SPORTS BRIEFSSequim Gazette staff ‘Talking Rain’ hoops tourney set The Port Angeles Recreation Department hosts the Talking Rain Sparkling Water Tipoff Tourney, Oct. 31-Nov. 1 for men’s basketball teams. The tourney features a four-game guarantee. Entry fee is $235 per team. Games are in Port Angeles. For more information, call Dan Estes at 417-4557 or e-mail to: destes@cityofpa.us. Touchdown Club to help football program The Sequim High School’s football boosters are asking for public support by way of the Touchdown Club, a program that assists the football program with purchasing new uniforms, helmets and safety equipment. With four levels of sponsorship — white, black, purple and gold — club organizers ask supporters to donate a dollar amount per touchdown scored this season. White level sponsorship pledges $5 per touchdown; black, $10; purple, $25; and gold, $50. Donations, made through the Sequim Schools Athletic Booster Club, are tax-deductible (tax ID:91-1885052). For more information, write to: SSABC, P.O. Box 1682, Sequim WA 98382. Volleyball league begins this month Registration is under way for the 2009-10 Peninsula Volleyball League. The coed league offers play on Sunday nights at the Peninsula College gymnasium (1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles) for players with intermediate to advanced volleyball skills. The registration fee of $200 per team is due by Nov. 1. Forms are available at the Peninsula College athletics Web site (pc.ctc.edu/life/athletics/default.aspx). Players wishing to join teams are welcome to attend open gym nights, from 6-8 p.m. on Oct. 18 and Oct. 25. League play starts Nov. 1 and runs through February. For more information, call Rick Ross at 417-6533. Self-defense classes set for November The Sequim-based Bodystrong TaeKwon-Do, 244 W. Washington St., offers a series of self-defense classes on four Mondays in November, with each class from 6-7 p.m. Brandon Stoppani, head instructor for Bodystrong TaeKwon-do and a black belt 5th dan in taekwon-do, leads the class. He has 30 years of self-defense experience. Class topics include: Nov. 2, release from grabs; Nov. 9, revised release from grabs and basic offensive techniques; Nov. 16, basic offensive techniques; and Nov. 23, revise offensive techniques and combining defensive and offensive techniques. For more information, call 582-0301. Horse clinic set in P.T. The Jefferson County 4-H Horse Project hosts a clinic with Dr. Richard Vetter, a veterinary equine dentist, on Nov. 7-8 at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds in Port Townsend. Vetter is scheduled to exam and treat horses. He has been trained in advanced equine dental care and is tested and accredited by the International Association of Dentistry. For more information, see Vetter’s Web site at www.perfequinedentistry.com or call 245-3476. To schedule an appointment or for more information about the clinic, call Betty at 379-6931. Adult basketball league forms An adult basketball league is scheduled to start Nov. 2 with games Monday-Thursday. Games are at Roosevelt Elementary School in Port Angeles. Coaches for new teams can pick up a registration packet at the recreation office, 308 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles. Players who do not have a team on which to play can put their names on the “free agent” list by calling 417-4550. For more information, call 417-4553. P.A. hoops tourney set The Port Angeles Recreation Department hosts the Youth Tipoff Tourney, with divisions for boys and girls basketball teams in fifth grade up through high school on Nov. 7-8. The tourney includes a four-game guarantee. Entry is $235 per team. For more information or to register, call Dan Estes at 417-4557 or by e-mail, destes@cityofpa.us. |
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