Busy BR Summer - Baton Rouge Area Sports Foundation

Volume IX, Issue 1
Spring/Summer 2016
Busy BR Summer
Sports Foundation is gearing up for a full summer
USATF Southern Association Junior Olympics
Zachary High School June 23-26
500 Athletes from Louisiana/Mississippi
Southern Lifestyle Development Pro Circuit Tennis
LSU Robinson Tennis Center June 21-26
Professional Women’s Tennis Event
What’s Inside
Gras
Page 2 Mardi
Mambo Recap
Page 3 Mambo
Partners
Villa
Page 4 Oak
Update
Page 5 Upcoming
Events
Page 6 Parting Shot
BRASF Save the Dates
Gumbo of Ballroom DanceSport Championships
Crowne Plaza Executive Center June 24-26
400 competitors from 20+ states
USATF Region VI Junior Olympics
Bernie More Track Stadium July 7-10
1,000 Athletes from LA, MS, AL, TN
ITA Tiger-Rock World Championships
Baton Rouge RiverCenter July 21-24
Over 1,000 youth martial arts participants
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AWSA South Central Regional Championships July 29-31
Bennett’s Tri Lakes
Water ski championship for TX, OK, AR, MS and LA
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2016 Mambo Recap
A beautiful Saturday morning welcomed over 2,700
runners to the start line of the 18th Annual Mardi Gras
Mambo 10k, 15k and 1 Mile Fun Run on February 15,
2016. The Mambo set another record for race registration
in 2016 with 1,531 10k runners, over 800 15k participants
and 260 1 mile fun runners! The event was staged from
the North Boulevard Town Square and Galvez Plaza in
downtown Baton Rouge. 17 states were represented at
the Mambo this year, including California, Michigan and
Massachusetts.
Baton Rouge runners claimed the first three spots on both the male and female side in the Mambo 10k.
The 2016 male champion was Pablo Rivero (35:40) followed by Joshua Andrews (36:55) and Eric Powers
(37:09). The Mambo 10k female champion was Kara Marlatt (40:17) followed by Andrea Linck (41:40) and
Stephanie Crews (43:20).
The third annual Mambo 15k was won by William Fell of Baton Rouge (54:49) with Ondrej Blaha of New
Orleans in second (57:20) and Lenny Samuel of Prairieville in third (57:43). Baton Rouge resident Linn
Fink (1:02:39) was the male masters champion and Patrick Riggins (1:06:46) of Morgan City was the male
grand¬masters champion.
On the ladies side, 51 year old Simonetta Piergintili of Wilmington, MA took the 15k crown (1:01:26) with
Rebecca Tucker (1:03:51) finishing second. Tucker also finished second in the 2015 Mambo 15k. Erin
Oswalt (1:04:12), the 2015 Mambo 15k female winner, finished third. Pamela Gaillard of Moreauville, LA
repeated as the 15k female masters champion (1:09:34, 6th overall) with Laura Yeager of Broussard taking
the female grandmasters (1:15:09).
Learn More about the Mambo! Visit the Mambo Website - www.runmambo.com
Thank You to our Mambo Partners
Get Your Business Involved with the Mambo!
Want to connect your business to thousands of runners throughout Louisiana
and the Gulf South? The Mardi Gras Mambo presents a number of partnership
opportunities that can be tailored to meet the goals and objectives of your business.
Click here to download our Mambo 101 information piece or contact the race
director (eric@brasf.com) to learn more about partnering with the Mardi Gras
Mambo.
2016 Oak Villa Update
Along with our partner, BREC, the Baton Rouge Area Sports Foundation manages a year-round tournament
schedule at Oak Villa Ballpark to bring baseball and softball tournament activity to the Baton Rouge area. As
of June 1, below are the 11 tournaments that have been hosted at Oak Villa in 2015, bringing a total of 480
teams to the complex.
Date
Feb. 20-21
Feb. 27-28
March 5-6
March 19-20
April 9-10
April 16-17
April 23-24
May 7
May 14-15
May 21-22
May 29-30
June 11-12
June 11-12
June 18-19
Name
Tiger Town Showdown
Beast Baseball Battle IV
March Madness
Fear the Fork
Cajun Classic
Louisiana Tigers Invitational
Halo Classic
Mother’s Day One Day
King of the Hill
Redstick Rumble
Governor’s Games
State South Championships
USSSA C State Championships
Louisiana State Tournament
Sport
Baseball
Baseball
Baseball
Baseball
Baseball
Baseball
Baseball
Baseball
Baseball
Baseball
Baseball
Baseball
Softball
Softball
# of Teams
51
17
24
56
19
25
57
38
56
22
39
19
32
50
Governing Body
USSSA
USSSA
USSSA
USSSA
USSSA
USSSA
USSSA
USSSA
USSSA
USSSA
USSSA
USSSA
USSSA
USSSA
Thank you to our friends at USSSA
for their support of Oak Villa and
bringing so many great youth baseball and fast-pitch softball events to
our city.
Upcoming Events
June/July/August 2016
Volunteer opportunities are available for any BRASF event, please contact Eric Engemann at eric@brasf.com
June 2016
June 21-26: USTA Pro Circuit Tennis Tournament (LSU Robinson Tennis Center)
June 24-26: Gumbo of Ballroom Weekend (Crowne Plaza)
June 25-26: Red, Rock & Blue Softball Tournament (Oak Villa)
July 2016
July 7-10: USATF Region VI Junior Olympic Meet (Bernie Moore Track Stadium)
July 8-11: Bocage Junior Open State Championships (Bocage Tennis Club)
July 9-10: Long Course District Championship Meet (Crawfish Aquatics)
July 21-24: ITA World Championships (RiverCenter)
July 30: Rocketchix Tri and Du (LSU Natatorium)
July 29-31: AWSA South Central Regional Water Ski (Zachary/Bennett’s TriLakes)
August 2016
August 6: Softball Tournament (Oak Villa)
August 12-15: USTA Louisiana Tri Level State Tennis Tournament (Multiple Series)
August 20-21: USYS Region III Premier League West (Burbank Soccer Complex)
About BRASF
Founded in 1994, the
Baton Rouge Area Sports
Foundation’s mission is
to assist in the securing
and staging of statewide,
regional, national and
international sporting
competitions and special
events for the Greater
Baton Rouge Area.
Parting Shot
2009 Gumbo of Ballroom Championships
Crowne Plaza Ballroom
2016 Board of Directors
Verge Ausberry
Gary Jupiter
Louisiana State University
BR Lodging Assoc
Brian Edwards
Jeremy Klibert
Louisiana Restaurant Assoc
Patricia Felder
BR Chamber of Commerce
Kim Ginn
Pinnacle Entertainment
Mickey Guidry
At-Large
Kenny Riche
BREC
Trayveon Scott
At-Large
Southern University
John Miller
Otis Washington
At-Large
Patrick Mockler
At-Large
At-Large
Cade Voisin
BRASF Founders
Gerry Lane Enterprises
Coca-Cola
Entergy
Chase Bank
Mockler Beverage Company
McDonald’s
General Health Systems
At-Large
Roderic Newton
Mayor’s Office
BRASF Varsity Partners
BRASF Staff
Jerry Stovall
President & CEO
Eric Engemann
Vice President
Marissa Adams
Public Relations Intern
Samantha Grubbs
Chief Sandwich Correspondent
Anthony Jennings
Director of Archives
BRASF
Stay Connected
www.brasf.com
@BRAreaSports