Presented by Sandy Papadopoulos Supreme Governor Region 1 Atlanta, GA 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 gkarras6879@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) Northwestern: Terry Karis (Seattle, WA) likieb@aol.com TerryK@academypress.com North Atlantic: John Levas (Plainview, NY) Mid-Eastern: Charles Mardis (Fairlawn, OH) amcorjgl@aol.com mardisdds@yahoo.com Mid-Western: Chris Marinos (Kildeer, IL) Southeast: Gus Pantelides (Clearwater, FL) cmarinos@sbcglobal.net guspro@aol.com Western: Pete Marudas (Phoenix, AZ) Mountain West: Jim Peros (Denver, CO) rosemar2@msn.com perosj@aol.com International: Denny Rigas (Capo Beach, CA) Southwest: Michael Spartalis (Houston, TX) dennyrigas@aol.com mspartalis@aol.com Canada: Andy Tzemis (Toronto, CA) atzemis@rogers.com