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We Know Sports In Fairfield County

The Fairfield County Sports Commission is the one-stop resource for the sports community. The Commission is a county-wide organization that connects all those active in the local sports scene, and offers access to area experts in the fitness, health and sports worlds throughout the county. The Commission's vast relationships with youth sports organizations, school systems, area colleges, the media, the business community and all sports related organizations provide county residents with support services and Commission-developed programs to serve their wide-ranging needs. Learn more >

Your Resources

In this section we have timely articles and website suggestions for keeping up on all the latest going on in the worlds of youth sports and fitness. Many will be targeted specifically toward one of the three primary audiences we are trying to reach – student athletes, parents and coaches. Others will be informative for all. Click on each section to learn more about what’s happening in all parts of the sports scene.

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Support The Sports Commission

To continue to provide all our programs and services we need help from everyone in all our county communities. We have received terrific financial support from many corporations and organizations, and in-kind services and volunteers from many more. We would appreciate the opportunity to speak and meet with you about how the Sports Commission can work with your group in a mutually beneficial arrangement. Please contact us to learn more, or click here to see all that the Fairfield County Sports Commission can do for you, as well as view a list of local businesses that have already become key supporters of the Commission.

Special News & Announcements

GREAT MEMORABILIA,
SPORTS CELEBRITIES
ABOUND AT SPORTSNIGHT
 
A limited number of tickets remain for the 5th Anniversary Sports Night dinner on Monday, so if you are planning to attend, make your plans now. The evening is highlighted by one of the area's best array of sports and other unique memorabilia for the silent auction, and a chance at the live auction to bid on a great trip to Notre Dame to see UConn meet the Irish for the first time ever on the gridiron in November.
 
Sports celebrities will be everywhere as SportsNight is the place to be for all of the sports community. Some of the sports personalities attending include: former UConn basketball standouts Chris Smith, Rashamel Jones and Rita Williams, ex-NFL standout from Stamford Garry Cobb, Oakland A's pitcher Craig Breslow and former NY Giants running back Steve Thurlow.
 
So make plans to be at the Greenwich Hyatt Monday night to celebrate sports in Fairfield County with us.
 
For full list of auction items and celebrities confirmed to attend click here.

SPORTSNIGHT HONOREES SET
FOR OCTOBER 19 CELEBRATION

9/1/09
 
The Fairfield County Sports Commission has announced its Sports Persons of the Year in each of the 15 communities the Commission serves. The local sports honorees will be recognized at the Sports Night event, MONDAY, OCT. 19 at the Hyatt Regency Greenwich at 6 P.M.
 
In each of the 15 communities, a committee headed by a local town representative of the Commission, selected a Sports Person of the Year. Each winner was deemed to have had the most positive impact in their sports community from Aug. 2008-Aug. 2009.

 The Sports Persons of the Year are:
 
BRIDGEPORT-DON WILSON, youth lacrosse program founder
DARIEN-DARIEN GIRLS' HOCKEY TEAM, state & FCIAC champions
EASTON-CHARLIE MORTON, Major League Baseball pitcher
FAIRFIELD-POP WARNER JR. MIDGET CHEERLEADERS, national champs
GREENWICH-CONNIE JONES, Greenwich High boys' tennis coach
MONROE-MONROE LIONS YOUTH FOOTBALL TEAM, national runners-up
NEW CANAAN-LOU MARINELLI, New Canaan High football coach
NORWALK-MARY ROMAN, Senior Olympics athlete
SHELTON-SHELTON TRAILS COMMITTEE
STAMFORD-ALLI OAKES, champion high school/state amateur golfer
STRATFORD-JOHN STRATTON-manager of the Brakettes
TRUMBULL-ST JOSEPH & TRUMBULL HIGH GIRLS' SOCCER TEAMS, state champs
WESTON-KEVIN FUNK-Weston girls' softball
WESTPORT-STAPLES HIGH BOYS' VOLLEYBALL TEAM, state champions
WILTON-WAHOOS YMCA SWIM TEAM

COURAGE, SPECIAL OLYMPICS AWARD WINNERS NAMED

The Fairfield County Sports Commission announced two of its most prestigious awards, the Chelsea Cohen Courage Award and the Special Olympics Sports Person of the Year. Both will be presented at the Commission's 5th annual Sports Night awards dinner, Monday, Oct.19 at the Hyatt Regency Greenwich at 6 pm.

This year's Courage Award winner is Stamford's James Hilaire, a soccer goalie at the University of New Haven who suffered a traumatic head injury during a match in September. The Cohen Award is sponsored by the Forever Young Foundation, the charitable giving entity of Greenwich native and NFL Hall of Famer Steve Young.

 

The Special Olympics Award recipient is Norwalk native Mark Kurimai, the founder and local coordinator for the Norwalk Special Olympics program. This award, created jointly by the Commission and its sponsor Patriot National Bank, goes to the person who consistently works to further the mission of Special Olympics in Fairfield County.

 

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Upcoming Events

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5TH ANNUAL SPORTS NIGHT
MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 6 PM
HYATT REGENCY GREENWICH

The 5th Annual Sports Night awards dinner is scheduled for Monday, October 19 at 6 pm at the Hyatt Regency Greenwich. The event is the biggest fundraising effort of the year for the Sports Commission. The six new Fairfield County Sports Hall of Famers and 15 local sports persons of the year from the communities the Commission serves will be recognized. 

New members of the Hall of Fame are: Jennifer Rizzotti and Charles Smith in the Jackie Robinson Professional Wing, the late Pete Demmerle and Dick Siderowf in the James O'Rourke Amateur Wing and Joe Benanto and Terry Lowe in the J. Walter Kennedy Community Service Wing.

Also to be recognized are James Hilaire, the Chelsea Cohen Courage Award winner, and Mark Kurimai, the Special Olympics award recipient.

Tickets are on sale now for $125. Tables of 10 are $1250

For more information call Tom Chiappetta at 203-984-4806. To purchase tickets click on BUY TICKETS NOW button above.

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First Ever UConn Fairfield County Day

The first-ever UConn Fairfield County Day took place June 10 at the UConn Stamford Campus.
Over 180 people attended the reception and program, which included the induction of the four newest members of the UConn wing of the Fairfield County Sports Hall of Fame. The event raised over $10,000 for student scholarships at the Stamford campus and for the UConn Fairfield County alumni chapter scholarship program. It also benefited the Fairfield County Sports Commission.

UConn head football coach Randy Edsall was the featured speaker and more than 20 former UConn
athletes and coaches attended.  The newest UConn Hall of Famers recognized were Rashamel Jones (Stamford), Rita Williams (Norwalk), Tom Penders (Stratford) and Joe Markus (Trumbull).

Five Stamford restaurants donated food for the fundraising event: Kujaku, Garden Catering, Napa,
Bobby Valentines' Sports Gallery Cafe and Buffalo Wild Wings. Hula Hank's and Coke provided
the refreshments. People's United Bank and AT&T sponsored the event.

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Expert Column

Sports Injuries Rising?
How Do We Really Know

Each week in this space we will have a local or national expert provide insight into key sports topics and issues.
This week Ron McKnight, the Director of the International Institute for Injury Prevention, Inc. based in Bethel, provides an article about the difficulty in accurately tracking sports injuries at all levels. And also investigates the question: Is this threat to our young athletes becoming an epidemic--and what we can do about it.

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Want to Volunteer?

The heart and soul of the Fairfield County Sports Commission is its dedicated group of volunteers. The Commission is always looking for individuals to help with all of its initiatives. Volunteer support is needed at the board, advisory committee and committee levels, as well as for specific events throughout the year. Any time you can lend is of great value, as well as any relationships you can extend. If you have 10 minutes, 10 hours or 10 days to volunteer, the Commission wants to hear from you. To receive more information click here.

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