The Saratoga High School Sports Boosters will host its biggest fundraiser, the 23rd annual Auction & Dinner, to support SHS sports programs. The event is slated for May 18 from 2 to 8 p.m. at the Mountain Winery. Tickets are $100 per person with limited seating.

Guests will be treated to a gourmet dinner by Chateau La Cresta, as well as unlimited beverages and hors d'oeuvres. A silent and live auction will be held, offering multiple weekend getaways, concert tickets, and sports memorabilia.

Proceeds pay for uniforms, sports equipment, coaches, trainers, other staff members, and clinics. For more information on purchasing tickets, contact Sue Vetrone at 408.446.0714 or Sarah Rothenberg at 408.867.5810.


Skills Clinic

The ninth annual Saratoga Skills Clinic, a basketball camp for girls in the sixth through 10th grades, will be held June 16­July 11 in the Saratoga High School gym. The clinic has sold out in each of the last three seasons, so pre-registration is advised.

Saratoga High girls basketball coach Bret Yeilding will head up the camp that runs Mondays through Thursdays, 1­3 p.m. for players in the sixth­eighth grades and 3­5 p.m. for players in the ninth­10th grades.

The cost is $275 per player for the four-week camp. For more information, contact Yeilding at 408.867.3411, ext. 353, or at bret.yeilding@sarato
gahigh.org.


Irish golf tourney

The seventh annual Irish-American Heritage Society Golf Tournament will be held May 12 at the Almaden Golf and Country Club in San Jose. Teams of four will open with a shotgun start that Monday, and the winning foursome will claim a 10-day holiday tour of Ireland.

At a cost of $1,500, the Shamrock Foursome golf package includes four rounds of golf, carts, luncheon and an awards dinner buffet. At $2,500, the Emerald Foursome includes everything in the Shamrock package, plus hole sponsorship, a tee sign, recognition and a gift to the society's educational scholarship program. Each Emerald Foursome can select a golfer to participate in the $1 million hole-in-one shootout on Almaden's 165-yard ninth hole.

For more information, call 408.445.1364.


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