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Iowa Games begins first of three weekends of competition

July 12, 2012 By

The biggest of three weekends of the Iowa Games begins Friday in Ames. Spokesman Cory Kennedy says more than 40 sports will be contested over the next three days with the track and field, soccer events being some of the largest.

Friday’s activities will be highlighted by a new-look athlete jamboree and opening ceremony. It will be on the east side of Jack Trice Stadium with games for kids and lots of other activities. The first 2,200 people will get a free meal and be asked to donate to the Iowa Food Bank.

Kennedy says the activites will begin with the parade of athletes and there will also be some country music.

Kennedy says the athlete jamboree and opening ceremonies are open to the public. He says there is something for everyone and they want the entire family to come out.

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Iowa Games set to kick off this weekend

July 5, 2012 By

The Iowa Games is set to begin with the first of three weekends of competition. Spokesman Cory Kennedy says seven sports will be contested this weekend, including a couple of cycling events. There’s par 3 golf, handball and the strongman competition that all get underway.

Ultimate frisbee is also this weekend and the Triathlon competition will be held on Sunday at Easter Lake in Des Moines. He says Triathlon is one of the largest for participation as he says it’s a good warmup for other events.

The biggest of the three weekends is July 12th through the 15th which will include the opening ceremonies.

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Deadline approaching for 50 Iowa Games sports

June 25, 2012 By

Fifty of the sports offered by the Iowa Games this summer face a registration deadline today. Spokesman Cory Kennedy says it is the final registration deadline for 11 sports, including youth and adult basketball. He says many of the sports are team sports and it takes some time to get the teams together before the deadline.

Kennedy says they would like to have as many teams as possible enter but they need to set a deadline to get officials assigned and put the brackets together for the various age groups. “You might wonder why you can’t sign up closer to the tournament date, but it takes us a week or so to get the schedules done and getting the officials for several sports…and getting those schedules ready to go,” Kennedy says.

Kennedy says registering a team is different than signing up as an individual as you have the have the minimum number of roster players to sign up and then from the registration until the time of the games you have to turn in waiver forms,” Kennedy explains. The waivers require signatures of parents for athletes under 18.

Kennedy says as always it takes a lot of people to not only officiate but help run all the different events and venues and they are always looking for people to help. He says if you want to volunteer you can go to VisitAmes.com and sign up.

He says officials can give them a call and they can set you up with game times. Kennedy says with a staff of only 10 people, it takes quite a few volunteers. The Iowa Games will be held over three weekends during July with the main weekend being July 13th through the 15th.

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Iowa Games basketball registration is due June 25th

June 18, 2012 By

The registration deadline for adult and youth basketball competition at next month’s Iowa Games is approaching. Iowa Games spokesmasn Cory Kennedy says the final deadline is next Monday, June 25th. The early registration deadline ends today.

Adult and youth basketball are now played on the same weekend. Kennedy says the adult basketball is one of the more competitive tournaments offered in the Iowa Games.

Kennedy says you have to register a minimum roster of 5 and you have until July 9th to make an addition to the team. Kennedy says more than 70 sports are being offered by the Iowa Games and the registration deadlines vary depending upon the sport.

He says the best way to find out the deadline is to go to their website: www.IowaGames.org and click on the “You can be an athlete” banner.

The competition for youth and adult basketball will be held the weekend of July 13th through the 15th in Ames.

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Iowa Games hits goal for soccer teams

June 12, 2012 By

The Iowa Games has reached its goal for youth soccer teams registered for next month’s event. Spokesman Cory Kennedy says 200 teams will take part.

Kennedy says they didn’t think they were going to hit the goal, but says they did some last minute promotion and were able to make it.

Kennedy says while they have reached their goal for teams they would be willing to try and fit a few more in.

“If they still want to get in, they can calls us at 888-777-8881 and talk to us and see if they can still get a team in,” Kennedy says.

The youth soccer competition is the weekend of July 13th through the 15th in Ames.

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Winter Iowa Games begin this weekend

January 27, 2012 By

The 20th annual Winter Iowa Games open this weekend with a dozen sports and several thousand athletes. Games spokesman Cory Kennedy says events will be getting underway in nine cities statewide on Saturday with a host of competitions over four weekends through late February.

“The Winter Iowa Games has your typical winter sports, like downhill skiing, snowboarding, cross-country skiing and then we have some indoor sports that you might not think would be played in the winter, like soccer,” Kennedy says.

There’s also basketball, volleyball, wrestling, hockey, trapshooting and more. He says there are 3,200 athletes registered for the games and with walk-up registration in several events, they anticipate having more than 4,000 athletes compete for the third year in a row.

“This year, my youngest preregistered athlete is four-years-old and the oldest is 91,” Kennedy says. “He’s an old guy that pitches horseshoes in the tournament. He’s great. He comes to the Winter Games and the Summer Iowa Games and he gets out there and competes.”

Registration for some events is already closed but Iowans who are interested in competing this weekend may still be able to take part, just by walking up. “There are a few sports you can go the day of and register on site and those include Alpine ski racing, cross-country skiing, the fitness walk, 5-K road race, snowboarding and wrestling,” Kennedy says.

Log on to:www.iowagames.org, and see where you need to be and when. Communities hosting events include: Eldora, Ackley, DeWitt, Harlan, Montrose, Story City, Cedar Rapids, Johnston and Des Moines.

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Registration open for Iowa Games

April 25, 2011 By

Officials say registration is now open for the Iowa Games. The summer sports festival is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year.

Iowa Games executive director Jim Hallihan, says it’s a little later than normal as they have developed a new website. He says they are also sending out information in an attempt to generate interest.

He says they sent about 40,000 flyers out to past participants and hope to have people go to the website, or they can fill out the forms and send them in. This year’s event will feature 41 individual and 13 team sports. Hallihan says their goal is to better last year’s number of 15,000 athletes.

The Opening Ceremony will be July 15th in Iowa State’s Jack Trice Stadium.

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