TEN
OAKS BALLROOM, Clarksville, MD
OCTOBER 22nd, 2007
6:00pm (seating
begins)
Tickets are
going fast! Don't be left out!
If you like, watch, play, officiate, or care
about sports in the Howard County community
then you should attend the 5th Annual
Celebration of Sports hosted by Howard
County Recreation and Parks.
This annual event will feature JOHNNY
HOLLIDAY, "Voice of the
Maryland Terrapins", as the keynote speaker.
Also induct honorees into the Community Sports
Hall of Fame and host a delicious buffet dinner.
Howard County Recreation and Parks
(HCRP) began the annual Celebration of Sports
as a way to bring together organizations and
businesses that have a vested interest in
community sports in Howard County, Maryland.
This celebration has grown from an afternoon
picnic to an evening banquet.
HCRP is committed to the on-going growth
of community sports at the youth and adult
playing levels. Full time HCRP professionals
oversee and facilitate leagues, tournaments,
clinics, coaching education classes, focus
groups and field development on a daily basis.
This annual celebration provides an opportunity
to network with other organizations, businesses
and professional Recreation and Parks Employees
involved in Community Sports.
Ticket prices are $20 each or a table of
10 for $170. For additional information please
call 410-313-4711. To purchase tickets
on-line, click here $20
individual tickets / $170
Group of 10 tickets. To purchase tickets
by phone, call 410-313-7275 (M-F, 8am-4:30pm)
2006
COMMUNITY SPORTS
HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES:
Robert
J. Baker- Bob has been an ardent
supporter of Special Olympics
since 1995. He has served Special Olympics
of Howard County (SOHC) as a coach, program
coordinator, assistant director and director.
Through his leadership, SOHC now has more
participants, offers more sports and has a
stronger financial base than ever before.
Peter
Finck- Peter and tennis are a life-long
match. For 15 years he was director of two
popular events for youth, the Columbia
Junior Open and The Columbia
Flier tournament. Peter was president
of the Maryland Tennis Association, an officer
in the Mid-Atlantic Tennis Association, served
on US Tennis Association national committees
and helped found the Howard County
Tennis Association.
Russ
Flowers- Russ began his officiating
career with recreational programs sponsored
by Columbia Association in the early 1970s.
In the late 1970s he helped found the Howard
County Officials Association and
served as commissioner of officials in adult
softball, basketball and football programs.
Carol and Philip "Woody" Hearn-
For more than two decades, Carol and Woody
worked tirelessly to provide athletic opportunities
for girls in the Howard County Youth
Program (HCYP). Carol and Woody served
as coaches, officials and commissioners and
worked to update uniforms and playing fields.
P.J.
Kesmodel- P.J’s name is synonymous
with lacrosse in Howard County,
but he first became involved in local sports
in 1968 as a coach for the Forest
Hill swim team. In the 1970s, he
founded a boy’s lacrosse summer league that
eventually affiliated with Hero’s
Inc. After the league added girls
teams, P.J. spearheaded the effort to add
girls lacrosse in high school.
Adelaine
Stocks- In the early 1980s, Addie
was the sole impetus, founder and administrator
of the Western Howard County Soccer
League, which now serves thousands
of youngsters at the recreational level. Addie
was involved in all aspects of building the
fledgling league, from developing public relations
materials, recruiting and training coaches
and officials, writing its rules and bylaws,
ordering equipment, and coaching.
Robert
Vigorito- Rob’s passion for triathlons
has earned him international acclaim and has
solidified Howard County’s reputation for
hosting one of the nation’s top events. When
he became race director of the Columbia
Triathlon in its third year (1986),
it was mostly a small, regional event. Rob
soon turned it into a Ómust doÔ race that
fills to capacity (1,700 triathletes) every
year.
