sports

The winning team at this year's Kielbasa Klassic held at the Giant Oak Golf Club included Bud Crosby - Billy Peneff - Bill Akers and Jack Sparagowski. The team from Ski's Restaurant had a nice round of -14 under including two eagles. The winners each won 10 Pounds of kielbasa from Stanley's Market, a beautiful individual trophy and a cash prize. In addition to the kielbasa, brats and hot dogs, there were plenty of other goodies to go around as well as a "little bit" of beer. Thank you to PACT members Sherry Servis and Rozanne Nitschke for cooking the kielbasa for the hungry crowd. Nearly everyone in the outing received a door prize which included gift certificates to many local golf courses and restaurants as well as golf apparel and equipment. This has gotten to be one of the better amateur golf tournaments in the area. Make plans to play in next year's Kielbasa Klassic as well as Ski's Two-Man Polish-American Scramble. This year's Kielbasa Klassic was sponsored by Stanley's Market, Ski's Restaurant and PACT. All proceeds go directly to the Polish American Community of Toledo.

 Chris Hinds and Lee Schmidlin are this year's winners at the Ski's 4th Annual 2-man Scramble Tournament.  Tim Egan and Sal Tbeileh came in second and Bob Darmafal and Jeff Slade came in third place out of 21 teams.  Congratulations to all the winners and thank you to all players and Ski's Restaraunt for hosting the tournament and providing the great dinner afterwards.  All proceeds from this tournament were donated to PACT.  Unfortunately PACT board member Bill Peneff and his teammate, Bill Akers came in second from last.  Better luck next year, Bill.

 The Kielbasa Klassic
A 4-Person Golf Scramble
Giant Oak Golf Course
Sunday, August 7th, - 10:00 AM
Sponsored By

Ski*s Polish Restaurant  -  Stanley*s Market
&
The Polish American  Community of Toledo

Entry Fee of $ 75 per person Includes
****Golf
****Cart
****Food (Plenty of great Polish Kielbasa)
****Beer
****Pop
****Door Prizes
****Challenge Holes
****And the Famous Kielbasa Klassic T-Shirt

The Field is Limited so Please Enter Early

 Call Jack Sparagowski at 419-356-1811.*
*All proceeds go to The Polish American Community of Toledo *

Ski’s 4th Annual Polish-American
2-Person Golf Scramble
Held at
The Legacy Golf Club
Monday, June 20th
9:00 A.M. Shotgun Start

(Proceeds used to Benefit PACT, the Polish American Community of Toledo)

$85 Entry Fee Includes

•    Round of Golf
•    Cart
•    Entry in Ski’s $5,000 Putting Contest
(Held at The Legacy’s Practice Green right after the round)
•    Hole-In-One Contest ($10,000 Cash)
•    Polish Dinner at Ski’s (After the tournament)
•    Door Prizes
•    Tournament Prizes
•    Cash Prizes to the Top Spots

Call 419-882-1199 for more information or to sign up for this tournament!

 

National Polish-American sports Hall of Fame

On Tuesday, November 24^th, six board members from the National Polish American Sports Hall of Fame (NPASHF) traveled from their headquarters in Troy, Michigan to Ski’s restaurant in Sylvania to give a presentation about their organization.

Paul Paruk, Mike Mandell, Adam Prokop, David Jansen, Tom Szczepanski, who are directors of NPASHF and Jim Conrad, who is the Chairman of the Board graciously gave their time to explain what the NPASHF is and give a history of the organization.

The NPASHF was founded in 1973 and its goal then, as is now, is to recognize outstanding American athletes of Polish descent.  Each athlete nominated for induction in the NPASHF must have at least one parent of Polish descent.   Athletes can be from either a professional or amateur sport.  There are two categories that athletes can win in; highly visibile sports such as baseball, football, basketball and hockey, and all other sports such, as wrestling, racing and swimming.  Each nominee must exhibit a high standard of living both in their respective sport and also in their community life.

Inductees need not be an athlete.  People from other areas of athletics are also considered.  These may include referees, coaches, sports writers and all others who make contributions to the athletic arena.

The 37^th Annual Induction Banquet was held on Thursday, June 11, 2009.  Inducted last year into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame were: baseball player, Mark “The Bird” Fidrych, coach Andy Banachowski, World Boxing Champ Bobby Czyz, and swimmer Joe Verdeur.

To learn more about the 2009 inductees, or the NPASHF, go to www.polishsportshof.com.

The directors also explained the Stan Musial Scholarships.  Each year 3 scholarships are given out from the Stan Musial Scholarship Fund.  Stan Musial was the first inductee into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame in 1973.  Some of the requirements to receive a scholarship from this fund are that the recipient must be of Polish descent, have a GPA of 3.2 or better, and compete in a varsity sport.

It may be of interest to residents of Toledo to learn that John Payak Jr. was an inductee of NPASHF and also a long time board member.  In the 37 year history of NPASHF John was the only inductee to also serve as a member of the Board of Directors.  John passed away in 2009.

This is the information on the Annual Induction Banquet for 2010:

Date:  June 17, 2010 

Time:  6:00pm

Location:
American-Polish Cultural Center
2975 E. Maple Rd.
Troy, MI 48083

Information:  (313) 407-3300

Price:  Tickets, priced at $85 each, can be purchased from any board member or by calling the Hall of Fame Office.

You can also download an application for the Stan Musial Scholarship on their website.

 WHO ARE THESE MEN ?


STAN MUSIAL    -    CARL YASTRZEMSKI   -    HANK STRAM

MIKE KRZYZEWSKI   -    ALAN KULWICKI    -    MIKE DITKA

DICK “PEACHES” SZYMANSKI    -     ALAN TRAMMEL

They are all famous sports figures of Polish descent and all are inductees of THE NATIONAL POLISH-AMERICAN SPORTS HALL OF FAME!


COME LEARN MORE ABOUT THE
NATIONAL POLISH-AMERICAN SPORTS HALL OF FAME

•    Find out about many of the inductees who you never
knew were Polish-Americans.
•    Learn about the outstanding collection of historical 
artifacts that are on display at the Museum.
•    Talk with members of the Sports Hall of Fame Board of
Directors

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    The National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame and Museum was founded in 1973 to honor and recognize outstanding American athletes, both amateur and professional, of Polish Descent. Its mission is to recognize and preserve outstanding achievements by individuals of Polish Heritage in the field of sports and to educate the community with the hope of encouraging and inspiring personal excellence.
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Tuesday, November 24th at 7:15 PM
SKI’S Polish-American Restaurant
5834 Monroe Street – Sylvania, Ohio
 

A National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame presentation will be held this November.  The date has yet to be determined.  Please check back as more information will be added.