A complete look at the event on Kaua’i collected by Sports Editor Jason Gallic Three-peat for Jake Plummer? Arizona Cardinals quarterback Jake Plummer rifles a football toward a target during the 2000 NFL Quarterback Challenge at Vidinha Stadium. Plummer won
A complete look at the event on Kaua’i collected by Sports Editor Jason Gallic
Three-peat for Jake Plummer?
Arizona Cardinals quarterback Jake Plummer rifles a football toward a target during the 2000 NFL Quarterback Challenge at Vidinha Stadium. Plummer won the event, as well as 1999’s installment. He is on the island again this week, and Thursday at Vidinha he will try and become a three-time winner of the Challenge. Events begin at 9:30 a.m. Look for a special Quarterback Challenge section in Wednesday’s Garden Island.
QBs on the Loose
– What: 11th Annual NFL Quarterback Challenge
– When: Thursday, Feb. 8
– Time: 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
– Where: Vidinha Stadium
– Defending Champ: Jake Plummer, Arizona Cardinals (two-time winner)
– Skills: Speed/Mobility; Accuracy; Distance; Read/Recognition
– New for 2001: Tentatively scheduled is the $1 million NFL Alumni Challenge. Specifics of the event have yet to be unveiled. However, Boomer Esiason, Steve Young, Jim Kelly, Jim Everett and Bernie Kosar are scheduled to attend. The $1 million would be awarded to a charity of the winning quarterback’s choice
NFL quarterbacks put time in on island – School talks and video shoots keep QBs busy
By JASON GALLIC – TGI Sports Editor
Tiger Woods’ November stay on Kaua’i for the PGA Grand Slam of Golf was short and sweet.
He arrived on the island the morning of the first round and departed the following day, after the final 18 holes.
The quarterbacks participating in the NFL QB Challenge are not such short-timers. Five of the six men who will vie for the title as Challenge champion Thursday were scheduled to take part in at least one formal island event.
Here is what those players did:
Donovan McNabb, Philadelphia Eagles — Spoke at Wilcox Elementary School Tuesday. Also Tuesday, McNabb was scheduled to go on a wagon ride, out of the Princeville Stables, to overlook the sea cliffs.
Trent Dilfer, Baltimore Ravens — Spoke at Hanalei Elementary School Tuesday. Monday he did a television shoot on horseback at the Princeville Stables.
Rob Johnson, Buffalo Bills — Spoke at Kilauea School Tuesday. Monday he did a video shoot in a kayak in the bay behind the Marriott.
Jake Plummer, Arizona Cardinals — Did a shoot Monday at the old Koloa Sugar Mill.
Peyton Manning, Indianapolis Colts — Will do a shoot at the Kilauea Lighthouse.
In addition, legends Jim Kelly and Jim Everett were scheduled to speak at Eleele School and at St. Francis School, respectively.
Jeff Garcia is the only QB in the competition not scheduled for an extra-curricular activity.
The video shoots come in handy for the Hawai’i Tourism Authority, when they are used as lead-ins to the competition’s airing on CBS in July.
NFL Quarterback Challenge Essay Contest
Writing is fundamental. The National Football League recognizes this and is again supporting an essay contest for Kauai’s youth.
Criteria
The essay length should be a minimum of one page and must be typed as well as double-spaced.
The topic selected must fall within the Department of Education’s curriculum, and should have a basic theme of what was learned at the NFL Quarterback Challenge event being held Thursday, Feb. 8 at Vidinha Stadium.
Examples of acceptable topics:
Health & Safety: What was observed/learned in the applicability of how the quarterbacks conducted themselves in this discipline?
Marketing & Merchandising: How appealing are their uniforms and if you had the opportunity, how would you design their attire?
Mathematics: Did any of their actions fall within this category that amazed you and led you to some challenging calculations?
History: How did this event come to Kaua’i? What did any research reveal to you? How would you have approached the challenge of bringing such an event to the island?
English Literature: Did this event move you to write a short story or poem? Share it! It might be published.
Journalism/Television Broadcasting: What ideas do you have that could improve or evaluate how this portion of the event was handled.
There will be three age categories within the parameters of the essay contest: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8 and Grades 9-12. When sending in your entries, please indicate your grade level and what school you attend.
The National Football League will provide prizes, and winning essays will be published in The Garden Island. Winners also will read their essay live over the radio.
Entries must be received no later than Friday, Feb. 16, 2001. Please send them to:
Kaua’i Economic Development Board
4290 Rice Street
Lihu’e, HI 96766
Attn: NFL Quarterback Challenge Essay Contest
