AVON PARK The Avon Park Dixie Youth Baseball registration will be held at the Durrah Martin Complex on Jan. 9, 16, 23 and 30 from 9 a.m. to noon. Registration will include the following age groups: pitching machine (ages 7-8) and minors (9-11), with an age as of May 1, 2010. Registration fee is $50 for the first child and $45 for each additional child. Registrations also are available at the Top Shop in Avon Park, and will only be excepted if a copy of birth certificate, recent picture, and full payment are provided.
For more information, contact Heath Townsend at 863-443-0673.
SEBRING The Tanglewood Golf Association is sponsoring a tournament on Saturday, Jan. 16 at 8 a.m. The scramble format/shotgun start at Harder Hall Country Club is open to both men and women, with an entrance fee of $50 per person. Lunch will be immediately following the tournament on the grounds of Tanglewood. Raffle tickets, 50/50 tickets and mulligans will be available for sale. Registration deadline is Wednesday, Jan. 13.
Contact Buck Anderson at 863-446-0541 to sign up, and hole sponsors are available by calling Larry Lynn at 863-214-8767.
AVON PARK River Greens Golf Course will host the 9-hole winter league on Thursday afternoons beginning Jan. 14. Cost is $16.82 per person plus tax, with tee times starting at 2:45 p.m. each week. The league is limited to the first 20 people, and a closest-to-the-pin and longest putt contest are awarded each week.
Call 863-453-5210 to sign up or for more information.
SEBRING This month's Sebring Elks Lodge 1529 golf tournament will be held on Monday, Jan. 4 at Harder Hall Country Club. Cost for the 8 a.m. shotgun start is $31 per player. To register your team or as an individual player, contact Jack McLaughlin at 471-3295 or by e-mail at jack.mclaughin@embarqmail.com.
LAKE PLACID The Lake Placid youth baseball is now accepting registrations for the 2010 season. Forms are available at the Holiday Inn Express on Lakeview Road in Lake Placid, or at www.townoflp@htn.net. The registration deadline is Jan. 14, when draft day also will be held at 5:30 p.m. The age groups: T-ball is $30 (ages 5-6); registration fee for league ages 7-8 and 9-10 is $40. A copy of the player's birth certificate is required.
The Lake Placid girls softball is also accepting registrations for the upcoming season. There will be a mini camp at the Lake June Ballfields during the week of Jan. 11, starting at 6 p.m. each night. Registration fees are $40 and a copy of the player's birth certificate is required.
Contact Sonja Warner at 863-441-4504 or Heather Carr at 863-465-9187 for more information.
SEBRING The second annual Highlands Hammock Half Marathon (13.1-mile) and 5K run/walk has been set for Saturday, Jan. 23 at Highlands Hammock State Park. The half marathon will begin at 7:30 a.m., with the 5K starting 15 minutes later. Early entry fee for the half marathon is $30 through Jan. 11, and $40 from Jan. 12 through race day registration. The entry fee for the 5K is $15 through Jan. 11, and $20 after that date.
Entry forms may be obtained by e-mailing cbrojek@comcast.net. Awards will be given for overall, masters, grand masters and various age divisions.
AVON PARK The Avon Park soccer program will host its "Kick in the Grass" golf tournament on at River Greens Golf Course. It will be an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start, with all the proceeds going to the Avon Park soccer program. The cost is $50 per player, with a 50/50 drawing and other prizes available. Sponsorships are available for $100 ($250 for displaying company sponsorship).
For more information, contact assistant coach John P. Vincent III at 863-381-6526 or jpvincentIII@hotmail.com
SEBRING A wooden bat league is being formed for those interested softball players who are 50 years or older. Teams will be selected in a draft and the league will start Jan. 12. All games will be played at the Highlands County Sports Complex. Those interested should contact Harry Bell at 863-382-0542 or Bill Todd at 863-385-5632.
LAKE PLACID The Royal Palms Youth Bowling League (ages 7 and up) will start the spring season on Saturday, Jan. 2. New bowlers are welcome. Sign-up fee is $20, which includes a shirt. Bowling is every Saturday morning at 9 a.m. through April 10. Cost weekly is $11 and includes three games of bowling, shoes and a prize fund. All youth league bowlers are eligible for a reduced rate open bowling and free bowling with instructions on Fridays, 4-6 p.m., and must be accompanied by an adult.
Contact Frank Peterson at 863-382-9541 for more information.
SEBRING Sebring High School is selling All Sport Passes for the 2009-10 school year. The pass is valid for all home sporting events, excluding FHSAA sponsored playoffs and tournaments.
The cost of the pass is $75 per adult and $50 per student. They are on sale in the front office, check payable to Sebring High School.
SEBRING A nine-week junior tennis after-school program for kids ages 4-18 will begin Jan. 4 through Mar. 5 at the Thakkar Tennis Center at Sebring Country Club. The program will be run by Horace Watkins, a USPTA certified pro with more than 25 years experience teaching junior tennis.
Call Watkins at 863-414-2164 or the Country Club at 863-386-4282.
SEBRING Sun 'N Lake Country Club is holding junior clinics every Friday from 3:30-5 p.m.
Professionals Andy Kesling and Marty O'Hora will teach all the fundamentals of the game, including the grip, stance, full swing, chipping, putting, rules, etiquette, etc. No need to sign up; just show up. Cost per clinic is $15.
For more information, contact Kesling at 863-385-4830.
SEBRING The Highlands County Horseshoe Club league play at the Lee Palmer Complex in Sebring is open to all men and women that like to pitch horseshoes. Contract Irve Swihart at 863-452-6899 for more information.
SEBRING Sebring girls coach Debby McNall and Kim Darrow will host junior golf clinics beginning Thursdays at 4 p.m. at the Sebring Municipal Golf Course.
The cost is $10 per junior (ages 5 and up), and those participating will receive instruction in all aspects of the game. Contact McNall at 863-257-1108 or 863-386-9492 for more information.
AVON PARK The Avon Park Project Graduation golf tournament will be held on Saturday, Jan. 2 at River Greens Golf Course, with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start.
The tournament format is a four-person scramble and the cost is $60, which includes greens fees, food and prizes. There is a $100 hole sponsor cost, and $350 corporate sponsor fee (hole sign, four golfers, food and eight mulligans). There also will be raffle prizes, longest drive contests and closest-to-the-pin contests.
For more information, contact Lisa Davis at 863-453-5210.
LAKE PLACID The third annual Greater Lake Placid Chamber of Commerce 5K run/walk will be held on Feb. 6, 2010. Entry forms can be obtained on the Chamber Web site at www.visitlakeplacidflorida.com or by calling the Lake Placid Chamber of Commerce at 863-465-4331.
SEBRING The Highlands County YMCA offers four certified personal trainers specializing in many areas to meet your fitness needs. Personal trainers are available for members and non-members with no additional fee required. Trainer Mike Ritacco focuses on pre-teen to teenage sport specific and a variety of heath fitness training; Heidi Crutchfield specializes in multi-sport and triathlon training; Sandy Hollinger concentrates on active older adults and weight loss; and Stephen baily works with power strength training and weight loss.
AVON PARK The Avon Park Youth Baseball Clinic will be held on Saturday, Jan. 30 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Durrah Martin Complex. The cost is $15 per child, which includes a hot dog, drink and chips. Players must be at least 4 years of age, and athletes will placed by ability. The coaching staff will cover the fundamentals of throwing, fielding, hitting, base running, speed and agility work and game situations.
Sign-up is available during any spring season registration dates (Jan. 9, 16, 23 and 30), and also at the Top Shop in Avon Park.
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