Sports 'N Stuff: The Bed Race Is Back!
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Supporters and curious citizens turned out in great numbers. The event is designed to raise much-needed funds for various organizations throughout Berkshire County.
Well, it's time to start thinking about this year's race. I know fall may seem far off and it may seem odd to talk about autumn at this time of year, but just ask anyone who was involved last year and they will tell you it pays to plan early.
The race will take place Oct. 4 at noon sharp on Main Street. I am not going to go into the details here because the fine folks at Boxcar Media have developed a Web site for you to visit.
You can get all the information you need to participate in the race this year at www.iberkshires.com/bed_race. You can find everything from rules and registration forms to sponsor information and there are even pictures from last year to give you ideas of what the race looks like.
The entry fee will again be $125 per five-person team. All proceeds this year will benefit Northern Berkshire Healthcare. Several sponsors have joined the efforts and donated items to the race committee for prizes.
Central Radio and Appliance Center is the event sponsor and provides trophies for the race winner as well as medals for all participants. Various merchants like the Mountain Goat, State Street Tavern, Jacks' Hot Dogs and Subway, just to name a few, have donated merchandise and gift certificates. If you would like to be a sponsor for this year's race you can e-mail the committee at foliagebedrace@hotmail.com.
<L2>A very integral part of the race's success is volunteers. It takes a lot to plan the event and to run the event on race day. Event organizers can use all the help they can get. If you would like to volunteer to help this year you can e-mail to the address above.
Volunteers are needed on race day to help with things like registration, handing out T-shirts and to deliver water to racers, as well as be race officials.
The board of directors this year is comprised of myself as president and co-chairman; Janeen Flagg, treasurer and co-chairman, and Jill Drummond and Amy Merselis. We would like to thank everyone who helped make last year's event a success and appeal to everyone to join us this year and make it even better.
Join in the fun and make a difference.
Brian Flagg was co-host of "The Sports Page" on local public access stations for nearly five years. The North Adams resident has been coaching girls' basketball and softball for 16 years. His column appears every other Monday.
