SCORES Cup Raises Big Sun, Smiles, Sums

On Saturday, June 18th, 16 Bay Area companies slugged it out for charity during the eighth annual SCORES Cup. Bright sunshine and calm breeze graced the 8v8 Co-ed tournament at normally temperamental Crocker Amazon Park.

"Soccer and sunshine, you can't beat that," noted Vince Harrington of Sports Basement, one of the sponsors of the event. 

SCORES Cup players get a laugh over the tournament bracket match-up.

Players gushed about spending valuable social time outside of the office with co-workers.

"Playing soccer is such a good way to meet people from my company," Jiger Kotak said. "I got to come meet people outside of work that I didn't know because Sales Force is such a big company. It was a good way to meet people from different areas of Sales Force, for different departments to come together and have fun."

One Season in the Books

Last Saturday 11 teams of San Francisco Junior SCORES players and their families celebrated the end of their first soccer season at the Junior Jamboree. The event featured a round-robin style tournament, face painting, games and prizes, team picnics, awards presentations and more.

The San Francisco Library Bookmobile was on hand to check out books to the 197 student-athletes who came on board.  At the end of the event 2^nd graders pledged to move on to the 3^rd-5^th grade program. 1^st graders were thrilled to learn they had at least 4 years of SCORES ahead of them.

Congratulations Juniors on earning your first trophies!

-Marty Mannion
Jr. SCORES Program Manager

Volunteer Referee Program a Success

During the Fall season, SCORES launched its first-ever Volunteer Referee program. On Saturdays, volunteers from around the Bay Area came out to Crocker Amazon park to referee games.

Americorps member Sean Cronin headed the program. A level 8 referee, Cronin helped recruit and train volunteers from area grade schools, universities, and businesses. 

"I am proud of the dedication and commitment we achieved from our Volunteer Referee group," Cronin said. " I believe this year's Game Days were some of the best yet."