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July 29, 2010 |
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The Sonoma Valley High School Girls Soccer program is offering a three-day camp August 3, 4 and 5 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Sonoma Valley High School. The camp is open to all high school players, all incoming freshman, and all girls going into eighth grade who would like to get a feel for soccer at the high school level. The camp costs $95 per player and is being run by Luke Oberkirch, head coach of the woman’s program at Sonoma State University. The camp will focus on all aspects of the game as well as leadership and team building skills. All proceeds go to the girls soccer program at SVHS. Anyone who is interested should contact Mike Verdu at mikeverdu@comcast.net or by phone at 337.4553
The Sonoma Valley Stack Travel Baseball organization is looking for players who will be between 9 -14 years old during the 2011 baseball season. Anyone interested in playing travel baseball for a Sonoma based team should email sonomastackbaseball.com or call Justin Garrett at 321.5963.
The inaugural Sonoma Valley Youth Summer Football Camp for ages 10-13 will take place at the SVHS practice field from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 20, through Friday, July 23. Cost is $55 per camper. The camp will include two no-pad sessions (Tuesday & Wednesday) and two sessions with pads (Thursday & Friday), and cover gridiron specific speed and agility drills and training; fundamentals, skills, techniques and positions’ instruction. To sign up, or for more details, contact Bob Midgley at 935.6865, or e-mail at coachmidge@comcast.net; or Jerry Mackling at 495.0168, or e-mail at jrdragonsjerry@comcast.net.
The Sonoma Bocce Ball Association, with more than 170 members, is currently holding league play, and anyone interested in joining the SBBA can call (John) 938.2101, (Ken) 938.2626 or (Ginette) 935.3337.
Sonoma Valley Tennis Association, the Kiwanis Club of Sonoma and Rotary Club of Sonoma is sponsoring the 11th annual Junior Tennis Free Summer Program. Certified tennis pro Brett Stephenson and SVTA volunteers will instruct Valley youths, ages 6 -15 at the Maxwell Farms Regional Park courts from 5 to 6:30 p.m. every Tuesday. The second five-week session runs from July 13 through Aug. 10. Pre-registration is required, with a $20 refundable deposit required for each child. Rackets are provided. To register call 933.8020. For applications, or more details, visit sonomavalleytennis.org, or call 935.6833.
Agua Caliente Aquatic Center is holding registration for its summer swim programs for ages 3-months to adult at the ACAC site, 17350 Vailetti Dr. The programs include swim lessons (ages 3 and up); stroke school (ages 5 and up, deep-water safe); Sea Dragon swim team (ages 5 and up); splash ball and water polo clinics (ages 5 to 14); parent and tot water classes (ages 3 to 36 months); and for adults: masters swimming, water polo, aqua aerobics, Pilates picnic and stroke clinics. For dates, times, costs, to register, or for more details, visit the ACAC Web site at acsprings.com or call 939.8833.
North Bay Soccer Camps will hold two one-week sessions of youth camps for boys and girls ages 4 to 13, at Maxwell Farms Regional Park’s lower fields on Mondays through Fridays, July 26 to 30, and Aug. 2 to 6. Cost is $65 for 4 to 7 year-olds and $80 for ages 9 to 12, with a June special of $50 a week for any player. For times, to register or for more details, call 481.6017 or e-mail cbutcher@santarosa.edu.
Swim America Sonoma/Valley of the Moon Aquatics, a Swim America-licensed swim school is offering swimming lessons at the Hanna Boys Center pool through Friday, Aug. 6, from 9 a.m. to noon and 1:45 to 3:40 p.m. The 30-minute lessons run Tuesday through Friday weekly, for nine weeks and the cost for a one-week session is $55 a student. Stroke school, offered for swimmers who have advanced beyond Swim America’s Station 6 learn-to-swim curriculum is one hour long, four days a week for four weeks and costs $110. Swimmers ages 4 and older are welcome, with all small-group sizes having two instructors a group. All swim instructors are trained and certified by Swim America. To register by phone, or for more details, call Arden Kremer at 938.9938, or on-line at swimamericasonoma.com.
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