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For youth ages 5 to 14 at BFR

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Columbus Crew Soccer Club will hold one of its winter camps at Bluffton Family Recreation in January.

The one-day camp is Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, from 9 a.m. to noon. It is open to youth ages 5 to 14. Registration is $75 per youth.

Camps will focus on player development through a core foundation of soccer skills and a challenging learning environment.  A wide range of technical training will be included such as dribbling, passing, controlling and finishing.

Or, give it to someone else - it's from Bluffton Family Recreation

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Benefits include improved mobility, cardiovascular health, improved strength, improved agility and some flexibility.

Consider giving yourself a Christmas present from Bluffton Family Recreation this year.

Wrap it up and label it TBC workouts. That stands for Total Body Conditioning workout and the gift may be your favorite of the season.

Here’s what you get:

Registration ending soon

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Bluffton Family Recreation doesn’t halt its programming during the holidays.

Several activities take place later this month including indoor holiday soccer tournaments, according to Joseph Beagle, BFR director. There’s still time to regular teams for the tourney.

The popular holiday tournaments takes place Saturday, Sunday and Wednesday, Dec. 17-18-21.

Here’s the schedule:
Saturday, Dec. 17 – high school boys’
Sunday, Dec. 18 – adult open
Wednesday, Dec. 21 – high school coed

BFR's new indoor 7,200-square-foot turf getting great reviews from athletes

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After 19 years and who-knows-how-many soccer matches, Bluffton Family Recreation has a new carpet – more precisely, a new indoor turf on its soccer field.

And, according to Joseph Beagle, BFR director, “We are getting great reviews from athletes using it.”

The new turf replaced the original turf.

PHOTOS BELOW SHOW:
• Old turf
• BFR floor with no turf
• Installing new turf
• New turf in place

Bluffton Family Recreation, located at 215 Snider Road, Bluffton, and offers year-around sports programming.

Team registration underway now

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Bluffton Family Recreation is now accept teams for three holiday soccer tournaments.

Here's holiday soccer tourney schedule:
• High school boys’ tournament is Saturday, Dec. 17
• Adult open tournament is Sunday, Dec. 18
• High school coed tournament is Wednesday, Dec. 21

Contact BFR for details at 419-358-4150 or register online at www.bfronline.net

 

Bluffton Hospital and BFR know you can do it!

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Icon viewers can join the “Race to Rudolph,” a Bluffton Hospital walking challenge.

The challenge is for all participants to walk 75 total miles (150,000 steps), which happens to be the distance from Bluffton Hospital to Rudolph, Ohio, and back again.

MORE DETAILS IN ATTACHMENT AT BOTTOM OF STORY -

Participants will keep a daily log of steps and record those steps on a card provided to them.

Once those steps are completed, the participant will submit the walking log for a chance to win some prizes.

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