Wednesday, June 11, 2003
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Wednesday, June 11, 2003 |
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sports briefs For more information, call the Centre at 770-460-8785 or visit www.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 through Aug. 14, and all camps run Monday through Thursday. 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 Our Lady of Mercy Athletic Department has announced its Summer Sports Camps schedules. Lee McDermott, head baseball coach, will have the Mercy Baseball Camp June 9-12. Alan Gordon, head football coach, will have the Mercy Football Camp June 23-27. Clay Cushman, head girls basketball coach, will have the Mercy Girls Basketball Camp June 24-27. Camps are $100 per camper for children aged 6-12. For more information, call Mercy at 770-461-2202 or visit olmbobcats.org. The Fayette County Summer All-Star Basketball Camp, for boys and girls who have completed grades 2-8, will be held at the Fayette County High School gym. Session I is June 16-20 and Session II is July 14-18. Cost is $140 per session. Camp hours are Mon. - Thurs. 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. and Fri. 8:30 a.m.-noon. The camp is directed by coaches Andre Flynn and Brent Jackson. For more information or to register call 770-716-7844. Registration by mail or on the first day of camp at 8:30 a.m. Sandy Creek High boys basketball coach Maurice Triche will direct a basketball camp June 9-13 at the school's gymnasium for boys aged 8-14. Litterial Green, the University of Georgia's all-time leading scorer and a former NBA player, will be the camp's lead instructor. Hours are 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost is $150. To register, stop by the Sandy Creek front office or call Coach Triche at 770-969-2840, ext. 266. The Soccer Centre in Fayetteville will host 2 separate weeks of Summer Youth Soccer Camps this year June 9-13 and June 16-30. The camps will be for boys and girls from Muppets (4-6) through 14 years old. There will be Muppet Camps from 9 a.m. to noon and also both full and half day camps for the older players. The camps will be run by Charlie Morgan, Director of The Soccer Centre. Charlie holds both a USSF "A" license and a National Youth License. The emphasis will be on learning proper technique within the framework of fun activities and small-sided games. For more information, call The Centre at 770-460-8785 or visit www.soccercentre.info. International Soccer Camps U.S.A. will host a week-long camp July 7-11 at the Glenloch soccer fields in Peachtree City. Morning sessions (9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.) are available for ages 5-7 and full-day sessions (9 a.m.-4 p.m.) for ages 8-15. Cost is $95 for morning sessions and $145 for full-day sessions. For more information or to receive a brochure, call Ian at 678-290-1385. The Tyrone Recreation Department is offering soccer camps, full-day and half-day, for various age groups June 16-20 at Handley Park. The half-day camps are 9 a.m.-noon (ages 5-8) and 5:30-8:30 p.m. (ages 5-8 and 9-12). Fee is $108. The full-day camp, for more advanced and more serious players, is 9 a.m.-4 p.m. (lunch from noon-1 p.m.) and costs $165. Each player receives a free ball and T-shirt Call 770-487-4694 for more information. The Tyrone Recreation Department is offering Pee-Wee Tennis classes at Shamrock Park each Monday in July. Sessions are from 9-10 a.m. beginning July 7 and running through July 28. Cost is $25. Call 770-487-4694 for more information. An hour of yoga will be offered each week from July 9-Aug. 27 by the Tyrone Recreation Department. Classes are from 7-8 p.m. in the basement of the Tyrone Police Department. Cost is $80. To register, call 770-487-4694. The Peachtree City Recreation Department will be offering a Judo/All Sports Camp at the Kedron Fieldhouse and Aquatic Center the week of June 16-20. This camp is designed to enhance those skills already learned for existing students and to provide two months worth of instruction in one jam-packed week of martial arts for beginners. In addition to learning Jujitsu and Judo, campers will have optional swim time, gym time, games and friendly competitions for all age groups. This camp is for all skill levels, even those who have never done martial arts before. The fee is $150 and David Wojcik, a black belt in Jujitsu, will be giving the instruction. The Peachtree City Recreation Department will be offering a Volleyball Camp at the Kedron Fieldhouse and Aquatic Center the week of July 7-11 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. This camp is for girls in grades 6-9 who are interested in learning the game of volleyball. This camp will provide instruction in the fundamentals of passing, setting, spiking, serving and blocking. Individual skills will be stressed and the importance of teamwork will be taught. There will be an optional swim time each day of camp and the fees include a new volleyball for each participant. The fee is $125 per person. Coach Erik Peterson will be coaching this camp. The Lightning soccer club in Fayetteville is hosting two weeks of instructional camps for players 5-18 years of age. Run by Lightning's staff of professional coaches, the camps will instruct players in the basic skills needed to succeed in soccer. The first week, June 23-27, is for players ages 5-16 and will focus on skill development. The second week, July 7-11, will be a striker/goalkeeper camp open to ages 9-18, with players being taught specialized skills for their positions. For more information, contact Steve Hutton at 770-460-8070. Summer baseball clinics are being conducted throughout the summer, sponsored by Hit & Run Batting Cages in Fayetteville. Sessions are 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday through Thursday and cover hitting, pitching and catching. Cost is $89, with a $25 deposit due at signpu. Space is limited to 20 kids per week. For more information, call 770-716-0554. The Southeastern Baseball Camp will take place in July at Southern Union Community College in Wadley, Ala. There will be three sessions: July 6-9 for ages 10 and under; July 13-16 for ages 13 and up; and July 20-23 for ages 11-12. For more information, visit www.sebaseballcamp.com.
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