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Here's Mud in Your Eye: Volleyball Tourney Supports Epilepsy Research
Hundreds of athletic and philanthropic people gathered Saturday at Zoar's Pond in Middletown ankle-deep in a sloggy brown mud pit to face off, team by team, for charity.
An overnight downpour, rainy morning and perfectly dreary skies were a dream combination for the hundreds of people who duct-taped old sneaks to their feet and rallied to support the 26th Annual Mud Volleyball Tournament.
Team names ranged from the tame — Splat & Whitney, We Play Dirty, Carpe Diem, Ridin Muddy, Mudiators, Vicious & Delicious, Nerdy & Dirty; Elmer Mudds, Love That Dirty Water — to the R-rated — Mudder Stuckers, Unprotected Sets, Muddy Fockers, Grannie Panties, Angeli Lawn Car Bush Trimmers, Thunda Frumunda, Muddy Sweaty Balls, Bazzingas, Bad Mudda Suckers, 6 Jerks and 2 Squirts.
Local businesses like the , La Vita Gustosa, Gorilla Graphics, , Dave's Sunrise Restaurant, and Stew Leonard's united to raise funds for epilepsy research.
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Last year's event broke the previous year's team record, with 192 teams (and over 20 on a waiting list). The event raised close to $55,000 which will be used to help people with epilepsy and their families throughout Connecticut.
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