Sports Calendar
Soccer tryouts
The Columbia County Patriots Select Soccer tryouts for the 2006-07 season for boys and girls from 12-18 will be held Monday through June 19. Tryouts are at Patriots Park beginning at 6:30 p.m. on weekdays and 10 a.m. on Saturdays. For information call Phil Sines at (706) 860-1148 or Andrew Hammer at (706) 399-0480 or visit www.patriotssoccer.org.
Golf camp
YMCA summer golf camps will run through June and July for boys and girls ages 6-17. Each four-day camp will take place Mondays through Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Bartram Trail Golf Course. Camps for ages 14-17 will be July 10-13. Camps for ages 10-13 will be Monday through June 5 and July 17-20, and camps for ages 6-9 will be June 19-22 and June 24-27. A limited supply of equipment will be available, but campers are encouraged to bring their own clubs. For information, call Jay Brooks at (706) 830-2752 or visit www.thefamilyy.org.
Summer sports camps
Aquinas High School is offering summer sports camps for students entering grades 5-8. The school will offer Baseball Camp (June 12-15), Cheerleading Camp (June 19-22), Volleyball Camp (June 26-30) and Soccer Camp (July 10-14). Limited space is available and cost of each camp is $100. Soccer camp cost is $115. For information call coach Jim Connor at (706) 736-5516, or e-mail jconnor@aquinashigh.org.
Volleyball clinics
The CSRA Heat Volleyball Club will hold Sunday Summer Clinics through July 30 at Augusta Prep from 2-4 p.m. The clinics are open to middle school and high school girls from beginners to advanced players. The cost is $65 for all nine sessions and $60 if paid before May 26. For information or registration forms go to www.eteamz.active.com/augustajuniors.
Volleyball camp
Augusta Prep's Fourth Annual Summer Volleyball Camp will be Monday through June 16. There will be two sessions: middle school (grades 5-8) from 9 a.m.-noon, and high school (grades 9-12) from 1-4 p.m. The cost is $100 and includes a camp T-shirt. For information go to www.augustaprep.org or call coach Rich Bland at (706) 863-1906 ext. 361 or e-mail richb@augustaprep.org.
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 noon. Cost of the camp is $85 which includes a T-shirt and $50 reduction in fall season dues. For information, go to augustarowingclub.org or call (706) 432-0022.
Basketball camp
The Dip Metress Basketball Academy will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 19-23 at Augusta State University. ASU men's basketball coach Dip Metress will direct the camp open to all boys and girls from grades 1-7. Cost of the camp is $150, which includes a daily lunch and camp T-shirt. For information call Metress at (706) 667-4765 or e-mail dmetress@aug.edu.
Golf tournament
The 41st annual North Augusta Country Club/Sertoma Junior Invitational Golf Tournament will be held June 20-22 at North Augusta Country Club. The 54-hole medal play tournament is limited to the first 100 entries ages 11-18 who qualify. The entry fee is $40 and includes practice round and annual banquet. For registration and information call (803) 279-0704.
Travel baseball
The Augusta Heat, a premier U-12 traveling baseball team, is in need of players. The team is committed to travel baseball and is looking to add players, preferably pitchers. The players must turn 13 after May 1. Call coach Mike Taylor at (706) 210-5534 to set up tryouts.