The Bay State Summer Games, Massachusetts’ own Olympic-style sports festival, celebrates its 30th year in 2011. More than 7,000 athletes from more than 300 Massachusetts cities and towns will compete in 27 different sports. Medical support for the Summer Games is provided by 75-100 Physicians, Athletic Trainers, EMT’s and student athletic trainers, all of whom volunteer their time for the various events. The Bay State Games is seeking volunteers who are willing to support the Games and donate some of their time to assist athletes from across the commonwealth.

Bay State Summer Games events will be held from July 5 through July 24. Competitions are held at multiple venues in eastern and central Massachusetts. The Bay State Games medical team blends physicians, certified athletic trainers, student trainers and EMT’s at various venues. The Bay State Games provides medical kits and basic supplies. Volunteers can select the days, times, sports and venues with which they would like to be involved.

If you can work a single day or multiple days, your support would be greatly appreciated. The Games also provide you an opportunity to work in sports where you already have a lot of experience or to try new sports that you would like to become more familiar with. You can commit to any day, sport and/pr venue that you are interested in.

The Games provide medical staff polo shirts, Bay State Games jackets, lunch and other amenities for volunteers. In addition, all medical staffers who volunteer to work at the 2010 Bay State Summer Games will receive free admission to the fifth annual Children’s Hospital Divisions of Sports Medicine Marino Lecture and Sports Medicine Conference in the fall.  

Sports details, competition information and registration materials for all Summer Games events can be found as of April 1, 2011 on the individual sports pages.

For additional information on the Bay State Games, please call 781-932-6555
or e-mail medical@baystategames.org.

More Information:
Certified Athletic Trainer Volunteer Opportunities
Athletic Training Student Volunteer Opportunities

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Several Members of Bay State Games Medical Staff Honored at 63rd Annual Eastern Athletic Trainers Association
d’Hemecourt, Stone, Sartanowicz, Masterangelo and Melkonian among those recognized at event

WOBURN, MA – The Massachusetts Amateur Sports Foundation is excited to announce that several members of its medical team including Dr. Pierre d’Hemecourt, Jeff Stone, Diane Sartanowicz, Frank Mastrangelo and Nairi Melkonian received prestigious awards at the 63rd annual Eastern Athletic Trainers Association Meeting held January 8-9, 2011, at the Lowes Hotel in Philadelphia, PA. The Eastern Athletic Trainers Association is an organization consisting of over 5,000 certified athletic trainers and athletic training students from 10 different states in eastern United States. 
 
Dr d'Hemecourt serves as the head physician of the Bay State Games medical team and received the EATA Dr. David G. Moyer Award, presented to a team physician that has served the profession of athletic training as an educator an advocate as well as give back to the community where he or she works and lives. Dr d'Hemecourt is the Director of Primary Care Sports Medicine for the Children's Hospital Division of Sports Medicine. He has also served as team physician for Boston College Athletics.  Dr d'Hemecourt has served as head physician of the Bay State Games medical program for five years on a completely volunteer basis.
 
At the EATA convention, Stone was inducted into the Athletic Trainers of Massachusetts (ATOM) Hall of Fame. He is the current Medical Coordinator for the Bay State Games medical program and has been involved with the Bay State Games since its inception in 1982. Stone has been a member of ATOM since 1981, serving as president from 1994 to 1996. In 1992, he received the ATOM Athletic Trainer of the Year award. Stone also served as District I Director of the National Athletic Trainers Association for six years and was a member of the NATA Board of Directors from 2004-2010. He has served as the Head Athletic Trainer at Suffolk University since 2004.
 
Former Bay State Games Medical Coordinator Sartanowicz began her tenure as President of the Eastern Athletic Trainers Association at the EATA Convention in Philadelphia. Sartanowicz is the Past President of Athletic Trainers of Massachusetts. She current serves as Head Athletic Trainer at the Fesseden School in Newton. She remains involved with the Bay State Games as a volunteer certified athletic trainer at Summer Games events.
 
Mastrangelo has been involved with the Bay State Games medical program for over a dozen years both as a certified athletic trainer, a campus coordinator and a key organizer of the Games medical program. At the EATA Convention, Mastrangelo was presented with the Henry Schein Scholastic Athletic Trainer Award presented to an individual who has given outstanding service as a high school athletic trainer. In 2008, he also was presented with a National Athletic Trainers Association Service Award. Mastrangelo currently serves as the head athletic trainer at the Dexter School in Brookline.

Melkonian has volunteered her time to serve as a certified athletic trainer at the Bay State Games for nearly 20 years. At the EATA Convention, Nairi was inducted into the Athletic Trainers of Massachusetts Hall of Fame. Nairi serves as head athletic trainer at the Brooks School in North Andover. She served as treasurer of the Athletic Trainers of Massachusetts Executive Council from 1990-2002. In addition to her involvement with the Bay State Games, Nairi has also volunteered as a member of the Boston Athletic Association Medical Team for more than 20 years. She also was presented with a National Athletic Trainers Association Service Award in 2005.

Each year, the Bay State Games rely on the assistance of hundreds of volunteers to make the organization’s events successful. A key segment of these volunteers contribute to the medical coverage during Summer Games events. Medical support for the Summer Games is provided by 75-100 Physicians, Athletic Trainers, EMT’s and student athletic trainers, all of whom volunteer their time for the various events.