Sports & Recreation Briefs -- December 8

<b>Army-Navy game</b>
The NCAA Army-Navy game is Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at FedEx Field in Landover, Md.

Additional information and tickets are available at armynavygame.com.

<b>WAMAC winter basketball season begins Saturday</b>
The Washington Area Military Athletics Conference men’s and women’s winter basketball season gets underway at 1 p.m., Saturday at Fort Meade, Md.

Fort Belvoir hosts several games in January and February.

Additional information and schedule is available from Sheila Edwards at sheila.j.edwards.naf@ mail.mil or head coach Herbert Marshall at herb.d.marshall@nga.mil.

<b>Winter archery league under way</b>
Fort Belvoir Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation has started the Winter Archery League at the Archery Center.

Registration opens at noon and the shoot begins promptly at 1 p.m.

All are welcome. This is an excellent way to sharpen your indoor competitive skills.

The registration fee is $5 per person. Individuals who are new to competitive archery are especially welcome.

<b>Ski, Snowboard & Tubing Trips</b>
Fort Belvoir Outdoor Recreation offers a ski, snowboard and tubing trips Dec. 17 and Dec. 28 to Liberty Mountain, Pa.

Be the first to hit the slopes this year, rent equipment from our shop, purchase lift tickets or just take us up on transportation.

We depart ODR at 6 a.m. to arrive at the slopes first thing at 8 a.m. If you rent with us, we load, unload your equipment and let you sleep on the drive!

Cost is $15 per person for transportation.

For more information, contact ODR at (703) 805-3081.

<b>Meadowood hunting lottery</b>
The 2012 Meadowood Managed Hunt, located on Mason Neck, Virginia, will have a lottery-draw hunt Jan. 19, 20 and 21.

Names entered into the drawing will include those taken from the Mason Neck Refuge orientation and from postcards or emails: jreffit@blm.gov (put HUNT in the subject line) marked no later than Dec. 19.

Only one lottery ballot will be accepted per hunter. Hunters must circle gun, bow or either on the ballot. 

This antlerless only hunt is restricted to archery, shotgun or muzzleloader.

Each hunter drawn will be contacted by phone and required to stop by the Lower Potomac Field Station office, 10406 Gunston Road, Lorton Virginia, between 7 a.m. 4 p.m., Dec. 21 or 22, to pick up a map unless other arrangements are made. 

For further information or to download a postcard, visit www.blm.gov/es/st/en.html and click on the bulleted announcement or call the Lower Potomac Field Station at (703) 339-3467 or (703) 339-3461.

<b>Hockey returns to Prince William County</b>
The National Capitol Region Joint Military Hockey Team returns to action Saturday with their fourth annual Toys for Tots charity hockey game against the Prince William Hockey Coaches.

The puck drops at 2 p.m. at the newly rebuilt Prince William Ice Center, 5180 Dale Blvd., Woodbridge.

Tickets are $10 and there will be a prize raffle and auction.

Tickets are available at the Prince William Ice Center or online at www.ncrmilitaryhockey.com.

Additional information is available from Yvonne Carlock, Press Officer, Marine Corps Base Quantico Public Affairs at (703) 784-2741 or Yvonne.Carlock@usmc.mil.

<b>Softball coaches needed</b>
The Fort Belvoir DFMWR Sports Office is looking for qualified Men’s and Women’s coaches for the FY12 Post Level Softball season.

If you have passion for the sport and want to volunteer to coach please submit resume to sheila.edwards2@us.army.mil before Dec. 15.

All applications will be reviewed by a panel and selection will be made by Jan 16.  

You can also mail a resume to: FMWR Sports Office, Attn: Men’s/Women’s Softball Coach Resume, 5820 21st Street, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060.

Call (703) 805-4382 for information.

<b>Aerobics</b>       
Stay on the road to health with aerobics classes beginning Jan. 9. In addition to Spinning, Yoga, Repfusion, Zumba, Turbo kick, Pilates, Step & Sculpt and Power Pump, two new classes are being added: Yogalates, a blend of yoga and Pilates for complete fitness, strength and flexibility and Absolution, a core class that challenges your functional movement within your core.

The cost is $71 for 10 weeks/$7 for walk ins.

Call (703) 806-5368 for information or stop by Graves Fitness Center to sign up.

<b>Aerobics instructors needed</b>
DFMWR fitness is looking for people interested in leading aerobics classes at Fort Belvoir.

Call (703) 806-5589 for more information.

<b>Youth sports registration now under way</b>
Call (703) 806-0791 to register for any of the following:
• House Basketball - Ages 5-15. Season runs January- April
• Select Basketball - Ages 9-18; tryouts to be announced. Cost is $85. Season runs December-March
• Smart Start Basketball - Ages 3-5; enrollment is through Dec. 23. Cost is $20. Season runs January-February. Current immunization records required.
• Smart Start Sports Development - Ages 3-5; enrollment is through Dec. 23. Cost is $20. Season runs January-February.

<b>Spring Red Birds baseball registration</b>
Registration for the spring Little League season begins Jan. 4 at Youth Services Central Registration, located in the Markham Building, 9500 Barlow Road near the intersection of Mount Vernon and Hurley Roads 6:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Now is the time to update your child’s sport physical so they will be ready to play when the first practices begin in early March.

The information packet about the league will be available at the Central Registration Office and on the DFMWR website in January.

Additional information is available from Bill Behring at coachbill2@verizon.net.

<b>Women’s basketball try-outs</b>
The Fort Belvoir Women’s Basketball Team conducts basketball tryouts Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7 p.m. in Graves Fitness Center’s gym. Try-outs are open through January.

The program is open to all active-duty military, military dependents, Reservists, National Guard, and contractors assigned to Fort Belvoir.

For more information contact Coach Sherman Sherin at (703) 806-0771 or by cell at (703) 622-4018.

<b>Volleyball at U.S. Coast Guard Station</b>
The U.S. Coast Guard Telecommunications and Information Systems Command (TISCOM) will host volleyball games at the Coast Guard Station, off of Telegraph Road, on Sundays from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Games will promote military volleyball and the TISCOM Drill Facility. Military or DoD employees who live in or around Franconia are invited to play (BB to B Level). There is only one court available so participation will be on a first-come-first-serve basis. Additional information is available from Owen Davies at (703) 966-1421 or at owen.davies@pentagon.af.mil.