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If you are near Fantasy of Flight in early October you may want to watch out because vintage airplanes will not be the only things flying in the air. It was just announced that the 2009 PSP Paintball World Cup will be held at Fantasy of Flight October 7-11. The World Cup is the largest [...]

Youth Basketball of America (YBOA) Boys National Tournament
Dates: 6/28 – 7/4
Venue: 10 Different Polk County High Schools Gyms
- The Youth Basketball of America (YBOA) Boys National Tournament will bring into Polk County 100 teams with over 1,200 participants and more than 2,000 spectators
- Saturday’s Championship games will be hosted by Lake Region High School, Tenoroc High School, [...]

If you were not able to attend the 2009 Polk County All Sports Awards, or if you would like to relive Polk County’s biggest sports celebration, the event will be televised on Bright House Sports Network this Sunday night at 7pm. Bright House Sports Network is Channel 47 on Bright House and can be seen [...]

Here is the impressive list of Polk County medal winners at the 2009 Sunshine State Games that were held in just a couple weeks ago. More than 4,000 athletes from around the state competed and many Polk County athletes came out on top.
Archery
Central Florida Bowhunters, Fort Meade
ADULT MALE COMPOUND RELEASE
1. William Kelly, Lakeland, 1346*
900 Round [...]

NSA B Tournament
Dates: 6/26 – 6/28
Venue: Diamondplex/Southwest & Westside
- The NSA B Tournament will bring into Polk County 1800 participants and an estimated 3600 spectators
For more information on NSA events check out www.playnsa.com and www.centralfloridasports.com
 
ISA Youth A State
Date: 6/26 – 6/28
Venue: Auburndale, Bartow, Diamondplex
- The ISA event will bring into Polk County 900 participants, and [...]

Following a VERY busy weekend that featured the 30th Annual Sunshine State Games that brought 4,000 athletes to the area, we are gearing up for another busy weekend of sports in Polk County. Here is the rundown:
Florida Five Star Girls Team Classic
Date: 6/19 – 6/21
Venue:Polk Community College, Auburndale
- The Florida Five Star will bring in [...]

Do you usually go out to eat and find teams filling up restaurants or see sports event participants walking down major streets near hotels? If so, this new weekly feature on CCF should help you identify why. Since we do host more than 200 sporting events a year here, we understand how it could get [...]

The Ledger has a story today about a sports movie currently being filmed in Auburndale at Lake Ariana. That sport just happens to be water skiing. This certainly isn’t the first water ski movie to be filmed in Polk County, but it certainly is another feather in the cap of the “Water Ski Capital of [...]

For three years now, the Central Florida Junior Golf Tour has been helping the young Tiger Woods and Lorena Ochoa’s of Central Florida improve their game and the 2009 season is already underway. The tour is for boys and girls ages 8-18 and is designed to help prepare young golfers for tournament play by teaching them golf tournament [...]

A record  number of particiapnts ran in the Mayfaire Classic 5k yesterday through downtown Lakeland. The final count was 1,140 for the annual 5K race/walk that coincides with Mayfaire by the Lake. For results and plenty of photos from the event check out the Lakeland Runners Club website.