{"id":36467,"date":"2025-06-26T17:53:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T21:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=36467"},"modified":"2025-07-03T13:11:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T17:11:22","slug":"sport-auroras-all-sport-one-day-event-provides-expert-instruction-in-eight-sports-at-mcmahon-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/sport-auroras-all-sport-one-day-event-provides-expert-instruction-in-eight-sports-at-mcmahon-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Sport Aurora\u2019s \u201cAll Sport-One Day\u201d event provides expert instruction in eight sports at McMahon Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

All Sport-One Day, one of Sport Aurora\u2019s signature events, rolled out in pleasant June conditions at McMahon Park on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sponsored by a grant from ParticipAction Community Challenge and presented by Novo Nordisk, 40 registered participants enjoyed eight sports over the morning and afternoon sessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tennis, rugby, Jiu Jitsu, Soccer, Pickleball, Lacrosse, Lawn Bowling, and Martial Arts were on the menu at McMahon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laurie Mueller, Executive Director of Sport Aurora, said she was pleased to see the ideals of her organization manifesting themselves at the site of Aurora\u2019s oldest sporting club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhenever Sport Aurora is true to our mission, it makes me happy. When we\u2019re providing a multigenerational, multisport experience, we\u2019re creating well-rounded athletes, not single-minded athletes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mueller pointed to the expertise present at the event as coaches from local organizations deepened the kids\u2019 appreciation of the eight sports being promoted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur sessions are being led by terrific coaches and players from the Aurora Community Tennis Club, Aurora Barbarians Rugby Football Club, Rising Star Soccer Academy, Elevation Athletics (Pickleball), St. Andrew\u2019s College Lacrosse, and Shaolin Martial Arts which is celebrating its thirtieth year in Aurora. Cavalo Martial Arts is joining us for the first time and providing first class instruction in Jiu Jitsu.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although the event at McMahon Park served athletes aged 6-18 on Saturday, there has been considerable clamoring by parents for an All Sports-One Day of their own.  Lo and behold\u2014by popular demand and coming to an Aurora park near you on September 27\u2014an eight-sport day for \u201cbig kids\u201d will be in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mueller explained the impetus for this new event in the Fall at the Aurora Family Leisure Complex: \u201cIt came about as a result of parents asking for an event for them. Parents were so pleased with the experiences of their children at ASOD that they kept asking for an event for adult participants. What better way to make the car ride home even more enjoyable than to see parents committed to trying new sports, too. We can foster staying physically-active for all ages with this new range of events.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the heart of the recurrent success of All Sport-One Day is the range of volunteers who work selflessly for the participants to keep them safe and move them from station to station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Larla Lees, ASOD Chair and a Sport Aurora staffer for over ten years, outlined the growing volunteer spirit sweeping the seasonal event: \u201cWe have six new volunteers\u2014two from Microtel Hotel, one from Northridge Community Church, and three from Brad Jones Karate\u2014who are helping us today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lees\u2014whose husband Robert and children Karin and Connor are fully invested as All Sport-One Day volunteers and were fanning out across McMahon Park serving in a number of capacities on Saturday\u2014noted that \u201cThe entire family is here today\u2014helping out with the program.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The giving spirit of the Lees family, as well as the team of community-spirited rookies and selfless veterans like super-volunteer Anthony Garramone, was alive and well in Sport Aurora\u2019s twentieth year of service to the Town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sport Aurora\u2019s recent reunion at Microtel reassembled the original team which generated the organization\u2019s mission and vision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clearly, Saturday\u2019s event at McMahon Park in 2025 reinforced Sport Aurora\u2019s purpose as envisioned by its founders in 2005.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Jim Stewart<\/strong><\/p>\n\r\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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