Sports Sideline - November 7, 2009
Honor Flight Golf Tournament: The Third Veterans Memorial Golf Classic will be held at NAS Whiting Field on Nov. 13. The proceeds from this tournament will benefit the Emerald Coast Honor Flight Santa Rosa County initiative to send local World War II veterans on future Honor Flights. Registration will get underway at 10 a.m. with a four-man scramble and shotgun start at 11 a.m. A post golf reception will follow. Prizes will be awarded for first, second, and third place as well as closet to the pin and longest drive. Registration is $400 per team or $100 per individual. The deadline to register is Nov. 10. For more information call 232-0891 or 232-8191. You can download a registration form at www.srcvets.org.
Wresting practice: Youth Wrestling every Tuesday and Thursday at Hobbs Middle School. Practice will run from 7 to 8:30pm with Olympic Coach Rob Hermann running the Tuesday sessions. Practice is open to all ages and gender. This year wrestlers will face off against Niceville, Crestview, Gulf Breeze, Panama City, and Pensacola YMCA. For more information please contact Coach Ben Menefee at 450-2434 or email pantherwrestling@mchsi.com.
Ride to Stop the Hurt: ABATE of Northwest Florida will be holding a motorcycle run on Nov. 14 to help support the Santa Rosa Kids House. Registration is set to start at 8:30 a.m. at the Home Depot in Pace with the kick-stands to go up at 9:50 and the ride to start at 10 a.m. The donation per bike is $20 and includes the bike and riders entry fee and meal. Music at the event will be by Mystic Springs. For more information call 623-1112.
Santa Rosa Education Foundation’s 6th Annual Bowl-A-Thon for Education: The SREF Bowl-A-Thom for Education will be held at Oops Alley in Pace on Nov. 19 from 5:00-9:00 p.m. Money raised will directly support Santa Rosa Education Foundation Teacher Grants and Take Stock in Children Scholarships and Mentoring. Minimum entry fees are $300 for a six member team and $400 for an eight member team. Prizes will be awarded for raising the most money, frame bowl challenges, and first, second, and third place overall. Each member of the last place team will take home a frozen turkey. SREF is seeking teams, silent auction items, and lane sponsors for this event. Lane sponsors will have their business name and information displayed on a lane banner. Visit the SREF website, www.santarosa.k12.fl.us/sref to download an entry form or call 983-5043 for more information.
City of Milton youth basketball registration continues until the league reaches the maximum capacity of players. All boys and girls in kindergarten through eighth-grade are eligible to participate. The cost is $75 per child. Registration forms will be accepted Monday through Friday from noon to 8 p.m. at the Milton Community Center, 5629 Byrom St. Also, a special Saturday sign-up will be held on November 14 from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
The girl’s league draft will be held on December 11 and the co-ed draft will be on December 12. Practice begins December 14 and the first regular season game will be held on January 5, 2010. Weekly games will be played at the Community Center on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday nights. Some will also be held on Saturdays.
For more information, contact Robert Arnold at 850-983-5466 ext. 202 or miltonparks@ymail.com.
Double Bridge Run and Pensacola Marathon: The 2010 Double Bridge Run is scheduled for Feb. 6, 2010. The Double Bridge Run is a 15K that begins in Pensacola, crosses the Pensacola Bay Bridge and the Bob Sikes Bridge and finishes on Pensacola Beach. There is also a 5K Run/Walk that begins in Gulf Breeze and finishes on Pensacola Beach. Registration is $30 through Dec. 31, and $35 beginning Jan. 1, 2010. Go to pensacolasports.com to register. The Pensacola Marathon will now be in November. The marathon is scheduled for Nov. 14, 2010. The Pensacola Marathon includes a Marathon, Half Marathon and a Kids Marathon. Go to pensacolasports.com to register or for more information. For questions regarding the Double Bridge Run or the Pensacola Marathon, please contact the Pensacola Sports Association at 434-2800 or jolliff@pensacolasport.com.
Hurricane Junior Golf Tour: The Hurricane Junior Golf Tour is a southeast regional competitive junior golf tour for boys and girls ages 10-19. We are hosting the Tiger Point Junior Classic at the Tiger Point Golf and Country Club on November 21-22, 2009. Tiger Point is located in Gulf Breeze, Fla. If you have any questions please call 904-379-2697 or visit our website: www.hjgt.org.
Rotary Raffle: The Milton Rotary is holding a raffle for a Weatherby Vanguard 270 Bolt-Action Rifle, with Bushnell Scope and Gun Case. Cost is $10 per ticket and only 350 tickets will be sold. Proceeds to benefit scholarships and other charitable projects. The drawing will be held Nov. 20. To purchase tickets contact a Milton Rotary Club Member of call 288-0037.
Orthopedic exams: The Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine is now providing free orthopaedic exams and assessments to high school and collegiate athletes on Saturday mornings. The “Saturday Morning Athletic Training Room” is available to any student athlete and will be held every Saturday beginning September 5, 2009 and operating through the end of the Football season. Students may check-in from 8-9 a.m. in the Andrews Institute Rehabilitation center in Suite 101 on the Andrews Institute campus; located at 1040 Gulf Breeze Parkway in Gulf Breeze, Fla. The exams are provided on a walk-in basis and the initial assessment is done free of charge. The exams are available to any student athlete in the Gulf Coast area including Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
More activities can be found at www.srpressgazette.com. Look for the box called ‘Things to Do.’ There you can check on activities by zip code or activity. And you are also more than welcome to enter your events there as well.
