A Fall Full of Fun
It is hard not to get excited about all of the great events we have coming in 2007, but it would not do justice to the remaining 2006 schedule. After a very successful inaugural kickoff of the national tour of the Duck n' Dodge Dodgeball tournament, we turn our undivided attention back to the kids.
We eagerly anticipate the Valero Go!Kids Challenge Subway Victory Lap Celebration at the Alamodome on Sunday, October 29. If you’re having a bad day or week, come see the bright smiles of the K-5th graders who have completed eight weeks of routine exercise. It’s another step toward a healthy community. Next, many young soccer players have a chance to watch their idols in action -- the female players from the Big 12. Thanks to the Big 12 for honoring us as the host city for their championship for 10 years. How time flies when you’re having fun!
And don’t forget to get your tickets now for the UIL 5A Div. I and II Football Championships on December 23 at the Alamodome. We want these games in San Antonio forever! More details coming on the River Rally for the four high schools, bands, cheerleaders and fans.
We could not do any of this without you! Thanks for your support and please remember the Sports Foundation and our youth programs as you make your year-end donation decisions. Click here to join our team now.
Dr.
Susan Blackwood
Executive Director
Duck 'N Dodge A Success
The San Antonio Sports Foundation’s first Duck 'N Dodge Charity Dodgeball Tournament was a hit! The San Antonio Sports Foundation thanks all 90 teams who registered and their fans for turning out last Saturday to make it such a fun event. The proceeds will support the nonprofit Sports Foundation’s sports and fitness programs that reach more than 160,000 children annually in San Antonio. We especially want to thank our sponsors Bud Light, 99.5 KISS and Time Warner Cable for their generosity.
In the end, it was Time Warner’s Balls in Flight team that took home championship honors including a gold dodgeball trophy and “beer for a year” for each team member along with 99.5 KISS Fall Fest concert tickets. Lackland Air Force Base's ISS team came in second. The tournament also featured a “Last Man/ Woman Standing” contest with Jacob Amesquita of the Brew Crew taking home 99.5 KISS Gold Circle Fall Fest tickets.
A sincere thanks, also, to our always-fantastic Sports Foundation volunteers! Click Here for photo galleries from the tournament.
Sports Foundation Board Adds Three
The San Antonio Sports Foundation is pleased to announce the addition of three new members to its board of directors. Steve Bonnette is senior vice-president for Pape-Dawson Engineers, Inc. and Dennis E. Noll, is vice-president community affairs for Kinetic Concepts, Inc. Michael Stoltz, a partner with Ernst & Young, replaced Scott Hefner as that company’s representative to the Sports Foundation board of directors after Hefner relocated to Colorado.
Blackwood Appointed to UT Council
The University of Texas Board of Regents has appointed Dr. Susan Blackwood, executive director of the San Antonio Sports Foundation, as one of their representatives to the university’s Intercollegiate Athletics Council for Women. She will serve a three-year term.
The Intercollegiate Athletics Council for Women advises University President William C. Powers on all matters of policy, personnel, and programs for intercollegiate athletes for women.
Be a Part of the Subway Victory Lap Celebration
 The Subway Victory Lap Celebration is the culminating event of the annual Valero Go!Kids Challenge™. On Sunday, October 29, from 12– 4 p.m. participating children will be awarded their finishers’ medals and t-shirts on the floor of the Alamodome. More than 20,000 children, parents and other family members will also enjoy a fitness and health fair designed to inspire healthy lifestyles.
The Sports Foundation invites companies and community youth and sports organizations to become a part of the Subway Victory Lap Celebration by reserving a booth at the fitness fair. The booth rates are very affordable and nonprofit organizations receive a deep discount.
The deadline to reserve a booth is Monday, Oct 23. Don’t delay; contact Elena Stout at estout@sanantoniosports.com or 210.820.2127.
Big 12 Women’s Soccer Returns
 On November 1, 3 and 5 the Big 12 Women’s Soccer Championship returns to Blossom Soccer Stadium, 12002 Jones-Maltsberger. Hosted by the San Antonio Sports Foundation for ten consecutive years, the tournament features the top eight teams in the conference going head-to-head for the chance at an automatic berth in the national championship tournament.
Tickets are available now online through Ticketmaster, via phone at (210) 224-9600 or in person at local Ticketmaster outlets. Tickets will also be sold at area soccer stores beginning October 18. They cost $12 for a three-day pass and $6 per day. Youth soccer teams are encouraged to purchase the 20-ticket team package for just $99 – a $21 savings over the daily ticket price! Call (210) 820-2100 or click here for more information.
 GoGirlGo! San Antonio Set to Launch
On November 1, the Women’s Sports Foundation and the San Antonio Sports Foundation will announce a partnership designed to improve the health and fitness of girls throughout our community. Headlined by legendary tennis ace Billie Jean King, founder of the Women’s Sports Foundation, a press conference will outline GoGirlGo! San Antonio, offer a report card on the state of girls’ health in San Antonio and announce grant opportunities for girl-serving agencies. The program’s goal is to get 100,000 girls between the ages of eight and eighteen moving by increasing their participation in physical activity.
One way to support the new GoGirlGo! San Antonio program is by joining Team WSF. You can become a part of Team WSF by having your friends and family sponsor you in any activity you choose. Go to www.TEAMWSF.com and register. Register for an event and you will receive a Team WSF signature t-shirt, exclusive training tips from champion female athletes, and a free membership to the Women’s Sports Foundation. For more information on GoGirlGo! San Antonio and Team WSF, contact Laura Cabanilla-Cruz at 210-820-2126 or lccruz@womenssportsfoundation.org
Tickets for UIL 5A Football Championships
The Sports Foundation is pleased to partner with the Alamodome to host the 2006 and 2007 Conference 5A Division I and Division II Football Championship games on Saturday, December 23. The UIL Conference 5A Division II championship game will be held at 2:00 p.m. followed by the Division I championship game at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster and cost $15 for reserved seats.
Go!Kids Keep Moving
 The Valero Go!Kids Challenge™ has children across San Antonio exercising at least 30 minutes a day, six days a week. At school, they’re receiving positive reinforcement from Velocity Sports Performance trainers whose visits energize PE classes with innovative exercises and a message of health and fitness.
To help motivate educators to not only talk the talk but walk the walk, the Sports Foundation is holding a Go!Kids Most Fit Superintendent, Most Fit Principal and Most Fit Teacher Contest. For details, visit www.gokidschallenge.com or contact Anna Gomez-Vasquez at agomez@sanantoniosports.org or 820-2102.
All-Stars Become Champions In Life
The San Antonio Sports Foundation has been chosen to provide sports programming in the Greater San Antonio After-School All-Stars program in Southwest Independent School District. This is in addition to being a provider for the After School All Stars in the Edgewood ISD. Sports Foundation coaches provide training in badminton and team handball at three middle schools in Southwest ISD. The Sports Foundation received $24,731 to be a provider under “youth development,” with a goal of building self-confidence and self-esteem in personal and peer group settings in order to decrease disruptive behavior.
Fall Festival
For more than five years, the San Antonio Sports Foundation has offered children at Meadowcliff Parks and Recreation Center free training in several sports. Grants fund coaches’ salaries and equipment. Currently, children can play badminton, team handball or do gymnastics on Saturday afternoons free of charge. On Saturday, Oct. 21 from 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Meadowcliff Community Center is having a fall festival and everyone is invited to participate. Activities include a talent show, food, raffles, and more. For information, contact Meadowcliff at (210) 674-0820. It is located at 1260 Pinn Road.
Champions
Club
Individual
Members at $1,000+
Dr. Lawrence Anderson; Gary & Shelia Arthur; Col. George Becknell; George P. Becknell, III; Morton Baird;
Sam Barshop; Ralph Bender; Ed Benninger; James Blackwood; Susan Blackwood;
June Bratcher; Tim Brierty; Howard Burris; Jim Callaway;
Jeff Clark; Ross Davis; James Doyle; Jim Dublin; Charlie
Ebrom; Steve Edlund; Donald Engelhardt; Lisa & Frank Fichtel;
Pat & Kelley Frost; Dr. Jamie Garza; Claude Gilmer;
William Greehey; Joe Guinn; Bill & Marcia Hanson;
Cheryl Haywood; George C. Hixon; Peter Holt; Scott Hefner;
Scott Helbing; George C. Hixon; Michael Imbimbo; Steve Isom; Gary Joeris; Stacey Johnson;
Michael Jourdan; Dr. Gary Lawton; Michael J. Lynd, Jr.; Greg & Leigh Ann King; Lowry Mays; James Mickey;
Phil Miner; Bob & Laura Raymond; Tom Reardon; Marty
Roos; Dr. Robert Schnitzler; Dr. David Schmidt; Dr.
Earl Smith; Steve Souter; Michael Stoltz; Richard Wade; Neill Walsdorf, Jr.; Carri
Wells; Jeff Wentworth; Robert Wright, Jr.; Paul Young
Corporate
Champions
City of San Antonio; AT&T
$50,000
Creative Link; IKON Office Solutions;
San Antonio Express-News; Time Warner Cable; Valero Energy Corporation
$20,000
Langley & Banack; Pepsi Bottling
Group; San Antonio Coca-Cola Bottling Co;
$10,000
Budget Car & Truck Rental; Corporate Travel Planners; Flemming's Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar; Maverick Video Production; NuMedia: Oak
Farms Dairy; Paladin IT Services; Spectrum Health
Clubs; Sports Medicine Associates of San Antonio,
$5,000
George Becknell; Bender & Associates;
BudCo., Inc.; The CE Group - Communication & Events;
ChapmanSchewe Benefits Consulting; Comet Neon Advertising;
Ernst & Young; Frost
Bank; H-E-B Grocery Company; The Gambrinus Company;
KPMG; Merrill Lynch; Methodist Healthcare System; Miner
Corporation; The Plaza Club; Security Service Federal
Credit Union; Sterling Bank; SWBC; US Global Investors;
Walton Signage; Wells Fargo Bank; Zachry Hospitality,
Inc.
$2,500
Allegra Print & Imaging; Allied Advertising; Bank of
America; Broadway National Bank; Catering by Don Strange;
Colonial Supplemental Insurance; Cox Smith Matthews
Incorporated; Ear Medical Group; FIRSTMARK Credit
Union;
GLI Distributing; Halo Distributing; Marriott Plaza
San Antonio; Marriott Rivercenter/Riverwalk; Mission
Pharmacal; Pape-Dawson Consulting Engineers, Inc.;
San Antonio Economic Development Foundation; Sterling
Foods; Tesoro Petroleum Companies; Yantis Company
Grants/Foundations
The Alfred S. Gage Foundation, Bexar
County Health & Human Services CDBG; Bexar County
Women's Bar Foundation; Brown Foundation; Charity
Ball Foundation; Coleman Foundation; Criminal Justice
Division JJDP Grant; Criminal Justice Division Safe
and Drug Free Schools Grant; GAC Halff Foundation;
Light Foundation; Myra Stafford Pryor Charitable Trust;
The Sequor Foundation; David & Betty Sachs Foundation;
Smith Barney; Women’s Sports Foundation
Founding
Sponsors
City of San Antonio; H-E-B; USAA Foundation,
A Charitable Trust; Valero Energy Corporation
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