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.

Softball Travel Team Tryouts

Newtown Babe Ruth Softball will be holding tryouts for summer league travel on Sunday, June 3, at the Newtown Middle School. Any girl registered with Babe Ruth Softball is eligible to try out at the U14 and U16 levels (U10s and U12s have already tried out). You must attend tryouts to be eligible for the team. U14 and U16 players will tryout from 1 to 3 pm. The season will run from May 14 through August 5 for U10 and U12 levels while the U14 and U16 level will begin after their tryout date and run until August 5. If you have any questions please call Nancy Bowen, travel director, at 426-7101.

Governor’s Cup All-Star Football Game

Senior Kevin Regan, an All-State defensive end, and senior Leah Fahey, an All-State cheerleader, will represent Newtown High School at the Governor’s Cup All Star football game on Thursday, June 28, at Rentschler Field in East Hartford. The game pits teams from Connecticut and Rhode Island and benefits charitable interests, such as the Dave Campo Foundation for vision screening and eyeglasses for inner city youth. There will be a Youth Football Clinic at 1:30 pm and a Cheerleading Clinic at 3:30 pm. Visit www.cthssports.com to register for either clinic (free with the purchase of a game ticket). Tickets for the game are $8.

Nighthawks Sports Camps

Wacky Water days, t-shirts, weekly Olympics and awards – there is all that, and more, planned for this summer when the Nighthawks Sports Camps returns to Newtown. NSC offers advanced and challenging instruction and activities involving all sports skills to students in grades one through six. The program will run for two, two-week sessions and will be facilitated by certified physical education instructors, providing a wide range of skill developing games and activities. Session A will meet from July 2-6 and 9-13 (exluding July 4) while Session B will run from July 16-20 and 23-27. Lunch will be provided each day. All sessions will be held at Head O’ Meadow Elementary School. Cost is $199 per session or $299 for both (discount rate not valid after June 1). Call Steve Dreger at 203-300-7670 for further information.

 

Dave And Greg’s Tennis

Dave and Greg’s Tennis will be providing several new tennis options this summer. There will be two sessions of match play, a program option geared to juniors aged 9 to 11 and 12 through 16 who are able to get their serve in consistently. Juniors will be given strategy tips from a certified adult instructor while playing matches. Additionally, there will be two afternoon camps this summer and two morning camps. As in previous years, Dave and Greg’s Tennis will offer clinics for seven weeks (three, two-week long sessions and a one-week long session) starting June 25. This includes lessons for tiny tots (ages 4-7), beginners (grades 2-4), beginners (grades 5-10), and intermediate/advanced players (grades 5-10). Also new this year are adult clinics starting June 25 at Newtown High School. There will be two, four-week sessions for adult beginner and intermediate levels. All junior clinics will take place at Dickinson Park courts. For more information contact Greg Sansonetti at (203) 375-6545 or to register call Newtown Parks and Recreation office at (203) 270-4340. Dave and Greg’s website can be found at www.faifieldcountytennis.net.

 

Raccoon 5K

The Raccoon 5K, Fun Run & Walk will be held Saturday, May 26, at Redding Elementary School. The 5K and Fun Run will start at 8:45 am while the kids (12 and under) one-mile fun run will start at 8 am. Fees are $20 for the 5K ($25 after May 18) and $10 for the one-mile fun run ($15 after May 18). Maximum is $50 per family. There will be t-shirts for all pre-registered participants and t-shirts for race day registrants as supplies last.Running shoes will be presented to first male and female runners, courtesy of KILOMETERS. All proceeds will benefit the programs of the Redding Elementary School PTA. For registration form and information visit http://www.er9.org/res/respta.html.

 

Namath/Dockery Football Camp

The Joe Namath/John Dockery Football Camp will open its 36th season July 8 through July 13 at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury. This is a contact and non-contact program for boys ages 8 to 18. Former and current NFL players such as Justin McCareins, Gibril Wilson, Jarvis Green, Reggie Torbor, Roman Oben and David Tyree will be on hand along with a full staff of professional instructors.  Call 1-866-626-2841 or visit www.joenamathcamp.com.