USA Baseball's inaugural Women's Development Camp takes place this weekend at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary.
Details for that camp and camps in other sports, plus team tryouts, league registration, instruction and tournaments can be found in the Play! Recreational Sports Calendar below, an expanded version of the calendar that appears each Tuesday in the print edition Sports section.
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PLAY! RECREATIONAL SPORTS CALENDAR
PARKS AND RECREATION
Youth
CARY Baseball, spring registration, Jan. 30-Feb 19, 2012, ages 5-18. Softball, spring registration Jan. 30-Feb. 19, ages 8-16. Basketball, winter registration, Oct. 3-23, ages 9-18. Contact: 919-469-4062, tracey.hedgpeth@townofcary.org, www.townofcary.org.
CLAYTON Tennis, classes, 6 p.m. Wednesdays, ages 11-15, $20-$35, four weeks; QuickStart Tennis, shorter court, modified scoring, Tuesdays, ages 5-7 6-7 p.m., ages 8-10 7-8 p.m., $40-$55, eight weeks. Contact: 919-553-1550, www.townofclaytonnc.org; QuickStart 919-553-1554.
RALEIGH City league: football, ages 7-13, $42-$54. Lake Lynn Community Center leagues: touch football, games September-November, ages 5-6, $36-$46, due Aug. 7; soccer, introductory play September-November, ages 5-8, $40-$52. Contact: Raleigh 919-831-6836, Lake Lynn 919-870-2911.
Adult
CLAYTON Tennis, classes, 7 p.m. Wednesdays. Ages: 16-up. Fee: $20-$35, four weeks. Contact: 919-553-1551, www.townofclaytonnc.org.
EMERALD ISLE Tennis, clinics, 8-9 a.m. Mondays through Aug. 29, ages 14-up, $5-$10. Contact: 252-354-6350, mshreve@emeraldisle-nc.org.
RALEIGH Baseball, registration starts Aug. 9, play starts late August, ages 18-up, $450 team. Contact: 919-831-6836.
ADAPTIVE/WHEELCHAIR
TOURNAMENT National Wheelchair Basketball Association’s International Tournament of Champions, men and women, Aug. 7-14, Charlotte. Contact: Travis Dancy 704-987-3300, tdancy@lakenorman.org.
BASEBALL
CAMP USA Baseball's inaugural Women’s Development Camp, Aug. 4-6, USA Baseball National Training Complex, Cary; in conjunction with Aug. 2-7 Women’s International Friendship Series (U.S. Red, U.S. Blue, Australia, Canada). Ages: 12-15. Fee: $50. Contact: Ashley Bratcher 919-474-8721, ext. 219, ashleybratcher@usabaseball.com, www.usabaseball.com.
CAMP Diamond Stars Baseball Summer Training Camp, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Aug. 8-11, St. David’s School, Raleigh. Ages: 9-12. Fee: $225. Fee: Jason Roach 919-334-8004, roachey23@bellsouth.net, www.diamondstarsbaseball.com.
CAMPS Wolfpack Baseball Camps, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Aug. 1-4, N.C. State’s Doak Field. Ages: 6-12. Fee: $265. Contact: Brian Ward 919-395-5302, wardb@hpw.com, www.collegebaseballcamps.com/wolfpack.
CAMPS, CLINICS Instruction, individual sessions during official opening this week, The Factory Ballpark, Wake Forest; fee TBA. Clinics, all skills, 2-5 p.m. Aug. 7, ages 6-18; $50, due 5 p.m. Aug. 6; hitting Aug. 14; pitching-catching Aug. 21; fielding Aug. 28. Contact: The Factory Baseball Institute, Joe John 919-606-8900, factorybaseball@gmail.com.
MIRACLE LEAGUE OF THE TRIANGLE Fall registration ends mid-August for adaptive league for special-needs youth. Contact: Traci Brown 919-238-0333, www.miracleleagueofthetriangle.com.
NORTH WAKE COUNTY BASEBALL ASSOCIATION Fall T-Ball, coach-pitch, player-pitch tryouts start Aug. 6; games August-November. Ages: 5-15. Contact: Ellis Zaytoun, 606-7000; register, www.nwcba.com.
RALEIGH PIRATES 12U travel team seeks two or three players; tryouts Aug. 6; practices in southern Wake County, Clayton. Ages: cannot turn 12 before May 1, 2012. Contact: Dan Kennedy 919-901-5125.
TOURNAMENTS Bellefonte Baseball wood-bat tournaments, Central Pennsylvania: 14U Aug. 5-7, 15U Aug. 26-28. Fee: $500-$650. Contact: Joe Menna 814-355-0411, bellefontebaseball@gmail.com, www.bellefontebaseball.com.
WAKE FOREST DREAM LEAGUE League for special-needs children, Tyler Run Park, Wake Forest. Ages: 5-18. Fee: $40-$80 player; buddies free. Contact: Ed Austin 919-435-9562, wakeforestdreamleague@yahoo.com, www.wakeforestdreamleague.com./
BASKETBALL
CAMP St. Augustine’s College Back To School Elite Basketball Camp, 8 a.m. Aug. 8, Emery Gymnasium, Raleigh, with coach Ken Spencer, staff, players. Ages: 9-12 boys. Fee: $50. Contact: 919-516-4469.
CAMPS Aug. 1-5, St. Francis Catholic Church Camps, boys and girls, 11401 Leesville Road, Raleigh: grades K-2 9-noon, grades 3-8 12:30-3:30 p.m. Fee: $65 ($50 additional child). Contact: church 919-847-8205.
CAMPS Coach Ledford’s Basketball Camp Aug. 8-12, boys and girls, Hayes Barton Baptist Church, Raleigh: grades K-1 9-noon, $55; grades 2-6 9 a.m.-3 p.m, $100. Contact: Don Ledford 919-783-0391, coachledford@bellsouth.net, www.coachledford.com.
CAMP Donald Williams Basketball Academy 12th Annual Camp, Aug. 1-5, Garner Road YMCA, Raleigh. Ages: 8-16, boys, girls. Fee: $225. Contact: Laura Whayne 919-740-3981, www.dwbasketball.com.
CAMPS Quality Instruction Boot Camps: Raleigh-Cary, grades 6-8, 6-7:30 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays through Aug. 11, Cary Academy, Trinity Academy (Raleigh), $275 (all dates); grades 9-12, 7-9 a.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays through Aug. 10, $380 (all \dates); Smithfield, 6-7:30 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, through Aug. 9, grades 1-12, $200 (18 dates).. Contact: Networks Basketball, Kevin Nunley 919-233-8801, www.networksbasketball.com.
CLINIC Networks Basketball shooting technique clinic, 6-7 p.m. Aug. 29-30, Smithfield Aquatic & Recreation Center, Smithfield; 6-:30-7:30 p.m. Sept. 13-14, Trinity Academy, Raleigh. Ages: 8-18. Fee: $50. Contact: Kevin Nunley 919-233-8801, www.networksbasketball.com.
CHEERLEADING
CAMPS All levels, through August, Cheer Extreme, 3816-104 Tarheel Drive, Raleigh. Ages: 5-18. Fee: $125-$250. Contact: Krista Lindabery 919-876-8325, www.cheerextremeraleigh.com.
COACHES/OFFICIALS
FOOTBALL, CHEERLEADING Volunteers coaches needed; practice starts Aug. 15; season through October; work with ages 7-13. Contact: Raleigh Parks and Recreation 919-831-6836, athletics@raleighnc.gov; football, David Tugwell 919-807-5406.
CYCLING
FIVE-0 MEMORIAL RIDE Supported 50K and 100K rides, 7 a.m. Aug. 20, Trek Bicycles of Raleigh, 10911 Raven Ridge Road. Benefits Raleigh Police Memorial Foundation. Fee: $35 ($40 day of). Contact: Kim Swinson 919-369-6180, www.rpdmemorial.org.
EASTER SEALS UCP RIDE WITHOUT LIMITS 38-, 64-, 100-mile routes, Aug. 27-28, Camp Royall, Pittsboro. Benefits Easter Seals UCP progreams. Fee: $35 plus $250 fundraising. Contact: 877-743-3795, www.ridewithoutlimits.org.
MOUNTAIN BIKING USA Cycling Mountain Bike Gravity National Championships, Sept. 22-25, Beech Mountain Resort, Beech Mountain. Contact: 828-387-2011, www.skibeech.com.
EQUESTRIAN
SHOWS Johnston County Horse Show Series, 8:30 a.m. Sept. 3, Oct. 1, Nov. 5, Johnston County Livestock Arena. Fee: TBA. Contact: Blaine and Michelle McLaughlin 919-934-1344, www.ipass.net/blaine_mclaughlin.
FIGURE SKATING
DOGWOOD OPEN Aug. 12-14, IcePlex, 2601 Raleigh Blvd., Raleigh; U.S. Figure Skating-sanctioned competition. Ages: tots-masters. Fee: entry closed; spectators welcome. Contact: IcePlex 919-878-9002, www.iceplex.com; Skating Club of N.C. scnc.org@gmail.com, www.skatingclubnc.org; Donna Morea dcmorea@aol.com.
FOOTBALL
POP WARNER CHALLENGER DIVISION Consolidated Football Federation flag football, cheerleading program for youth with physical and/or intellectual disabilities. Ages: 5-18. Fee: free. Contact: 919-306-3822, challenger@cff-popwarner.com, www.cff-popwarner.com.
POP WARNER LEAGUES Consolidated Football Federation football, cheerleading, dance fall registration. Ages: 5-15. Fees: vary. Contact: 919-523-8632, tom_goodwin@nc.rr.com, www.cff-popwarner.com.
GOLF
Camps and clinics
AMERICAN SINGLES GOLF ASSOCIATION Singles outings, Triangle courses. Fee: varies. Contact: Lee Thayne 919-880-7409; membership, Bobby Jones 919-847-5587, www.raleigh.singlesgolf.com.
CAMPS Aug. 16-18, Crooked Creek Golf Club, Fuquay-Varina. Ages: 7-17, boys, girls. Fee: $135; loaner clubs free. Contact: pro shop 919-557-7529, www.playcrookedcreek.com.
CAMPS Junior Golf School, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Aug. 1-4, Heritage Golf Club, Wake Forest. Ages: 8-14. Fee: $190-$220. Contact: 919-453-2020, ext. 2.Tournaments
PHIL FORD GOLF CLASSIC GALA 6 p.m.-midnight Aug. 12, Benvenue Country Club, Rocky Mount. Guest speaker: former North Carolina basketball star Tyler Hansbrough. Benefits Boys and Girls Clubs of Nash/Edgecombe Counties. Fee: $100 solo, $150 couple. Contact: Tony Orr 252-977-9924, www.bgcnec.org/philfordgolfclassic.
TWO RIVERS CLASSIC Sept. 2, Kings Grant Golf and Country Club, Fayetteville. Benefits Fayetteville State University athletics. Fee: $65 ($240 team), due Aug. 15. Contact: Paris Jones 910-672-1314, pjones@uncfsu.edu.
MOORE COUNTY MEN’S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP Sept. 17-18, Hyland Golf Club, U.S. 1 North, Southern Pines. Divisions: open (16-older; any county), senior (55-up), super senior (60-, 70-, 75-up). Benefits The First Tee of the Sandhills. Contact: Dick Wilson, 910-949-4675, flogger@embarqmail.com, www.golfchamps.thepilot.com, www.hylandgolfclub.com.
COMFORT ZONE CAMP FOR KIDS CHARITY GOLF CLASSIC 10:30 a.m. Sept. 19, Brier Creek Country Club, 10404 Lumley Road, Morrisville. Benefits free bereavement camp for children who have experienced death of parent, sibling or primary caregiver. Contact: 919-946-1542, www.comfortzonecamp.com.
KIDS ’N’ COMMUNITY FOUNDATION TOURNAMENT 11 a.m. Oct. 3, Prestonwood Country Club, Cary. Fee: $875 individual, $3250 foursome. Contact: Katharine Kelley 919-861-5474, www.carolinahurricanes.com/foundation.
TRUE BLUE GOLF CLASSIC 9 a.m. Oct. 17, Duke University Golf Club, Durham. Benefits Duke women’s basketball. Contact: Lauren Rice 919-613-7571, rice@duaa.duke.edu.
HOCKEY
ICE HOCKEY Carolina Hurricanes Camps, RecZone, Raleigh: developmental, Aug. 1-5, up to three years experience; Elite Week, Aug. 8-12, travel squirts and pee-wees; girls, Aug. 8-12, all levels. Fees: vary. Contact: Paul Strand 919-861-5425, pauls@carolinahurricanes.com, www.carolinahurricanes.com/summercamps.
INLINE HOCKEY Leagues, three-on-three, Aug. 4-28, Jellybeans of Wakefield; $75 skaters, $35 goalies. Pick-up games, 8:45-10 p.m. Wednesdays, ages 15-up, $10 skater, goalies free. Contact: Raleigh-Cary Inline Hockey League 919-645-8080, www.skatejellybeans.com.
JUMP ROPE
CAMPS Single, double-dutch, with seven-time national champion Bouncing Bulldogs Rope Skipping Demonstration Team, Bouncing Bulldogs Gym, Ram’s Plaza, Chapel Hill: weekly, 8-noon Aug. 8-12, Aug. 15-19, $200 week; mini camp, 8-noon Aug. 22-24, $120. Contact: Ray Fredrick 919-493-7992, www.bouncingbulldogs.org.
LACROSSE
LEAGUES SLLIC boys and girls; Rally, instructional; play Sept. 10-11 to Oct. 30. Contact: North Carolina Lacrosse Academy, Michael McLaughlin, 919-303-6068, www.nclaxacademy.com.
MARTIAL ARTS
WHITE TIGER DEMONSTRATION TEAM Auditions, 6:45 p.m. Aug. 16, White Tiger Taekwondo, 1605 NW Maynard Road, Cary; spectators welcome. Contact: 919-469-3553, www.whitetigertkd.com.
MULTISPORT
CAMPS Leesville Road High School Pride Athletic Club Camps: cheerleading, baseball, basketball, tennis, soccer, football, softball, volleyball. Ages 6-15. Fee: full days $175 week, half days $125. Contact: 919-270-7386, www.leesville.org (click Parents Group, then Pride Athletic Club, then Sport Camps).
CAMPS N.C. Central University, Durham: Boys basketball, elite, Aug. 6, $40. Contact: boys basketball, John Moseley 919-530-6012; track and field, Tavius Walker 919-530-6712.
CAMPS WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary: soccer, beginner, 9-noon weekly through Aug. 19, ages 5-12, $125-$155 week; lacrosse, 9-noon weekly through Aug. 19, ages 8-14, $125-$155. Contact: David Crotts 919-858-0464, david.crotts@townofcary.org, www.townofcary.org.
CAMPS WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary: soccer, beginner, 9-noon weekly through Aug. 19, ages 5-12, $125-$155 week; lacrosse, 9-noon weekly through Aug. 19, ages 8-14, $125-$155. Contact: David Crotts 919-858-0464, david.crotts@townofcary.org, www.townofcary.org.
LEAGUES Flag football, soccer, cheerleading, same-day practices and games September-November, north Wake County, south Wake. Ages: 4-14, boys, girls. Fee: $99-$155. Contact: i9sports, Kelly Rowles 919-882-5780, www.i9sports.com.
RUNNING
More races, results www.runnc.com.
SOLDIERS REUNION 5K 8:30 a.m. Aug. 20, Newton Recreation Dept., 23 South Brady Ave., Newton. Fee: 5K $15 ($20 after Aug. 17), fun run $10 ($15). Contact: 828-695-4317, www.newtonnc.gov.
ROCK 'N' ROLL VIRGINIA BEACH HALF MARATHON 7 a.m. Sept. 4, Virginia Beach Convention Center. 1000 19th St., Virginia Beach, Va. Fee: $110 ($125 Sept. 2-3; no race-day entry). Contact: http://runrocknroll.competitor.com/virginia-beach.
FITNESS WORLD 5K RUN 9 a.m. Sept. 24, Fitness World, 105 W. N.C. 54, Suite 271, Durham. Benefits Ronald McDonald House. Fee: $25. Contact: Eric Greenley 919-544-9000, eric@fitnessworldnc.com, www.active.com; Lindsay Hege 919-281-1064, www.ronaldhousedurham.org.
HICKORY MOUNTAIN 10K AND DUPONT STATE FOREST 50K Trail-running races, Guion Farm, Sky Valley Road, DuPont State Forest: 10K 9 a.m. Oct. 1, 50K 7:30 a.m. Oct. 2. Benefits DegreeMap, helping secure college scholarships. Fee: 10K $25 ($30 after Aug. 31), 50K $70. Contact: Lydia Odell lydianodell@yahoo.com, 828-553-5628, www.race.degreemap.org.
CITY OF OAKS MARATHON AND REX HEALTHCARE HALF MARATHON 7 a.m. Nov. 6, N.C. State’s Bell Tower, Hillsborough Street, Raleigh. Combined cash purse: $20,300. Fee: $100 through Nov. 4; $110 Nov. 5; half marathon $60-$90; four-person marathon relay $150-$250; kids’ marathon mile $25-$40. Contact: 919-761-7073; register online only, www.cityofoaksmarathon.com.
OUTER BANKS MARATHON, HALF MARATHON Marathon, 7:20 a.m. Nov. 13, Kitty Hawk to Roanoke Island, Manteo, $95-$110; half marathon, 7 a.m. Nov. 13, Nags Head to Roanoke Island, Manteo, $85-$100; 8K, 7:30 a.m. Nov. 12, First Flight High School, Kill Devil Hills; $45-$55; Buccaneer 5K, 9:30 a.m. Nov. 12, First Flight High, $25-$30. Contact: Outer Banks Sporting Events 252-255-6273, www.obxmarathon.org.
SAILING
INSTRUCTION, CAMPS Carolina Sailing Foundation lessons, camps, Triangle sites. Ages: youth, adult. Fee: varies. Contact: juniors, John Norton 919-604-0842; adult, Roy Rysdon 919-469-1808; www.carolinasailingfoundation.org.
CLINICS Racing classes, 10:30 a.m. Aug. 6, Sept. 10, Vista Point, Jordan Lake, Pittsboro. Ages: teens-seniors. Fee: free. Contact: Carolina Sailing Club, monthly social, Vickie Braxton 919-542-5391, vickiebraxton@msn.com, www.carolinasailingclub.org; clinic, Dave Burchfield 919-961-1275, dave.burchfiel@sas.com.
INSTRUCTION Classes, Lake Crabtree County Park, Wake County: OPTI Beginner, ages 8-12, $150; Sunfish, learn to sail, evening beginner, evening intermediate, senior; ages 12-adult, $75-$150. Contact: Colleen Bockhahn 919-460-2723, www.wakegov.com/lakecrabtree/recreation.
SOCCER
GOLDSTAR SOCCER CLUB Leagues, Goldstar Soccer Fields, 2513 Old U.S. 1 (S. Salem St.), Apex. Ages: 3-grade 6. Fee: $75. Contact: 919-786-3056 (Hablamos Espanol), www.goldstarsc.org.
TRIANGLE UNITED Tryouts, 5:30-6:45 Aug. 2, WakeMed Soccer Park Field No. 4. Ages: U9, U10, U11; boys and girls. Contact: Mike Moltzon 919-302-2334 (Hablamos Espanol), mmoltzon@triangleunited.org.
SOFTBALL
INSTRUCTION Fastpitch offense and defense, weekends. Ages: 8-college. Fee: $30-$45 hour. Contact: Jon Russell 828-320-2068, jruss4444@gmail.com.
TRIANGLE LIGHTNINGI Girls 16U-18U fast-pitch tryouts, 9 a.m. Aug. 13, East Wake Middle School. Contact: 16U, Andy Davis 252-432-2439; 18U, Tim Moose 919-796-5013; all, Don Pegram 919-427-6289, dpegram@embarqmail.com.
SWIMMING
MARLINS OF RALEIGH SWIM TEAM 2011-12 season registration; practices, Pullen Aquatic Center, N.C. State, Peace College, St. Mary's School (central Raleigh/Cary); Ravenscroft School, Millbrook, Optimist Park (North Raleigh); Riverwood Athletic Club (Clayton). Contact: Paul Silver 919-851-3000, 01silversurfer@bellsouth.net, www.marlinsofraleigh.com.
TENNIS
CAMPS Weekly through mid-August, Triangle sites. Ages: 5-14. Fee: $100-$200 session. Contact: RDUTennis, Brian Rosenthal 919-395-7329, brian@rdutennis.net, www.rdutennis.net.
TRIATHLON
OUTER BANKS TRIATHLON N.C. Aquarium on Roanoke Island, 374 Airport Road, Manteo: half (1.2 mile open-water swim, 56-mile bike, 13.1-mile run), 7 a.m. Sept. 10; Olympic (1,500-meter swim, 24.5-mile bike, 6.2-mile run), 7 a.m. Sept. 10; sprint (750-meter swim, 13.5-mile bike, 3.1-milSe run), 7:30 a.m. Sept. 11. Benefits Dare Education Foundation, Outer Banks Relief Foundation. Fee: solo $50-$185, relay $100-$235. Contact: 252-255-6273, www.obxmarathon.org.
VOLLEYBALL
CAMPS Multi-day camps, clinics, through Aug. 28, Triangle Volleyball Club, Brier Creek area, Morrisville. Ages: 2-12, boys and girls. Fee: $25-$425. Contact: Jenna Hinton, 919-544-9400, info@trianglevolleyball.org, www.trianglevolleyball.org, https://www.oasyssports.com/TriangleVBC/login.cfm.
