A big thanks goes out to everyone who helped volunteer at the Capital Area Food Bank this past Saturday. DCKickball volunteers helped sort food donations which will be distributed throughout the greater Washington DC area to combat hunger. You can view more photos from the event here.

Reminder that we kick off our season tomorrow with some free drinks at the Exchange. Details:

• When: Tuesday, July 29th, 6:30pm – ?
• Where: The Exchange, 1719 G Street NW, Washington, DC 20006, 202.393.4690
• Website: http://theexchangesaloon.com/
• Who: All DCK District Members!
• “Booze Situation”: DCK will pay for 3 kegs for the league
• Questions: Ask Ashley, our social chair extraordinaire! (ashley at bristol at gmail dot com)

Constitution Off-Season Happy Hour

• WHEN: Friday, August 8, 2008 from 6:00pm – 8:00pm
  
• WHERE: Eighteenth Street Lounge, 1212 18th ST NW
  
• WHAT YOU GET:Free Happy Drinks until Jack closes the Tab and …
  

  $4 rails, select beers
  $5 wines
  $6 call drinks
  $7 margaritas, cosmos, appletinis
  

• HOW MUCH?: FREE. But look for a board member to get your wrist band or stamp.

Thanks for a great season and we look forward to seeing you there on Friday!

Cheers, Jack Fan

• When: Friday, July 25th
• Where: McFaddens (24th & Pennsylvania NW)
• What: Open bar from 8:00 – 11:00 PM
• Cost: $5 for Columbia Division kickballers, $15 for guests

That’s right friends, it’s what you’ve all been waiting for! The End-of-Season Party is here! We’re back at one of our favorite places, Tom Tom’s, on 18th Street. The Party will be getting started at 8:30, but look for some pre-tipsy board members hanging around. Bring $5 if you’re a kickballer and $10 if you’re a friend. NO ONE will be allowed in without paying. But Our drink specials got even better. Check it all out:

End-of-Season Party

• WHEN: Saturday, July 26, 2008, 8:30-11:30pm
  
• WHERE: Tom Tom’s on 18th Street in Adams-Morgan (See Map)
• WHAT YOU GET: UNLIMITED Draft Beer, Rail Drinks and Red Bull Rail Drinks! (It’s unbelievable!)
• HOW MUCH?: $5 for AdMo DCKickballers and $10 for friends.

Thanks for a great season and we look forward to seeing you there on Saturday!

Cheers, Justin

Hey Captains,

I know you’ve missed my friendly emails, but I wanted to send along the 2008 Summer Championship Bracket. The bracket includes both Tuesday and Wednesday teams. And I hope you are ready for battle on Saturday!

Download Championship Bracket PDF

It is VITALLY important for you to post and certify this week’s games on your DCKSports.com page by 10:00am Thursday so we can post the final standings.

If your team will not be able to field a full team on Saturday, please let Kirsten or I know so we can adjust the schedule accordingly. And since we are on a tight schedule, PLEASE make sure your team arrives 15 minutes prior to the start of the game. We are allowing only a 5 MINUTE grace period after the start of the game. Whichever team is not able to take the field will forfeit.

HOME/AWAY status will be decided by Paper, Rock, Scissors best out of 5 between the opposing team captains. If your captain cannot make the game, a captain must be appointed. Please notify Kirsten or Myself if this is the case.

WHERE WE PLAY
For those who don’t know where we’re playing, check out the detailed map. Look for some energetic (or hungover) board members on the Mall. We’ll have signs marking the location of the four fields.

REFEREES
We need 3 referees per team to ref other games. Every base of every field will be covered. We will have name tags and we will assign people to specific games. If you are one of the 1:15 teams, please send your 3 referees to the field by 12:15. If you are one of the 12:30 teams, please send your referees to the field by 10:45.

As always, send me your questions, and I’ll see you Saturday!

Cheers,
Justin

In a feat of alcoholic fortitude, the legendary players of the even-more storied “In the Pink” team trounced their misty-eyed opponents Summer Mist in a long battle at Nolan’s on 18th Street.

Victory was theirs!

Post season blues got you down? Volunteering is consistently shown to put you in a better mood. DCKickball is looking for volunteers to help sort donations at the Capital Area Food Bank on July 26th.

The Capital Area Food Bank is the largest, public nonprofit hunger and nutrition education resource in the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area. Each year the CAFB distributes 20 million pounds of food, including 6 million pounds of fresh produce through over 700 member agencies.

The food bank is metro accessible and is located a short walk from the Brookland/Catholic University stop on the red line. All of the details and a link to directions are below.

If you are interested in helping out, send an email to Matt Toigo me[AT]matt-toigo.com. We have a limited number of volunteer slots available so be sure to RSVP quickly.

Capital Area Food Bank
Saturday, July 26th - 9:00AM to 12:00PM
645 Taylor St. NE Washington, DC

You can also find all of this info as well as directions from the metro at:
http://www.onebrick.org/eventdetails.asp?EventID=4526

We all know it. We all do it. And its sure better than flipping a coin.

That’s right. DCK’s first ever RPS Tournament and another excuse for free beer.

Date: Sunday, July 27
Time: 2 PM – 5PM
Where: McFadden’s (2401 Pennsylvania Ave NW)
Who: All DCK Players Past & Future
Why: $50 First place prize
Why for everyone else: Free draft beer if you’re wearing a DCK shirt, other drink specials.

To register, please e-mail Cindy Yun at xcindiex AT gmail dot com. Please include your name, team name, and division (e.g. AdMo, Capital, Columiba, Constitution, District).

Jennifer (from the adams morgan division) is training to walk a marathon with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training program.

Happy Hour Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 5:30-8:30 pm To benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

Elephant & Castle Pub and Restaurant 1201 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20004

- Buy a wristband at the door for a suggested donation of $10 - Use the wristband to get half-off all domestic drafts & all sharing plates - Buy raffle tickets for $5 and win gift certificates to area restaurants

For more information, please visit: http://pages.teamintraining.org/nca/rnrh08/jsingleterry

* When: Wednesdays and Thursdays, 6:30pm/7:15pm
* Where: The National Mall (17th St and Constitution) | MAP
* Bar: Penn Quarter Sports Tavern (639 Indiana Ave, NW)
* Sponsor Drink Specials: $10 Dos Equis pitchers and $17.50 Heineken Light buckets (5 beers)

Summer 2008 Playoff Standings and Brackets!

Standings

Brackets

Summer 2008 Playoff Game Schedule

PLAYOFF SCHEDULE 2008!!!!

A big kickball thank you to Marc England, Captain of Your Mom’s Team for putting together the final expanded standings and playoff schedule for us.

Times are based on the higher seeded teams getting the late games on the days they play on. Two teams are switching days next week. Also, the higher seeded team gets to pick home or away. Away teams kick first. On Saturday, June 28th we are going to have a 10AM start time if your team advances that far.

Wednesday:

5 YTBD vs. #12 Sofa King Awesome (6:30pm) FIELD A

6 AA-Team vs. #11 Go Balls Deep (6:30pm) FIELD B

2 Cobra Kai vs. #15 Scarlet Fever (7:15pm) FIELD A

4 DC Detention vs. #13 Here for the Beer (7:15pm) FIELD B

Thursday:

7 MiniHorses vs. #10 Sloppy Seconds (6:30pm) FIELD C

8 Your Mom’s Team vs. #9 Red Rovers (6:30pm) FIELD D

1 Big Kids vs. #16 The Humpday All-Stars (7:15pm) FIELD C

3 Team Lush vs. #14 Kiss of the Badger (7:15pm) FIELD D

Round 2 Matchups (Saturday, June 28):

GAMES START AT 10 AM ON SATURDAY!!!!

Game A: #1 Big Kids vs. #16 The Humpday All-Stars winner vs. #8 Your Mom’s Team vs. #9 Red Rovers winner

Game B: #2 Cobra Kai vs. #15 Scarlet Fever winner vs. #7 MiniHorses vs. #10 Sloppy Seconds winner

Game C: #3 Team Lush vs. #14 Kiss of the Badger winner vs. #6 AA-Team vs. # 11 Go Balls Deep winner

Game D: #4 DC Detention vs. #13 Here for the Beer winner vs. #5 YTBD vs. # 12 Sofa King Awesome winner

Semifinals:

Game A winner vs. Game D winner Game B winner vs. Game C winner

FINAL – THE PEOPLES CUP GAME

Everybody Scores!

See the Week One Issue Here.

See the Week Two Issue Here.

See the Week Three Issue Here.

See the Week Four Issue Here.

See the Week Five Issue Here.

See the Week Six Issue Here.

2008 Standings and Schedule

Download this schedule as a PDF: Wednesday | Thursday

important links

Score Sheet (download, print, and use on the fields)

Capital Photos

These photos are uploaded to Flickr.com and tagged “dckickball-capital” – Check out all the pics here

Much more coming soon!

A huge thanks goes out to everyone who helped make sure that Garfield didn't escape the DC 4th of July parade. DCKickball volunteers and friends manned the ropes and carried him all the way from 7th to 17th along Constitution. Thanks also to Kim Haugli for helping organize people and making sure everything went smoothly the day of the event.

DCKickball is always looking for volunteer events so if you have an event that you want young able bodied kickball players to help out at, send an email to Matt Toigo (me[AT]matt-toigo.com).