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South Section Highlights -
June 2008
Highlights Archive
SOMA South held 13 major competitions during the just-concluded
Summer Season, serving a record
total of 3,150
athletes this season alone. See below for more highlights from
SOMA South, including our
first-ever
co-sponsored reception with the Metro South (Greater Brockton)
Chamber of Commerce.
Program Highlights:
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Launched 6 new
South Section teams:
Taunton High School Track & Field, Greater Taunton Aquatics,
L.I.F.E. Basketball (Hyannis/Mashpee), L.I.F.E. Track & Field ,
Swansea Volleyball, Swansea Track & Field
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5 new South
Section volleyball teams
competed in the May 10 Volleyball Assessment Round at Wayland
High – Attleboro Schools, Cardinal Cushing School, Mansfield,
North Attleboro Schools & New Bedford
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Held
13 major competitions
during the just-concluded Summer Season, serving a record total
of 3,150 athletes this season alone:
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Brockton School
Day Games @ Brockton
High – 351 track & field athletes
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South Section
Aquatics @
Bridgewater State College
– 230 athletes (largest ever)
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Attleboro School
Day Games @ Attleboro
High – 500 athletes
(largest ever)
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2 South Section
Track & Field Games @
Barnstable High (250 athletes) & Brockton High
(300 athletes)
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Dartmouth School
Day Games @ Dartmouth
High – 200 athletes (largest ever)
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Cape Cod School
Day Games @ Mashpee
High – 110 athletes (largest ever)
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First-ever
Brockton Young Athletes Week
@ Howard & Keith Schools – 824 completed the eight week training
program and 769 students medaled during the 3-day event
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Habilitation
Assistance Corporation MATP (Motor Skills)
@ Otis AFB – 200 athletes
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South Section
Gymnastics @ Bay State
Gymnastics – 25 gymnasts
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Wrentham
Developmental MATP –
160 athletes
Fundraising
& Development Highlights:
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Joined
Taunton Rotary (provides access to all Massachusetts
Rotary clubs)
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Became
increasingly active members of all major regional
Chambers of Commerce: Taunton, Metro South (Brockton),
Fall River, New Bedford, Plymouth, Cape Cod & Hyannis
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Co-sponsored reception with the Metro South Chamber of
Commerce – presenting before 100 local and regional
business leaders
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Planned and
executed Law Enforcement Torch Run Legs in 3 major
counties of South Section:
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26th
annual Barnstable County LETR (Provincetown to Bourne –
68 miles)
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2nd
annual Plymouth County LETR (Plymouth to Brockton – 22
miles)
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1st
annual Bristol County LETR (Mansfield to Attleboro – 8
miles)
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Recruited dozens of
local Police Departments and Sheriff’s Departments for the
first-annual Cruiser Convoy into the final day of the
SOMA State Summer Games (June 15) at Harvard
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Summer Season Event
Sponsors include: Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Ocean Spray, Dunkin’
Donuts, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Bristol County Savings Bank,
Bridgewater Savings Bank, Webster Bank, ABLE Associates,
Sovereign Bank, HarborOne Credit Union, Bank of America, and the
Masons
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Taped SOMA
educational presentations on recurring local Cable TV shows for
Taunton, Brockton (for the Young Athletes Events
at the Howard & Keith Schools), Mansfield (and 11
surrounding towns), and Fall River/Somerset/Swansea
In
Memoriam:
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Special
Olympics said goodbye to Taunton’s Ron Arieta, known as
the founder and first volunteer of the Special Olympics
Massachusetts state chapter, and athlete Chelsea Ann
Ponte of Westport, who both sadly passed away this
Spring. Our thoughts and prayers remain with Ron’s wife
Carol, the entire Arieta family, and the entire Ponte
family.
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