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.

The Fayette

County Summer All-Star Basketball Camp, for boys and girls who have completed

grades 2-8, will be held at the Fayette County High School gym. Session

I is June 16-20 and Session II is July 14-18. Cost is $140 per session.

Camp hours are Mon. - Thurs. 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. and Fri. 8:30 a.m.-noon.

The camp is directed by coaches Andre Flynn and Brent Jackson. For more

information or to register call 770-716-7844. Registration by mail or

on the first day of camp at 8:30 a.m.

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 Soccer

Centre in Fayetteville will host 2 separate weeks of Summer Youth Soccer

Camps this year ­ June 9-13 and June 16-30. The camps will be for

boys and girls from Muppets (4-6) through 14 years old. There will be

Muppet Camps from 9 a.m. to noon and also both full and half day camps

for the older players.

The camps will

be run by Charlie Morgan, Director of The Soccer Centre. Charlie holds

both a USSF "A" license and a National Youth License. The emphasis

will be on learning proper technique within the framework of fun activities

and small-sided games.

For more information,

call The Centre at 770-460-8785 or visit www.soccercentre.info.

International

Soccer Camps U.S.A. will host a week-long camp July 7-11 at the Glenloch

soccer fields in Peachtree City. Morning sessions (9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.)

are available for ages 5-7 and full-day sessions (9 a.m.-4 p.m.) for ages

8-15. Cost is $95 for morning sessions and $145 for full-day sessions.

For more information or to receive a brochure, call Ian at 678-290-1385.

The Tyrone

Recreation Department is offering soccer camps, full-day and half-day,

for various age groups June 16-20 at Handley Park.

The half-day

camps are 9 a.m.-noon (ages 5-8) and 5:30-8:30 p.m. (ages 5-8 and 9-12).

Fee is $108. The full-day camp, for more advanced and more serious players,

is 9 a.m.-4 p.m. (lunch from noon-1 p.m.) and costs $165. Each player

receives a free ball and T-shirt

Call 770-487-4694

for more information.

The Tyrone

Recreation Department is offering Pee-Wee Tennis classes at Shamrock Park

each Monday in July. Sessions are from 9-10 a.m. beginning July 7 and

running through July 28. Cost is $25. Call 770-487-4694 for more information.

An hour of

yoga will be offered each week from July 9-Aug. 27 by the Tyrone Recreation

Department. Classes are from 7-8 p.m. in the basement of the Tyrone Police

Department. Cost is $80. To register, call 770-487-4694.

The Peachtree

City Recreation Department will be offering a Judo/All Sports Camp at

the Kedron Fieldhouse and Aquatic Center the week of June 16-20. This

camp is designed to enhance those skills already learned for existing

students and to provide two months worth of instruction in one jam-packed

week of martial arts for beginners. In addition to learning Jujitsu and

Judo, campers will have optional swim time, gym time, games and friendly

competitions for all age groups. This camp is for all skill levels, even

those who have never done martial arts before. The fee is $150 and David

Wojcik, a black belt in Jujitsu, will be giving the instruction.

The Peachtree

City Recreation Department will be offering a Volleyball Camp at the Kedron

Fieldhouse and Aquatic Center the week of July 7-11 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

This camp is for girls in grades 6-9 who are interested in learning the

game of volleyball. This camp will provide instruction in the fundamentals

of passing, setting, spiking, serving and blocking. Individual skills

will be stressed and the importance of teamwork will be taught. There

will be an optional swim time each day of camp and the fees include a

new volleyball for each participant. The fee is $125 per person. Coach

Erik Peterson will be coaching this camp.

The Lightning

soccer club in Fayetteville is hosting two weeks of instructional camps

for players 5-18 years of age. Run by Lightning's staff of professional

coaches, the camps will instruct players in the basic skills needed to

succeed in soccer. The first week, June 23-27, is for players ages 5-16

and will focus on skill development. The second week, July 7-11, will

be a striker/goalkeeper camp open to ages 9-18, with players being taught

specialized skills for their positions. For more information, contact

Steve Hutton at 770-460-8070.

Summer baseball

clinics are being conducted throughout the summer, sponsored by Hit &

Run Batting Cages in Fayetteville. Sessions are 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday through

Thursday and cover hitting, pitching and catching. Cost is $89, with a

$25 deposit due at signpu. Space is limited to 20 kids per week. For more

information, call 770-716-0554.

The Southeastern

Baseball Camp will take place in July at Southern Union Community College

in Wadley, Ala. There will be three sessions: July 6-9 for ages 10 and

under; July 13-16 for ages 13 and up; and July 20-23 for ages 11-12. For

more information, visit www.sebaseballcamp.com.

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