome. We are still working out the details but we are hoping to have training clubs from the Southern Tier and Capitol District. Further information will be issued on a later date. SEPTEMBER September is a full month of competition, please add these events to your calendar and more information on the events will follow on a later date. September 12th - Super Regional Bocce Tournament in Rome September 19th - Upstate Fall Classic in Rochester September 26th - Softball and Soccer skills competition in Oswego OCTOBER Please Mark your calendars for the following dates October 2nd and 3rd - Fall State Games October 24th - Oswego Bowling Competition October 31st - Rome Bowling Competition | | Coaches Corner *We will be holding a Coaches Conference Sunday August 2nd at Burnett Park. You can register online in the central region section at www.nyso.org. The conference will start at 10am and we will be holding sports specific trainings. If you have any questions about your certifications please let me know and i will be more than happy to let you know where you stand. Thank you and hope to see you there! *****ATTENTION FALL COACHES***** Practices are starting for the fall season and that means that I am going to start asking you for your Fall rosters. You can find the form posted on the online file folder and the link to the folder is on the side bar of this report. Please fill them out completely to your best ability and get them into me as soon as possible. Thank you for your cooperation! *Coaches who are coaching a Fall Sport, if you have not done so already please send me your training club schedule, as you can see we are starting to post them as they come in so we can inform all the athletes. Please send me the following information so I can post it; I have been getting calls from parents and athletes about the schedule so if you could please send me your schedules it would be greatly appreciated, thank you. | | Central Region Wish List There are no current requests at this time, Thank you | |
| Central Region Fall Trainging Schedule Softball: Onondaga - Schiller Park, Wednesdays, Starts July 8th at 5:30-7:30 Softball Skills: Onondaga - Schiller Park, Wednesdays, Starts July 8th at 6:00-7:30 Oswego - Oswego High School, Starts Mid-August at 6:00 Soccer (team): Onondaga - Mott Rd. Elementary, Mondays, Starts July 27th at 5:30-6:45 Soccer Skills: Onondaga - same as soccer team Oswego - Waiting on Information Phoenix - Waiting on Information Bocce: Onondaga - Onondaga Lake Park, Sundays, Starts July 26th at 5:30-7:00 Madison - Canastota Little League Field, Sundays Starts August 2nd at 10-12 Cayuga - Waiting on Information Oneida - Waiting on Information Golf: Onondaga - Sunnycrest Golf Course, Wednesdays, Starts August 12th at 5:00 Madison - Oran Golf Range and Cazenovia Golf Club, Mondays, Starts August 3rd Cayuga - Waiting on Information Cycling: Oneida - Whitesboro High School, Mondays, Starts July 6th at 6:00 Madison - Madison-Oneida BOCES, Thursdays, Starts August 6th at 6-7:30 Bowling (Over 21): Onondaga - Solvay Lanes, Fridays, Starts September 11th, 2 slots 5:30 - 6:45 and 6:45 - 8 Group homes please go later time, thank you. Cayuga - Starlight Lanes, Wednesdays, Starts September 22nd, 3:30-4:30 Oswego - Waiting on Information Oneida - King Pin Lanes, Thursdays, Starts September 10th, 4:30-5:30 Equestrian: Onondaga - TBD - Waiting List Oneida - Waiting on Information and Venue | |