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Baseball equipment drive for BGCSV, Rotary, Hanna golf tourneys

Sports briefs

 

FIRST ANNUAL BASEBALL Equipment Drive – with the donated equipment being distributed to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley – will take place from 10 a.m. to noon this Saturday, Aug. 13, and Sunday, Aug. 14, at Hughes Field next to Depot Park. Anyone interested in donating can drop off bats, baseballs, gloves, cleats, bat-bags or catchers gear in front of the Hughes Field snack bar each weekend morning. For more details call Zach Parr at 938-7332.

 

SONOMA VALLEY ROTARY Club’s 20th annual Louis Minelli Memorial Golf Tournament will take place on Friday, Aug. 26, at the Eagle Vines Golf Club in Napa, with this year’s event being held in memory of longtime member Bob Bohna. The tourney opens with a noon-shotgun start, and the cost is $175 a golfer, which includes green fees and cart, a box lunch, on-course beverages, long-drive hole and closest-to-the-pin contests, tee-prizes and the chance to win a new Chevy Camero. In addition, Festa Sonoma will take place afterward at the Sonoma Valley Veterans Memorial Building and features a six-course Tuscan-inspired dinner including wine, beer and dancing to the sound of BackTrax. Entry to Festa Sonoma is included in the golf entry, and the cost to attend the dinner only is $55 in advance or $65 at the door. For more information visit www.sonomavalleyrotary.org, www.festasonoma.com or call 996-9694.

 

HANNA BOYS CENTER will hold its 19th annual Golf and Tennis Classic on Friday, Sept. 19, at the Sonoma Golf Club. Check-in starts at 9:30 a.m. and includes a brunch at the Hanna campus, with a shuttle provided to and from the golf course, and the tourney gets underway with an 11:30 a.m. shotgun start. The festivities afterward begin with a hosted cocktail hour at 5 p.m. The entry fee of $275 includes green fees, cart, privileges on the driving range, refreshments on the golf course, tee-prizes and the awards ceremony. Anyone interested can sign-up or get more information at the Hanna Boys Center site at hannacenter.org or by contacting Tamara Stanley at 933-2504.

 

SONOMA VALLEY HIGH School’s boys soccer program’s annual fundraising soccer camp for boys in ninth-through-12th grades, takes place from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at the SVHS field tomorrow, Wednesday, Aug. 10, and Thursday, Aug. 11. The camp fee is on a donation basis, and boys must bring running and soccer shoes, and plenty of water. For more details, contact SVHS boys’ assistant varsity soccer coach Mike Linder at 938-1179.

 

SONOMA VALLEY TENNIS Association will hold its next Friday Night Round Robin event this Friday evening, Aug. 12, at the Maxwell Farms Regional Park courts, with a 20 SVTA-member/player limit. For times, costs, to pre-register or for more details, e-mail Corky Rosengren at crosedan1032@aol.com.

 

SONOMA AQUATIC CLUB (formerly Agua Caliente Aquatic Center) is holding registration for its summer swim programs for ages 3-months-old to adults at the SAC site, 17350 Vailetti Drive. The programs include swim lessons (ages 3-and-older); stroke school (ages 5-and-older, deep-water safe); Sea Dragon swim team (novice/competitive – ages 5-and-older); junior lifeguard camps (ages 7-to-14); water polo clinics (ages 7-to-14); parent and tot water classes (ages 3-to-36 months); and adults and masters swim programs. For program descriptions, dates, times, costs, to register or for more details, visit the SAC website at www.sonomaaquaticclub.com or call 939-8833.

 

SONOMA BOCCE BALL Association has started summer league play at the bocce courts south of the gazebo in Depot Park, with the nine-week league sessions ending on Wednesday, Nov. 2. New members are welcome and there are currently openings in the Saturday 9 a.m. league. Anyone interested in joining the bocce club or for more details, call (John) 938-2101, (Ken) 938-2626 or (Ginette) 935-3337.

 

VALLEY OF THE Moon Pétanque Club continues its monthly tournament and picnic events, and is currently offering free lessons in the sport at the Henri Maysonnave Memorial Courts in Sonoma’s Depot Park on Wednesday at 10 a.m. Anyone interested in joining the VOMPC, or for more details, can call 343-9465 or visit www.vompc.org.

 

FLOWERS GOLF RANGE of Sonoma continues three-day sessions of junior golf summer clinics and lessons for boys and girls ages 6-to-14-years-old, conducted by resident golf-pro John D. Moore, on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at the range, 18709 Arnold Drive. For costs, times, to register, or for more details, contact Moore at 217-4194 or email PetPGA@aol.com.