The Southern Zone Age Group Swimming Championships, which start today at the Triangle Aquatic Center in Cary, are just one of the many recreational sports events you'll find listed below in the expanded version of the Play! recreational sports calendar.
Bike ride will benefit Raleigh Police Memorial Foundation
Submitted by teribb on 06/30/2011 - 09:16
Registration has opened for the second annual Five-O Memorial Bike Ride scheduled for Aug. 20 in North Raleigh.
The fundraiser for the Raleigh Police Memorial Foundation will start at 7 a.m. at Trek Bicycles of Raleigh, located at 10911 Raven Ridge Road.
Rugby team seeks travel help, plus news from Triangle golf, badminton, basketball and cycling
Submitted by teribb on 04/12/2011 - 05:48The Raleigh Vipers, the Raleigh Rugby Football Club’s Division 1 men’s team, is trying to raise $3,000 to help with travel and lodging expenses when the team competes in the Division I playoffs in Boston, starting with an April 30 game against the Boston Irish Wolfhounds.
Check out the Play! Recreational Sports Calendar
Submitted by teribb on 07/13/2010 - 02:04Check out the Play! Recreational Sports Calendar with listings for camps, leagues, tryouts, instruction, fundraisers, tournaments and events around the Triangle and elsewhere.
State Games of North Carolina start this week
Submitted by teribb on 06/15/2010 - 00:46More than 14,000 amateur athletes of all ages - including many from the Triangle - are expected to converge in and around Charlotte for the Powerade State Games of North Carolina.
Opening ceremonies take place at 8 p.m. Friday at the Paladium at Carowinds theme park, and competition ends June 27.
The Olympic-style festival will include a variety of age and skill levels in baseball, basketball, BMX, cycling criterium , disc golf, fencing, figure skating, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, karate, lacrosse, mountain biking, soccer, softball, swimming, taekwondo, tennis, track and field and wrestling.
July 21, 2009: The 16th stage of the Tour de France
Submitted by kkeister on 07/21/2009 - 22:59
See photos from the 16th stage of the Tour de France on Tuesday, July 21, 2009.
Cyclists Ride in Honor of Bruce Rosar
Submitted by TedRichardson on 07/19/2009 - 21:18
Nearly 250 cyclists gathered for the N.C. Bicycle Club Summer Rally to honor Bruce Rosar, a cycling safety advocate who was killed in a July 11 ... more
A training-wheels tax break for biking to work
Submitted by BruceSiceloff on 11/11/2008 - 08:34Starting in January, biking to work could qualify you for a modest tax break (Road Worrier: "$700 billion plan offers tidbits to bike commuters").
The IRS has not yet announced rules for the addition of bicycling to what employers call qualified transportation fringe benefits programs. These programs already include (more genereous) tax breaks to defray employee costs for transit passes, vanpool fees and parking bills.
The League of American Bicyclists promises to post updates as details become available. Stay tuned.
Cary celebrates cycling Sunday
Submitted by JoeMiller on 08/13/2008 - 00:00Jimmy V Ride for Research kicks off day-long salute to biking.
Row, row, row your rodent
Submitted by JoeMiller on 08/06/2008 - 17:40
Just our way of reminding you that Opening Ceremonies for the Beijing Olympics are Friday, with competition commencing Saturday in road cycling, fencing, judo, shooting (shooting?) and weightlifting. No word on when the rodent rowing competition begins.
For the official Web site (which isn't blocked, btw), click here.
For Olympic news, click right 'chere.
For TV coverage, click on me! No, click on me! No, no, me, click on me!
Everything gets so competitive around the Olympics.
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