SPORTS Covering Local High School, Semi-Pro And Youth Programs • [email protected] Bullllettiin Boarrd BASKETBALL REDNMF RECREATION is looking for basketball players to play on Saturdays. Full court, full press, full fun. For more info, call 1-646-872-8392 or visit www.leaguelineup.com/redbball. TEAM OPENINGS for all Men’s divisions. Top Gun, Competitive, Intermediate and Recreational Divisions. Games are played at Christ the King HS, Msgr. McClancy HS and Redeemer Lutheran School. Call 1-917-951-4523 or visit www.rpsabasketball.com. 40 AND OVER MEN’S LEAGUE starting mid-December in Bayside. Contact Jimmy 1-917- 699-3955 or Glenn 1-516-994-3232. SOCCER WOODHAVEN SOCCER CLUB is currently registering players for teams from U14 through U16. For additional information, go to www.woodhavensoccerclub.com. BLAU WEISS GOTTSCHEE SOCCER is seeking boys and girls for its intramural and travel team programs at Juniper Valley Park. Formore info call 1-718-268-3713 or visit www.bwgottschee.org. LONG ISLAND CITYYMCA offers various instructional clinics. For additional information, call 1-718-392-7932, ext. 239. TRACK & FIELD FOREST PARK RUNNERS CLUB meets at 8 a.m. on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays at the intersection of Woodhaven Boulevard and Forest Park Drive for runs of 4 to 8 miles. Visit forestparkrunners.org or email [email protected]. ROLLER HOCKEY OVAL HOCKEY LEAGUE spring season is ongoing atMafera Park in Ridgewood. Contact valhockeyleague @gmail.com or call 1-718-757-0890. BASEBALL/SOFTBALL INN SOFTBALL LEAGUE has openings formen’s teams in its six- to 12-foot arc league starting in April. Doubleheaders played weekday nights at Juniper Valley and Maurice parks. Call 1-917- 680-8472 or visit www.foulpoles.com. THE QUEENS ALLIANCE BASEBALL LEAGUE and the Queens Kiwanis are taking registration for players 12 and up for all divisions. Call 1-718-366- 7718 or 1-718-821-4487. RGMVM Little League is registering players for the 2014 season. Call 1-718-821-4487 for registration dates and times. QUEENS LIGHTED SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION is expanding and looking for teams. Cash prizes and championship rings available to league champions. Visit www.leaguelineup.com/ QLSA. BVD SOFTBALL MEN’S TEAMS needed for Sunday snowflake doubleheaders, games at noon, 6’–12’-arc on dirt. Regular pitch counts. Call 1-718- 416-0287 or email [email protected] MAURICE PARK SOFTBALL LEAGUE. Sunday morning games. Slow modified, balls included, games at same park. Call 1-347-351-2905 or visit www. leaguelineup.com/isl. FOOTBALL QUEENS FALCONS. Register now and attend workouts for the upcoming season. Call your team’s coach to get signed up and suited: • Peanuts (7-8 years old) and Mighty Mites (5-6 years old): Call Dennis at 1-917-886-7159. • Jr. Pee Wee (9-10 years old /120 lbs. max): Call 1-646-335- 6828 or email [email protected]. • PeeWee (11-12 years old /140 lbs. max):Call 1-917-642-2821 or email [email protected]. • Bantam(13-14 years old /160 lbs.max): Contact Neil O’Donnell at 1-718-877-8618 or email [email protected]. • Intermediate (15-16 years old; no weight limit): Call 1-212-380- 8716 or email [email protected]. ORTHODONTICS WWW.GLENRIDGEORTHODONTIST.COM Est. 1976 ©Times Newsweekly 2014-GLENRIDGE FREE* Consultation and Exam WWW.GLENRIDGEORTHODONTIST.COM Medicaid Approved Diplomate, American Board of Orthodontics Dr. V. Bilello*, Dr. M. Nissenbaum, Dr. P. Bilello, Specialists in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics 65-34 Myrtle Ave., Glendale, NY 11385 Most Insurance Accepted As Partial or Full Payment 1-718-381-2965 1-718-386-8728 TIMES, THURSDAY, JULY 10, 2014 • 54 Big Apple Games Offer Fun For B’wick Youths Ongoing Athletic Pgm. At Local Public School by Noah Zuss Young people in Bushwick can take advantage of the Big Apple Games competition and recreational program at I.S. 291, located at 231 Palmetto St. in Bushwick, until July 31. The free program has operated since 1982 and welcomes kids in grades four through nine from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m, Monday through Thursday. Breakfast and lunch are served free as well, teacher Jennifer Jones said. At the school they will get instruction in various activities, including arts and crafts, basketball, volleyball and bowling. A game room with board games, three foosball tables, two billiards tables and three bumper pool tables will also provide respite from the summer heat outside, as the school is air conditioned, Jones said. But to Jones the importance of the program extends beyond their comfort. “It’s very important because it keeps the kids off the street and they get instruction,” she said. “It’s a great program. Its like this is a free day camp for kids.” For more information contact the school at 1-718-574-0361. Mr. Speaker Loud And Clear In Inaugural Belmont Derby Bests European Invaders For Upset On Turf by Sean Morris New York Racing Association The stretch run of the inaugural Grade 1, $1.25 million Belmont Derby turned into a showdown between the United States and Europe when Mr. Speaker hooked up with the highly touted Irish-bred Adelaide midway through the lane, with Mr. Speaker proving best by a neck after a stretch-long tussle. The Belmont Derby headlined a quintet of graded stakes, including the Grade 1, $1 million Belmont Oaks and Grade 2, $500,000 Suburban Handicap, on the newly created Stars & Stripes Day card, which aimed to attract some of the best overseas horses to compete at Belmont. Mr. Speaker, trained by Hall of Famer Shug McGaughey for Phipps Stable, rebounded strongly in the Belmont Derby after finishing fifth in the Pennine Ridge Stakes, the local prep for the 1 1/4-mile turf race for 3-year-olds. “I had a concrete reason to dismiss his race in the Pennine Ridge, but you always have your doubts,” said McGaughey. “Does he belong in the top layer of horses or not? I think today he proved he does. My confidence was shaken a little bit; he was a different horse before the Pennine Ridge, it was like he had never been in the paddock before. He went to the post and was looking up into the crowd. But today, he was an entirely different horse.” Ridden by Jose Lezcano from post 9, Mr. Speaker was taken back to last shortly following the start. An unruly Pornichet, equipped with blinkers for the first time in his career, stepped out to lead the field through fractions of 23.65 seconds for the opening quarter-mile, 48.43 for a half, and 1:12.65 through six furlongs. As the field rounded the far turn, Mr. Speaker followed the Aidan O'Brien-trained Adelaide, who was angled off the rail at the top of the stretch to seize command. Lezcano, taking advantage of the opening Adelaide’s progress created, dove to the rail aboard Mr. Speaker, and his mount charged through the seam and appeared poised to draw off to an easy victory until Adelaide fought back under jockey Colm O'Donoghue. The 2-1 favorite, Adelaide continued to gain ground all the way to the wire, but a determined Mr. Speaker held on for the win. “I got a perfect trip,” said Lezcano. “We broke, and I got the position I wanted. I let him settle. Last time, he was a little aggressive. It was a five-horse field, he broke, and no one wanted to go, so he took the lead. Today, on the backside, I made a little move to try and hold my position. Then I followed a horse I saw running; I think I followed the right horse (Adelaide).” Mr. Speaker's win in the first edition of the Belmont Derby, formerly run as the Jamaica Handicap, gave the dark bay or brown colt his first Grade 1 victory. Mr. Speaker completed the 1 1/4 miles in 2:01.18 and enhanced his bankroll by the winner's share of $670,000. His career earnings now stand at $945,880. Adelaide, who was making only his fifth career start, finished 3 1/2 lengths clear of third-place finisher Flamboyant, who finished second in the Pennine Ridge. It was a halflength back to fourth-place French raider Gailo Chop, who entered the Belmont Derby off a pair of Group 3 wins in France. Recent maiden graduate Sheldon finished fifth, three-quarters of a length in front of UAE Derby winner and second choice Toast of New York. Global View, Bobby's Kitten, Pornichet and Gala Award completed the order of finish. Dance With Fate was scratched. SEND YOUR SPORTS NEWS AND PHOTOS TO [email protected] REMEMBER: Our Deadline Is Tuesday At Noon
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