February 16, 2011
By Staff Reporter
Tickets are now available for the 94th running of the Millrose Games. The nation’s greatest indoor track meet is set for Feb. 2, 2001 at Madison Square Garden. Held annually since 1908, the Millrose Games is the second stop on the indoor leg of USATF’s "Golden Spike Tour" and is the longest running sporting event in Madison Square Garden’s history.
Tickets will be available at the Madison Square Garden box office at (212) 465-MSGI and at Ticketmaster outlets. Local ticketmaster information and Ticketmaster charge-by-phone numbers are (212) 307-7171, (201) 507-8900, (914) 454-3388 and (203) 624-0033, or visit their website www.ticketmaster.com Ticket prices are $25, $35, $50, $70.
Throughout its 93-year history, the Millrose Games have featured some of track and field’s greatest legends, including Eamon Coghlan, Jesse Owens, Jackie-Joyner Kersee, Carl Lewis, Gwen Torrence and Mary Decker-Slaney.
Young Irelands
Young Irelands Camogie Club will hold its millennium Christmas party and 40 years of the club’s existence on Dec. 17 from 2-6 p.m. in Cranberries, 82-02 Grand Ave., in Queens. Santa will attend for the children. All are welcome.
Details, call Bridie Gregory at (718) 837-9370 or Treasa G. Smyth at (718) 651-7336.
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Kerry F.C.
The Kerry Football Club elected the following officers at their AGM on Sunday, Dec. 3: President, Betty Smee; Vice President, John Hayes; Chairman, Jim O’Donnell; Vice Chairperson, Kathleen Curtin; Recording Secretary, Anne Holland.
There will be an AGM for Kerry Ladies Football Club, Jan. 7, 2001, at 3 p.m. in the Aqueduct North Pub, Katonah Avenue, the Bronx. Details, Anne Holland, (914) 776-4359. New members welcome.
NYU running youth soccer clinics
The New York University soccer staff is running youth soccer clinics for the 2001 season at Sunnyside Gardens Park, Sunnyside, Queens, and at Balley Ellard High School in Madison, N.J. For information, call (347 581-4098.
Soccer players in Chicago
Chicago Celtic Soccer club is looking for experienced players for their Sunday morning men’s team. For more information, call John O’Sullivan at (773) 736-5391 or e-mail Josulli887@aol.com.