Sports Briefs

Published 7:27 am Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Hunter Safety Class begins Thursday
The Dowagiac Conservation Club will be hosting a Hunter Safety Course on Aug. 6-8.
Late registration is being accepted on Thursday before 6 p.m.

You must have a birth certificate to register.

Classes will be held on Thursday, Aug. 6 and Friday, Aug. 7 from 6-9 p.m. On Saturday, Aug. 8, class will be held from 8 a.m. until 2:30 p.m.

You must attend all three classes to receive your certificate.

For more information contact Furmer at 646-9839, Dick at 424-5186 or Andy at 782-5046.

Belew Memorial Golf Outing Saturday
The 3rd Annual Kameron Belew Memorial Golf Outing is slated for Saturday at Spruce Ridge Golf Club.

Tee time for the four-man scramble event is 2 p.m.

Cost is $60 per person, which includes a hog roast dinner after the outing.

For more information contact June Belew at 782-3029 or Mike Smallbone at (269) 208-8550.

DUHS volleyball tryouts scheduled for Aug. 10
Dowagiac will hold volleyball tryouts on Monday, Aug. 10 at the Union High School from 5-7 p.m.

Benny’s Barber Shop Golf Outing Aug. 9
The fourth annual Benny’s Barber Shop Golf Outing, a four-man scramble, will take place Sunday, Aug. 9, at noon at Spruce Ridge.

Sign up at Peters’ shop at (269) 591-5233 or Spruce Ridge at 782-5827.

7th Annual Frazier Memorial Aug. 15
The 7th Annual Bryan Frazier Memorial Softball Tournament will be held on Saturday, Aug. 15 at Dowagiac’s Rotary Park.

To register a team or to volunteer to help, call 782-3698 or 782-3362.

All proceeds go to the Bryan Frazier Memorial Scholarship Fund.

Knights of Columbus golf outing Sept. 12
The Knights of Columbus No. 2113 will be hosting a charity golf outing on Saturday, Sept. 12 at Plym Park in Niles.

The golf outing’s major benefactor will be the John Tuka Memorial Scholarship.

The four-person scramble event is slated to begin with a shotgun start at 8 a.m.

Cost is $50 per person, which includes greens fees, cart, lunch and beverages.

There will also be a longest drive contest, closest to the pin and 50/50 drawings.

For more information contact Richard Guernsey, tournament chairman (783-0451); Greg Nelson, tournament co-chairman (462-2715); Jon Biek, tournament co-chairman (445-2286; or Jerry Gorey, Grand Knight (782-2750).