Konawaena Stingrays Basketball Camp ADVERTISING Konawaena Stingrays Basketball Camp The Konawaena Stingrays Basketball Camp will be held June 8-11 at Konawaena High School’s Onizuka Gymnasium. Ages 5-11 will play from 9 a.m. to noon; ages 12-16 will be from 1:30-4:30
Konawaena Stingrays Basketball Camp
The Konawaena Stingrays Basketball Camp will be held June 8-11 at Konawaena High School’s Onizuka Gymnasium.
Ages 5-11 will play from 9 a.m. to noon; ages 12-16 will be from 1:30-4:30 p.m.
The cost of the camp is $80 and participants are asked to register by May 25.
For more information please contact coach Bobbie Awa 896-6433 or email coachbawa@yahoo.com.
Bicycle Awareness Ride/C2 Mauna Kea
Big Island Cycling Club will host the Bicycle Awareness Ride/C2 Mauna Kea on May 3.
The Mauna Kea short course is 50 miles. The long course navigates a 10,000-foot gain to the visitors center.
The ride starts at 8 a.m. from the Waikoloa Beach parking lot, across from the Kings Shops. Sign-in is from 6:30-7:30 a.m.
Entry fee is $50, including $12 insurance. Prizes will be awarded for first place overall in both courses, male and female.
To register, go to USAcycling.org or C2cyclingseries.com.
For more information, email c2cyclingseries@gmail.com.
Horseshoe club to start second league play
The Kona Horseshoe Pitcher’s Club will begin it’s second league play of 2015 on April 30 at the Kona Palms Courts horseshoe pits behind the tennis courts at Old Kona Airport Park.
Membership is required for this approximately eight to ten week sanctioned doubles league. New or returning players will be paired whenever possible. Handicap scoring is used enabling players of all levels to participate. League play is from 4-6 p.m. on Thursdays, with a weekly fee of $5.
The Kona Horseshoe Pitcher’s Club offers free, informal play from 9 a.m. to noon on Wednesdays at Kona Palms Courts. Pitchers of all levels are welcome.
For more information, call Al at 322-7085.
Hawaii Cycling Club Opolu Airport Training Time Trial
The Hawaii Cycling Club is offering training for the IRONMAN 70.3-Hawaii.
The annual Upolu Airport Training Time Trial takes place May 9 with three courses (all on the IRONMAN 70.3-Hawaii bicycle course): 24.7 miles, 15.5 miles and six miles.
The event is free to annual HCC members. A one day membership is $10.
The three courses will start at 8 a.m. at three different locations but all will end at the Upolu Airport two-mile sign on Hwy. 270.
The 24.7-mile course will start opposite the finish line, head south on Hwy 270 for 12.35 miles, make a U-turn between the seven and eight mile-markers and return north on Hwy. 270. For safety there will be traffic control police officers and signage at the U-turn.
The 15.5 mile course is the traditional course, starting at the north end of Maluokalani St. in Kawaihae on Hwy. 270 and ending at the Upolu Airport two-mile sign.
The six-mile course will start at the Lapakahi Park turnoff and end at the Upolu Airport two-mile sign.
The talk story aid station will be at the finish line.
One training option is to ride from either Hapuna Beach or the Mauna Lani to Malukona St. Compete in the 15.5 mile training time trial and ride back to Hapuna Beach or Mauna Lani.
For more information on the Upolu Airport Training Time Trial and all Hawaii Cycling Club events go to hawaiicyclingclub.com.
Tennis camp at Hilton
Pa Le’a Le’a Tennis at the Hilton Waikoloa is offering a junior tennis/sports camp in two week intervals for the months of June and July.
The camps will be held on the Hilton’s newly resurfaced six-court tennis facility.
Camps will run all day, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 pm.
For more information, call 886-2222/ 345-6624.
Hilo Triathlon registration
Early registration is open for the 2nd Annual Hilo Triathlon.
Returning to James Kealoha Beach Park on July 12, the Olympic-distance race is limited to 500 participants.
Now through April 30 the entry fee is only $150 for individuals and $75 for relay team members; after May 1 the fee goes up to $200 and $100, respectively. Registration closes midnight on July 2.
For more information and registration visit hilotriathlon.org.
Athletes from as far away as Australia participated in last year’s inaugural event, which again features a 1.5km swim, 40km bike ride, and a 10km run.
Emily T Gail Show
Guest: Ellie Sumic of Bikeworks Beach & Sport talks about growing in North Kohala, seeing her first Ironman as a teenager in 1981. Now Ellie, who has completed an Ironman and two Na Wahine Outrigger Canoe races, enjoys be able to give back while also competing.
Ellie has info on the Cinco de Mayo Splash One Mile Swim May 2 at Anaeho’omalu Bay at Waikoloa Beach Resort. It’s the first swim race in the Triple Crown 2015 series that includes the Hapuna Roughwater Swim and the King’s Swim. The Bikeworks Cinco de Mayo Swim is a benefit for the ALS TDI in honor of Karen O’Riordan Kelly and the Daniel Sayre Memorial Foundation. She has overview of the Ironman 70.3 Honu May 30 at Mauna Lani Resort.
Ellie is also program director for LAVAKIDS and has an overview of the Running Clinics program currently available with information at lavakids.org,
Sandy and Gille Legacy, Mo Davis, Dolores Trenois and Barb Hussey share some heartwarming personal talk story about living life to the fullest regardless of challenges.
The Emily T Gail Shows are available at espnhawaii.com. There is a free iTunes podcast and Emily T Gail Talk Story on Facebook. Contact Gail at 896-6780 or emilytgail@gmail.com.
