The Peachtree

City Hockey Association announces open stick times and tryout dates for

all players interested in the select, middle school and high school teams.

For 10-under Select, open stick time is Thursday, Oct. 2, 5-6:30 p.m.

and tryouts are Thursday, Oct. 9, at the same time. For middle school,

open stick time is Thursday, Sept. 18, 5:30-7:30 p.m. and tryouts are

Thursday, Sept. 25, at that same time. High school open stick and tryouts

are Sept. 18 and 25 from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Any players who are not current

members of the PHA for the fall 2003 season must have a parent present,

fill out a weekend warrior registration form and pay the USA Hockey fee

of $10 at both open stick time and tryout, or they have the option of

paying the USA Hockey yearly membership fee of $25. For more information,

contact Sharon Eckhardt at 770-487-7935.

First Baptist

Church of Jonesboro's youth basketball league is open to players ages

3-17 with registration weekdays 9 a.m-4 p.m. from Oct. 1-Nov. 15. Cost

is $10 for three- and four-year-olds and $45 for all others. Any child

5-17 years of age who did not participate in the league last year must

sign up either Oct. 25 or Nov. 1 from 9 a.m.-noon so that he or she can

be evaluated. For more information, call 770-471-1957.

Knights of

Columbus Council 8081 in Peachtree City will host its second annual golf

tournament Saturday, Oct. 11, at the Orchard Hills Golf Club in Newnan.

Proceeds from the tournament will benefit the Field of Hope for handicapped

children in Fayette County. Cost is $65 per player, plus mulligans and

raffle tickets for door prizes. The tournament is a scramble format in

two age divisions, under 50 and over 50. Contact Rich Caulfield at 770-969-7989

for more information or to sponsor a hole.

The Fayette

County Parks and Recreation Department is offering pickup basketball games

and open gym time each Wednesday in October from 7-9 p.m. at the East

Fayette gym. Men and women above the age of 16 can participate. Those

who arrive will be responsible for choosing their teams and playing ball.

Fee is $10. For more information, call 770-461-9714.

The Soccer

Centre in Fayetteville announces registration for Winter Indoor Youth

Soccer. There will be leagues for boys and girls from Under 6 (muppets)

through Under 19 boys and High School Girls. Teams will be placed in divisions

for recreation or competitive (Classic, Athena, and Challenge) teams.

Individual registrations will be accepted for Under 6 through Under 14

players. Information for all age groups and divisions may be found at

www.soccercentre.info or by calling The Soccer Centre at (770) 460-8785.

Registrations may be mailed or brought to The Centre on registration days:

Oct. 4, 11, and 18.

Pee Wee Tennis,

sponsored by the Fayette County Parks and Recreation Department, is designed

to introduce children to the game of tennis in a fun and rewarding way

needs and athletic ability of young children. This program will allow

them to learn tennis quickly and have fun doing it. Session II is each

Tuesday in October, and Session III is each Tuesday in November, from

6-6:45 p.m. at the Kiwanis Center. Open to ages 4-7. Cost is $25 per session.

The Soccer

Centre in Fayetteville will host a soccer camp Friday, Oct. 17, from 9

a.m.-4 p.m. for full-day campers from ages 7 through 14. Campers as well

as Muppets (ages 4-6) can also select the half-day camp from 9 a.m. until

noon. Oct. 17 is a Fayette County Schools staff development day. The camp

will be run by AFC Lightning coaches, all of whom have National USSF licenses

and have played college and/or professional soccer. The emphasis is on

learning proper technique within the framework of fun activities and small-sided

games. For more, visit www.soccercentre.info or call 770-460-8785.

The Peachtree

City Running Club is accepting applications for the 22nd running of the

Peachtree City Classic road race, scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 18. The

event consists of three separate races run on three separate courses that

morning. The 15K open race (9.3 miles) starts at 9:10 a.m. and is limited

to the first 1,500 applicants. This course was voted best 15K course in

Georgia by Georgia Athlete magazine, and the Road Runners Club of America

has designated this race as its 15K national championship. The men's 5K

(3.1 miles) starts are 8:50 a.m. and the women's 5K begins at 9 a.m. These

races are limited to 800 applicants apiece. Fitness walkers are welcome

in these 5K events. All three courses start and finish at the Frederick

Brown Jr. Amphitheater on McIntosh Trail in Peachtree City and are being

electronically timed using ChampionChip chips. The races are run mostly

on paved golf cart paths that take the runners through the wooded greenbelt

areas of Peachtree City, past lakes and ponds, across bridges, and through

short tunnels. All finishers receive the traditional Classic sweatshirt.

Awards will be presented to the top three male and female finishers, overall

and in the masters division. In addition, age group awards will be presented

to the top three finishers, male and female, in each of 14 age group categories.

The race weekend starts with a running and fitness expo Friday, Oct. 17,

from 5-9 p.m. at the Wyndham Peachtree Conference Center. The expo is

free and open to the public.

In All-Star

Karate, sponsored by the Fayette County Parks and Recreation Department,

world champion Tony Young offers an exciting way to learn the ancient

art of karate, which focuses on basic and easy techniques for self-defense,

confidence, discipline and physical fitness. The next sesssion begins

Oct. 29 and is each Wednesday until Dec. 3 from 5:45-6:30 p.m. at the

Kiwanis Center. Open to ages 5 and up. Cost is $110 per session.

SouthSide

Pioneers Track & Field Club is looking for any eligible athletes (ages

7 and up, including Masters athletes) interested in becoming part of a

new local cross-country program in the Fayetteville area. Youth athletes

(ages 7-18) will compete locally in a quest to qualify for the 2003 National

Cross-Country Junior Olympics Dec. 14 in Albuquerque, N.M., while all

other athletes will compete at the National Club Cross-Country Championships

in Dec. 7 in North Carolina. E-mail your name, address, phone, and date

of birth to [email protected] or fax the same to 770-716-2100.

Open tryouts

and registration for the Team USA Junior Olympic 14-under fastpitch squad

is underway. All team members are required to obtain weekly private instruction,

maintain an independent weekly workout schedule and attend team practices/tournaments

3 weekends per month. Tryouts will be held in the Atlanta area in October.

To register, send an e-mail with your name, birth date, position and playing

history to [email protected].

Lightning

Soccer Club is still accepting registrations for its Academy Program's

fall season. The program, for ages 8-11, is geared toward developing basic

skills and a love for soccer. Professional coaches give the players quality

instruction during the two practices per week and at the games each Saturday.

Practices are organized and intensive skill development is mixed with

fun games. Travel and expense are kept to a minimum with all games in

the Atlanta area. The Lightning Academy program, in its fourth year, was

used as the model for the Georgia Youth Soccer Association three years

ago. Lightning Soccer Club has produced many college, professional, and

national team players. For more information, call the Lightning office

at 770-460-8070 or visit www.afclightning.org.

The Fayette

County Parks and Recreation Department will be offering a variety of athletic

programs for the fall months of 2003, including speed training, karate,

weightlifting, aerobics, water aerobics, shotgunning, cheerleading, tennis,

golf lessons, baton, boxing, and kickboxing. In addition to these athletic

programs, which cater to all different ages, there will also be an Open

Gym for interested participants. For any information concerning these

programs, please call Kevin Wingo at 770-461-9714. Registration for these

athletic programs has already begun, so it is important to visit the Recreation

Department to register for the program(s) of your choice. Sept. 1 is the

first day for several of the programs, so be sure not to miss out.

Iron-Man Soccer

will hold a tournament at The Soccer Centre in Fayetteville Jan. 2-4.

The tournament will be open to under-11 through under-18 boys in all competitive

divisions. For more information visit www.soccercentre.info or call 770-460-8785.

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