Coaches,

On behalf of the Beat the Streets Board of Directors and staff, I would like to thank you for all that you do to better the lives of New York City youth.

With another season underway, preparations begin anew for the upcoming competition schedule. It is because of your work that wrestling is growing and impacting thousands of young student-athletes annually.

This year, we are rededicating ourselves to serving you, the coaches, whose hands-on service provides the critical leadership, example, and care that makes wrestling the successful vehicle for youth development that it is. Without your attention and effort, the great potential of the world’s oldest and greatest sport to build character, strength, and mental toughness is lost.

And so I thank you.

I would like to take this opportunity to remind you about the Beat the Streets Coaches Summit. Led by BTS Board Member Noel Thompson, the event will provide valuable training as well as a formal dinner in your honor. Here are the details:

• Saturday, November 19^th, 2011
• New York Athletic Club
  180 Central Park South (at 59^th Street and 7^th Avenue)
  Manhattan, NY
• Schedule
  • 5:00pm – Clinic covering technique, leadership, and program building­
  • 6:30pm – Dinner (Jacket and collared shirt required)

We hope that you can attend. Please RSVP by Wednesday, November 16^th to Lois Wilson regarding the Coaches Summit at 212-777-5702 or lwilson@beat-the-streets.org.

Should you have any questions or suggestions, our door is always open.

Thank you,

Mike Novogratz

Beat the Streets Chairman of the Board

• Ray Adamkiewicz – Townsend Harris
• Chris Alena – Curtis
• Todd Bloom – Brooklyn Tech
• Ned Campbell – Madison
• Luis Castillo – Alfred E. Smith
• Bill Christensen – Sheepshead Bay
• John Cichon - Petrides
• Steve Flanagan - Wingate
• John Golis – Applied Communications
• John McGarry – Eagle Academy
• Rosario Miano – CSIM
• Chris Milani – Cardozo
• Ken Mueller – Thomas Edison
• Frank Portella - Baruch
• Kraig Pickford – Bathgate
• Rafael Soto – Hunter
• John Zarcone – Grand Street Campus

• Steve Avena – IS 96 Seth Low
• Robert Brady – MS 194
• Jim Cameron – PS 232
• Jon Cichon – SI
• Joe DiForte - Lions
• Khari Freeman – MS 238
• Corey Luce – Roosevelt Island MS (former coach)
• Larry Mentzer – MS 328
• Ray Novelli – IS 19
• Chris Poli – Baruch MS
• Constantine Topsidakis – MS 318
• Tyrone Webb – IS 129
• Mike Wurmbrand - MS 582
• Rich Zbytniewski – Count Basie MS