Six Degrees of Dodgeball

November 18, 2007, 3pm — Seattle, WA
Location: The IMA

The UW chapter of the Washington Public Interest Research Group (WashPIRG) will sponsor a dodgeball tournament to raise funds for homeless youth and young adults in the U-District.

The goal is to raise at least $1,000 for the University District Service Providers Alliance, a coalition of nonprofit organizations in the U-District.

Five players are required per team and costumes are expected to be worn. The fee is $10 per person or a donation of canned food. Canned food items can also be donated at the door.

Prizes will be given to the team that raises the most money and the team with the most creative costumes. One final secret grand prize will be awarded to the tournament’s winner.

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December 1, 2007, 5pm - Oswego, NY
Location: Oswego YMCA Armory

Carol Box Memorial Dodgeball Tournament

Proceeds from the event will benefit Oswego High School senior Cammeo Lazzaro, who suffered burns at a campfire in October.

Rules:

- teams of 6 (or more with subs)
- minimum two females on each team playing at any one time
- 16 year and up. If under the age of 18, a parent or guardian must sign a release form.

The memorial tournament was started in January to raise funds for a county employee and resident, Carol Box. Box suffered from lung cancer, and passed away in April. There tournament is now and annual event to provide money raised to a new family each year.

Get out there and dodge for a cause!

WHO: Tucson Dodgeball
WHAT: $600 cash prize dodgeball tournament
WHERE: Bladeworld
WHEN: Sunday Dec. 2, 1-8pm.

Entry fee is $120/team. $20/individual.

Click here for more info!

So it looks like Dodge — the well known brand of car made by Chrysler — in conjunction with Stride Gum, is finally having some fun in the branding department with dodgeball.

Stride Gum is giving away the chance to win a Dodge Caliber. And it’s so fun and easy. Jusy play their quick little online game of one-on-one dodgeball (you versus the “computer”), then enter to win. The only catch is it’s only open to “legal residents of the 50 U.S. & District of Columbia 17+ years of age”.

Visit the site for more details and for your chance to win a new car!

Los Angeles Dodgeball4Ever’s Sunday open gym session, they say, “is very similar to The Passion of the Christ in that it also lasts about three hours, and a guy has a beard.”

From 1:30PM to 4:30PM balls fly at the Hollywood Rec Center at 1122 Cole Ave., 90038. Bring $5 to cover costs.

They also request that you wear a unitard if you have one. And Sunday service will be followed by Happy Hour.

If you are interested in playing please email from here.

My league, the Toronto Central Sport and Social Club will be hosting another dodgeball tournament on Saturday November 24. You can get more information here.

They are offering two different tournaments: recreational and intermediate levels. The cost is $225 per team.

I went to the last one a few weeks ago, and I thought it was one of the most fun dodgeball tournaments they’ve had yet - except for the annual indoor beach tourney. That’s the highlight of the year!

Aksys Games, the makers of Super Dodgeball, will be releasing the all new Super Dodgeball Brawlers for the Nintendo DS™ next spring.

The old-school Kunio characters will be back packing a whole new whack of super throws and attacks, wreaking havoc on the playground. You can even have up to eight players at a time.

This new version of the game will let you get rough, throwing punches and kicks at will. Another new feature will be creating your own characters.

Enjoy, gamers!

Help send future business leaders of America to New York City by playing dodgeball next month.

The Chetek High School chapter of Future Business Leaders of America will be holding its second-annual dodgeball tournament fundraiser Friday November 9 at 7:00pm in the school gym.

Funds raised will be used to send 37 students on a business tour of New York City in April of next year.

The cost is just $40 per team. Registration forms are available in the school’s office, located here.

Apparently there was a three-day dodgeball tournament in India last weekend - the 1st Junior Chandigarh State Dodge Ball Championsihp. Girls and boys from local high schools participated. Cool.

Hosted by “Dodgeball Association”, the school’s Finance and Sports secretary presented the trophies and “complimented the efforts of the Dodgeball Association to popularize the game among students.”

Here is the most intriguing part to me: The president of the association narrated the history of dodgeball “which started about 600 years ago in Africa and from there it went to Europe and USA.”

Yet another theory! I love theories of dodgeball history. Anyone care to challenge that one?

Wednesday October 24
Stride Dodgeball Tournament
Boston, MA - 6:00pm
$1,000 prize sponsored by Stride Gum
www.bigkidsdodgeball.com

Sunday October 28
Co-Ed Halloween Dodgeball Tournament
Los Angeles, CA - 1:00pm
Bellvue Rec, Silverlake
www.dodgeball4ever.com

December 1st & 2nd
Dodgefestivus ‘07
Beaverton, Oregon
$1,000 cash prize
www.TheDodgeballProject.com

After months of messaging on MySpace with captain Chris, I finally had the pleasure of playing the L.A. Dodgers of Toronto a few times now, in my local league and at a tournament yesterday.

They made this awesome video on YouTube that has a great soundtrack and is chock full of fantastic videography and selective dodgeball action which showcases this team’s spirit and sincere love for the game. This is a real stand up team of friendly folks and great players.

Enjoy the video and watch for Chris’s amazing catch at the end!