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Infineon hosting NHRA, pro-level hoops fundraiser, summer grid camp

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INFINEON RACEWAY’S 2011 Big O Tires major events season continues with the NHRA Division 7 Drag Racing weekend of July 22 to 24; the popular, high-powered FRAM Autolite NHRA Nationals from Friday, July 29, through Saturday and Sunday, July 30 and 31; the Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma the weekend of Aug. 26 to 28; and the Classic Sports Racing Group Charity Challenge on Oct. 1 and 2. To purchase tickets and ticket packages, or for more details on Wednesday Night Drags, Top the Cops, Drifting, or for general information, visit www.infineonraceway.com, www.ticketmaster.com, or call 800-870-RACE (7223).

 

A PRO-LEVEL BASKETBALL fundraising game benefitting the Sonoma Valley High School boys’ basketball program, which was organized by Sal Chavez – a 2004 SVHS graduate and former Dragon all-league standout – will take place at 7 p.m. Saturday night, July 30, in SVHS’s Pfeiffer Gym and feature Chavez’s Pro-Am NorCal squad playing the Bay Area Matrix, a professional team and defending champion of the American Basketball Association’s California Division. The evening will also include a dunk contest, a three-point shooting competition, and an autograph and photo session. Tickets are $10 pre-sale, $15 at the door, and can be purchased at two Valley restaurants – the Shiso Sushi & Grill, 19161 Sonoma Highway, and Picazo Café & Deli, 19100 Arnold Drive.

 

THE SECOND ANNUAL Sonoma Valley Youth Summer Football Camp for ages 10-to-14-years-old – under the instruction of Sonoma Valley High School’s and the Sonoma Junior Dragons’ football staffs – will take place at the SVHS practice field from 5 to 7 p.m. this Tuesday, July 12, through Friday, July 15. For costs, to sign up or for more details, contact Bob Midgley at 935-6865, or email coachmidge@comcast.net; or Jerry Mackling at 495-0168, or email jrdragonsjerry@comcast.net.

 

BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS of Sonoma Valley will hold its inaugural Corporate Kickball Tournament to raise money for after school enrichment and educational programs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, July 16, at Sonoma Valley Little League’s Hughes and Teeter fields. For more details, contact Katie Holden at kholden@bgcsonoma.org or call 938-8544, ext. 106.

 

SONOMA VALLEY TENNIS Association, the Kiwanis Club of Sonoma and Rotary Club of Sonoma are currently sponsoring the 12th annual Junior Tennis Free Summer Program for Valley youths ages 6-to-15-years-old at the Maxwell Park courts from 5 to 6:30 p.m. every Tuesday through July 26. To register, for applications or more details, visit sonomavalleytennis.org, or call 935-6833. Also, the Friday Night Round Robin events start on July 15 at the Maxwell Farms Regional Park courts. For times, costs, to pre-register or for more details, e-mail Corky Rosengren at crosedan1032@aol.com.

 

SONOMA TAEKWONDO, UNDER the direction of founder and owner Patrick Hoffman, will hold its annual Kick-A-Thon fundraiser for “The Anova Center for Education” – a nonprofit organization providing services for children and families with autism, with a school located in Santa Rosa – from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 16. The benefit event is free. For more details, call Hoffman at 935-7118.

 

VALLEY OF THE Moon Pétanque Club will hold its longest-running event, the annual Bastille Day Grand Concours de Pétanque Tournament and gourmet lunch – sponsored by Ravenswood Wine for 25 years – on Sunday, July 17, at the Henri Maysonnave Memorial Courts in Sonoma’s Depot Park, and everyone is invited to attend. The Grand Concours random mixed triples tourney costs $5 a player, with registration eding at 10 a.m. At 1:30 p.m. is the lunch, which costs $15 a person and reservations are required. To register for the event, join the VOMPC or for more details, call 343-9465 or visit www.vompc.org.enefit event is free. For more details, call Hoffman at 935-7118.

 

THE ANNUAL LADY Dragons Summer Volleyball Camps for girls in fifth-through-ninth grades will take place Monday through Wednesday, July 25 to 27, at Sonoma Valley High School’s Pfeiffer Gym. For incoming girls’ fifth-, sixth- and seventh-grades, the three-day Dragonette fundamentals camp will run from 9 a.m. to noon, with the Dragon intermediate skills rookies camp for eighth- and ninth-graders running from 2 to 5 p.m. Both camps cost $80 a girl and includes a camp T-shirt. Recommended early registration by July 11, will be discounted $10 discounts. To register for the camps, or for more details, contact Sonoma head varsity coach Mindy Neves at sonomavalleyball@gmail.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.

 

NAPA-TO-SONOMA Wine Country Half Marathon will be held on Sunday, July 17, and though it has been sold out for months Destination Races has added a “GunBunFunRun” 5K race, which starts at 8:15 a.m. at Gundlach Bundschu Winery and finishes in the Plaza to coincide with the half-marathon finish. Registration is limited to 300 participants. For more information on the Napa-to-Sonoma Wine Country Half Marathon and registration for the GunBunFunRun visit www.napa2sonoma.com.

 

NORTH BAY SOCCER Camps will hold two one-week sessions of youth camps for boys and girls ages 4 to 13, at Maxwell Farms Regional Park’s lower fields on Mondays through Fridays, July 25 to 29, and Aug. 1 to 5. Cost is $65 for 4-to-7-year-olds and $80 for ages 9-to-12, with discounts for multiple children. For times, to register or for more details, call 481-6017 or e-mail cbutcher@santarosa.edu.

 

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 morning 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.

 

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.