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.

Held in conjunction

with the 31st Annual Old Courthouse Art Show, the Old Courthouse 5K Roadrace

will be run Saturday, May 17, sponsored by the Fayette County Civitan

Club. The net proceeds will go to the Joseph Sams School, the High Hope

Group Home, and the Fayette County Special Olympics.

Race day registration

begins at 7 a.m., with race start at 8 a.m. Race day registration cost

is $20.

The starting

line is behind the old Fayette County Courthouse in the parking lot of

the Fayetteville First Baptist Church.

Souvenirs/prizes

include: Original artwork, 100 percent heavy cotton T-shirt (one per runner);

door prizes randomly given at the conclusion of the race; etched glass

Old Courthouse medallions for the first- and second-place male and female

runners in each age group; and large, etched glass Old Courthouse figurine

to the overall first-place male and female runners.

For more information

about the race or about the Fayette County Civitan Club, contact Darryl

Douglass at 770-863-1794 (work) or 770-473-7107 (home).

Ben Thacker,

head boys soccer coach at Fayette County High School will conduct the

Tigers Soccer Camp June 2-5 on the upper field of Tiger Stadium at Fayette

County High School. Boys and girls from grades 1-8 grades are welcome

to attend.

Camp for grades

1-5 will be held from 9 a.m.-noon. Grades 6-8 will meet from 1-4 p.m.

Campers will

receive instruction in the fundamentals of the game of soccer leading

up to small sided games. Each player will receive encouragement and have

fun regardless of their skill level.

Cost is $60

if registered on or by May 19 and $75 if registered after May 19. For

more information, contact Thacker at 770-460-3540 (ext. 513), 678-817-7739

or [email protected] to obtain a registration form via e-mail.

The 12th Annual

Peachtree City Youth Triathlon, a swim/bike/run race for children ages

7-15, Saturday, May 31, beginning at 7:30 a.m. at the Glenloch Recreation

Area. Participants ages 7-10 wil swim 50 yards, bike 3 miles, and run

1/2 mile. Participants ages 11-15 will swim 100 yards, bike 6 miles, and

run 1 mile. Cost is $20, which includes a T-shirt, water bottle, finisher's

medal and goody bag. Application Deadline is Saturday, May 24. For more

information, phone 770-785-2595, visit www.ptcrc.com or send an e-mail

to [email protected].

The Fayette

County Summer All Star Basketball Camp, led by coaches Andre Flynn and

Brent Jackson, is open to boys and girls who have completed grades 2-8.

First session is June 16-20, second session is July 14-18, at the Fayette

Co. High Gym. Hours are 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8:30

a.m.-noon Friday. Cost is $140 per session. Campers must provide own lunch

and concessions are available. To register or for more information, call

770-716-7844.

The Peachtree

Pacers Summer swim team is conducting registration Saturday, May 17, from

10 a.m.-1 p.m. and Thursday, May 29, from 4-7 p.m. at the Kedron Aquatic

Center. The season starts June 2. The teams emphasizes lots of swimming

fun, is technique-oriented and has adult coaches for all ages and abilities.

For more information, go to www.scatswimming.org.

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 Optimist

Club of Peachtree City will host a junior golf qualifying tournament Wednesday,

May 28, at Flat Creek Golf Club in Peachtree City. Tee times begin at

8:25 a.m. Male and female golfers in 10-11, 12-13, 14-15 and 16-18 age

groups, and the top male and female finishers in each group will advance

to the district championship June 9 in Augusta. Entry forms are available

at all Peachtree City golf clubs, or call Terry at 770-631-3789. Entry

forms must be submitted to the Optimist Club, P.O. Box 2063, Peachtree

City, GA 30269 prior to May 22.

The Robi Martin

Foundation of G.R.A.C.E., a brain tumor research fund, is hosting a 5K

run/walk, a 1-mile fun run and a 50-yard Tot Trot Saturday, May 31, in

Newnan. For more information, contact Stephanie Martin at 678-725-3634.

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