(Aug. 18, 2016) The Manklin Meadows Racquet Sports Complex in Ocean Pines is hosting a tennis, pickleball and platform tennis tournament on Friday, Aug. 26, benefiting the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
The deadline to sign up for the tournaments, sponsored by Ocean Pines Racquet Sports, is Tuesday, Aug 23 at 3 p.m. The cost is $10 to participate.
Participants have the option to play tennis, pickleball and platform tennis during each of the three, 40-minute rounds.
“They can play all three, two, or stick with one,” said June Freeman, co-chair of the event with Andrea Watkins and Geri Fasulo. “They have the choice of what to play each round. It is pretty cool. Some have never played a different sport and get to try it out.”
The day begins with check-ins and breakfast taking place from 8:30-9:15 a.m. followed by a group photo and more than two hours of play from 9:30-11:45 p.m. The light breakfast includes fruit, granola bars, doughnuts, bagels and orange juice.
“There are three different sports going on,” Freeman said. “It is free play and the $10 covers lunch. We will have a donation box during registration in the morning and ask people to donate whatever they want. We have gotten $300 to $5. It is important to us and every little bit counts, even if you don’t play.”
At noon, lunch will take place along with drawings for prizes and continued play.
Lunch includes Subway sandwiches such as roast beef, veggie, turkey and tuna with homemade pasta salad, coleslaw, salad and desserts.
There is a smorgasbord of prizes from gift certificates to local restaurants, signature mugs, towels, sports gifts, tennis and pickleballs, wine, a bracelet and boxes of candy from Wockenfuss.
Freeman was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer 10 years ago and has personally seen how research dollars find cures to keep people alive.
“Without fundraisers so many more people would be dead,” Freeman said. “We are right on the edge [for cures] and without money for fundraising, we won’t get there. I don’t think there is someone who hasn’t been affected by cancer. It effects all of us.”
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation is a nonprofit organization committed to achieving prevention and a cure for breast cancer. It provides critical funding for cancer research worldwide to fuel advances in tumor biology, genetics, prevention, treatment, metastasis and survivorship.
To participate and register for the event, email kmcfadden@oceanpines. org, call 410-641-7228 or stop by 11443 Manklin Creek Road in Ocean Pines to pay $10 cash or give a check made out to O.P.T.C. The rain date is Saturday, Aug. 27.
The deadline to sign up for the tournaments, sponsored by Ocean Pines Racquet Sports, is Tuesday, Aug 23 at 3 p.m. The cost is $10 to participate.
Participants have the option to play tennis, pickleball and platform tennis during each of the three, 40-minute rounds.
“They can play all three, two, or stick with one,” said June Freeman, co-chair of the event with Andrea Watkins and Geri Fasulo. “They have the choice of what to play each round. It is pretty cool. Some have never played a different sport and get to try it out.”
The day begins with check-ins and breakfast taking place from 8:30-9:15 a.m. followed by a group photo and more than two hours of play from 9:30-11:45 p.m. The light breakfast includes fruit, granola bars, doughnuts, bagels and orange juice.
“There are three different sports going on,” Freeman said. “It is free play and the $10 covers lunch. We will have a donation box during registration in the morning and ask people to donate whatever they want. We have gotten $300 to $5. It is important to us and every little bit counts, even if you don’t play.”
At noon, lunch will take place along with drawings for prizes and continued play.
Lunch includes Subway sandwiches such as roast beef, veggie, turkey and tuna with homemade pasta salad, coleslaw, salad and desserts.
There is a smorgasbord of prizes from gift certificates to local restaurants, signature mugs, towels, sports gifts, tennis and pickleballs, wine, a bracelet and boxes of candy from Wockenfuss.
Freeman was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer 10 years ago and has personally seen how research dollars find cures to keep people alive.
“Without fundraisers so many more people would be dead,” Freeman said. “We are right on the edge [for cures] and without money for fundraising, we won’t get there. I don’t think there is someone who hasn’t been affected by cancer. It effects all of us.”
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation is a nonprofit organization committed to achieving prevention and a cure for breast cancer. It provides critical funding for cancer research worldwide to fuel advances in tumor biology, genetics, prevention, treatment, metastasis and survivorship.
To participate and register for the event, email kmcfadden@oceanpines. org, call 410-641-7228 or stop by 11443 Manklin Creek Road in Ocean Pines to pay $10 cash or give a check made out to O.P.T.C. The rain date is Saturday, Aug. 27.