Fayette County to Host the Georgia Games' 2009 Lacrosse Championships

The Georgia State Games will be bringing their annual State Games Championship to Peachtree City this summer for the Youth Lacrosse Tournament.

Each participant gets a free commemorative t-shirt and top athletes receive bronze, silver or gold medals! The tournament will be held at the Peachtree City Baseball and Soccer Complex, and all middle and high school teams are encouraged to come out and compete for the gold!
The Georgia Games is a non-profit organization created as a legacy of the 1996 Olympic Games that took place here in Atlanta. The goal was to keep the Olympic Dream alive in the hearts and minds of Georgians, something the Georgia Games is proud to say they have been able to do for 19 years!

The Georgia will also be bringing back the Scholastic Olympiad Program again for the 4th year. The program is a statewide competition between schools in all divisions. Our middle and high school athletes can earn points based on four criteria for their school. Points are then totaled for each individual in each sport and given to their respective school. The top three schools in each division then receive a grant!
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Charity Golf Tournament benefits Community Welcome House July 23

Calling all Golfers!

Thursday, July 23, 2009 GOLFERS needed at Orchard Hills Golf Club in Newnan, GA.
Community Welcome House needs your support. This is one way each of you can make a difference.

"Ending domestic violence one family at a time" ; this year alone we have received 157 calls for help.

Is there a trend with the economy? Yes! Can one person make a difference, Yes!

$50.00 a golfer or $200.00 a team. Please Help!

Registration and lunch at 1:00pm Shot Gun Start at 2:00pm.

We need you!

lindakirk@charter.net

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The Great Yellow Jacket Encounter

August 8, 2009 3-6 PM; Meet your 2009 Yellow Jackets & Head Coach Paul Johnson. Get autographs & photos with your favorite player. Buzz, the Ramblin Wreck, your Georgia Tech Cheerleaders & Gold Rush Dancers will be on site. Fun, Food & Games for the Whole Family! Georgia Tech's Bobby Dodd Stadium, 150 Bobby Dodd Way, Atlanta, GA 30332

Coweta: Fire Department Golf Tournament to Benefit American Cancer Society

The Coweta County Fire Department will hold its 13th Annual Charity Golf Tournament on Friday, July 31st at Orchard Hills Golf Club. This tournament has supported various charities and efforts across Coweta County, including Special Olympics, Coweta County Food Pantry and various public safety community outreach efforts like the “Ghost-Outs” held regularly at county high schools. This year the American Cancer Society is the recipient through the yearly Relay for Life.

The tournament is a “Four Man Scramble” and the price is $70/person or $280/4 person team. Fee includes green fees, cart, range balls and two mulligans. Awards will be given for the Straightest Drive and the Closest to the Pin. To play in the tournament simply mail your check (made out to the Coweta County Fire Department) to the Coweta County Fire Department, 483 Turkey Creek Road, Newnan, Georgia 30263.

Hole sponsorships are available for $50 each and door prizes are needed. For more information, contact Captain Chuck Loftin at cloftin@coweta.ga.us or 770-254-3900.
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Clayton State Summer Athletic Camps Running Through the End of July

The Clayton State University summer athletics camps will run through Friday, July 31.

This year’s individual sport full-day and half-day camps include; boys and girls basketball, soccer, speed development, and tennis. The soccer, tennis and speed camps are co-ed and separate camps are held in basketball for both boys and girls. Co-ed combination sport camps are also held in; soccer/speed, soccer/basketball, tennis/soccer, tennis/speed, and tennis/basketball. There are also two overnight soccer team camps, one for boys (July 30 to Aug. 2) and one for girls (July 19 to July 23).

Clayton State is a NCAA Division II school that competes in the Peach Belt Conference. All camps are on the Clayton State campus.

Daily activities are led by Clayton State Laker head and assistant coaches and focus on character building aspects of each individual sport, including self-esteem, discipline and responsibility. The Clayton State athletic camps combine small group instruction as well as game play to ensure development of fundamental skills and game knowledge. Full day instruction runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., however, supervision is provided upon request from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

For more information, please contact the Clayton State Department of Athletics at (678) 466-4678, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. For specific camp details and profiles on each head coach, go to http://athletics.clayton.edu.

A unit of the University System of Georgia, Clayton State University is an outstanding comprehensive metropolitan university located 15 miles southeast of downtown Atlanta.

Road Closures for The Peachtree Road Race

According to the Atlanta Track Club, the following road closures will be in effect on Saturday, July 4th, for the running of the Peachtree Road Race.

Start Area Road Closures:
Streets around the start area will close at 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 4:
• Peachtree Road from Lenox Road to Peachtree Dunwoody Road
• Around Lenox Road from Peachtree Road to Lenox Road
• Lenox Road from Peachtree Road to Ferncliff Road
• Buckhead Loop from Peachtree Road to GA 400
• Phipps Boulevard from Buckhead Loop to Wieuca Road
• Wieuca Road from Old Ivy Road to Roxboro Road
• Roxboro Road from Kingsboro Road to Peachtree Dunwoody Road
• Pritchard Road from Roxboro Road to Oak Valley Road
• Lakeside Road from Pritchard Road to Kingsboro Road
• Kingsboro Road from Roxboro Road to Lenox Road
• Oak Valley Road from Peachtree Road to E. Paces Ferry Road
• Once the start area is secure, Atlanta Police will begin to close the course through the
finish area.

Finish Area Road Closures:
• 10th Street from Charles Allen to Monroe Dr. will be closed starting on Thursday, July 2
to Saturday, July 4.
• Monroe Drive will close between Virginia Ave. and Kanuga St. at 5 a.m. on Saturday, July
4 and will remain closed until around noon.
• 10th Street from Charles Allen Drive to Monroe Drive will re-open around 3p.m. on July 4

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Electronic Timing Added for all Participants in the AJC Peachtree Road Race

The Atlanta Track Club, organizer of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road
Race, is adding electronic timing for all participants for the 40th edition of the event. Previously, only runners in Time Group One and the seeded waves - approximately 7,500 runners - received timing devices with their race packets. This year, all 55,000 participants will be officially timed.

“We are always looking at ways to improve the event experience for participants in the AJC Peachtree Road Race,” stated Tracey Russell, Executive Director of the Atlanta Track Club. “Providing official timing for all participants will give runners the opportunity to see how they perform in one of the largest road races in the world.”

The light-weight, one-time-use D-Tag attaches to participants’ shoes and is activated when they cross the start line. The ChronoTrack D-Tag system was recently used at the Atlanta Track Club’s other signature event, The Weather Channel Atlanta Marathon and Half Marathon, this
past Thanksgiving and was well-received by event participants and race volunteers.

“With an event the size of the Peachtree, using traditional forms of electronic timing wouldn’t work because chip retrieval after the runners cross over the finish line often causes bottlenecks with that high of volume over a short period of time,” commented Jon Hughes, President of Event Marketing and Management International (EMMI), the official timing company of the AJC Peachtree Road Race. “The ChronoTrack D-Tag system eliminates the need to
retrieve the timing devices when runners cross the finish, and we are excited to incorporate this new timing technology into the largest race in the U.S.”

The 40th running of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road race will take place on Saturday, July 4, 2009. The race begins on Peachtree Road by Lenox Square and finishes on 10th Street near Piedmont Park.

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