SPORTS BRIEFS

Softball leagues postponed

The Saipan Softball Association announced that the 2004 Men’s Island Wide Slow-Pitch Softball League, the 2004 Men’s Island Wide Fast-Pitch Softball League and the 2004 Women’s Island Wide Slow-Pitch Softball League have all been postponed and the tentative opening date will be on July 5.

An organizational meeting for the leagues will also be held on July 24 at 5:30pm at the Gilbert C. Ada Gym conference room. The entrance fee of $800 plus membership dues for each league will be due during this meeting along with each respective team’s waiver/roster form.

All interested teams and/or individuals are urged to attend this meeting, as number of teams for each league will be limited.
For more information, please contact the SSA president Robert A. Guerrero at 888-0215/235-1580.

Rotary pushes back kick off

The start of the 2004 season of the Rotary Club of Saipan Summer Youth Basketball League has once again been pushed back for next week.

Instead of kicking off last Monday, the 18-and-under caging event will start this Monday, June 28, to enable the coaches of participating teams to attend a coaching seminar to be conducted by FIBA Oceania official Stewart Manwaring.

The coaching seminar will continue on this Friday from 5pm to 7pm and the whole afternoon of Saturday at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium conference room.

Organizers reminded teams that Rotary’s “no clinic, no coaching” rule still stands, which means that the league will not allow coaches who didn’t attend the seminar to mentor their teams this season.

For more information on the upcoming 2004 Rotary Club of Saipan Summer Youth Basketball League and requisite coaching clinic administered by Manwaring, please call Elias Rangamar at 664-2503 or 664-2508.

PACRIM update

The 3rd Annual Pacific Rim (PACRIM) Youth Goodwill Tournament is scheduled for November and registration is now open. Volleyball teams are allowed to have coed players but not the basketball teams. Team members between 12 to 18 years old of age are encouraged to register at the Office of Youth Affairs in Capitol Hill or pick up your registration packet at Ada’s Gym. For more information, call either the Youth Affairs Office at 664-2228/2248 or Eli Rangamar at 664-2500.