Would you rather swing a golf club than watch a pro swing the sticks on TV?
Do you enjoy skating figure 8's more than watching hockey players fight?
Is it more fun to sail the Maumee River than drive downtown to watch the Mud Hens?
In other words, would you rather do than watch? If so, there are plenty of places to do whatever you want to do.
Here is a list of many of the local organizations that offer a chance to participate in a variety of sports:
Archery
President: Timothy Bowes 419-866-5055. Address: 420 S. King Rd., Holland, 43528; 419-865-3821. (Also contacts for pistol and rifle shooting, fishing, and trap and skeet.)
Local address:6240 Benore Rd., Toledo, 43612; 734-848-4097.
Baseball
Toledo Franchise, National Amateur Baseball Federation
Local address: Toledo Athletic Office,
2201 Ottawa Parkway, Toledo, 43606;
419-936-2877. Web site:
www.ci.toledo.oh.us. E-mail:
toledo.parksrecforest@ci.toledo.oh.
Boating
Governing Body: City of Toledo. Marina Coordinator: Mike Schabeck, 2201 Ottawa Parkway, Toledo, 43606; 419-936-3848. Web site: www.ci.toledo.oh.us. E-mail: toledo.parksrecforest@ci.toledo.oh.
Bowling
Secretary: Rob Huss, Jr., 5062 Dorr St., Toledo, 43615; 419-537-0523. E-mail: GTBA@accesstoledo.com.
Secretary: Carol Hider, 4239 Lewis Ave., Toledo, 43612; 419-476-3633. E-mail: TWBA@accesstoledo.com.
Cycling
President: Jim Allen. Contact: MVW Treasurer, 17 Kingsview Drive, Perrysburg, 43551-3107. Web site: www.freewheel.com/mvw
President: Rita Carter. Contact: TAB Membership Registration, 8245 Elkhorn Lane, Toledo, 43617. Web site: www.tabnet.org/
Golf
Executive Secretary: Marianne Reece; 5533 Southwyck Blvd., Suite 206, Toledo, 43614; 419-866-4600. E-mail: mariannereece@ameritech.net.
Executive Director: Jeremy McLaughlin; 5533 Southwyck Blvd., Suite 204, Toledo, 43614; 419-866-4771. Web site: tdga.golf.org (under construction). E-mail: tdga@usga.org.
Contact: Karen Stone, 5533 Southwyck Blvd., Suite 210, Toledo, 43614; 419-382-2799. Web site: www.toledojrgolf.org.
Hostelling
President: Don Lambert. Contact: P.O. Box 352736, Toledo, 43635-2736; 419-841-4510. Web site: www.freewheel.com/hiayh.
Racquetball
President: Doug Ganim; 614-890-6073. E-mail address: ganim@earthlink.net.
Running
Address: P.O. Box 5656, Toledo, 43613; 419-474-2649. Membership: Becky Rudnicki, 1235 East Meadow Drive, Oregon, 43616; 419-691-0912. Web site: www.toledoroadrunners.org.
Skiing
President: Judy Myers, 419-875-6399; Membership Contact: Sandy Hamilton, Box 560, Toledo, 43697; 419-534-CLUB or 419-824-0185. Web site: www.toledoskiclub.org.
Squash
Contact John Seidel (Toledo Club Squash Professional), 419-243-2200.
Softball
Commissioner: Chuck Lutomsky, Toledo Athletic Office, 2201 Ottawa Parkway, Toledo, 43606; 419-936-2877. Web site: www.ci.toledo.oh.us. E-mail: toledo.parksrecforest@ci.toledo.oh.
Tennis
Contact: Sheryl Birch, 2627 Kinsale Ct., Toledo, 43615; 419-842-1269. Web site: www.usta.com/midwest/nwohio/index.html.
Contact: Rev. Al Griffin, 419-936-2881 (seasonal). Toledo Athletic Office, 2201 Ottawa Parkway, Toledo, 43606; 419-936-2877. Web site: www.ci.toledo.oh.us. E-mail: toledo.parksrecforest@ci.toledo.oh.
Traditional muzzle-loader shooting
Secretary-Treasurer: Al Zielinski, 419-476-5978.
Web: members.toast.net/TML.
E-mail:
toledo_muzzle_loaders@hotmail.com.
Triathlon
President: Joyce Payne Donaldson, 419-885-2089. Address: 4718 Charlesgate, Sylvania, 43560. Web site: www.freewheel.com/toltri.
Volleyball
Contact: Dana Johnson, P.O. Box 8528, Toledo, 43623; 419-381-1895. E-mail:
Info@GlassCityVolleyBall.com
Web site:
www.glasscityvolleyball.com.
Chairman: John Buck, 457 Georgetown Drive, Oregon, 43616. (419)691-8913.
E-mail: VBCOACH96@aol.com
Web site:
www.toledovolleyballclub.com.
Wheelchair Athletics
President: Rick St. Johns, 1918 Bailey Rd., Northwood, 43619; 419-836-7365.
Windsurfing
Contact: Brad Reineck, 4008 Windsor Court, Genoa, 43430. Web site: www.amoka.com/taba.html.
Associations
National associations with branches in the Toledo area: