Olympic Day Family Festival – June 23rd
Have you ever tried pole vaulting or curling? Ever run a race and won a medal? Reno-Tahoe families will once again have the chance to try many of the sports included in the Olympic Winter and Summer Games and meet Olympians and Paralympians during the Olympic Day Family Festival Saturday, June 23at Mackay Stadium on […]
Continue Reading...Reception Celebrates Upcoming Games, Heritage
RTWGC Vice Chairman Hawley Maclean and his wife Daphine will open up their home for a reception commemorating next month’s London Summer Games and Reno-Tahoe’s Olympic heritage on Friday evening, June 22. Click here to order tickets for the reception. Tickets are limited. Olympians Vitaly Scherbo, Limin Liu and Jill Savery will attend the reception […]
Continue Reading...Kids Make “World Fit” a Walking Success
Hundreds of Northern Nevada elementary and middle school students put on their walking shoes this spring and racked up the miles during the Reno-Tahoe’s first year in the “world Fit” walking program. The RTWGC brought “World Fit” to Reno’s Glenn Duncan Elementary School and Sparks Middle School. Students walked daily from the middle of April […]
Continue Reading...International Olympic Update
2012 is a year of heavy activity in the world of international sports with both a potentially iconic Olympic Games and a strong array of other events and competitions. These events and their related issues are likely to impact future Olympic bids – both summer and winter. The following update covers the full range of […]
Continue Reading...Save the Date 2012 Hall of Fame Dinner
The RTWGC will induct the next class of inductees into the Reno-Tahoe International Sports Hall of Fame Saturday, November 17at the Atlantis Resort Spa Casino in Reno. The ceremony for the 2011 class included Alex Cushing, Lynette Davis, Shane McConkey, Tamara McKinney, Wayne Poulsen, Daron Rahlves and Franz Weber and attracted a sellout audience of […]
Continue Reading...Nevada and California Leaders Unveil Joint Effort to Explore Bid for Olympic Winter Games in the Lake Tahoe Region
Reno Tahoe Winter Games Coalition and California Winter Games Committee Join Forces with the Creation of Lake Tahoe Winter Games Exploratory Committee [Olympic Valley, Calif.] April 5, 2012 – Fifty-two years after the Olympic flame was first ignited in the Tahoe region, California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom and Nevada Lieutenant Governor Brian Krolicki announced the formation […]
Continue Reading...Jon’s Jottings
. . . from the desk of the RTWGC Chief Executive Officer Three months into the New Year and 2012 is shaping up as an amazing time for the Reno Tahoe Winter Games Coalition. The year began with a very memorable RTWGC International Sports Hall of Fame Dinner Gala. Squaw Valley 1960 Winter Games organizer […]
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