Archive for the ‘Water Sports’ Category

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Tell me where else in the world you could have experienced the following day: Championship Boat Racing, Championship High School Basketball, top college baseball talent. Here is a recap of the day you could have had in Central Florida’s Polk County today. It was a day that would make any sports fan happy. 12:30pm – [...]

If you live in the Lakeland area, no that isn’t a large swarm of bees coming towards your house. It is the 72nd running of the Orange Cup Regatta on Lake Hollingsworth. The boat races wil begin with testing today at 11am and racing begins Saturday at 10am and Sunday at noon. As always, admission [...]

You have heard of Stars on Ice and events like that, but how about Holidays on the Water? That is exactly what you will get if you attend the Lakeland Flamingo’s “Synchro in Silver 25th Anniversary Holiday Water Show” Monday, December 15at the YMCA in south Lakeland. The Lakeland Flamingos are a nationally recognized synchronized [...]

When the 2008 Florida Senior Games State Championships begin in Lee County and the City of Cape Coral this Saturday, with over 2,000 athletes competing during the nine-day event, Polk County will be represented by 143 individual athletes and two teams. The opening day of the 17th Annual Florida Senior Games State Championships, Saturday, December [...]