July, 2010, Cheer News & Views

DSO Sports News

By Marion Lisehora mlisehora@mchsi.com

Registration is now open for the Delaware Senior Olympics Annual Games! All the information you need about entering the games can be found at http://www.delawareseniorolympics.org/ Or you can call the DSO Office toll free at 1-888-881-6128 to ask for registration materials. There are over two dozen different sports that men and women may compete in. Competition is against your own gender in five year age groups starting with 50-54. Check it out! Opening Ceremonies - Kickoff on Sunday, August 8 at Dover Park in Dover!

New for 2010: DSO Membership Program: DSO is proud to announce the Delaware Senior Olympics Membership Program. Annual membership will streamline the annual games entry process and eliminate the need to pay a registration fee to enter the games. And your membership will keep you in-touch and involved with the DSO even if you are not able to participate. Your new membership card will also give you access to discounts from vendors including $100 off of a HeartCam Scan designed for early detection of cardiovascular disease. Free, Members-Only events will also be offered throughout the year. Please keep an eye on our website for updated lists of the vendors, clinics, and events. See http://www.delawareseniorolympics.org/membership.php for more information.

Annual Games Souvenir Book: DSO is planning a program book for the Annual Games. If anyone has a business that would like to place an ad in the book, please contact Dee Carroll, DSO Office Manager, at 302-736-5698 or toll-free at 1-888-881-6128. Senior Lo-Del League Volleyball started its summer season at Delmarva Christian High School in Georgetown on June 10. The teams participating this summer are: Team Extreme, Drifters, Rough Edges, Dune Diggers, Quick Chicks, Small Wonders and First Staters. The teams play a mini round-robin tournament every Thursday evening.

Volleyball Camp: Ten players from two teams in the Senior Lo-Del Volleyball League attended a week-end volleyball camp for seniors at Slippery Rock University in western Pennsylvania June 11-13. Attending the camp were Cindy Anderson, Judy Duerr, Jane Fisher, Willa Jones, Margaret Long and JoAnn Pessagno of the Quick Chicks and Linda Pusey, Diane Milam, Cindy Shea and Teal Richards of Team Extreme. They returned home with aches and pains from the long days and nights of volleyball, but they all said how much fun they had!

YMCA Women’s SpringVolleyball Play-offs: In the first round of the play-offs Team Extreme defeated the Swat Team, and the Drifters defeated the Quick Chicks. Both winners will advance to the semi-finals where the Drifters will meet the number one seed Rough Edges, and Team Extreme will take on the number two seed Net Access.

Women’s Softball Recap: The Hot Flashes, a new team in the 5 team Senior Women’s Softball League that plays its games at Sports At The Beach in Georgetown, started off with a bang, winning its first two games. On opening night they took on the established Alley Cats and came away with a 6-4 win. Their next game was against another new team to the league, Shore Sharks, and the Hot Flashes won that slugfest 11-10. The Alley Cats came back in their second game to defeat the Delaware Diamonds 5-2. The Delaware Diamonds and the Shore Sharks settled for a 4-4 tie on opening night due to darkness. For the Diamonds Peggy Vann and Deb Dorris hit doubles and Darlene Mitchell banged out a triple. The Slammin’ 60s were idle on opening night, and then hosted a traveling Blue Chicks team the next Monday night. The game was tied at 2-2, thanks to the 60s batting of Joy Boone and Paula Klemm, and then the Blue Chicks found their bats and broke the game open for a 10-2 win. Senior Women’s Softball Games are played every Monday night at 6:00 at Sports at the Beach.

Cycling: Cyclist  Pete Borden is again one of the organizers of the 3rd annual Mike Clark Memorial Ride (formerly called the Challenge the Hills ride) to be held Saturday, August 14, starting and ending at A. I. duPont H.S. in Greenville, Delaware. A 50 mile gently rolling terrain course and a 75 mile hilly course have been added. For more info and to register please visit http://www.bikereg.com/ (Recreational Rides, Mid-Atlantic)

Drifters Advance: The Drifters were seeded fifth coming into the volleyball play-offs, but defeated the number four seed Quick Chicks to advance to the semi-finals in the YMCA Women’s League. Players who also play in the Senior Lo-Del Volleyball League are second, third and fouth from left: Jackie Wightman, Barbara Zack, Beth Dorman and far right Jacquie Fulgham.

Jumping High: Dana Moore of Net Access in the far court and Linda Pusey of Team Extreme jump high at the net in a match won by Net Access. These two teams will meet each other again in the semi-finals of the YMCA Spring League at Beacon Middle School.

Volleyball Camp: Team Extreme arrives at Slippery Rock University for a three day clinic in volleyball for senior men and women. All those belongings came with just four players! Lots and lots of snacks for the dorm! L to R: Teal Richards, Linda Pusey and Diane Milam.

Slippery Rock Snacks: After a day of volleyball that started at 7 a.m. and ended at 10 p.m., it was time for some snacks and ice bags. L to R: Judy Duerr, Margaret Long, Willa Jones, Jane Fisher, Linda Pusey, Cindy Shea and Diane Milam.