[Sportsandrec] nike plusRE: Sportsandrec Digest, Vol 42, Issue 6

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   1. Fw: Team USA Wins Triple Gold in Goalball (Christella Garcia)
   2. Fwd: The NBBA mailing lists (Jennifer Boylan)

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Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:38:06 -0700
From: "Christella Garcia" <christellablue at gmail.com>
Subject: [Sportsandrec] Fw: Team USA Wins Triple Gold in Goalball
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: United States Association of Blind Athletes 
To: Christella Garcia 
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 1:27 PM
Subject: Team USA Wins Triple Gold in Goalball

For Immediate Release                                                       
August 11, 2009

Contact: Ryan Ortiz, USABA 
(719) 630-0422, ext. 12

Team USA Wins Triple Gold in Goalball

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - More than 350 blind and visually impaired athletes
recently wrapped up competition at the 2009 International Blind Sports
Federation (IBSA) World Youth and Student Championships and Pan American
Games held July 16-19.

Hosted by the United States Association of Blind Athletes (USABA),
competitors from 26 nations participated in goalball, judo, swimming and
track and field.

Several highlights from Team USA which consisted of 72 athletes from around
the United States included:
?        In goalball - a sport designed for blind and visually impaired
athletes - the U.S. won gold medals in the boys' World Youth and Student
Championships and the men's and women's divisions of the Pan American Game;
?        14 judo athletes, including American 2008 Paralympian Myles Porter
(Colorado Springs, CO) who fought to win gold medals in both the 100kg and
open division events.
?        At the pool, Carrie Willoughby (Colorado Springs, CO) won five gold
medals for the U.S. 
women's squad in the Pan American Games. Among the boys, Tharon Drake
(Hobbs, NM) brought in a haul of four golds and two silvers in the World
Youth and Student Championships.
?        Track performances for the U.S. included gold medal wins for 2008
Paralympian Josiah Jamison (Vance, SC) and Paralympic hopeful Markeith Price
(Baltimore, MD).

?This event was wonderful opportunity to showcase in Colorado Springs some
of the best blind and visually impaired athletes in the world including from
the United States, said Mark Lucas, USABA Executive Director. 

The countries who attended the event included: Argentina, Austria, Bolivia,
Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada,  Chinese Taipei, Columbia, the Dominican Republic,
Germany, India, Kuwait, Mexico, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Russia, Slovakia,
South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United
States, Uzbekistan,  and Venezuela.

For more information, contact USABA executive director Mark Lucas at (719)
630-0422.

USABA, a member organization of the U.S. Olympic Committee, is a non-profit
organization that provides training for blind and visually impaired athletes
for competition in nine sports. USABA members range from blind children
developing sports skills to elite athletes who train for competitions such
as the Paralympic Games, the world's second largest athletic competition
that draws more than 4,000 disabled athletes. For complete results go to
www.usaba.org.

For Immediate Release                                                       
August 11, 2009

Contact: Ryan Ortiz, USABA 
(719) 630-0422, ext. 12

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Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:45:19 -0700
From: Jennifer Boylan <jaboylan at gmail.com>
Subject: [Sportsandrec] Fwd: The NBBA mailing lists
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Hi Listers,
Thought someone might be interested in joining this new beep baseball
discussion list. Hope you're thriving!
Jennifer
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From: The NBBA secretary <nbbasec08 at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 3:25 AM
Subject: The NBBA mailing lists
To: secretary at nbba.org

 Good morning to everyone-

A request was made during the Post-General Assembly Board meeting, during
the 2009 World series.  To create an email list via Google Groups, to
discuss all about Beep Baseball.

If you would like to join this email list, you can by simply sending email
to:

NBBAChat-subscribe at googlegroups.com

Send an email with the above address and nothing else, and you will receive
a reply email for you to confirm your subscription.  Follow the instructions
in the confirmation email to subscribe.  When you receive notification that
you have successfully been subscribed, then you will be able to enjoy the
conversation that will take place on the Email list.

The email list is a location where a lively discussion can be had about Beep
Baseball.  This could include about the organization, rules of the game,
equipment, etc.  This list is not exclusive to the NBBA but where discussion
of other sports for the blind and partially sighted can take place.  If you
know of others who would like to join, please forward on this email.  We
welcome one and all.

List Guidelines:
This list is not a forum for someone or a group of people to gang up on
someone else or another group.  Profanity, abusive language, personal
attacks, and other discussions which are not in any way related to this list
will be carefully monitored.  We ask that all who participate engage in
discussion about Beep Baseball and sports for the blind and partially
sighted.  Steering away from any religious, political statements is highly
encouraged.

Note: you do not need to have a GMail account to subscribe to the list.

So I welcome you to join and lets all learn about Beep Baseball and other
sports we might find beneficial to each other.

If you have any questions or difficulties in signing up for this email list,
please contact:

Stephen Guerra
NBBA Chat List owner
nbbasec08 at gmail.com

Stephen Guerra Secretary
National Beep Baseball Association

3444 Limerick Lane, NE
Rochester, MN 55906
Phone: (507) 208-8383
Email:

secretary at nbba.org

www.nbba.org

-- 
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www.twitter.com/blind_baseball

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