Jack Friel Memorial Golf Tournament

The 14th annual Jack Friel Memorial Golf Tournament will be held Monday, June 19, at Whitney Farms Golf Club in Monroe. This year, the tournament will also be held in memory of Isabelle MacKenzie Murray, a longtime supporter of the Newtown Scholarship Association and tireless volunteer for many community and school organizations. Newtown Savings Bank sponsors the tournament. Check-in, registration and warm up will begin at 10:30 am with a shotgun start at 11:30 am. The tournament is a major fundraiser for the NSA, which provides need-based scholarships to college-bound high school graduates and continuing students from Newtown. The goal of the tournament is the raise more than $40,000 for scholarships. The entry fee of $175 includes lunch, cocktails and buffet dinner. Team handicaps will be used with great prizes awarded to low gross and low net scores. Call Mark Fries at 426-8507 or Jim Morley at 426-8966 to register.

Namath/Dockery Football Camp

The annual Joe Namath/John Dockery Instructional Football Camp will return to Nicholls College in Dudley, Massachusetts July 9-19. The camp is open to boys ages 8 to 18 and will feature contact and non-contact programs as well as visits from current and former NFL players like Justin McCareins, Dan Klecko, Kareem McKenzie, Willie Ponder, David Tyree and Winston Hill. Visit www.joenamathcamp.com for further information.

H.O.P.E. For Habitat Golf

A golf outing benefitting H.O.P.E for Habitat will be held Thursday, May 18, at Oak Ridge Golf Club in Feeding Hills, Massachusetts. It will be a 10:30 am shotgun start with registration opening at 9 am. Cost is $110 per player and that includes greens fees, cart, lunch and dinner. H.O.P.E. is a partnership between AW Hastings & Co and the Greater Springfield Habitat for Humanity project. For further info, contact Melissa Roberge at 800-394-2728, ext. 2748.

Connecticut Sports Center

The Connecticut Sports Center in Woodbridge has a number of programs available. The CSC hosts Open Play Volleyball for adults every Monday from 7 to 10 pm (cost is $7 per person) and is now accepting applications for the 2006 Summer Volleyball Programs available for girls in grades 5-12 and boys in grades 7-12. Call 1-203-387-1181 or visit www.ctsportscenter.com for further information.

Power Boating

The United States Power Squadrons® BoatSmart Course will be offered Saturday, June 10, from 8 am to 5 pm, by the Housatonic River Sale & Power Squadron. The course will be held at the Housatonic Boat Club in Stratford. Students should bring their own lunch. Successful completion of the class qualifies the participant for the Connecticut State Boating Certificate. Cost is $80 and includes manual, personal water craft, instruction and first year membership in the Squadron. Call Ike Heitlinger at 268-7217 (ike_heitlinger@yahoo.com) or Joan Pappas at 380-0011 (joansails@aol.com)