BOWLING LOCAL SPORTS CALENDAR
To submit calendar items, please email to mstribl@freemanonline.com; mail to Daily Freeman, Sports Dept., 79 Hurley Ave., Kingston, N.Y., 12401 or drop off at our office during business hours. Submissions must be received by 5 p.m. Wednesday.
BASEBALL
Babe Ruth Kingston: Come join Ulster County’s largest youth baseball league! Now accepting registration. For boys ages 13-16. For more information and to register, visit www.kingstoncalripken.com Cal Ripken Kingston: Come join Ulster County’s largest youth baseball and softball league! Now accepting registration. Boys Youth Baseball ages 6-12. Boys and Girls Youth Baseball for ages 3-5. For more information and to register, visit www.kingstoncalripken.com Travel Teams Mid-Hudson Tigers: Fielding teams ages 9U to 15U in 2019. Teams participate regularly in NYEB and GHVBL leagues as well as top tournaments (Cooperstown All Star Village, Baseball Heaven, Diamond Nation, Ripken, Sports at the Beach). Teams have access to an indoor training facility all year. For more information or team contacts, visit www.midhudsontigers.com
Senior Baseball: A local team in the CDMSBL (Capital District Men’s Senior Baseball League) is looking for a few players to play baseball in a weeknight
55+ league.To be eligible a player must turn 55 in calendar year 2019.The season runs from early May until early August. Interested players may contact Jerry Hawkins at jnhawk7@yahoo.com or cell (845) 8539872.
Tournament Club: Sixth qualifying event of the season 1 p.m. Feb. 24 at Bowlers Club in Saugerties behind Simmons Plaza. 12:30 p.m. check-in. All bowlers will use last year’s average. Qualifiers will be held the last Sunday of each month through March, leading to the April 28 Championship Final (dates subject to change). All bowlers receive points for each tournament they participate in. This is a handicap tournament. For more information, call Rob Houtman at (845) 246-4969 or John Cook Jr. at (845) 417-1512.
BOXING
Boxing Conditioning: Led by Tom Pignone, certified boxing instructor, at the Mountainview Studio, 20 Mountainview Ave., Woodstock. Tuesdays. Children ages 7-12 from 4:15-5 p.m.; teens 5-5:45 p.m.; adults from 6-7. You will need to bring clean gym footwear. We provide the rest. Suggested donation for youth $8 per class, adults $10. Drop-ins welcome. For more information, visit www.mtnviewstudio.com, email mtviewstudio@gmail.com or reach it on Facebook.
FENCING
Woodstock Fencing Club: Meets 6:30-9:30 p.m. Tuesdays in the Cafetorium at the Woodstock Elementary School (when school is open). Instruction given at all levels in all weapons — Foil, Sabre and Epee from 6:30-8. Practice and bouting. Fence dry or electric. It is a non-profit Club with volunteer instructors in Ron Zukor of Woodstock, David Osherow of Shokan, George T. Gallagher from Kingston, plus Elene Umberto Schoeps of Olivebridge. There is no charge to join for classes, lessons or fencing. Only requirement is $10-per-year dues for a USA Fencing membership. For more information, call Elene Schoeps at (845) 657-8021 or George T. Gallagher at 331-3832, e-mail YESUS@hvc.rr.com or visit www.ashokan.com/fencing. html
HEALTH & FITNESS
Jazzercise Classes: Offered 5:30 p.m. Mondays at St. John’s Episcopal Church on Albany Ave., Kingston. All ages and fitness levels welcomed. Local instructor Cathy Shaw has been working with toddlers to seniors for 24 years. For more information, call (845) 3391545 or email ecshaw87@ aol.com
Senior Mall Walking: The Ulster County Office for the Aging invite seniors to join them for walking at the Hudson Valley Mall every Tuesday at 10 a.m. All participants receive a coupon to buy tea, coffee or water at The Coffee Shoppe in the Mall. For more information, call the Office for the Aging at (845) 340-3456.
Zumba Gold: 8:45-9:45 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays at the Marbletown Community Center, State Route 209 in Stone Ridge. Class introduces participants easy to follow Zumba choreography that focuses on cardiovascular endurance, range of motion, flexibility and balance. For more information and to sign up, call Lisa Ondreyko at (845) 728-0067.
LITTLE LEAGUE
Kingston: Registration now open. Six divisions to choose from: T-Ball, coach pitch, kids pitch, majors, senior (age 13-16) and girls softball. To register and for more information, visit www.kingstonlittleleague. com Questions may be directed to the league president at patjmagee@gmail. com
OUTDOORS
Trailsweepers Snow and Sports Club: Open to new members of all ages. Trailsweepers ski, snowboard, cross country ski, snowshoe, windsurf, mountain bike, road bike, hike, backpack, canoe/kayak and have fun. Club meets second and fourth Tuesdays of the month 7:30 p.m. at Tony’s Pizzeria on 582 Broadway in Kingston. For more information and to check out their events calendar, visit www.trailsweepers.org
SOFTBALL
Adult Leagues Kingston Recreation: Registration now being accepted for the upcoming season which starts the week of April 29. Informational meeting, mandatory for all team captains, will be held 6 p.m. Feb. 12 and 13 at the Everette Hodge Community Center, 21 Franklin St. Fees are $555 sponsor, non-resident $40 and $160 forfeit. Returning teams must update their forfeit balances. Softball fee: $50 for 14 balls, $60 for 18. Officials fee: $40 cash per team each game. All rosters and fees must be completed by March 25. To register a team or pay fees, visit www.kingstonparksandrec. org New teams may fill spots if rosters and fees are not completed by returning teams. For more information, visit www.kingston-ny.gov/adultsoftball or contact Recreation Leader Courtney Carroll at (845) 481-7337 or at ccarroll@ kingston-ny.gov Youth Leagues Kingston: Come join Ulster County’s largest youth softball league! Now accepting registration. Girls Youth Softball for ages 6-14. For more information and to register, visit www.kingstoncalripken.com Officiating Kingston Softball Umpire’s Association: Classes for new umpires Feb. 13, 14, 20, 21 and 27 (Feb. 28 snow day) at John A. Coleman Catholic High School. Candidates must attend all four classes. KSUA officiates Mid-Hudson Athletic League scholastic games. Cost for the classes is $50. If interested, contact Walter Bollenbach at (845) 9015196 or wbollenbach@hvc. rr.com
WRESTLING Clubs
Mid-Hudson Dark Corner Wrestling Club: Meets 6-8 p.m. Wednesday and Fridays in the Kingston High School wrestling room. Beginning through advanced wrestling. Folkstyle, Freestyle and Greco-Roman. For more information, call coach Cappy Weiner at (845) 532-0364.
YOGA
Yang Yin Yoga: 10:1511:45 a.m. Mondays and Fridays at Mountain View Studio, 20 Mountain View Ave., Woodstock. This mixed-level class incorporates vigorous and stimulating strength-building postures for the first part of class, then transitions to calming, flexibility-promoting postures for the second. The session finishes with guided meditation for total physical and mental relaxation. As you refine your physical and mental skills through the yoga process, your body will feel balanced, i.e., stimulated yet relaxed, while your mind will be focused and peaceful. This class is not for absolute beginners. Students must know basic yoga postures. Instructor is Leslie Snow, who has taught yoga for seven years and been a personal trainer for 10. With a background in ballet, running and resistance training, she has studied martial arts for the last eight years, achieving a 2nd-degree black belt in Isshinryu Karate. Cost: $15. First class is free. For more information, visit www.lesliesnow. com, call her at (904) 5343141 or email leslie@lesliesnow.com You may also contact the Mountain View Studio at (845) 679-0901.