Social Sports Becomes Growing Business

by Tatiana Vorozhko (See full article here)

June 28 - Scientists say nothing benefits human health and longevity as much as physical exercise and socializing.  The benefits of fitness have been well known for quite some time.  But new research shows that people who have a lot of friends are less likely to suffer from depression, colds, heart disease and cancer than those who are socially isolated.  For many Americans, social sports clubs provide the opportunity to combine physical activity and social interaction. 

Such clubs - for people of all ages and fitness levels - are popular throughout the United States.  There are leagues for both fun and traditional sports. Physical prowess is seldom required, and the leagues provide the opportunity to engage with other people and make new friends.  In fact, at the DC Social Sports Club people can play games such as darts, hoops, or skeeball with a beer bottle in hand.

Recruiting "All Star" Charity Kickball Team - August 4

Its Getting Close!! Below is some important information pertaining to the SAFE AT HOME tournament. If you're interested in joining the DC Social Kickball Charity team, please e-mail jack@dcsocialsports.com.

1) This year SAFE AT HOME will take place at Long Bridge Park, north of Crystal City. (Go to www.arlington-kickball.com for directions.

2) Team registration opens at 7:45am

3) Opening ceremony starts at 8:30am

4) First games kick off at 9:00am

5) T-shirts will be available for pick-up at Ballyhoo, 2250 Clarendon Blvd., Courthouse Plaza, Suite 3 Arlington, VA 22201 the week of July 30. For store hours , contact david@ballyhoostore.com. Shirt colors will be available on a first come, first served basis!

6) Game Rules can be found at www.arlington-kickball.com. Please distribute the Rules to your players BEFORE the tournament.

7) Each player will be given lunch tickets valued at $5 for lunch. Free cold, bottled water will be available.

8) Don’t forget to bring caps, sunglasses, and sunscreen. Pop-up tents and beach chairs or other ground coverings are highly recommended.

9) Long Bridge has turf fields which will increase the temperature on the field about 10 degrees.

Sunny Challenge - Saturday, August 4

Saturday, August 4
Downtown Silver Spring, MD 

For your complimentary tickets to “The Sunny Challenge” in Downtown Silver Spring, MD on Saturday, August 4 log onto www.gofobo.com/rsvp and input the following code: DCSSCE1CZ to download your tickets.

Have you ever wondered how far you can toss a ham? Or how fast you can run in a pair of Speedos? Wonder no more!! Your friends at FX want to give you that chance at the inaugural staging of The Sunny Challenge. Inspired by the exploits and misadventures of your favorite characters from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The Sunny Challenge is a day of offbeat games, cold beverages, snacks and overall frivolity. Or a less fancy word meaning fun!

All attendees will have the chance to show off their pseudo-athletic chops in the following events:

Mac’s Lucky Hockey Puck Shot .  Don your black duster, practice your karate and see how many pucks you can shoot through a small hole in a hockey net to rack up points. You may not have 20,000 screaming fans watching you, but don’t crack under the pressure!

Jersey Shore Dunk Tank .  Remember how mean the waitress was to Charlie on the Jersey Shore? We do too! So now is your chance to get revenge on Charlie’s behalf. Participants will have three tries to “sink” The Waitress. You’ll get more points the farther away you try, so don’t be a wuss and throw it from the kid’s line!

Charlie’s Garbage Dive .  No one will ever find more treasure in trash cans, dumpsters and road side ditches than Charlie Kelly, but now is your chance to one-up your friends in trash picking. Cans will be set up and filled with “trash” (don’t worry, it’s not that kind of trash) and inside each one will be 10 different items for participants to find in a 30 second time period. The more things you find the more points you score, so get digging!

Frank’s Rum Ham Toss .  Do we really need to explain this? Grab the rum ham, wind up and toss it as far as you can. Now, how hard was that?

Dennis’ Speedo Relay Race.  Dennis Reynolds defines the male form. Well, that’s what he tells himself in the mirror each morning. You may not fill out a speedo quite as well he thinks he does, but you will have the chance to see how you look wearing one on top of your pants while running and stopping along the way to put on various other articles such as flippers, goggles, a swim cap and “swimmies” in the shortest time possible. Yeah, it ain’t gonna be pretty but it sure will be fun.

Free Movie Night - The Dark Knight Rises

Who's up for the Advance Screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" next Wednesday, July 18, at Tysons Corner.  We've got 15 pairs of tickets to give out.  Details to follow about how you can score a pair.

As a reminder, screening tickets do not guarantee admittance.  Seating is first come, first basis.

• In Theaters and IMAX® July 20
• Rated PG-13 for ‘intense sequences of violence and action.  Some sensuality and language.  
• www.thedarkknightrises.com

DC Beach Volleyball - Monday Quads Champion

Congratulations to No Dinks Allowed for winning our inaugural Monday Night Quads program for DC Beach Volleyball.

4-TIME FLIP CUP CHAMPIONS

What does Charlie Sheen and XME have in common? Duh. Winning. (Maybe the reference gets old but so does XME winning a 4th straight title). So congratulations to the Spring 2012 Flip Cup Invitational winners. Now to get ready for DC Social's other drinking tournaments.