Friday, May 2, 2003
Friday, May 2, 2003 |
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Community sports briefs The Peachtree City Running Club's annual Peachtree City Kids' Fun Run is Saturday, May 3, at 9 a.m. at the Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater. There is no entry fee and the one-mile event is open to all kids ages 5-12. Awards will be given to first-place finishers in each age group and gender. There will also be a Tot Trot for children 4 years old and younger, for which parents may accompany their children. Winners in this group will not receive awards. Prizes donated by local merchants will be given based on a random drawing of names of registered participants. Refreshments will be provided to all runners. Chris Pluchos, southeastern manager for Mizuno running shoes, will be the guest speaker at the Peachtree City Running Club's meeting Monday, May 5, at 7:30 p.m. at the Wyndham Peachtree Conference Center. He will discuss the history of Mizuno running shoes and how they work. A former distance runner at North Carolina State, he will also discuss training strategies. For more information, call 770-631-7658 or visit www.ptcrc.com. Our Lady of Mercy will host its third annual golf tournament Tuesday, May 13, at Whitewater Country Club. A silent auction and awards dinner in the clubhouse will follow the tournament. The shotgun start is scheduled for 1 p.m. Players may register individually or as teams. Cost is $100 per person, which includes green fees, range balls, prizes, and admission to the silent auction and awards dinner. Non-golfers may participate in the silent auction (3:30 p.m.) and awards dinner (6 p.m.) for only $25. Registration forms can be found at olmbobcats.org. Registrations are limited, so register early. Please call Marian Spencer at 404-791-5502 if you have any items you wish to donate to the silent auction or if you have any questions. Sponsorship opportunities are also still available. All proceeds will benefit the OLM High School extracurricular activities and fine arts programs. All sponsorships and silent auction donations and a portion of the golf entry fee are tax deductible. Please call Dan Christensen at 770-631-4457 for more information on sponsorships. Starr's Mill High School will be hosting its fifth annual football camp June 2-5 at the school's football complex. All students in grades 3-8 are eligible to attend. The camp will focus on the basic fundamentals of the game. Eighth-graders will participate in a special wing-T instructional camp featuring the offensive coaching staff at Starr's Mill. The camp will be under the direction of Starr's Mill Head Coach Mike Earwood and the entire Starr's Mill staff, which collectively has a century of coaching experience. Camp brochures can be picked up at Starr's Mill High, Rising Starr Middle or Peeples Elementary. Call 770-486-2710 ext. 164 for more information. The Soccer Centre in Fayetteville is accepting registrations for the summer indoor youth soccer leagues for Muppets (Under 6), Under 7, Under 8 and Under 10, both boys and girls. Applications will be taken for teams and individual players. These leagues are for recreational players only and will kickoff the week of June 2 and end the week of July 26. There will be no games the week of July 4. The season will consist of 7 games with no playoff; games will be played weekday evenings, Saturdays, or Sunday afternoons. In the summer league, Under 10's will play in the large arena. For more information, call The Centre at 770-460-8785 or visit wwww.soccercentre.info. The Wendell Coffee Golf Center in Tyrone is hosting a 2003 Summer Break Junior Golf Camp, designed to teach children the basics of golf and how fun the sport can be. Sessions will be held every week from May 27 through Aug. 14, and all camps run Monday through Thursday with the exception of May 27-30, which is Tuesday through Friday. Each junior will receive different instruction according to his or her level of play. Skills to be covered include the set-up, the swing, the pitch and chip shots, the sand shots, the putting stoke, and how to hit the woods. The head instuctor is PGA apprentice Sean Coffee. Lunch, drinks and prizes are included. Parents may drop their kids off as early as 8 a.m. if needed, and each day's session ends at 2:30 p.m. Cost is $185 per week, with a $25 discount for the second child and each additional camper ($135 minimum). To sign up, call 770-969-4469 or stop by the Center on Ga. Highwa 74 in Tyrone, two miles south of I-85. The Pathway Communities/Flint River Council 13th Annual Boy Scouts of America charity golf tournament is Wednesday, May 14, at Planterra Ridge Golf Club in Peachtree City. A shotgun start is scheduled for noon. For more information, contact tournament director John Young at 770-365-5543 or Bill Oswald at 770-227-4556. The Brooks Bears are accepting registration for fall football and cheerleading May 3, 10, 17 and 24 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the baseball park in Brooks. Participation is open to ages 5-13 (as of July 31) and a copy of a birth certificate must be presented at registration. Instructional and competitive leagues are offered. For more information, call Mike Daughtry at 770-461-2896 or 770-716-1958.
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