Knights Of Columbus Free Throw In Gregorian Motion

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K of C 5103 FT XVIII

Monsignor Sherman Council Knights of Columbus #5103 in East Glendale, Queens, has run a Free Throw Basketball Contest since MCMXCII(1992) in the Forest Hills & Glendale Areas of Queens, with contests in Ozone Park, Middle Village, Elmhurst & a special contest operation in Cypress Hills, in Brooklyn. The NYPD Precincts of Occurrnce for the contests are as follows:

104 Precinct area was home to FT's I, II, III, IV & V, VII, VIII & XI;

110 Precinct Area was home to FT XII @ St. Adalbert's, a Polish Franciscan Parish;

102 Precinct Area was home to FT IX and FT X, both at St. Mary Gate Of Heaven;

The Joint Venture with Long Island Council 197 at Blessed Sacrament Hall on Pine Street, from whence 5103's NY State Champion, Keandra Leong came from, occured in the confines of the 75 Precinct. Both Past Grand Knights of 5103, Vin Femenella and Mike Leggett, hail from that neighborhood(FT XIII).

112 Precinct Area has been hosted at PS 101Q in Forest Hills Gardens, for FT's VI, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, and now XVIII. Our Lady Of Mercy Recreation has played host at PS 101Q over these 6 Hostings.

Where Monsignor Sherman Council had a finalist in The NY State Council Competition, these are the contests these finalists came from:

Teresa Mc Cloud(10 Girls), FT IV at Resurrection Ascension (104 Precint Area) on Saturday, 01/07/1995. Her Home Parish was Holy Child Jesus at the time in 102 Precinct Area;

Keandra Leong(11 Girls), FT XIII, at Blessed Sacrament Hall on Pine Street in Cypress Hills, in the confines of the 75 Precinct in Northeastern Brooklyn. Her home parish is Our Lady Of Mercy-Forest Hills, Queens in 112 Precinct Confines(NY State Championship Winner);

A 14 Year Old from St. Margaret's Middle Village in High School, living in 104 Precinct confines, went to NY State Finals from FT XVII(PS 101Q);

Only Queens County Champion from 5103 ever to win the Queens County Championship, while residing in another county is Adele Reyes as 13 Girls Champion in 1998. She resided in Cypress Hills in the confines of the 75 Precinct. Adele is the ONLY 5103 Queens County Champion ever to win a Queens County Championship in her home parish facility when she won the QC Championship at Monsignor Mulz Hall, the Parish Gymnasium of St. Thomas Apostle in Woodhaven on Monday, 03/02/1998.

The 1994 12 Girls Queens County Champion, Jamie Jones, has an Aunt who won the Downstate Championship in 1980, namely Karen Fleming. Karen's Sister is Jamie's Mom. Karen represented St. Sylvester Council 6194 while Jamie represented 5103. Past Grand Knight of 5103, Michael Leggett chaired both Free Throw Contests in both Brooklyn and Queens. This is the ONLY case where there was two generations of the same family who held Championship Status for the same Contest Chairman in two different jurisdictions.

The Pez Free Throw Report on Shrove Tuesday, 02/16/10

FT XVIII=Knights Of Columbus Free Throw

The Annual Ritual of many a Knights of Columbus Council, called the Knights of Columbus International Free Throw Basketball Championship, will be in swing during the month of January at the Council or Assembly Level.

For Msgr Sherman Council #5103, it will be Free Throw Comtest Number 18, or FT XVIII, once again held in Forest Hills in Queens on Saturday, 01/16/10, in the early afternoon.

The Contest actually has served as an expansion tool for greater growth in service across the Forest Hills-Glendale-Moddle Village region of Queens.

The Tradition Continues:

The Pez Report

The Boston Red Sox Nation Edition Of The K of C Free Throw Report

It was not a good day for Queens County @ The Long Island Finals of the Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship @ Holy Trinity High School in Hicksville, but there was a standout moment as Red Sox Nation emerged @ the contest: "Sweet Caroline, Oh Oh Oh, Good Times Never Seemed So Good, So Good, So Good, So Good"(With Apologies to Brooklyn Native, Neil Diamond), as an 11 Year Girl won the L I Finals. Mom wore a white Red Sox cap with a Green B. Dad spoke in Southie accent. The Grandmum was there;

I was working as a Spotter @ the Foul Line, so I couldn't take any pictures. Then, there was a Commotion, as a Contestant from St Stanislaus-Greenpoint, arrived. The Boy's Father, wore a Jacket from The Enemy(The NY Yankees-NY Mets Fans are our allies in RSN-NY);

I pulled out both my Sox Cap & Red Sox Nation Card. I also had my Knights Of Columbus Travelling Card. Membership in both The Knights Of Columbus & Red Sox Nation, have their privledges, like a great Knights Of Columbus Free Throw Final;

On Long Island, in Nassau County;

In The RC Diocese of Rockville Centre, where another RC Archdiocese of Boston Bishop, is Bishop;

One knows that Baseball is near, when for the 1st Time in Contest History, Red Sox Nation's Perpetual NY Watch Phrase was uttered, in regards to some Team in The Bronx, namely "Yankees Suck", a popular phrase @ both Fenway Park & Shea Stadium(Fenway & Shea-here we come);

I think my "Free Throw Film" will end in regards to this, at "Professor Thom's" in Manhattan, The Home of Red Sox Nation In NYC;

As The Knights Of Columbus Free Throw & Red Sox Nation, Triumphed on Long Island;

It was "So Good, So Good, So Good, So Good";

From Holy Trinity HS-Hicksville, Mike-RSN-NYCQ-Past Grand Knight