FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Find out if your team is the best in the league at the 24th Annual Bay Ball Ballyhoop set for July 27-28 in Corpus Christi. Ballers from all over the state will vie for the title in a 3-on-3 basketball tournament in several categories, including men’s open, women’s open, youth, Unified, and more.
Bay Ball will be held at Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi in the Dugan Wellness Center and Island Hall. The entry fee is $160 per adult team and $100 per youth team (all youth players must be under 18). The entry deadline is July 12, 2013. Proceeds support Special Olympics Texas (SOTX) – South Texas area athletes.
Sign up today. Registration/packet pick up is July 26 at Academy Sports + Outdoors, located at 5001 South Padre Island Drive. Competition begins at 9:00 a.m. on both days; awards will be presented on Sunday. For more information, call Alice Fulton-Garza (agarza@sotx.org) at 361.857.5679 or Melissa Matherne (mmatherne@sotx.org) at 512.491.2927.
About Special Olympics Texas
Special Olympics Texas (SOTX) is a privately funded non-profit organization that changes lives through the power of sport by encouraging and empowering people with intellectual disabilities, promoting acceptance for all, and fostering communities of understanding and respect. SOTX provides continuing opportunities for more than 44,500 children and adults with intellectual disabilities throughout the Lone Star State to realize their potential, develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage and experience joy and friendship. To learn more, visit www.specialolympicstexas.org or call 800.876.5646. Engage with us on: Twitter @SOTexas; fb.com/SpecialOlympicsTX; youtube.com/specialolympicstexas.
Title Sponsor:
Pepsi
Co-Sponsors:
Food Town, H-E-B Tournament of Champions Charitable
Trust and the Law Enforcement Torch Run
Ramonica Jones
Public Relations Coordinator
Special Olympics Texas
rjones@sotx.org
About Special Olympics Texas
Special Olympics Texas (SOTX) is a privately funded non-profit organization that changes lives through the power of sport by encouraging and empowering people with intellectual disabilities, promoting acceptance for all, and fostering communities of understanding and respect. SOTX provides continuing opportunities for more than 58,800 children and adults with intellectual disabilities throughout the Lone Star State to realize their potential, develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage and experience joy and friendship. To learn more, visit www.specialolympicstexas.org or call 800.876.5646. Engage with us on: Twitter @SOTexas; fb.com/SpecialOlympicsTX; youtube.com/specialolympicstexas.