Archive for the ‘Water Sports’ Category

Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Baseball Fall Classics – U13, U14, U15, U16, High School Division
Date: 11/6 – 11/8
Venues:Chain of Lakes 210 Cypress Gardens Blvd. SW  Winter Haven, FL  33880, Lake Myrtle – Lake Myrtle Park Rd, Auburndale, FL‎ 33823
- The AAU Baseball Fall Classic will bring in 50 teams from across the state of Florida [...]

 Extreme Events and Charities Wake Jam – Wakeboarding
Dates: 10/23 – 1025
Venue: Martin Luther King Park 100 S Lake Silver Dr Winter Haven, Florida
- Extreme Events and Charities will be hosting 100 youth and adult wake borders from through out the state of Florida to compete in this two day ski tournament.
- For more specific details [...]

Polk County is starting the month of October on the right foot with a busy week of sports. This week alone, Polk County will host a total of six events ranging from a barbecue competition to a world championship paintball event. The six events are poised to bring 15,000 people to the area.
The busy week [...]

World Amateur Baseball Association (WABA) JUCO/High School Fall Classic
Dates: 9/18 – 9/20
Venue: Chain of Lakes 210 Cypress Gardens Blvd. SW  Winter Haven, FL  33880
- The WABA JUCO/HS Fall Classic will bring in 350 participants and an estimated 400 spectators to Polk County. The two different divisions will face off against each other for this two [...]

It is never too early to start planning to participate in the Polk Senior Games. The Games just released their registration information and participants can begin registering in January. More than 2,500 men and women, 50 and over, are expected to participate in 82 Olympic-style events including: Badminton, Basketball Shooting and 3 on 3, Billiards, [...]

Youth Basketball of America (YBOA) “We Got Game” Open Invitational
Dates: 7/10 – 7/12
Venue: Berkley Middle, Polk Community College
- The YBOA “We Got Game” will bring over 500 participants and over an estimated 1000 spectators to Polk County
- For more information on YBOA events check out www.yboa.org and www.centralfloridasports.com
ISA Youth Warm Up
Dates: 7/11 – 7/12
Venue:Bartow 555 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]