Sports briefs: Golf tournaments, softball and baseball camps planned

Published 10:31 am Friday, May 29, 2015

The Brewton Sportsman Club’s summer softball program will be starting its season June 8 at the Sportsman Club Park on MLK Drive in Brewton. The program will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. for ages 5 to 16 years old. There will also be an adult league for churches and any other adult league that would like to participate.
For more information, contact Thomas Watson at 251-236-1901; Homer Hamilton at 251-867-2569; or Bo Jones at 251-809-4625.

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The Jefferson Davis Community College softball team will host a summer softball camp June 8-10 at the JDCC softball field. The camp will be from 8 a.m. to noon for ages 7 to entering seniors.
The cost of the camp is $60 before June 3 and $75 the day of the camp.
Camp sessions are designed to improve fundamental skills of softball such as catching, throwing, hitting, bunting, pitching, fielding and overall knowledge. The entire JDCC softball team, along with coaches, will be providing instruction. For more information, contact Coach Misti Nims at 251-809-1632 or misti.nims@jdcc.edu.

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The fifth annual Donnie Rotch Memorial Scholarship Golf Tournament will be held at the Country Club of Brewton on Sat., June 13 and Sun., June 14.
Prizes will be given per flight. Make all checks payable to Men’s Golf Association. Entry to this event is based on the first 86 paid teams.
Entry fee is $250 per team. A silent auction will take place on Saturday night.
Tee times are 8 a.m. and 1 p.m.
For more information, contact Barney Bain at 251-809-4683 or bbain@erec.net. Email entry information to Stephen Thomas at sthomas@greers.com.
All proceeds will benefit the Donnie Rotch Scholarship Fund. Tee signs are available at $50 each.

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The Brewton Area Softball League will be having a meeting on Sun., June 7, at 2 p.m. at the East Brewton Fire Department. Anyone that is interested in entering in a team must either be at this meeting or contact Mike Driskell at 251-809-5048 or Joey Shell at 251-254-0253.

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The Jefferson Davis Community College Warhawk baseball team and head coach Darrell Blevins will have their Most Valuable Player Summer Baseball Camp Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, June 8-10. The camp will be held from 8 a.m. to noon for players ages 7 through 18.
The camp will be held at Warhawk field on the campus of JDCC in Brewton and will be $65 per camper if registered before Friday, June 5. A price of $75 will be charged if registered on the day of the camp.
Campers are to bring a bat, glove, batting gloves, baseball cap, baseball pants or sweat pants, baseball shoes and sneakers.
For more information and registration, call the baseball office at 251-809-1563 or visit the jdcc.edu website at athletics/baseball/baseball camps. Please leave a message if no one is in the office at the time of your call.

About Adam Robinson

My name is Adam Robinson and I have been the Sports Editor of the Brewton Standard since September 2007. I cover all the local sports in the Brewton area. I am a 2007 graduate of Troy University with a degree in Print Journalism with a contract in Sports Information. I married Shari Lynn in June of 2007 and we welcomed our first child, Hatlee, in April of 2010.

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