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The Double Bridge Run was full of changes this year – New route, new timing company, new t-shirt design, new bus schedule – but the spirit stayed the same as over 4,600 runners, walkers, and military formation runners braved the cold to participate in Pensacola’s largest road race!
The new race course was the biggest change in this year’s Double Bridge Run. Runners ran against traffic this year and also got a BONUS BRIDGE – the overpass leading to the Bob Sikes Bridge! The overall male winner, Everett Whiteside, and the overall female winner, Ann McGranahan, apparently had no problems adjusting to the new route, finishing in two of the fastest times in Double Bridge Run history!
The run also got high-tech this year! We employed a timing company to time every runner and walker electronically with a race chip, providing more accurate times than in previous years. We got great comments from runners who love chip-timing!
PSA would also like to extend a big “Thank You!” to our wonderful sponsors including Lewis Bear Company & Budweiser, Cox Communications, Coca-Cola, Academy Sports and Outdoors, Sacred Heart Hospital, WEAR TV-3, Vince Whibbs Automotive, PODS, Hooters, Q-100, Albertson’s, Bagelhead’s, and CES Team 1 Communications, as well as: members of the Double Bridge Run organizing committee, Pensacola Runner’s Association, Flamingo-A-Friend, Dr. Thomas Riney, Dr. Brent Videau, the Pensacola Power, Gulf Breeze Sertoma, Gulf Breeze Optimist, SeaStars Aquatics, and all of our fantastic volunteers!
We learned a lot from this year’s Double Bridge Run (just like every year!) and we hope to make the 2008 race even bigger and better! See you next year!
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The Pensacola Sports Association is taking its first step in expanding the High School All-Star series by introducing the first ever PSA High School All-Star Soccer Games!
PSA has held an All-Star Football game for the last three years and is looking to spread the wealth of player interaction, exciting game-play, and recruiting exposure to all team sports in the area. First up is boys and girls soccer! The first annual Pensacola Sports Association High School All-Star Games will be held Saturday, March 3 at the Ashton Brosnaham Park stadium field. The game will feature the best boys and girls high school seniors in Escambia, Santa Rosa, and Okaloosa Counties.
For more information and game times, contact Joe Joseph at 850-434-2800.
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Springtime is on its way, and you know what that means… Baseball and softball season!
The Pensacola Sports Association is presenting the 2007 Gulf Coast Baseball/Softball Clinic! This annual clinic will be held Wednesday, March 21 at Pelican Park. Registration will begin at 8 AM, instruction will begin at 9 AM and go through Noon, and lunch and autograph session are from Noon to 12:30.
The University of West Florida’s baseball and softball teams are offering free instruction to local youth between the ages of 6 and 14. The Pensacola Sports Association will direct the clinic and UWF has partnered with PJC and the Pensacola Pelicans, in addition to various former and current professional baseball and softball players. This free clinic is made possible by the volunteers and sponsors that make this clinic so successful for the youngsters of Northwest Florida.
For more information about the Gulf Coast Baseball/Softball Clinic, please call Daniel Murphy at the PSA main office at 434-2800. |
