Free tennis lessons
The CSRA Tennis Association is offering free tennis lessons this month. These lessons are for beginning players or for those who have not played in a long time. Separate adult and junior lessons are available. After the lessons, the facilities will offer a low-cost follow-up program. Participating facilities include: Fleming Tennis Center (706) 796-5046, Newman Tennis Center (706) 821-1600, Petersburg Racquet Club (706) 860-9288, The Club at Rae's Creek (706) 738-4122 and Warren Road Community Center (706) 833-9621. For information, call the facilities or visit www.playtennis augusta.com.
Soccer tryouts
The Augusta Fireball Super Y Youth Soccer League will hold tryouts at 4 p.m. today and at 7 p.m. and Wednesday at Patriots Park. Tryouts also will be held at 7 p.m. Monday and Thursday at the Augusta Soccer Park. For more information, call (706) 312-7488.
Golf tournament
Kids Restart Inc. is having its second annual Charity Golf Tournament Drive for Kids on April 28 at Gordon Lakeside Golf Course. Proceeds from the event will support the Kids Restart Inc. Visitation Program. Cost for the scramble format golf tournament is $40 per person, which includes 18 holes of golf, a cart and food. Hole sponsorships are available. Registration starts at 11:30 a.m., and the shotgun start at 12:30 p.m. For information, go to www.kidsrestart.org or call (706) 828-0180, ext. 202.
Learn to ice skate
Augusta Ice Sports Center will be holding a free Learn to Skate and Play Hockey Clinic today. For information, call the center at (706) 863-0061.
Golf tournament
Harlem's third annual Relay for Life Golf Tournament will be held at Three Oaks Golf Course at 8:30 a.m. Saturday. The cost will be $40 per person or $160 per team. Proceeds will benefit the American Cancer Society. For information, call Jerry Baldwin at (706) 556-6262.
Special-needs T-ball
T-ball for kids ages 4-18 with special needs will meet in Martinez starting in late April. Friends and siblings are welcome to join. This volunteer-based program also is in need of dedicated coaching volunteers and assistants. E-mail Michelle Schulte at izziart@yahoo.com to enroll.
Wrestling clinic
The first Lakeside High Wrestling Clinic will take place May 29-31 and feature Olympic medalist Nate Carr Sr. The clinic is limited to the first 50 paid wrestlers and includes lunch. Cost of the clinic is $150, with a $50 nonrefundable deposit due by April 30. For more information, contact Drew or Jean Brejda at (706) 855-5576.
Football camp
The Augusta Christian Schools football program will hold the fifth annual Lions Football Camp on June 5-8 for children in grades 1-4, and June 12-15 for children in grades 5-8. Cost per camper is $85, which includes daily snacks and Gatorade along with a camp football and water bottle. For information or to register, call coach Bruce Lane at (706) 863-2905, ext. 142.
Rowing camp
The Augusta Rowing Club Junior Program is holding a Learn to Row camp at the boathouse in Augusta on June 19-23 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Cost of the camp is $85, which includes a T-shirt and $50 reduction in fall season dues. For more information, visit augustarowingclub.org or call (706) 432-0022.
Players needed
A newly formed 13-U USSSA tournament baseball team is looking for players. For information, call Robert at (706) 791-0478, (706) 840-1066 or (706) 541-0346.
Basketball camp
Final applications are being evaluated for the Ten Star All-Star Summer Basketball Camp. The camp, which is held at 18 locations around the nation, including Gainesville, Ga., is by invitation only and includes boys and girls ages 10-19. For a free brochure, call (704) 373-0873.
Golf tournament
The Fatz Cafe third annual Spring Golf Classic, a fundraiser for the Jenny Clark Memorial Scholarship Fund, will begin with a shotgun start with unlimited range balls and lunch from 10 a.m. to noon May 10 at the Bartram Trail Golf Club. Cost is $400 per team, or $100 per player, with sponsorships available. For information, call Tom Clark at (706) 650-2421, or go to www.jennyclarkfund.com.
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