Local sports calendar

BASEBALL

Camps

SUNY Ulster Baseball Camp: For ages 7-16 at Ulster?s Stone Ridge Campus. Designed for the serious player as well as the beginner. Fundamentals covered, along with intense work on learning and improving skills, effective drills and proper work habits. Players will be placed in appropriate group based on age and ability. During specialty groups, players will get the opportunity to learn about other positions. Goal is to make you leave with a greater knowledge and love of the game. Educational leader is Saugerties graduate and new Ulster coach Steve Freer. 12-to-1 camper-to-coach ratio. Players are asked to bring glove, bat, baseball hat, long athletic pants, athletic footwear (rubber spikes, sneakers), a reusuable/refillable water bottle, topical insect repellent and sun block (spray form not permitted). Catchers should? bring chest protector, helmet, shin guards and facemask, if you have them. Bring a lunch that requires no refrigeration. Price: $225. Course number CFK 457-21. For more information, call (845) 339-2025 or visit www.sunyulster.edu/campulster

Marist College Baseball Youth Summer Camp: For ages 7-12. Choice of July 29-Aug. 2 and Aug. 5-9. Cost: $225. Online registration at www.collegebaseballcampsmc.com/mc Brochure available at www.goredfoxes.com For more information, contact Marist assistant baseball coach Thomas Seay at thomas.seay@marist.edu or at (845) 575-3000.

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BASKETBALL

Camps

Bard Basketball Camp: For girls and boys ages 8-15 9 a.m.-4 p.m. July 22-26. Andrew Makebish will lead the staff. For more information, call Adam Turner at (845) 758-7334, email turner@bard.edu or visit www.bardathletics.com

Tay Fisher?s FUNdamental Basketball Camp: Annual camp led by the former Kingston High star Aug. 5-9 at Kingston?s Kate Walton Field House. Camp for girls ages 10-17 from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Camp for boys ages 10-16 from 1:30-6:30 p.m. Cost: $160. For more information, visit www.tayfishersfbc.com

John Cook Memorial Basketball Camp: Coed camp, run by the Kingston Recreation Dept., is for ages 7-14 Aug. 12-16 at the Andy Murphy Neighborhood Center, 467 Broadway, in Kingston. Registration forms now available weekdays at the Murphy Center and online at www.kingstonparksandrec.org? Camp for ages 7-10 will be held from 9 a.m.-noon and the camp for ages 11-14 is from 1-4 p.m. Charge is $50 for City of Kingston residents and $60 for non-city residents. The first 20 participants registered for each session receive a T-shirt and basketball. For more information, call Recreation Leader Rob Dassie at (845) 481-7334. Continued...

Football: Varsity and Junior Varsity practices 9:30-11:30 a.m. and 4-7 p.m. at Dietz Stadium starting Aug. 19. Modified practices (for grades 5-8) 6-8? p.m. at Ascot Park starting Aug. 19. All players require physicals before commencing practice. Please contact Ms. Street at (845) 943-3742 to schedule an appointment.

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HORSE RACING

Bus Trip to Saratoga Racetrack: Kingston Recreation-sponsored trip Aug. 15. to the racetrack and a family-style dinner at Red?s Restaurant. Cost ($60 for Kingston City residents, $65 for non-residents) includes roundtrip Trailways transportation, track admission and grand stand seating plus dinner. Bus leaves 9 a.m. from the Cornell Street parking lot in Kingston and returns around 9:30 p.m. To register or for more information, call Pat Johnson at (845) 481-7332 or visit www.kingstonparksandrec.org

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HUNTING

Gun Hunter Education Training: 7-11 p.m. Sept. 13 and 7:30 a.m.-4:30 a.m. Sept. 15 at Bailey Mountain Fish & Game Club, 531 Synders Lake Road, Wynantskill (Town of North Greenbush). In-person pre-registration required. Pre-registration taken 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays at the Club starting Aug. 21 until class is full. Class size is limited. For more information, call (518) 286-9620.

Bow Hunter Education Training: 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sept. 22 at Bailey Mountain Fish & Game Club, 531 Synders Lake Road, Wynantskill (Town of North Greenbush). In-person pre-registration required. Pre-registration taken 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays at the Club starting Aug. 21 until class is full. Class size is limited. For more information, call (518) 286-9620.

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LACROSSE

Bard Boys Lacrosse Camp: A new camp for boys ages 8-14 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Aug. 5-9. For more information, call camp director Tucker Kear at (845) 758-8888 or email tkear@bard.edu

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SAILING

Kingston Sailing Club: Racing every Sunday until late October. Skippers? meeting 10 a.m. under the KSC tent at the Hudson river Maritime Museum. New skippers and crew welcome. First signals at noon. The club is launching a new ?Small Boat Fleet? this year for non-keel boats under 18 feet. For membership information, registration, fleets and social activities, visit kingstonsailingclub.org or call Commodore Ian Westergren at (845) 331-1264.

Spinnenweber Cup: Aug. 24-25 at the Hudson River Maritime Museum.

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SOCCER

Youth Programs

Town Of Esopus/Port Ewen Athletic Association: Fall registration 6-9 p.m. July 19 and 10 a.m.-noon July 20 at the Esopus Town Hall on U.S. Route 9W in Port Ewen. Open to Town of Esopus residents only. Boys and girls ages 4-17 (age on Dec. 31, 2013). Registration fee $40 before July 27, $50 thereafter. To register and pay online, visit www.peaa.org

Youth Teams

Middlepath Football Club Girls U13 Premier Soccer: Tryouts for the 2013-14 season for the Lagrangeville-based club are upcoming. Looking for high quality premier level field players and goalkeepers. For tryout dates, contact coach Joe Di Rubbo at jdirubbo@optonline.net or visit middlepathfc.net

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SOFTBALL

Tournaments

Joe Lawson Memorial Tournament: July 20 at Block Park and Kingston Point Fields. Sponsored by the Joseph S. Lawson Scholarship Fund Committee and the Kingston Parks & Recreation Department. USSSA rules. Bracket format. 3 games guaranteed. 1st place prize: $500. Awards to first and second-place sponsors, MVP, Sportsmanship and defensive stars.

Strike Out SIDS Women?s Slow-Pitch Tournament In Memory of Ryan Adam Norman: July 20 at the Town of Ulster Orlando Street fields.Eight-team, double-elimination format. Rain date July 21. Event to benefit the CJ Foundation for SIDS, including concession stand, T-shirts and raffles.

Strike Out SIDS Men?s Slow-Pitch Tournament In Memory of Ryan Adam Norman: Aug. 3-4 at the Town of Ulster Orlando Street fields. 12 teams with pool play on Aug. 3 and single elimination Aug. 4.Event to benefit the CJ Foundation for SIDS, including concession stand, T-shirts and raffles.

Travel Teams

Dutchess Debs 12U: Looking for a manager for 2014. Tryouts will be in August. If interested, visit www.dutchessdebs.org or call Scott Syska at (845) 401-5479.

Dutchess Debs: Tryouts to be held last week of July and the first three weeks of August in New Paltz, Marlboro and Pleasant Valley. For specific times and locations, visit www.dutchessdebs.org or call Scott Syska at (845) 401-5479.

Lady Renegades 14U: Is currently looking for pitchers and utility players for its summer season. If interested, email ladyrenegadescoac@aol.com

Mid-Hudson Rebels 10U: Looking for interested players to join. Program includes year-round training and a variety of tournaments. Participation in this program includes a membership at the YMCA of Kingston and Ulster County, which is the Rebels Training Center. This allows players to not only work on softball skills, but also conditioning and training. Players must provide a copy of their birth certificate and? bring appropriate equipment. Interested players and parents should contact head coach Boyd Vaughn at (845) 389-1667.

Mid-Hudson Rebels 12U: Tryouts 9-10:30 a.m. Aug. 4 at Burke Field in Lake Katrine. Program includes year-round training and a variety of tournaments. Participation in this program includes a membership at the YMCA of Kingston and Ulster County, which is the Rebels Training Center. This allows players to not only work on softball skills, but also conditioning and training. Players must provide a copy of their birth certificate and? bring appropriate equipment. For more information, call Jenn Lukaszewski at (845) 532-7050.

Mid-Hudson Fillies 14U: Tryouts 9-10:30 a.m. Aug. 11 at Burke Field in Lake Katrine and 6-8 p.m. Aug. 14 at the Miller Middle School Field in Lake Katrine. Program includes year-round training and a variety of tournaments. Participation in this program includes a membership at the YMCA of Kingston and Ulster County, which is the Rebels Training Center. This allows players to not only work on softball skills, but also conditioning and training. Players must provide a copy of their birth certificate and? bring appropriate equipment. For more information, contact head coach Jamie Kesick at (845) 901-5137 or John Villielm at (845) 590-1666.

Mid-Hudson Rebels 16U: Tryouts 10:30 a.m.-noon at Burke Field in Lake Katrine. Program includes year-round training and a variety of tournaments. Participation in this program includes a membership at the YMCA of Kingston and Ulster County, which is the Rebels Training Center. This allows players to not only work on softball skills, but also conditioning and training. Players must provide a copy of their birth certificate and? bring appropriate equipment. For more information, call head coach Trishann Hayes at (845) 399-4648.

Mid-Hudson Rebels 18U: Tryouts noon-1:30 p.m. Aug. 4 at Burke Field in Lake Katrine. Program includes year-round training and a variety of tournaments. Participation in this program includes a membership at the YMCA of Kingston and Ulster County, which is the Rebels Training Center. This allows players to not only work on softball skills, but also conditioning and training. Players must provide a copy of their birth certificate and? bring appropriate equipment. For more information, call head coach Boyd Vaughn at (845) 389-1667.

Ulster Fillies 10U: Clinic and tryouts 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Aug. 17-18 at Miller Middle School Field in Lake Katrine. Players must not have reached their 11th birthday by Jan. 1, 2014. To register for the clinic and subsequent tryouts, contact Kendra Bell at kendrajbell@yahoo.com or (845) 430-5439. A parent or guardian must accompany the player for required medical release documents. Player must bring a glove, rubber cleats/sneakers and a beverage. The program includes a fall practices, winter workouts and spring and summer tournaments and doubleheaders.

Ulster Fillies 16U: Tryouts 2-4 p.m. Aug. 17 & 24 at Burke Field by Miller Middle School in Lake Katrine. The age-specific team introduces players and families to the showcase and college recruitment process. Schedule includes fall and winter tournaments, plus some summer college showcase events and is expected to play in the 16U Nationals. Team will have a 10-week winter workout program at the MAC Fitness/Parisi Speed School complex in Kingston. For more information, contact Rick Spriggs at (845) 399-8162 or at spriggsrick@yahoo.com

Ulster Fillies 16U/18U Showcase: Tryouts 2-4 p.m. Aug. 17 & 24 at Burke Field by Miller Middle School in Lake Katrine. Team will participate at the 18U level in fall, winter and highly competitive showcase and tournaments events on the regional and national level in the summer. Players must be at least 16U age qualified. Strongest consideration given to players with a resume of showcase experience who have demonstrated success at both the travel and high school level. Team will have a 10-week winter workout program at the MAC Fitness/Parisi Speed School complex in Kingston. For more information, contact Rick Spriggs at (845) 399-8162 or at spriggsrick@yahoo.com

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TENNIS

Clinics

Free Adult Tennis Clinics: Given by tennis professional Pete Zeeh 10 a.m. Saturdays at Forsyth Park in Kingston. Hosted by the Kingston Recreation Department. Each clinic includes a demonstation, each participant?s play is evaluated, plus a question-and-answer period. Final clinic (July 27) is focused on lobs. The rain date will be the following Monday at 6 p.m. For more information, call (845) 331-4355.

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VOLLEYBALL

Camps

Bard Girls Volleyball Camp: For grades 6-12 Aug. 5-9. For more information, call camp administrator Kristen Hall at (845) 758-7528, email hall@bard.edu or visit www.bardathletics.com

Source: http://www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2013/07/19/sports/doc51e87ee85f1f6840073208.txt

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