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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 >
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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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500 SUMMER CAMPERS ATTEND
1ST ANNUAL COHEN ACADEMY JAMBOREE
August 3, 2011-at Norwalk High School
The 1st annual Chelsea Cohen Fitness Academy jamboree gave 500 summer camp kids from 4 different communities (Stamford, Greenwich, Norwalk & Bridgeport) an opportunity for a special, two-hour day filled with fun activities, educational information and meet and greets with several local sports personalities.
Six different youth organizations had campers attend: Carver Center-Norwalk; Cardinal Shehan Center-Bridgeport; Greenwich Boys & Girls' Club; Stamford Boys & Girls' Club, Stamford YMCA and Yerwood Center-Stamford
Also The First Tee of Fairfield County, based in Bridgeport, brought their staff to supervise a golf activity.
-Local businesses also had tables set up with information and handouts to educate kids and the counselors on healthy living and eating right:
-Shoprite Grade A-Norwalk/Stamford had it's certified nutritionist/dietician attend and gave out healthy snacks.
-Stamford Hospital had a representative from its Kids Fans fitness program.
-LA Fitness-Norwalk had a table and also their staff supervised a fitness station.
-Well Fit, a new Norwalk based fitness company run by Keith Peters, had a table and he helped with the activities.
-Studio M Dance & Fitness-Norwalk had its owner Emm Koteka-Wiki and her instructors led the finale of the entire group doing a zumba dance class
August 31, 2011
SPORTS PERSONS OF YEAR NAMED
Class Of 2011 Hall Of Famers
June 30, 2011
The Fairfield County Sports Hall of Fame today announced its new class of inductees. The induction ceremony will be at the 7th Annual Sports Night awards dinner, Monday, Oct. 17 at the Hyatt Regency Greenwich. With the six new inductees, the Hall of Fame has now recognized 45 county sports legends. Two Hall of Famers were selected in each of the three HOF Wings: Jackie Robinson Professional, James O’Rourke Amateur and J. Walter Kennedy Community Service. In the professional category, the new inductees are JOHN BAGLEY (Bridgeport)) and BENNETT SALVATORE (Stamford). The amateur wing selections are JOE DESANTIS (Fairfield) and CECI HOPP ST. GEME (Greenwich). Community service winners are CHARLIE BENTLEY (Bridgeport) and the late ALBIE LOEFFLER (Westport).
**New Hall of Famers shown above are BENNETT SALVATORE (left) and JOE DESANTIS posing at the press announcement.
With four of the honorees being recognized in the sport of basketball, it is the first time in the Hall of Fame’s history that there has been that number of recipients for the same sport in one class of inductees.
-Bagley played 11 seasons in the NBA, the first five with the Cleveland Cavaliers, who made him their first draft pick and the 12th overall in 1982. -Salvatore is one of the premier officials in pro basketball, now entering his 30th season. -DeSantis was one of Fairfield University’s all-time great basketball players as a four-year letterman. -Hopp St. Geme is one of the best female distance runners in U.S. history. -Bentley was the head basketball coach of one of the country’s top high school basketball programs at Harding High for 33 years, winning nine state championships. His total of 645 victories is second all-time in the state. -Loeffler was the legendary soccer coach at Staples High, as well as one of the top college soccer referees.
With the addition of Bagley and Bentley, Bridgeport now has the most inductees with nine. A total of 15 different towns are represented in the Hall of Fame.