Sports Briefs
NMASA, BANMI MONTHLY THIS WEEK
The Northern Marianas Amateur Sports Association and the Basketball Association of the Northern Mariana Island will have their respective monthly meetings this week.
The governing sports body of the CNMI will conduct its meeting on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2005, beginning 7:30pm at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium conference room.
All board members of NMASA are required to attend the meeting. Sports associations sending athletes to the Palau 2005 South Pacific Mini Games must also send a representative to the meeting. Partial payment for airline tickets and per diem for sports associations and athletes going to Palau are due at this date.
Nominees for December athletes and student athletes of the month would also be decided. NMASA also announced that board would be taking a vote on who will be enshrined in the NMASA Hall of Fame.
BANMI, meanwhile, would have its meeting today, Jan. 4, 2005, also at the Ada Gym conference room starting at 6:30pm. Topics to be discussed in the agenda are the wrinkles in the ongoing 2004 Government Basketball League and updates about the 35-and-over Masters Basketball League and 25-and-under Basketball League.
For more information about the NMASA and BANMI meetings next week, contact the Ada Gym at 664-2503 and 664-2508.
NMI CRIME STOPPERS SLOW PITCH SOFTBALL THIS WEEK
The 3rd Annual NMI Crime Stoppers Slow Pitch Softball Tournament will run through Thursday, Jan. 7 to Sunday, Jan. 9, at the Oleai Sports Complex softball field.
The champion of the three-day softball event pockets $300, while second place and third place takes home $200 and $150, respectively.
Aside from the regular softball competition, the tournament will also host two categories of homerun derbies.
Entry cost per team is $250, and the cost to enter the homerun derbies is $20 per individual. All checks should be made out to NMI Crime Stoppers.
For further information, please contact Eric David by calling 664-9022, Jim Ripple by calling 235-2302, or Jerry Ayuyu by calling 664-9127.