Six Degrees of Dodgeball

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Oh snap! It’s that time of year again!

My favourite dodgeball tournament of the year in Toronto is on again: The Motrin IB my Game my Pain Canadian Beach Dodgeball Championship Series 2008. (Yes it’s a mouthfull, but yes, that’s what corporate sponsorship means, doesn’t it?)

March 29

- Up to $5000 cash purse. Top 8 teams are ‘in the money’.
- Refereed games
- Indoor sand courts and onsite bar, catered food available.

And the best new part about it:

- playoff format for 2008: The single elimination playoff format will be adjusted to make the playoffs more fun for everyone. Top teams will advance to competitive bracket to compete for cash prizes and the remaining teams will advance into the consolation bracket to compete for other great tournament prizes!

Hosted by my league, the Toronto Sport & Social Club, this tourney is like nothing you’ve ever seen! You get to play in the sand, which means extra cardio, and thrilling dives. And yes, sand in places where the sun don’t shine.

My one tip: bring flip-flops. Trust me, you’ll thank me later.

This is a great event folks. If you’re into dodgeball, or are even just curious to come out and watch, it’s always a super fun time.

I also noticed there will be a Calgary tourney June 7 and Ottawa June 14, so spread the word!

I believe this league just started up late last year and resides just west of Toronto in the Burlington/Oakville region: Average Joe Sports Club.

They are holding a tournament coming up this weekend, Saturday March 8, 2008.

Registration is also opening soon for the spring season, kicking off April 14.

The site also features some YouTube video clips of one of their dodgeball games, and other sports as well including 3-on-3 basketball.

Small gym + red rubber balls = one exciting dodgeball game!

Click here to watch. There is some awesome dodging action to be seen.

ZogSports — a social, co-ed, charity-focused sports club – has officially kicked off registration for its spring activities, opening its leagues to thousands of Brooklynites to meet for some friendly competition and socializing at post-game happy hours.

Having offered Kickball and Touch Football in the fall and Dodgeball (Park Slope & Williamsburg) and Touch Football in the winter, this Spring, ZogSports will invite Brooklynites to play more Dodgeball in Park Slope and Touch Football Downtown

Early Registration: through February 15. Late Registration February 9-22. Most leagues run from mid-late March through June. The games take place in gyms at local public schools. For more information or to register, click here. A percentage of the proceeds goes to charity ($355K organization-wide, so far).

I stumbed across this funny piece in a local Montana newspaper, about the staff’s plight in maintaining a dodgeball team to continuously get hammered in weekly games. 

Here is a funny excerpt:

“The bitterness has infected our office, as staffers who fail to show up and subject themselves to this weekly embarrassment like the rest of us are interrogated the next morning as to their whereabouts. Such excuses as a sick pet or a sleeping child are obviously transparent. And even if the excuses were true, they’re not good enough. A commitment to the Beacon Blitz transcends the obligations of family.”

Definitely worth a read. Actually, check out the whole site www.FlatheadBeacon.com. There’s some interesting stuff. I found a story about a homophobic prank gone wrong between two Republican buddies and an ad for a public service announcement about how if you do meth you’ll end up losing your virginity in a dirty bathroom in Montana, presumably.

Don’t do meth, kids. Drugs are bad.

Make that drunken summer dodgeball with a large, inflated exercise ball that smells bad (probably because it is subjected to ass on a regular basis). This is an awesome display of grown ups having fun.

Click here to watch the video.

I think he says their team name is “The Wall Street Cockbrokers”. Hilarious.

Click here to watch the video.

On December 8, the 1st Annual Reality Castaways Dodgeball Tournament will take place in Long Island.

More than 45 former contestants from the hit CBS reality show Survivor will come together to play dodgeball and raise funds benefiting the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International. The event is hosted in conjunction with Reality 4 Diabetes and was put together by Cook Islands contestants Billy Garcia and Cristina Coria.

Some of the castaways who will be ducking, dipping and diving their way through the tournament include Rupert Boneham, Big Tom Buchanan, and Lex van den Berhe from Survivor: All Stars.

You can read more at BuddyTV.