[Alsfastball] Softball Ontario up to the Active 2010 Challenge

[Al Doran]

From: "Michael Samways" <msamways at softballontario.ca>
Subject: Softball Ontario Release
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 09:21:35 -0400



Softball Ontario up to the Active 2010 Challenge

On Friday October 22, Softball Ontario was in attendance at the Skydome in 
Toronto with an interactive booth for kids at Sporting Life's ACTIVE 2010 
Challenge.

In association with the Ministry of Tourism and Recreation, the Provincial 
Sports Organizations of Ontario and other provincial sports organizations, 
the goal of this event was to get kids interested and enthused about being 
fit and taking part in healthy activities.

If participation was any indication, the event was a major success.  Over 
3000 students from across Ontario were on hand to test their fitness levels 
and learn about the wide variety of organized sports available to 
them.  Softball Ontario showed their support with an interactive booth that 
allowed kids to try out "Blastball", one of the popular new programs being 
offered in house leagues province-wide.  The kids also had a chance to test 
their arm speed as they threw balls into a net and were clocked by a radar 
gun.  The teachers in attendance were extremely impressed with the fun and 
enthusiasm the kids showed for Softball Ontario's new programs.

This proved to be a tremendous event for Softball Ontario, showcasing our 
sport to thousands of children that otherwise might not get a chance to 
experience it.  Everyone who attended had a great time and it was fantastic 
to see so many kids having fun and being active.  Although it did seem odd 
that on a day when thousands of kids were running through hours of fitness 
tests, it was the volunteers who went home exhausted!

Many thanks go out to all of the sponsors who helped put the event together 
and all the volunteers who made it happen.  A special thank you goes out to 
Sporting Life for allowing us to attend the event and we look forward to 
participating again next year.

On deck for Softball Ontario will be hosting a Learn to Play information 
session at the OASA Annual General Meeting in Peterborough, on November 
20th at 9 a.m.

For more information, please feel free to contact:

Mike Samways
Participation Program Coordinator
Softball Ontario
1185 Eglinton Ave East
North York, ON
ph 416 426 7150
fax 416 426 7368
msamways at softballontario.ca
<file://www.softballontario.ca>www.softballontario.ca



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