ATHLETICS Presented by Sandy Papadopoulos Supreme Governor Region

ATHLETICS Presented by Sandy Papadopoulos Supreme Governor Region 1 Atlanta, GA

Why Athletics? • Athletics can be a very useful way to gain membership • We provide scholarships for our youth • Maximize youth involvement • There is something that everyone can participate in: – Softball – Golf – Tennis – Soccer – Basketball – Bowling

Ahepa golf (Golf Director: Chris Atsaves, Chicago) • The most well attended sport of AHEPA Athletics! • 2 major National Tournaments including the Dr. Monthe Kofos Memorial Tournament (this year to be held at Innisbrook in Tarpon Springs, FL • Regional tournaments hosted throughout the year in all parts of the country • We encourage everyone to inform us if they would like to host a Regional Golf Tournament

National Golf Tournament Talega Country Club San Clemente, CA

AHEPA Basketball (Basketball Director: Costa Papademetriou, NY) • A long standing tradition throughout the Order of AHEPA • Maximum participation from Sons of Pericles and AHEPA • Most every district has a basketball tournament at some point of the year • Re-established the National AHEPA Invitational Basketball Tournament at this year’s Supreme Convention in Miami

Regional Basketball Tournament hosted in New York

AHEPA BOWLING & SOFTBALL (Bowling Director: George Karras, Indiana Softball Director: Alec Alexander, Atlanta) • 2 sports that are on the rise again! • Bowling tournament hosted in Hammond, IN was very well attended and we even had a brother with a perfect 300 game! (Chris Atsaves) • Softball once a widely supported sport, is now back on the rise after a small decline in attendence • We had 4 teams at this year’s Supreme Convention National Softball Tournament

National Softball and Bowling Tournaments

AHEPA Soccer (Soccer Director: Steve Mavronis, Maryland) • Slowly but surely developing this program and are gaining interest especially from the youth • We are making big strides in developing a curriculum for how to start and maintain an AHEPA Soccer Program in your respective communities • Should be finished and developed by the Supreme Convention in Las Vegas

AHEPA Athletic Hall of Fame (Hall of Fame Director: Greg Stamos, CT) • We have amazing exposure through the establishment of the AHEPA Athletic Hall of Fame • Honorees range from former players in most major professional sports as well as local sports legends • Athletic Hall of Fame luncheon is ALWAYS well attended by everyone at the Supreme Convention

2009 AHEPA Athletic Hall of Fame Luncheon San Francisco, CA

AHEPA Scholarships (Scholarship Director: John Tanionos, MA) • The most important aspect of AHEPA Athletics • Provide scholarships that are presented at the Hall of Fame Luncheon at the Supreme Convention • Incredibly gifted recipients that we hope will be potential members of respective AHEPA family orders • We encourage all members of AHEPA to promote the fact that Athletics gives out these scholarships

Scholarship Recipients

how does our district get started? • Contact your regional director to see if your district or chapter can host an event • If your first couple of events do not do as well, don’t be discouraged! People will come and participate eventually, ESPECIALLY THE YOUTH! • Make sure everyone is informed of our National events for every sport • Make sure everyone in your area, especially high school and college students and their parents, are informed about scholarship opportunities • Come and join us at a golf outing! You don’t have to participate to see what we’re all about. We encourage and welcome your participation!

For more information…. • • • Supereme Athletic Director: Spiro Siaggas – ahepaad@comcast. net Special Events & Sport Development: Sandy Papadopoulos – sandypap@gmail. com Booster Club Director: Likie Beleos – likieb@aol. com Hall of Fame Director: Greg Stamos – stamosatty@sbcglobal. net Basketball: Costa Papademetriou – cpapade@hotmail. com Bowling: George Karras – gkarras 6879@sbcglobal. net Golf: Chris Atsaves – chris. atsaves@ubs. com Scholarships and Awards: John Tanionos – yanakijt@yahoo. com Soccer: Steve Mavronis – helleniclegacy@aol. com Softball: Alec Alexander – acalexander@mindspring. com Tennis: Arthur Anastasiou – aanas@aol. com

Regional Directors Mid-Atlantic: Likie Beleos (Camden, SC) likieb@aol. com Northwestern: Terry Karis (Seattle, WA) Terry. K@academypress. com North Atlantic: John Levas (Plainview, NY) amcorjgl@aol. com Mid-Eastern: Charles Mardis (Fairlawn, OH) mardisdds@yahoo. com Mid-Western: Chris Marinos (Kildeer, IL) cmarinos@sbcglobal. net Southeast: Gus Pantelides (Clearwater, FL) guspro@aol. com Western: Pete Marudas (Phoenix, AZ) rosemar 2@msn. com Mountain West: Jim Peros (Denver, CO) perosj@aol. com International: Denny Rigas (Capo Beach, CA) dennyrigas@aol. com Southwest: Michael Spartalis (Houston, TX) mspartalis@aol. com Canada: Andy Tzemis (Toronto, CA) atzemis@rogers. com