January 30, 2002
Contact: Steve Waldeck (509-963-3512/fax 509-963-3515/e-mail: waldecks@cwu.edu)
ELLENSBURG, Wash. - “Succeed in Sports, Lead in Life” is the
theme for the 17th Annual National Girls and Women in Sports Day
(NGWSD) celebration Feb. 5 in Washington, D.C., and across the country.
Chartered by the U.S. Congress in 1986, NGWSD honors female athletic
achievement and recognizes the importance of sports and fitness
participation for all girls and women.
Locally, Central Washington University will host an NGWSD
event Saturday, Feb. 1, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Nicholson Pavilion on
the Ellensburg campus. It will include instructional clinics in five
different sports – basketball, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball
-- for girls ages 8-13 and their mothers, or a female mentor. A $10 registration fee will
include lunch, two tickets to a CWU women’s basketball game, guest
speakers and the instructional clinics.
This is the first local NGWSD commemoration, according to
Steve Waldeck, director of Central’s university recreation. It’s
sponsored by the CWU department of athletics, recreation program,
center for student empowerment, Ellensburg School District, Ellensburg
Parks and Recreation, Coca-Cola, Papa John’s Pizza, Bi-Mart and Safeway.
Walk-up registrations will be offered, though phone
reservations are required. To make a reservation, for more
information, or for persons of disability to arrange for reasonable
accommodation, call (509) 963-3512, or (for the hearing impaired) TDD
(509) 963-3323.
NGWSD is celebrated in all 50 states with community-based
events, award ceremonies and activities honoring achievements and
encouraging participation of girls and women in sports.
