Living in Bluffton

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Four teams are ready to go in this summer’s Bluffton Community Olympics and there’s room for your team to compete.

The Olympics is Saturday, July 30. Team sign-up is soon.

Teams already signed up:
• Bluffton Hospital
• Family Eye Care
• Citizens National Bank
• Ellerbrock Spine and Soft Tissue

Bluffton Family Recreation in cooperation with the Village of Bluffton and the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce will hold the Olympics.

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Bluffton Family Recreation's summer newsletter is now on The Icon. It provides information about all spring and summer class offerings of BFR.

These include:
• Summer Olympics
• Summer youth basketball camps
• Tee Ball League
• Summer youth camps
• Youth golf clinic
• Elementary and junior high basketball camps
• Adult softball leagues
• BFR golf outing
• Performance training
• Sand volleyball sign up
• Ride to Remember
• Challenger Sports camps

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Bluffton Family Recreation, 2015 Snider Road, Bluffton, offers summer basketball camps for elementary and junior high youth in June.

A camp for first through fifth graders takes place Monday, June 13, to Friday, June 17.

Then, from June 20-24, is a sixth through eighth grade camp. Camps are from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.

Jerry Tripp instructs the camps. Each camp covers passing, shooting, defense and dribbling. Campers receive a free t-shirt.

Registration is $45 per youth or $40 for BFR members. Sign up at www.bfronline.com.

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Bluffton Family Recreation, 215 Snider Road, Bluffton, will hold a golf clinic for youth in June, according to Joseph Beagle, director.

Clinic instructors are Jerry Tripp and Nick Rackley and it is open to next fall’s fifth through eighth graders. The clinic will provide campers with new skills and correct forms to learn the game.

Clinic dates are Monday, June 6, to Friday, June 10, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. The clinic takes place at BFR. Registration is $25 per student or $20 with a BFR membership.

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Two Challenger Sports soccer camps are scheduled at Bluffton Family Recreation, 215 Snider Road, Bluffton, this summer.

TetraBrazil Soccer Academy takes place from Monday to Friday, June 6-10, for youth ages 6 to 18.

The camp combines training to music, learning Brazilian techniques, footwork, moves and training from Brazilian soccer coaches.

Registration takes place online at www.challengersports.com. Fees are $165 for half-day (9 a.m. to noon), or $214 for full day (9 a.m. to 4 p.m.).

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Bluffton Family Recreation announces registration is open for summer junior high boys’ basketball leagues, according to Joseph Beagle of BFR.

The leagues have separate divisions for 7th grade and for 8th grade. Seventh graders play Tuesday evenings from May 31 to June 28. Eighth graders play Monday evenings from May 30 to June 27. Exact times will be announced.

Teams will play back-to-back double headers each week. The cost per team is $300. All games are at BFR, 215 Snider Road, Bluffton.

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