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Posted: 06 Aug 2010 10:30 PM PDT

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Published: Friday, August 6, 2010 6:11 AM MST

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Golfers, sponsors needed for MHS football golf tourney

The Maricopa Rams Football Booster Club invites you to participate in the First Annual Maricopa Rams Football Golf Tournament on Aug. 28 at The Duke at Rancho El Dorado. Tee times begin at 7:30 a.m., with check-in beginning at 6:30 a.m. Deadline to register is Aug. 21.

Money raised will go directly to the program to provide proper training and equipment.

Individual participants can take part for $65 each, with $260 covering a full foursome. Hole sponsorship packages are available for $500, which includes one full foursome, a company green sign, and one two-by-three banner that will be displayed at the MHS football field every game throughout the Rams' 2010 season.

Driving range, putting green, and food sponsorships are available for $250 each, which also includes a company sign at the event and a two-by-three banner at home football games. Local organizations and businesses are also encouraged to donate items for the raffle and silent auction.

To set up sponsorship opportunities or reserve your spot in the playing field, contact Mary Wilson at (602) 525-2494 or Marty Diehl at (520) 431-2485.

City offers fall football, soccer, basketball programs

The City of Maricopa is offering the following sports programs during the Fall and Winter seasons.

Adult Flag Football – Ages 18-plus; registration currently through Aug. 6; season Aug. 15 through Oct. 3; $350 per team; NFL Pepsi Punt, Pass, Kick – Ages 8-15; Wedneseday, Sept. 8; Register for free on site; Youth Soccer – Ages 4-15; registration Aug. 16 through Sept. 17; season Oct. 30 through Dec. 18; $45 per child; Youth basketball – Ages 4-15; registration Oct. 18 through Nov. 19; season Jan. 15 through Feb. 26; $45 per child.

For more information, contact community services at (520) 316-6964.

Stagecoach Days 'Maricopa Mile & 5K'

Chances for Children AZ presents the Stagecoach Days "Maricopa Mile and 5K," scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 10. The race begins at 8 a.m. at Legacy Traditional School, with the 5k run/walk event running $20 per racer, and the 1 mile kids run at $5 per participant.The event will also house a Family Fitness Fair, with all proceeds from the race benefiting Team Fit Kids Maricopa.

For more information, visit www.maricopamile.com.

Registration currently open for City fall, winter activities

The City of Maricopa's Fall and Winter 2010-11 activity guide is now available online at www.maricopa-az.gov (under "Government," select "community services").

Activities available this fall/winter fall under the following categories: sports, health and fitness, dance and gymnastics, art and music, general interest and training and certification. In all, more than 65 activities are available for city residents to enjoy.

Download an activity guide and learn which activities are age appropriate, costs, and signup dates. For more information, community services at (520) 316-6964.

'Relay for Life' coming to Maricopa

The American Cancer Society's signature event – "Relay for Life" – is coming to Maricopa for the first time on March 25-26, 2011.

As the world's largest grassroots fundraising movement, "Relay for Life" mobilizes communities throughout the country to celebrate people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost and provide participants with an opportunity to fight back against the disease.

Maricopa will host the community's inaugural "Relay for Life" on March 25-26, 2011, from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m., at the Maricopa High School Football Stadium. For more information about the local event, contact co-chair Grace Gomez at (520) 568-9407 or Gwen Traylor at (313) 316-6761. For more general information about "Relay for Life," visit www.relayforlife.org/relay.

Local team seeks sponsors, riders, for 'Tour de Cure'

The WalMart/Sam's Club team, led by Maricopa resident and team captain Keith Monk, is looking for sponsors and riders for next year's American Diabetes Association Tour de Cure, presented by Charles Schwab.

The eighth annual race is scheduled for Saturday, March 12, 2011 at the Reach 11 Sports Complex in North Phoenix.

For more information on the race itself, call 1-888-DIABETES (ext. 7093) or go online to www.diabetes.org/tour, and for information on supporting or joining the WalMart/Sam's Club team, contact Keith Monk at (480) 980-3015.

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Sports events a big tourist draw

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 08:22 PM PDT

August 6, 2010

Sports events a big tourist draw

John Oxford The Moultrie Observer

MOULTRIE — Taken together, sporting events hosted throughout the year in Colquitt County can bring in more tourists than the three-day Sunbelt Expo.

"We're talking about hundreds of thousands of people coming here each year," said Terry Shuler, vice president of marketing for the Moultrie-Colquitt County Chamber of Commerce.

Moultrie hosts a variety of sports tournaments, including national swimming and diving tournaments, tennis tournaments, baseball and softball tournaments, gymnastics meets, football tournaments and the Pot O' Gold Pro-Am regional golf tournament.

Those tournaments not only bring in competitors from across the region, but Shuler said most bring in the competitors' parents and families as well. Those tournaments, hosted throughout the year, can bring in as many people to Colquitt County as Expo and other events held at Spence Field, she said.

In addition to sports tournaments, Shuler said Moultrie and Colquitt County hosts a variety of reunions — family reunions, class reunions and church homecomings. Hunting lodges are popular during hunting seasons, and Gin Creek hosts about 65 weddings each year, most of them with out-of-town guests. Downtown Moultrie events, such as the Spring Fling, Music Under the Magnolia, Thanksgiving night festivities and the annual Christmas parade also bring in a large number of visitors.

"Colquitt County is a very event-driven tourist spot," Shuler said. "People come here for events. We have become a big family reunion destination."

Shuler said the chamber has done a variety of things to help promote Moultrie and Colquitt County to visitors coming here for those events. Visitors receive coupons for local restaurants and retail stores and tourist maps with various landmarks. Monthly calendars of events are placed at kiosks throughout the county.

The chamber is also working to create a brochure of Moultrie and Colquitt County landmarks and events , Shuler said. Once completed, the brochures will be distributed to visitor centers along I-75, I-95, I-10 and other major roadways as well as regional locations in Albany, Valdosta, Tifton and Thomasville.

Shuler said the tourism committee at the chamber is planning these promotions on a limited budget. The committee receives 1 percent of the Hotel-Motel Tax, which can bring in anywhere between $1,800 to $3,000 each month, as well as funding from groups independent of the chamber.

Some projects receive outside help to complete, Shuler said. For example, the Moultrie Federated Guild donated $2,000 earlier this year to go toward constructing a "Welcome to Moultrie" sign on Highway 319 South. The signs costs $13,000 to build, and a build-a-brick fundraising program is also in place to raise money to get the sign built.

More information on the chamber and a schedule of events throughout Colquitt County can be found by visiting its Web site at www.moultriechamber.com. Information on downtown Moultrie events can be found by visiting the City of Moultrie's Web site at www.moultriega.com.

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