Frank Durante Memorial Golf Tournament

The first annual Frank Durante Memorial Golf Tournament, sponsored by the Newtown High School football team, will be held Tuesday, August 14, at Oxford Greens in Oxford. Tee-off will be at 7:30 am. The $150 fee includes breakfast, golf with car, and dinner. Visit www.nighthawkfootball.com for sponsorship and entry forms.

Brian Tvardzik Memorial Golf Tournament

The first annual Brian Tvardzik Memorial Scholarship Golf Tournament will be held Monday, July 30, at Tashua Knolls Golf Course in Trumbull. Fee is $150 and includes a round of golf, cart, prizes/awards and dinner. Tee-off will be at 11 am, with registration opening at 10 am. The tournament is sponsored by the friends of Brian Tvardzik, who lost his lift on January 2, 2005, at the age of 18. A scholarship in his name will be awarded to a Trumbull High School student, in the 2007-08 school year, who will be pursuing an education degree. Contact Gregory Raucci at 203-673-7357 or Michael Kubelle at 203-414-5907 for further information and registration. Also, email btmemorialscholarshipfund@yahoo.com for reservations, tao make a donation, or to sponsor a hole.

Eagle Volleyball Camp

The first annual Trumbull Eagle Volleyball Camp will be held at Trumbull High School from July 30 through August 3. The camp will be directed by coach Nelson Kwok, head coach of both the Trumbull High School girls volleyball program and the Greenwich High School boys volleyball program. The early morning session (8:30 to 10:30 am) is open to boys and girls entering grades 6 through 8. The morning session (10:30 to 12:30 pm) will be for boys and girls entering grades 9 and 10. The afternoon session (1 to 4 pm) is a High Performance camp intended for high school varsity team members (boys and girls) entering grades 11 and 12. All entrants will be grouped by age and ability. For more information, call the Trumbull Continuing Education Office at 452-4554. For more info, visit www.members.aol.com/trumbullhs/summercamp/eaglevb.pdf

 

Run For A Cure

The seventh annual Run For A Cure 3-miler will be held on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 22, ay 9:30 am. The racewill be held to raise money for the New Milford New York-Presbyterian Hospital Cancer Center and the Relay For Life of the American Cancer Society. There will be a $10 entry fee that can be paid that day between 7:30 and 9:15 am at the Roxbury Congregational Church on Route 317. The top overall male and female finisher will each receive a prize. There also will be a shorter children’s race that day at 9 am, which will have no entry fee. The races are sponsored by the Roxbury Recreation Commission, the Roxbury Road Race Series and the church. Walkers are encouraged and they will head out at 9:15 am, 15 minutes before the main races starts. The course will start just south of the church on Route 317 and finish at the church. Refreshments will be provided. For information, contact Scott Benjamin at BenjaminS@wcsu.edu or by calling (office) 860-210-2146, ext. 129, or 860-354-3521 or Bob Lewis at (office) 860-355-0695.

 

Building With Books Golf Outing

The 15th Annual Building with Books Golf Outings will take place on Thursday, July 26, at Sterling Farms Golf Course in Stamford. The outing will have tee times at 7:45 am and 1:45 pm and will feature a variety of specialty hole contests, prizes, and lunch/dinner. Building with Books (BwB) engages primarily urban youth in the US through after-school programs and in-classroom presentations. It now has 90 high schools involved with the program nationwide. Students in BwB programs have contributed more than 30,000 hours of local community service, and, over the last five years, 97% of BwB students have gone on to college. BwB also builds schools in remote villages of developing countries on four continents. The non-profit has just completed construction of its 200th school. To date, more than 100,000 children and parents have attended BwB schools around the world. If you have any questions or need more information about the golf outing, visit www.buildingwithbooks.org or call (203) 964-7551.