2017 Angel City Games

May 22, 2017
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In three short years, the annual Angel City Games have become Southern California’s premiere adaptive sports event, featuring a 4 day festival of clinics, competition, activities and celebration of Paralympic sport. The 2017 edition features five adaptive sports – Swimming, Archery, Track and Field, Wheelchair Basketball and Wheelchair Tennis – and will be held 6/22-25 on the campus of UCLA. Competition is sanctioned by Adaptive Sports USA and USA Track and Field, and results can qualify youth athletes for the National Junior Disability Championships.

Event organizers Angel City Sports focus on creating a fun environment for athletes, families, friends and fans where they can enjoy competitive adaptive sports as well as the unique vibe of Los Angeles. The annual Celebrity Wheelchair Basketball Game has featured Hollywood super stars Adam Sandler and Christian Bale alongside Paralympians, Olympians, NFL greats and UCLA sports alumni. The 2017 event will also feature and Opening Night “Great Games Family Cookout,” Toddler Track & Field events, Kids Fun Zone, live entertainment and more.

Angel City Games is open to athletes of all ages and ability levels and the clinic & competition format allows athletes to get instruction and skills development, and then participate in a competitive environment to push them against the clock, other athletes and most of all themselves. Anyone with a physical disability, mobility challenge or visual impairment can participate.

 

For more information visit http://www.angelcitygames.org  or contact info@angelcitygames.org

 

 

Author: Howard Brodwin

A sports marketing veteran of more than 25 years, Howard is the founder of Sports and Social Change, a sports marketing firm with a focus on Cause Marketing, Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Enterprise development, working to connect brands, media properties, teams, leagues and athletes with nonprofit organizations, foundations and affiliated cause-driven businesses. His expertise includes marketing strategy, brand positioning and activation, grassroots and experiential programs, public relations and media campaigns, as well as business plans, revenue models and corporate partnership development. Over the past 25 years, Howard has managed marketing, public relations and event management campaigns for a diverse group of sports brands and properties including Rollerblade, Powerbar, K-Swiss, Salomon, Tour Hockey, Bauerfeind, LPGA, Red Star Hockey, and a wide range of nonprofit organizations such as Special Olympics World Games, DisAbility Sports Festival, Angel City Sports, Blind Judo Foundation, Roberto Clemente Foundation, Good Neighbors USA, Ready-Set-Gold!, Leukemia Lymphoma Society and LA Watts Summer Games. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for Adaptive Sports USA, and Social Enterprise Alliance / Los Angeles chapter. A graduate of San Diego State University where he played Lacrosse, Howard currently lives in Los Angeles, CA and is an active Ice Hockey coach & player, Skier and Disc Golf fanatic. Follow him on Twitter at @sportsandchange


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  • bobl07

    This is a great event to attend! If in LA during this time of year please check out these outstanding athletes.

  • aimixmaquina

    This really is a good activity! Just keep doing this.