Helen Brady, Regina Banares and Lynn Truong of the San Jose Lawn Bowls Club joined forces with a pair of Palo Alto players to win the Northern California Women's Fives competition held recently at Rossmoor in Walnut Creek. The quintet won all five of its games.

In local action, the San Jose Lawn Bowls Club is hosting the U.S. Men's Pairs Playdown championship at Bramhall Park, Willow and Camino Ramon streets. Competition began on June 15 and will continue June 21­22. Spectators are welcome.


Officials needed

The Fermar Corporation is looking for high school sports officials for the upcoming fall season. Officials are needed for football, field hockey, soccer, girls volleyball and water polo.

For more information, call Fermar at 408.296.7900 or visit http://www.fermarcorp.com.


Women's golf

The 61st annual Santa Clara County Women's Golf Championships will return to the area on Aug. 4­5 when tournament play gets under way at the San Jose Country Club.
The tourney attracts county's top women golfers, boasting the lower handicaps. Women who hold a valid golf index and either live in Santa Clara County or belong to a golf club in the county are eligible.

For more information, contact Mitz Alverson at 408.244.0603 or alvport@aol.com, or Lorie Milham at 408.532.9800 or lmilham@sbcglobal.net.


Open badminton

The gym at Willow Glen High School will be open for badminton on Mondays this summer from 4­6 p.m., beginning June 30. The cost is $1 to cover equipment costs and players should bring a racket and wear gym shoes.


Field hockey

Eighth grade girls planning to play field hockey at Willow Glen High School in the fall of 2003 are encouraged to contact athletic director Peggy Booth for summer camp information and a workout schedule. Booth can be reached at 408.535.6330, ext. 745, or at peggy_booth@sjusd.org.


Skyland Run

The 11th annual Skyland Mountain Run will be held on June 21, 8:30 a.m., at Radonich Ranch off of Summit Road in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Events include a 10K run, a 5K run or a 5K walk. There is also a 1K fun run for children under 10.

The early registration fee (before June 14) is $20 for adults and $13 for children and includes a race T-shirt, raffle and pancake breakfast.

For directions and more information call Sue Marvin at 408.353.4556 or visit http://www.skylandchurch.com/mountain run.htm.


Soccer, field hockey, basketball camps for youth

Presentation High School will host girls soccer camps on June 23­27 and July 14­18. The cost is $145 for the half-day camp and $200 for the full-day camp. For more information, contact Presentation girls varsity soccer coach Andrew Ransome at 408.446.0618 or http://www.pres-net.com.


SCU Soccer camps

Santa Clara University will host a series of summer soccer camps for players ages 6­18 this summer.

Camp dates include: July 21­25, residential camp for players ages 9­13; July 28­Aug. 1, residential camp for players ages 14­18; and Aug. 5­8, elite residential camp for players entering their junior and senior years of high school.

For more information on the camps, contact Rusty Johnson at 408.554.4003 or mjohnson@scu.edu or visit http://www.santaclarabroncos.com and follow links to camps.


Field hockey camp

A girls field hockey camp for beginning players in grades 5­9 will be held June 24­26 at Del Mar High School. The cost is $40 per player for the camp that runs 9 a.m.­noon. Equipment will be provided. For more information, contact Del Mar coach Gene Sampson at 408.264.2373 or dmfieldhockey@netscape.net.


Panther camp

The Panther Field Hockey Camp will July 7­11 at Prospect High School. The five-day camp designed to teach incoming freshmen the fundamentals of high school field hockey in a safe, fun and competitive environment.

The camp staff includes college coaches, high school coaches and college players. The cost is $100­$120 per player. For more information, contact Leon Nikas at 408.253.1662, ext. 8234, or pantherhockey@sbcglobal.net.


CyberRays camps

The San Jose CyberRays, the local women's professional soccer team, will host a camp for teams on July 21­24 at West Valley College in Saratoga. Sessions run from 5­6:30 p.m. or 6:30­8 p.m. and the cost is $160 per player (based on a minimum of 12 players per team). There is no charge for coaches.

For more information, email camps@sjearthquakes.com, call 408.260. 3900 or visit http://www.sjcyberrays.com/fanzone/fan_camps.html.


Basketball camp

The annual West Valley Basketball Camp returns to the college's Saratoga campus this summer with sessions for boys entering the third through ninth grades.

The camps focus on the fundamentals of shooting, passing, ball handling, footwork and much more. West Valley coach Danny Yoshikawa is camp director and Scott Peters in camp coordinator.

The sessions include: boys in the seventh through ninth grades—June 23­27, 9 a.m.­3 p.m. each day, cost $325; and boys in the third through fifth grades—June 30­July 3, 9 a.m.­3 p.m. each day, cost $260.

For more information, call 408.881.0873 or email toga_camp@yahoo.com.


Contacting sports

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