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Media Day for the World Wiffle® Ball Championship in Midlothian
Strong Wiffle® following in the Chicago metro area
Media Alert
Media Day for the World Wiffle® Ball Championship in Midlothian
WHAT: Lansing, Ill. – Media day is also event day for the World Wiffle® Ball Championship, taking place this summer July 14–15 in its new home at Midlothian’s Memorial Park. This four-decade bat and ball operation has grown the sport resulting in a move from Mishawaka, IN, which has been their home for 33 years to Skokie, IL and now settled in the Chicago Southland. There is a strong Wiffle® following in the Chicago metro area. This sport can be played by a wide range of ages from 12 to 70, playing with perforated plastic Wiffle® Balls, on miniature ball fields with four-foot home run fences. Teams from around the world play annually in the two-day world championship, an open event for male and female wiffleballers. A team will be almost any group of five people you can think of, office workers, church team, family members, PTA and the list goes on. There are no umpires, and after a four-game round-robin schedule on Saturday, teams that qualify play a single-elimination tournament on Sunday. On Saturday, tournament participants will also be able to participate in a Home Run Derby, with proceeds benefiting the South Suburban Humane Society in Chicago Heights, IL.
WHEN: Saturday, July 14, 2018
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8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (Can accommodate earlier for morning shows.)
WHERE: Midlothian’s Memorial Park
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3250 145th Street, Midlothian, Ill. 60445
Nate Hansen 219-614-6170, Michael Baniak 312-402-4591
For more information visit www.WorldWiffleBall.org or contact WorldWiffleBallChampionship@gmail.com
The Chicago Southland Convention & Visitors Bureau is the official destination management and marketing organization for Chicago’s 63 south and southwest suburbs. The Chicago Southland CVB markets the Chicago Southland region as a destination for leisure, meetings and conventions, group tour and sports events.
For more information, go to VisitChicagoSouthland.com
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Chicago Southland Convention & Visitors Bureau
Loren Petrakis-Mueller – Communications Manager
2304 173rd Street Lansing, IL 60438
Phone: 708-895-8200 Fax: 708-895-8288 Toll-free: 888-895-8233
VisitChicagoSouthland.com
