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VBR Hosts Two Cycling Events in October

VIRGINIA — Visit VBR announced that two cycling events will be held in October, including the VBR Gran Fondo and the Waid Park Sprint Enduro and Short Track XC.

            The Gran Fond will be held Oct. 11 at the new 1772 Rooftop on Main in the village of …

SportsNOVA—Your sports tourism connection to Northern Virginia!

SportsNOVA is a regional sports tourism alliance between Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, and Stafford counties that markets Northern Virginia as a preferred destination for travel sports events. Just minutes from Washington, D.C., our region’s combination of sports tourism assets is first-class, hitting every item on a sports planner’s wish list.

AAU Track & Field Announces 2020 Award Winners

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Amateur Athletic Union announced its National Track and Field winners for the 2020 season at the AAU Junior Olympic Games held on the Space Coast area of Florida. Approximately 2,100 athletes participated with five records being broken at the season-ending event in August.

James …

Recommendations Steer Doctors Away from Opioids in Adolescent Athletes

INDIANAPOLIS — A team physician consensus statement was released on August 27 by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and five other professional sports medicine organizations sharing guidelines to identify and manage pain in athletes ages 10 to 18. It urges team physicians and pediatricians to use nonpharmacologic …

Ski Access Technology Can Help Overcome Public Health Challenges

DENVER — Ski resorts will have to find new ways to reduce face-to-face interactions between guests and staff this season and the cancelation of J1 visas will make it difficult for ski resorts to find enough staff to handle day-to-day operations. For most ski resorts, automated ski access technology …

First Installation of Elite Turf Power System in New Jersey

TINTON FALLS, N.J. — Elite Turf completed the installation of the POWER System at Ranney School in Tinton Falls, N.J., recently. Ranney School partnered with Princeton Soccer Academy (PSA) to re-turf its existing soccer, lacrosse and field hockey fields totaling 80,000 square feet.

“We are excited to have …

New Partnership Brings Together Volunteer Management and Fundraising

Rosterfy has teamed up with GivenGain to let event organizers manage volunteers and online fundraising in one place.

Since 2001, GivenGain has worked with events in 27 countries on five continents, ranging from nine to 99,000 runners, enabling participant fundraising at no cost. The fundraising platform and free …

SnoCo FC Joins Western Indoor Soccer League

SMOKEY POINT, Wash. — Snohomish County Football Club has joined the Western Indoor Soccer League (WISL) and will play beginning in November 2020 for the men and Spring 2021 for the women.

 The Steelheads (men) and Silvers (women) will train and play their home matches in the Snohomish …

5K AnyWay Goes Global

HOUSTON, Texas — When the World Transplant Games were canceled because of the ongoing pandemic, the Harris County – Houston Sports Authority created a way to bring the world together virtually through the 5K AnyWay.

 The virtual event is designed to unit transplant recipients, donors, families, health care …