Westin Galleria Hosts Piney Woods Luncheon
9/30/2015 11:00:00 AM | Football
For the fourth year in a row, the Houston Touchdown Club will host the “Battle of the Piney Woods” luncheon Thursday, Oct. 1 at the Westin Galleria Hotel in Houston at 12 noon.
The event, to take place at a new site at the Westin Galleria Hotel's Grand Ballroom, is sponsored by Texas Barge & Boat, Midway Energy Services and CenterPoint Energy. The hotel address is 5060 West Alabama in Houston.
Both head coaches – Sam Houston's K. C. Keeler and SFA's Clint Conque -- will be present at the special event which takes place two days before the 90th "Battle of the Piney Woods" presented by H-E-B.
For the sixth consecutive year the game will be played at NRG Stadium in Houston, home of the NFL Houston Texans. Game time on Saturday Oct. 3 is 3 p.m. The Sam Houston-SFA series is the third oldest continous football rivalry in Texas.
All three previous “Battle of the Piney Woods” luncheons have been huge successes. The events led in to the most successful SHSU-SFA matchups yet at NRG Stadium. Each of the five games in Houston has attracted more than 25,000 fans with an all-time record in 2014 of 26,788.
The two athletic directors from both universities – Bobby Williams from Sam Houston and Robert Hill from Stephen F. Austin – also will speak.
Tickets are $50 each. Tables are $450 ($50 discount). Sponsorship levels (including a table of 10 and program recognition) are $600 (bronze sponsorship), $1,000 (silver sponsorship), $1,500 (gold sponsorship) and $2,500 (platinum sponsorship). All tables are 10 seats each.
All proceeds benefit the Houston Touchdown Club, the Houston chapter of the National Football Foundation, a non-profit educational organization that runs programs designed to use the power of amateur football in developing scholarship, citizenship and athletic achievement in young people.
For more information or to purchase tickets contact Neal Farmer by telephone at (713) 849-9860 or email nfarmer07@att.net or visit www.touchdownclub.org to purchase tickets by PayPal.
Tickets for the 90th “Battle of the Piney Woods” football game on Oct. 3 at 3 p.m. are available online at www.gobearkats.com or at the SHSU Athletic Ticket Office at (936) 294-1729.
