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March 2009 Volume 10, Issue 1 The Winner HIGHLIGHTS Winter Games is Cold Experience Special Olympics Maryland, St. Mary’s County Bowlers capture awards at State State Bowling is AWESOME! Spring Training is In St. Mary’s County, Spe- here. Look inside cial Olympics local bowling for registration program is held in the fall. In forms for Track, 2008, over 90 athletes par- Michael Bald won Bocce, Softball, ticipated in the fall bowling gold and bronze Sailing, Kayaking program. A small group is medals at the State then selected for additional Bowling competition. training in January and Feb- ruary to prepare for the state 10-pin bowling competition. This year, St. Mary’s County took 19 athletes to the state Athlete Singles Doubles competition. They competed Award Award against fellow athletes from Chong Han Fairclough 2nd 3rd across the state in singles, Hope Taylor 2nd 3rd doubles, teams, and Unified Angela Pitts 4th 2nd doubles. The event was held in Dundalk, near Baltimore, Kim Ballard 1st 2nd on February 7-8, 2009. Debbie Davis 2nd 2nd Our bowlers were divi- Linda Higgs 1st 2nd sioned with fellow athletes Joanie Himes 4th 1st with similar averages. They bowled two games each and Joe Quade 2nd 3rd scores were compiled for Ronnie Noordzy 4th 5th Inside this issue: awards. In the singles com- Tom Stewart 3rd 2nd petition, St. Mary’s athletes Basketball 3 brought home some impres- Keith Stamp 3rd 5th sive awards. Athletes also Bob Hislop 1st 2nd Bowling 1 competed in doubles. Seven Steve Gildersleeve 4th 5th athletes and partners com- Michael Bald 3rd 1st Calendar 9 peted in unified doubles. With the support of our part- Tim Higgs 3rd 3rd ners, our athletes achieved a Russell Bucci /Susan Beaudwin 1st 4th Knights 11 new milestone in their sports Austin Debeltz / Kathie Wright 4th 4th career. Spring Sports 2 Barry Burris / David Debeltz 3rd 3rd Our athletes practiced at Esperanza Bowling Lanes. A Kelly Guffey / Ray Guffey 3rd 2nd Unified Basketball 11 special thanks to Dave Long Shaun Ridley / Wil Ridley 2nd 2nd for his support during this Jason Wright / Rob Wright 4th 1st Winter Games and the previous season. 4, 5 Kegan Zimmerman / Jason Z. 1st 4th Page 2 Special Olympics Maryland, St. Mary’s County Spring Sports Training TRACK and FIELD BOCCE Starts: Saturday, March 28 Starts: Thursday, April 2 9 to 10 am for track athletes * Held: 6:00 pm 10 to 11:30 am for Relay teams Where: Law Offices on St. Where: Great Mills High School Andrews Church Road State Tournament: State Tournament: June 5, 6, 7 June 5, 6, 7 * Call for your time SWIMMING Started: Sunday, March 8 Held: 6pm—Beginners; 7pm—Advanced Where: Great Mills Pool Local Tournament: May 3 for Beginners Swim Meet for State: May 17 at St. Mary’s College State Tournament: June 5, 6, 7 SOFTBALL TEAM KAYAKING Starts: Saturday, April 4 Held: 8 am Starts: Wednesday, May 13 Where: Chancellors Run Regional Park Held: 6 pm—7:30 pm District Meet in Howard County: May 17 Where: Greenwell State Park State Tournament: June 5, 6, 7 State Tournament: July 25, 26 EQUESTRIAN Starts: in April Where: Greenwell State Park State Tournament: June 13 Call Mary Lu Bucci if interested 301-373-3469 SAILING Starts: Tuesday, June 9 CYCLING and GOLF Held: 5 pm—7 pm Starts: In July Where: St. Mary’s College More information to follow. State Tournament: July 25, 26 Registrations to be sent in June. Registration forms are included in this Newsletter. Spring Games—April 28; Set your calendars Leonardtown High School Page 3 Volume 10, Issue 1 Basketball Season is Bouncing Along Basketball season is in full swing in were intense; several games went St. Mary’s County. Our individual into overtime. skills, 3v3, 5v5, player development, and unified teams have been keep- Representatives from Special Olym- ing the courts jumping. pics Maryland were on-hand to as- sess teams in preparation for the On March 7, 30 athletes competed state tournament on March 21. in the local individual skills competi- tion. Everyone had a wonderful Our unified team has been playing in a league in Washington, D.C. To (above) Tiffaney Johnson guards a time and were pleased to be joined Prince George’s player during the by representatives from Prince date, they are undefeated. Con- gratulations! local competition. George’s County. (below) Dylan Latham aims for the On March 8, St. Mary’s County was A special thanks to all the coaches, basket during the 3v3 games. joined by teams from Calvert, partners, volunteers and family mem- Prince George’s, Howard, Baltimore bers who helped to make the local County, Carroll, and Anne Arundel tournament a success. Best of luck to keep the courts active at both to the teams who will be playing in Margaret Brent Middle School and the district and state tournaments. Chopticon High School. The games St. Mary’s County 2009 Basketball Teams Unified 5v5 team Jim Patrey / Jim Bucci Traditional 3v3 teams: Team 2 John Gallagher Larry Mills Thomas Smith Team 1 Marcia Bald Betti Russell Stephen Maras Sam Huffman Shaun Ridley Debbie Davis Karla Kless Michael Wood Connie Thompson William Fenwick Wil Ridley Hope Taylor Amy Trowbridge Sid Ridley Charlie Jackson Michael Bald Michelle Haley Team 3 Tom Maras Kevin Bishop Tom Bayne Andy Thompson Team 2 Diane Huseman Michele Johnson Ryan Gerhold Traditional 5v5 teams: Russell Bucci Vicki Trossbach Darryl Whipple Team 1 Don Bewick / Lloyd Grayson Angela Buckler Chong Fairclough Tiffaney Johnson Robert King Melody Chase Keith Stamp Terrell Nowlin Joe Quade Dan Simpson Jayme Lorraine Team 3 Mark Fondren Brandon Thompson Justin Thompson Moses Weaver Joshua Fondren Patrick Boyle Team 2 Joe Owens / Rob Wright Rebecca Elwell Joey Owens Billy Groves Jason Wright Kegan Zimmerman Team 4 Lisa Owens/Chuck Latham Tanesha Davis Angelica Ringgold Daniel Clarke Michael Vannoordt Joseph Williams Joey Anderson Dylan Latham Jennifer Haley RJ Axtell Team 5 Jeff Hagen / Jack Green Team 3 Jim Russell/Hill/Menard Christy Brinkley Ronnie Noordzy Unified partner Kevin Andrea Brown Wayne Carter Jeffrey Hagen Casey Chappelear Bishop heads down Allen Hill Dillon Kelley Suzanne Green the court during the Tim Menard Kyle Russell local games. Marcus Windsor Emoni Butler Player Development 3v3 teams: Shelby Boyer James Woodland Team 1 Dan Shannon Tammy Wise dribbles Stephen Ennels Justin Fowler Team 4 Douglas Mason Melanie Shannon Jeremy Degler during the local skills Jim Downs James Sewell Brad Shannon competition for St. Samantha Oliver Annie Bassford Mary’s County. Avery Long Brandon Chan Jackie Morgan David Higgs Page 4 Special Olympics Maryland, St. Mary’s County Winter Games are Chillin’ Experience While St. Mary’s County events, as did veteran Fleury, Courtney Parkes, was getting blanketed in racer Samantha Oliver. and Marc Rinaldo. Brooke snow March 1st , 2nd and Joey Owens came home Bucci and Tom Emery each 3rd, over 80 athletes, with three Gold medals, helped their partner win a coaches, partners, and two individual and one for Silver medal and Courtney volunteers went looking his Unified Race with Part- Bucci earned 4th. Lucas for snow in the mountains ner Annah Rice. Other Garner also competed as a of western Maryland at Gold medal winners in- partner but his team was the 2009 Winter Games. clude athletes Wayne disqualified. Wayne Carter (top) shows The sub-zero wind chill Carter, Jimmy Hawkins, Thanks to our hard working great form coming down the shortened many of the Larry Mills, Thomas Smith, ski coaches Steve Rinaldo, slope, winning the Gold. Joey events from two runs to and Amy Trowbridge. Brett Bucci, Ray Bucci, Anderson (below) was in the one, but all events were Silver medalists include Brian Tierney, Alex Dyar, novice category this year. His held, with St. Mary’s Annie Bassford, Jayme Joanie Emberland, Randy coaches are looking forward to County athletes repre- Lorraine, Terrel Nowlin, Woolridge, and Jarret Wal- senting the largest dele- Justin Thompson, and ters. A special thanks goes his years to come. gation at Wisp Resort Kayla Woolridge. RJ Axtell to Coach Tom Emery and with 13 snowshoe and 15 received a participation Mary Lu Bucci who worked downhill athletes. ribbon for his time trial and with our athletes at the Our downhill ski racers JW St. Clair got in a day of weekly dry land training bundled up and gave it skiing before needing to sessions at the Drill Hall, their best despite blowing leave before the races be- and to TJ Parkes, the snow and frigid tempera- gan. Unified Partner Amy Owens family, and Hawkins tures. First time skier Brookbank, Bret Bucci, Jr., family for getting everything Joey Anderson showed and Lilly Emley each organized for our Winter everyone how it’s done helped their duo win a gold Games athletes. when he finished with medal. Partners earning Gold Medals in both his Silver included Holly Through Volunteers and Financial Support, our Athletes Succeed!! Special Olympics St. Mary’s County relies on volunteers and donations to run the quality programs here in the county. The following individuals or organizations have donated their time or financial support to our local program. If you see one of these folks, say Thank You. Linda Clem Knights of Columbus #9968 Maryland Charity Campaign Knights of Columbus #2065 Kegan Zimmerman and his Northrop Grumman Darwin & Barbara Engle fellow snowshoers offer their Henry and Nancy Noordzy Penny Brueggemann thanks to the Bald Family for Velma Graves Marilyn and Ronald Wood hosting our local competition Lexis-Nexis Dorothy Williams on their beach. Brookbank Core Drilling & Sawing Co. Ralph Baken Degler Family Hollywood Lions Club Joseph and Ann Ogden Esperanza Lanes Knights of Columbus #8159 Nicks of Clinton Knights of Columbus #1470 United Way Page 5 Volume 10, Issue 1 Snowshoe Athletes Win Bling Snowshoeing events Stephen Maras, and the Gold.