Sports Calendar

Rec registration

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The Columbia County Recreation Department will hold registration through July 30 for baseball, soccer, football and cheerleading. The season will start in September and end in November. For information, call (706) 863-7523.

Players sought

The Columbia County MudCats are looking to organize an 11-under team for the upcoming season. Players can't turn 12 before May 1, 2011. The season runs from August until July 2011. For more information, contact Brian Murphy at (706) 860-4321, (706) 564-4980 or bmurphy@trane.com.

Golf tournaments

Augusta Junior Golf Magazine Tour tournament dates include Monday at Belle Meade Country Club and Aug. 2 at Jones Creek Golf Club. Registration and tournament rules are at www.augustajunior golf.com. For information, call (706) 231-9594 or e-mail carla.ramsey@augustajunior golf.com.

Applewood Golf Course will hold a golf outing Saturday as a fundraiser for Mike Gallagher, one of the course's original members who is undergoing treatment for cancer. The tournament will be a four-man Lauderdale format, with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. The entry fee of $75 per person or $300 for a team covers golf, a cart, lunch and prizes. There will be putting and hole-in-one contests, raffles, mulligans and auctions. Hole sponsorships are available for $100, and donations of money or goods and services will be accepted for door prizes and auction items. Sign-up deadline is Wednesday at 5 p.m. For more information, contact the course at (706) 554-0028.

The Columbia County Junior Golf Championships will be held July 21-22 at Bartram Trail Golf Club. The annual two-day event is free for all children in Columbia County. Boys and girls ages 6-18 from beginner to varsity high school players are encouraged to participate. Sponsorships are available. To sign up or to get sponsorship information, contact Bartram Trail Golf Club at (706) 210-4681.

Bartram Trail Golf Club will be providing an instructional golf clinic for children ages 6-14. The clinic will run from 8-10 a.m. daily and will be held July 26-29. The instructor is Lee Henry. Cost is $90 for each instructional clinic. Space is limited. For information or to register, call (706) 210-4681.

Boat safety checks

The Savannah River Sail and Power Squadron is conducting free vessel safety checks. These verify that boats have the required safety equipment and documentation. Boats that successfully complete the check are awarded a completion decal. E-mail your request to pharris@aug.edu (Georgia) or butch.lynne. rachal@gmail.com (South Carolina). An examiner will come to you.