Sports Briefs
Football
Bowie Boys and Girls Club will offer a free football clinic for boys and girls ages 5 to 14 at Benjamin Tasker Middle School Saturday from 4 to 7 p.m. For information, visit www.bowiebulldogs.com.
Ice skating
Bowie Ice Arena will offer various ice skating camps beginning in July. Tot, freestyle, hockey and full-day camps are available. For information, visit www.cityofbowie.org.
Registration
Sport4All is accepting registrations for its play-based spring and summer programs for ages 3 to 6. Parents are encouraged to attend one of the orientations at the city gym Tuesdays in May at 7:30 p.m. For information, visit www.sport4all.org, or call 301-262-5050.
Baseball
The Riverdale Baptist Baseball Academy is accepting registrations for their summer baseball camp. For information, call Terry Terrill at 301-249-1717 or 301-249-2127 or visit www.riverdalebaseball.com.
Chuck Ford Baseball seeks players and coaches for its summer and fall programs. CFB will have teams playing in the Anne Arundel Amateur Baseball Mickey Mantle and Joe E. Brown leagues as well as various tournaments. Players must not turn 17 before May 1. For information, call Chuck Ford, 301-661-2802, or e-mail chuckford83@hotmail.com. Coaches are also needed at the American Legion level.
Summer camps
Holy Trinity Episcopal Day School will host a variety of summer day camps for incoming fifth- through ninth-graders. Camp courses include lacrosse, softball, soccer, soccer referee training, speed and agility, football and basketball. For information, visit www.htrinity.org or call 301-464-3215.
Charity events
St. Matthias Apostle School of Lanham is accepting registration, sponsorships and corporate donations for its seventh annual golf tournament to be held Friday at Glenn Dale Golf Club. Early bird incentives are available. For information, visit www.StMatthiasSchool.golfreg.com or call 301-577-9412.
Soccer
Freestate Soccer Association is offering two new spring programs: Youth Development Soccer and Spring Mini-Kicker Soccer. The Youth Development program is for boys and girls ages 6-9 and the Mini-Kicker program is for boys and girls ages 4-6. For information, contact Peter Kaminskas, 410-739-4090, or e-mail phk@netscape.com; or contact Steve Campbell, 410-627-6300, or e-mail totalsoc@aol.com.
Basketball
The Bay Hoops Basketball Camp at Bowie for boys ages 7 to 16 will be held during the week of Aug. 4-8 at the city gym. Team and multiple week discounts apply. For information, call Mike Glick, 301-570-5730 or visit www.coachglick.com.
Bowie Xpress 17U boys AAU team seeks players for the spring and summer seasons. For information, call Joe Washington, 301-466-1426, or e-mail coachwashington@bowiexpress.org.
The 17th annual Todd Bozeman Basketball School will be held June 29 to July 3 and Aug. 10-13 at the city gym. For information, visit www.tbozehoops.com.
Softball
SBBGC seeks players ages 10-16 to form teams to play in the county league. The club also seeks coaches. For information, e-mail athleticdirector@sbbgc.org or call Leon Buck, 301-430-7344.
Cheerleading
Just Cheer Jewels seeks athletes ages 5 to 16 for the 2008-'09 competitive season. Registration and tryouts will be held May 17 from 1 to 5 p.m. and May 18 from 2 to 5 p.m. For information, e-mail justcheerjewels@aol.com or visit www.justcheerjewels.com.
First Class Gymnastics seeks athletes ages 5 to 18 and all experience levels to participate in its all-star cheerleading program. Tryouts will be May 10 from 9 a.m. to noon and May 13 and 15 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. For information, call 410-224-0721.
Star Power Academy all-star cheerleading seeks boys and girls ages 4 to 18 for the 2008-'09 season. Tryouts, evaluations and registration will be held Sunday and May 18 from 3 to 5 p.m. For information, call 240-320-2964, e-mail starpowercheerleading@yahoo.com or visit www.starpoweracademy.org.
Millennium All-Star Cheerleaders seek athletes in grades 8 through 12 for the senior team as well as those over 18 for the open elite team. Millennium is a traveling competition squad. Tryouts will be held in May and continue throughout the summer by appointment only. For information, e-mail Caron Milstead, cheerkaos@aol.com, or call 301-472-0182.
Editor's note: To have your team's registration and/or tryout information appear in "Sports Briefs," contact sports editor Jake Linger, 301-262-3700, ext. 206 or e-mail jlinger@bladenews.com. Information may also be sent to the Bowie Blade-News, 6000 Laurel-Bowie Road, Suite 101, Bowie, MD 20715. Submissions will appear on a space-available basis and must be received by noon Monday for inclusion in the following issue.
