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Climbing The ‘Look
From yesterday evening:
2nd Annual Oregon Hill Memorial Day Invitational Announced
Another soccer tourney from Manny. From the FaceBook event page:
Fund raiser for the William Byrd Community center foundation
$5 per player. All proceeds will be donated to the foundation.
7 v 7 coed invitational on an irregular field…
We are now accepting 6 teams with a minimum roster of 8 players. First come first served.
no more than 5 guys on field at any time per team
mail $20 deposit along with roster and team name/jersey colors to: 614 China St. richmond VA 23220 or email oregonhillnumina at yahoo.com.
Defending champs:
Jogging Video
From Virginia Canals and Navigations Society:
a nice video online of someone jogging from downtown Richmond up to Maymont Park (and back). The video is a little choppy but it’s worth taking a look at. Enjoy.
City’s Bicycle and Trails Coordinator To Speak Wednesday at Sierra Club Meeting
If you would like to hear about the Mayor’s Bike and Ped program as well as current and future pedestrian/bicycling projects in Richmond and the region (including the 2015 World Cycling event), Jakob Helmboldt, AICP, Pedestrian, Bicycle and Trails Coordinator from the City’s Chief Administrative Office will be speaking at the Sierra Club Falls of the James general meeting on Wednesday evening, Sept. 12, at 7 pm at the Science Museum of Virginia (2500 West Broad Street). SCFOJ general meetings are free and open to public.
Also, speaking of the Sierra Club, the group is sponsoring a contest for Richmond Area Elementary and Secondary Schools. The goal is to foster greater recycling participation throughout the Richmond metropolitan area. First prize is $1,000! For more information, please click here.
Cycling Club at VCU
From RideRichmond’s Facebook page:
VCU riders: If you’re interested in the Cycling Club at VCU, check out the first meeting of the semester tonight at 8 at the Cary St. Gym.
Event link:
Bout of the Century
Personally, I prefer the hula, but it does look like good sport.
Negro Leagues Baseball Players To Appear At Main Public Library
From the Richmond Public Library Blog:
Friday, August 10th at 4:30 p.m., former baseball players from the Negro Leagues will be at the Main Library to talk about their experience in the league and Civil Rights struggle in the 1950s and 1960s. Surviving members who will participate in an interview questionnaire are Henry Mason, Joe Durham, Mamie Johnson-Goodman, and Pedro Sierra. This program is “FREE” and is open to the public.
3 Things
This week, two of those things are sports events happening close to Oregon Hill on the James River:
3. James River Splash and Dash
Of all the races that I will never run, the James River Splash and Dash is the one I regret not running the most. First: you run. Then: you tube down the river. Then: you run your tube on land. It sounds as ridiculously fun to watch as it must be to participate. What could add more hilarity to this event? Oh, just a party afterwards with food and beer and music and stuff, NO BIG DEAL.
Sat. Jul. 14 • 4:00 PM
Belle Isle
$34 to race and participate in the no-big-deal party4. Project Athena Richmond Relay Marathon
“Ho ho ho, a race involving TUBING,” says you, the famous tubing killjoy. “‘Tis not for I,” you said, (still talking, I see). “Instead, I plan to stay unsoiled and bone dry while simultaneously helping an excellent cause. Please drop me off at the Project Athena Richmond Relay Marathon, where a team of friends and I will run parts of marathons together, benefitting Project Athena and all the dream-fulfillment it does for people who’ve been through physical hell. It’s like physical hell in order to help those in physical hell. Appropriate!”
Sat. Jul. 14 • 7:00 AM
Brown’s Island
$6 per race enthusiast
And then there is this last event, which usually brings at least a few crews of filmmakers to the neighborhood:
Fast filmmakers, heed the call of the 48 Hour Film Project, aka “49 Hours? No Dice.” You’ll lose a lot of sleep and have a crap-ton of fun, I bet, as the festival peeps give you a character and some background information (kickoff is this Friday at The Camel). Then you’re off, writing, filming, and editing a movie to be turned in at this very event. Watch the fresh-faced hopefuls greet each other amiably on Friday or giggle sympathetically as they stagger in, cowed by the very briskness of this idea on Sunday. Screenings begin in a few weeks.
Sun. Jul 15 • 5:00 PM
The Camel, 1621 W. Broad St.
Free!
Hula!
