HickokSports.com - History - Index By Sport Race Walking; racquetball Rackets (Hard Rackets); Rafting; Rhythmic Gymnastics Special Olympics; Speedball; Speed Skating. history; Index http://www.hickoksports.com/history/sprtindx.shtml
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Ursula's Not So Secret History: August 2004 Archives Well I got back from a really nice vacation with racquetball Guy which I willeventually write The 2004 summer Olympics are less than two weeks away. http://www.barzey.com/archives/2004/08/
Extractions: CHICAGO (Reuters) - American gymnast Paul Hamm, who was asked to return his Olympic gold medal in the men's all-around because of a scoring error, may have received another snub. General Mills Inc, the maker of Wheaties cereal, announced on Monday three U.S. Olympic champions will appear on millions of its iconic orange cereal boxes but Hamm was not among them. Traditionally a launching pad for lucrative commercial endorsement deals, Wheaties boxes will feature record-breaking swimmer Michael Phelps, female gymnastics all-around champion Carly Patterson, and the holder of the "world's fastest human" title, 100-meter gold medalist Justin Gatlin. Am I surprised that Paul Hamm got snubbed? Not really. Personally, I thought he should have given the gold medal back. Granted he did nothing wrong, but clearly the judges made a mistake which unfairly granted him the gold medal. And as such, in the spirit of the Olympic games and in fairness to the other athletes, I think he should have given it back. Im sure my opinion is in the minority but I really do think it would have been the right thing to do. Posted by Ursula at 11:49 PM Meows (1) TrackBack August 30, 2004
Racquetball Give racquetball a try this year. For those who have participated in the past,try to bring a Past competitors must bring their olympic ID card or Dept. http://www.cfaa.org/Summer/Raqball.htm
Extractions: DIVISIONS: CLASSES: Open, A, B, C, D, Novice (never played in Firefighters Olympics) , Masters (40+), RULES: Classes with fewer than 5 players may be combined with another class. United States Racquetball Association will apply. Ektelon balls will be provided and used in tourmament play. The losing player/team will officiate the following game NOTE: Lensed eyeguards approved for racquet sports are required. TWO TO 15, TIE TO 11, BY 1 NOTES: Spectators admitted free ADDITIONAL INFO: There is a category for everyone, beginner to expert, old to young. Give racquetball a try this year. For those who have participated in the past, try to bring a friend. DATES: TIMES: 8 AM to 5 PM LOCATION: CHECK-IN Each competitor MUST check-in individually for the Olympics at the HOST HOTEL. First time competitors must bring Fire Department I.D. to check-in and will be issued an Olympic I.D. card. Past competitors must bring their Olympic I.D. card or Dept. I.D. to check-in. EVENT COORDINATOR: Tom Johnson 619-276-1102 EVENT FEE: $50 Includes multiple division competition
European Racquetball Federation Home of the European racquetball Federation. and the international federationis trying to have it added to the 2004 Olympics in Athens. http://www.european-racquetball.org/old_version/racquetball/history.htm
Extractions: Joe Sobek by Steve Wendell Almost a half-century ago, Joe Sobek, frustrated that he could not find an indoor racquet sport he liked, designed a new racquet, found a ball of the right size and spring, and invented racquetball. The sport now has 8 million players in the United States, 9 million worldwide, played in 91 nations, with a World professional tour . It is part of the quadrennial Pan American Games , and the international federation is trying to have it added to the 2004 Olympics in Athens. It was an office job at a rubber manufacturing plant that led to the start of racquetball in 1950. Sobek was such a good squash racquets player that he had trouble finding opponents. He rejected
USOC Under The Microscope (1/28/03) At the heart of the matter is how the US olympic Committee governs itself. United States racquetball Association. USA Roller Sports http://usoc.gazette.com/fullstory.php?id=184
EWU SPORTS AND RECREATION HISTORY Swim team, Swim camps and clinics with olympic level instruction. Additionally aracquetball court can be converted to a wallyball court. http://www.ewu.edu/x10257.xml
Extractions: SPORTS AND RECREATION HISTORY The Sports and Recreation Center The Sports and Recreation Center complex is a dynamic facility providing many and varied types of activity areas used by University constituents and the general public. It play an important role in the "campus life experience" of our students. As the facilities are all multipurpose areas, it is adaptable for a multitude of activities. It is a focal point on campus for social and recreational activities. We are proud of our Sports and Recreation Center complex and its importance to the overall goals, mission, and vision of our university. Considered by many in the field to be one of the finest state-of-the-art multipurpose facilities in the Northwest, the concept for the Sports and Recreation Center (SRC) began as the vision of Dr. Jack Leighton. Dr. Leighton, as Eastern's Chair of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Athletics from 1953 to 1981, was the leader of a task force that developed the plan for the facilities. Department professors Bob Anderson, Peggy Gazette and Pete Hagelin, along with Wayne Loomis of Facilities Planning, rounded out the committee, which as a team, gathered information and shaped the ideas into the recreation and sports complex we have today.
San Diego Senior Sports Festival Our history. Our Vision. Our Board of Directors. Annual Report The 18th AnnualSan Diego Senior olympic Games. 2005 Entry http://www.sdseniorgames.org/index.asp
Olympic Preview: Team Handball and they ll probably describe a game similar to racquetball with two The finals will take place at the Indoor Arena of the Helliniko olympic Complex http://www.infoplease.com/spot/ol-handball.html
Extractions: Team Handball First Appeared: 1936 (men); 1976 (women) by Mike Morrison Despite the fact that South Korea won the women's gold medal in both and , and that over eight million people from over 150 countries play it, handball is largely considered a European-only sport. In fact, ask many Americans what they think handball is, and they'll probably describe a game similar to racquetball with two competitors slapping a small ball off a wall with their hands. Not so. The easiest way to describe handball is, "soccer with the hands instead of the feet." Much like soccer, it can be both physical and fast, with shots being thrown at speeds approaching 65 miles per hour. The sport used to be played on a large turf field with 11 players per side, but has more recently been moved indoors and played with with seven players, which has sped up the game even more.
Sports & Recreation > Olympics olympic history is filled with the unusual, the bizarre, and the unbelievable . This publication discusses the history of the olympic Games from the http://www.libreriauniversitaria.it/BUS/r_SPO05800/p_2/Olympics.htm
Extractions: Despite International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samarach's proclaiming the Sydney 2000 Olympics as the "best ever, " the truth of the matter is much less one-sided. In The Best Olympics Ever? Helen Jefferson Lenskyj discloses what the Sydney 2000 Olympic industry suppressed: the real... ( Continua
University History -- About Drew -- Drew University The history of Drew University. an eightlane NCAA pool, basketball, squash,and racquetball courts, and exercise, weight, and dance rooms. http://www.drew.edu/about/history.php
Extractions: Prospective Students Drew Community Alumni/ae Home Page About Drew Academics Financial Aid ... Search the Site Related Links "The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil." Emerson The College admitted its first class of 12 students in 1928 , after the trustees of the Drew Theological Seminary voted to accept a gift of $1.5 million from Arthur and Leonard Baldwin to build and endow a College, and to change the name of the institution to Drew University. In 1955, a Graduate School became the third of the university's degree granting entities. From its beginnings, the College has honored its founders' wish that it be ecumenical in its choice of faculty and students. The Baldwins also asked that the new institution be named Brothers College in recognition of their extra ordinary relationship. The name was later changed to the College of Liberal Arts of Drew University, but its major academic building still bears the College's original name. From the start, it was intended that the College be a small and close academic community. It enrolled 400 students in 1948, six years after the original college for men became coeducational, and grew to only 600 students by 1960. The next decade began a period of growth and change-in the curriculum, the numbers of students and faculty, and in the academic plant.
Fishpond.co.nz: Sports & Recreation > Olympics The Ancient olympics A history The Ancient olympics A history A Briefhistory of the olympic Games A Brief history of the olympic Games http://www.fishpond.co.nz/Books/Sports_Recreation/Olympics/
Racquetball, Carnegie Library Of Pittsburgh Resource Guide Web resources for racquetball, especially in Pittsburgh and southwestern the addition of five International olympic Committee approved events and its http://www.carnegielibrary.org/subject/sports/racquetball.html
Canadian Sport Centre Calgary - Communications Beckie Scott receives olympic gold medal. Jenn Heil captures gold in Italy to *Athlete Results Calgary s Kyle Shewfelt makes history with 2 medals at http://www.canadiansportcentre.com/Communications/wirarchives2003.htm
Extractions: *Athlete Results: 20 month wait is finally over... Beckie Scott receives Olympic gold medal. Lueders and Zardo on the podium to secure top spot in 2-man Bobsleigh World Cup standings. Happy Holidays from all of us at the CSCC! Shannon Rempel sweeps opening races at 2003 Canada Post Sprint Championships. Bad luck turns to top-5 finish for Calgary's Justin Lamoureux at snowboard World Cup. Zina Kocher of Canmore completes strong week with 25th in pursuit at biathlon World Cup.Albrecht and Pothier slide into top-10 at luge World Cup.Swimming Olympic medallist Curtis Myden shaves his head for cancer. December 15th, 2003
Pomona College : Athletics : History The history of athletics at Pomona College and more recently of Pomona and The Haldeman Aquatics Center, has a 50meter olympic-size pool with one- and http://www.physical-education.pomona.edu/history.shtml
Extractions: Intercollegiate play began in 1895, when Pomona College's football, baseball, and track teams competed against teams from the west coast. From 1895 until 1946, Pomona College competed as a single college under the names "Blue and White," Pomona, the Huns, and the Sagehens. In 1946, Pomona College joined with the neighboring Claremont Men's College to form the Pomona-Claremont Sagehens. This union was an extremely successful one that yielded three consecutive conference titles from 1954-1956, including a still unmatched undefeated season in 1954. In 1956, the two colleges separated and competed independently. In 1970, seven years after its founding, Pitzer College joined Pomona in athletics under an interim basis that in 1972 became permanent. The Pomona-Pitzer athletics continue to this day.
History olympic Indoor Swim Center opened the same year and the District s popular Elmer Crane, Arlington Heights Park District history as compiled from the http://www.ahpd.org/AboutUs/History.htm
Extractions: In 1887, the Village of Arlington Heights was incorporated and civic improvements were begun. In 1892, because the townspeople protested the unsightly conditions of the land alongside the railroad tracks, the Railroad developed several parks on the north and south sides of the railroad right of way. These railroad parks were the beginning of the park system in Arlington Heights. In 1925 the citizens determined, by petition, that there was a need for an organized park district and that future development of the community demanded such an organization. On June 9, 1925, the Arlington Heights Park District was formed and the first Park District meeting was held June 18, 1925, with Commissioners Nathaniel Banta, Henry Klehm, Eugene Berbecker, Albert Volz, and Julius D. Flentie. In 1941, the first meeting of the Recreation Commission was held. The Commission developed from an idea of a local resident and the Park Board appointed representatives from local civic associations. The recreation programs of the District continued to develop and, in 1946, the Community Council donated 30% of the profits of the July 4th festival to the Park District for recreational programs and a portion of the fieldhouse at Recreation Park was designated as a youth center. 1946 also saw Park District residents approve a referendum to establish the corporate tax rate at .125% and the recreation tax rate at .0625%. By 1950, a summer playground director was working for the Park District. The recreation program consisted only of summer activities including swim lessons, little league, softball, tennis lessons, handicrafts, the Lions Olympics, trips to Cubs and White Sox games, volleyball leagues, a Girls Athletic Club, and the annual water show. Programs were held primarily at Recreation Park but a few were held at South Park (Cronin Park). Recreation activities expanded into the fall for the first time in 1953 when the midget football program began.
About The Victorian Squash Federation In 1995, this was the first time in the 65 year history of the Victorian Open racquetball has also been included into our Schools Program and this no http://www.victoriansquash.com.au/AboutVSF.htm
Red's Home Page history of Red s. At the age of 15 Red was a skinny red haired kid who In 1973 two racquetball courts, 3 indoor tennis courts and a Pro Shop were added. http://www.redlerilles.com/History.html
Extractions: History of Red's At the age of 15 Red was a skinny red haired kid who was inspired by his Uncle Harold's muscles. Red's dream was to be Mr. America and own a gym. Red's dream was spurred on during a conversation with Joe Gold in 1953. Joe Gold (founder of Gold's Gyms and World Gym International) opened his first gym called "Ajax Gym" in New Orleans in 1953. Joe really seemed to like Red, even though he was a kid at the age of 17. One Saturday over lunch, Joe looked at a magazine with Bill Pearl on the cover and told Red that "You could win Mr. America one day". From that day, Joe became Red's mentor.
Active.com - A Conversation With Swim Legend Janet Evans With four olympic gold medals and a career total of seven world records, it was fun knowing that I had been a part of the olympics and olympic history. http://www.active.com/story.cfm?story_id=6285
History Of Montréal | 1st World Outgames Montréal 2006 Throughout its colourful history, Montréal has been in turn a French settlement, and the unique pavilions built for Expo as well as the stunning olympic http://www.montreal2006.org/en_history_of_montreal.html
Extractions: Home The Games Culture Conference ... Site Map Select a sport discipline Aerobics Badminton Basketball Beach Volleyball Bowling Bridge Cross Country Cycling Dancesport Diving Dragon Boat Figure Skating Golf Handball Ice Hockey Karate Marathon Physique Pink Flamingo Pool / Billiards Powerlifting Racquetball Roller-Racing Rowing Soccer (Football) Softball Squash Swimming Synchronized Swimming Table Tennis Tennis Track and Field Triathlon Volleyball Water Polo Wrestling Select a cultural discipline Bands / Colour Guard / Cheerleading Choral Festival Country Western Dance Square Dance History of Montréal The founders settled along the banks of the St. Lawrence, the majestic river that brought them here. Today as you tour the Old Port and Old Montréal, you'll find that much of what they and their ancestors built has been lovingly preserved: graceful stone buildings, stately churches, cobblestone streets... Elsewhere, historic neighbourhoods are being restored so more people can live downtown, but it is being done very carefully so as to preserve the special character of each area.
