Tennis party introduces sport, showcases new courts
Fort Belvoir’s tennis enthusiasts celebrated the grand opening of the new 14th Street courts and the start of the 2012 tennis season Saturday.
Fort Belvoir PAIO team walks for breast cancer awareness
Six representatives of Fort Belvoir’s Plans, Analysis and Integration Office successfully completed the 10th annual Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in Washington, D.C., Saturday and Sunday.
Register now for the Cardboard Regatta
The registration deadline for the 2012 Cardboard Regatta is May 21, so now is the time for teams to select a captain and reserve a spot for the June 9 event.
TIMEOUT: The sports world's great mysteries
I caught one of the first baseball games of the 2012 season the other day and, as always, the first thing I got preoccupied with was the outfield grass — that beautiful, meticulously manicured patchwork quilt of dark and light greens that looks like art under the sunbeams and crawling shadows of early afternoon. To this day, I still don’t know what kind of machinery is capable of producing it, and to tell you the truth, I’m not sure I want to know; having it explained would probably take away from the fundamental coolness of it.
DAU shuts down DCATS 4-0 in soccer
The Defense Acquisition University claimed a sweeping 4-0 intramural soccer victory May 3 at Fremont Field.
Belvoir Combatives Training Center opens with ribbon cutting
The Fort Belvoir Army Garrison and Headquarters Battalion host a ribbon cutting ceremony Monday at 9 a.m. to officially open the Warrior Combatives Training Center in Bldg. 1139 at 9730 Lowen Road, Fort Belvoir.
AR-IO-INSCOM-NETCOM sweeps FBCH, tops rankings
The Army 1st Information Operations - Intelligence and Security Command- Network Enterprise Technology Command joint intramural volleyball team completed the regular season firmly in the driver’s seat of the 2012 rankings with a 45-0 record following their three-match sweep over Fort Belvoir Community Hospital May 2, at Specker Field House.
Alexandria-Potomac Orioles down Belvoir Pirates 11-6
The Belvoir Pirates hosted the Alexandria-Potomac Little League Orioles Monday, with the visiting team taking the 11-6 win.
Belvoir hosts invitational track meet
Fort Belvoir’s Sonic Boom youth track league hosted their first official meet of the 2012 season Saturday at Pullen Field, in spite of unseasonably cool temperatures, damp fields and overcast skies.
TIMEOUT: Heavy thoughts from the dugout
It’s amazing the things you overhear when you’re amid a large gathering of people, and this past weekend, I found that a ballpark on a sunny Saturday afternoon is a particularly useful place to gather at least a week’s worth of food for thought.
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