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From our 6th Anniversary Party, another great double-pic for Action Weekly Editor, Kerry…

…tell us about your favorite NYCSSC moment here!

Here’s a collection of pictures from our 6th Anniversary in August that are just too weird to not highlight.  Can you explain some, any of these?

…tell us about your favorite NYCSSC moment here!

The Good People, NYC Social Sports Club's Star Team

Matt Archambault, also known around the leagues as Archie, our Marketing Manager, recently interviewed Matt Schrack, the captain of the Good People, a prized NYC Social Sports Club Dodgeball team. Not only are they our Spring Dodgeball Game Champs, but they were also contenders in the National Dodgeball League 2010 Dodgeball World Championship & Convention in Las Vegas this summer! Now that’s hardcore. What is it like to take your casual, co-ed team to the big leagues? You’d know in 140 characters or less if you follow @GoodPeopleNYC on Twitter, but for further juicy details, listen in on Matt & Matt’s convo.

1) How’d you do in the tournament?

We did as well as we were hoping for. Of course everyone wanted to come home with a medal, but only one team out of 24 in the coed [division] gets that honor. The World Championships are a two-day event, with the first day playing Round-robin for points to determine seating in the single eliminations the next day. We took points in each of our divisions: the coed, open (all mens’ teams), and recreational.  We actually won the recreational, but that’s more of just playing around than an actual Dodgeball game. In our main division, the Coed 8.5″, we took a game or two in points, then in single elimination, we won our first game and dropped the second against the then ranked 1st place team.  In fine style, the game ended in a highly contested call, a catch was made, but three other things then happened that distracted each of the three refs on the court and the original catch was forgotten.

2) Favorite team to play against?

My favorite team was definitely Hawaii. I’m sure there are some other favorites amongst our team, Texas was a lot of fun. New Zealand opened a couple of the games with the haka. The Aussies were always smiling and brought the gym into a huge uproar when they won their first game in the Round-robin. Even though I didn’t get to talk with them much, LA seemed a lot like us.  Very intense on the court, but ready for fun off.  They are the team that got us into the Tao nightclub. But Hawaii, they are what Dodgeball is about.  A good amount of skill backed up with amazing teamwork and spirit.  The also had some of the coolest uniforms, signature matching shorts that changed each day. Individually they caught very well, and they played together well.  You never saw a lone thrower or a glory player. Off the court, they were all fun and very easy to talk to. Dwiddy got video of their 8.5″ Coed finals. continue reading…

It’s not every night at Aces & Eights that you celebrate with champagne, but last Thursday’s engagement of Cherish Rapp and Evan Parness on Kickball Court B called for it! Ref David, President Amy Short, and Brian of WRTL pop champagne in honor of the couple. See more photos from Thursday night Summer Kickball on Flickr!

Could he win the title?

As a social sports league in New York City, our players are natural fashionistas on the courts and fields, all year round. However, we are aware that this is an extra special week for fashion in NYC — Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, Thursday, September 9th through September 16th. While the runway shows really have nothing on our team-colored t-shirts, we feel the excitement.

So, to commemorate this trendy time in our great city, we are on a quest to name the Most Fantabulously* Fashionable Team and Most Fantabulously Fashionable Player (male and female) of the leagues!

Or will this team win?

To enter: Write a caption on our Facebook page wall, and upload your photo, to put yourself or your team in the running. To be eligible, you must be wearing a NYC Social Sports Club t-shirt! Winners receive an exclusive bedazzled Action Weekly t-shirt and eternal glory in Action Weekly!

Good luck! Winners will be announced on September 30th!

From our 6th Anniversary Party, these two shots were so good, we had to combine them into one super profile pic.  And no, it wouldn’t be vain to have two pictures as one in your Facebook profile…

…tell us about your favorite NYCSSC moment here!

Ah, what a wonderful little scene we have here.  It’s like one of those games where you have to match the body part to the body it calls home.  The female player from FIFA-fo-fum (Sapphire) has an incredible stretch in her legs, while the guy from Look Mom, No Hands! (Kiwi) tries to position his feet to stop her.  The goalie, in a rather fabulous rainbow-ish jersey (I must have one of my own!), is a bit down after stopping another shot.  Just a typical Soccer tango.

It’s often said (and trust me, it’s true) that guys know how to give good head when playing Soccer.  Not that the women can’t show the ball a little noggin, but there’s something satisfying for the soccer ball about rubbing up against the skin just under a guy’s hairline.  Here’s a perfect example.  This player wearing a rather ambiguous blue-color shirt (Sorry, my bad.  Can’t tell if it’s Bend It Like Beckham (Carolina) or FIFA-fo-fum (Sapphire).  Little help?) has shown perfection in giving the ball some head.  And the ball couldn’t be happier.  In fact, it was reported that the ball had to take a five-minute timeout after this move to smoke a cigarette and get some Gatorade.

Somebody needs to call the Guinness Book of World Records because this might be the longest flip-cup table anyone has ever seen.  Alright, I admit it most likely isn’t a record – there is evidence that some people from Connecticut organized around 300 just for one game last year, still checking on it – but it’s still pretty damn cool.  I think nearly everyone who played that night was involved.  Look deep into the picture and see how far back you can go (hint, go drinkin’ a bit beforehand, it helps improve imaginary depth perception).

This extremely precise pose that you see the guy from Rocker Soccer Robots (Honey) striking is a cross between two very popular bar and sport gestures.  The first is the “We’re number one,” where the index finger of either hand is thrust in full upright position outward from the body and slightly above the head (this can be performed as a double using both index fingers, referred to as a “Double #1”).  The second part is the “Want Some?,” which is a derivative of the “Can’t touch this,” which happened to change names and forms in the late ’90s, to the “Back up off my grill.”  This move is most commonly performed by extending the arms out from the body, limping at the wrists, so that the back of the hand is facing the mark, followed by a swing of the arms toward your back (careful not to move your hands), an overly dramatized pumping out of the chest, and usually a slight tilting and nodding of the head.

Try it next time you’re at the bar.