Long Beach Century Club

We are asking for your help to raise $15,000 for the Long Beach Century Club through the Long Beach Gives 2022 event on September 22. It's easy! Donate through this page or the personal page for some of our members. Be a part of our Long Beach sports community while supporting the important roles that sports, coaches and schools play in the lives of our student athletes!

Formed in 1957, the Long Beach Century Club is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, volunteer organization dedicated to the support of amateur athletics in the city of Long Beach, including the city's middle schools, high schools, and colleges. Members' dues and other fundraising efforts, including the Mayor's Cup Golf Tournament, allow the Club to contribute tens of thousands of dollars every year to local programs and athletes.

Our members are integrally involved in helping Long Beach athletes, schools, and colleges to enhance their athletic programs and, thereby, student athletes' experiences. Over the years, the Century Club has supported everyone from Billie Jean King (helping with her travel expenses to her first Wimbledon competition) to the Jordan football team (providing clean uniforms to their players), and a local soccer club needing assistance in paying rental fees to the city for a field on which to practice.

The Club hosts two banquets annually to recognize community athletes, coaches, and supporters. Now held annually in June, our Hall of Fame banquet honors high school, collegiate, and professional athletes plus coaches at all levels and supporters of athletics in all disciplines, all with strong ties to the City.

The Middle School Banquet is offered near the end of each school year, honoring the student-athletes from each of the championship teams in each sport offered by the Long Beach middle schools. For many who are not the most skilled or talented, it is often the last time they will be recognized for their athletic accomplishments.

The Club was unable to host the Hall of Fame Banquet in 2021 or the Middle School Banquet in 2020 and 2021 due to the restrictions on in-person gatherings.

Our annual golf tournament, the primary fund-raiser for the Club, was also cancelled in 2020 and 2021. In 2020, over $30,000 in scholarships were awarded to local high school student-athletes at the Hall of Fame Banquet, from the funds raised during the 2019 Mayor's Cup Golf Tournament

COVID-19 posed significant challenges to schools and teams in 2020 and 2021. For the most part, training and competitions were able to take place so far in 2022, but challenges remain.

Amateur youth sports clubs, school teams and athletic departments are typically underfunded, and during the COVID-19 shutdowns they were struggling without traditional opportunities to raise money. The Century Club generally donates $2,000 to each local high school, and even more to Long Beach City College and LB State, to help their funding efforts for equipment, entry fees, and travel. In addition, the club donated $500 to each of the 23 LBUSD Middle School in 2021 to help pay for team uniforms, and expects to do the same in this 2022-2023 academic year.

Testimonials

As a head coach trying to run a growing aquatics program, there are many costs. The Long Beach Century Club has helped Cabrillo Girls' Aquatics pay for team shirts, swim suits and tournament entry fees. Their support of Long Beach athletics has helped not only Cabrillo's programs grow, but middle and high school programs across the school district. We are so grateful for their support!
~Coach View (2021)