Tag: sports
Kid’s Choice Sports Center seeks soccer players, kids for summer camp
Soccer indoors at the Kid’s Choice Sports Center. Playing soccer or other sports in the summer is tough—the heat saps your energy, overexerting yourself in high temperatures is unhealthy, and the mosquitoes and gnats can be a nightmare. People who play indoors at the Kids’ Choice Sports Center in Annandale (4317 Ravensworth Road) don’t have … Continued
Queen of Apostles hosts 5K and international festival May 31
Queen of Apostles Catholic School in Lincolnia is planning two big community events on May 31: a 5K and one-mile fun run and an International Festival. The “Soar Like an Eagle” 5K winds through residential streets on a USA Track and Field-certified course. It starts at 8 a.m. at the school’s parking lot, at 4409 … Continued
Annandale Boys & Girls Club donates $70,000 for turf field at Annandale HS
Photos from ABGC The Annandale Boys & Girls Club has donated $70,000 to Annandale High School’s campaign to bring a synthetic turf field to the school’s Bolding Stadium. “This $70,000 donation will ensure AHS meets the minimum commitment for Fairfax County to bring turf to Annandale,” says Julie Germain Thompson of ABGC. “We’re proud of … Continued
Rep. Connolly and Beanetics win Annandale Bed Race
The Connolly-Beanetics team in action. [Photos by George Burke] It took six years of trying and training, but the team sponsored by Congressman Gerry Connolly (11th District) and powered by Beanetics Coffee Roasters finally won the Annandale Bed Race, reports Connolly’s spokesperson George Burke. The bed race teams. The annual event, sponsored by the Annandale … Continued
Local swimmers mourn loss of popular coach Clayton Joyner
Coach CJ with the Holmes Run swim team. More than 200 people, many of them members of the Falls Church High School and Holmes Run swim teams, gathered at the Holmes Run pool May 6 for a candlelight vigil to honor and remember swim coach Clayton Joyner. Joyner, just 29 years old, died May 5 … Continued
Annual Bed Race in Annandale on May 10
John Marr Drive in Annandale will be turned into a speedway Saturday morning as teams representing local businesses, organizations, and public officials race hospital beds up and down the street. Some teams go to great lengths to decorate their beds. The action starts in front of Kmart at 10 a.m. The annual Bed Race is … Continued
Hit-a-Thon to raise funds for Mason District Little League
Help the Mason District Little League reach its fundraising goal by contributing to the league’s first annual Hit-a-Thon May 9 and 10. The MDLL is hoping to raise $16,000 so it can upgrade its aging equipment, get new uniforms, make improvements to the field and cage, pay for umpires, and provide scholarships to needy families. … Continued
Annandale Walgreens hosts bowling fundraiser for cancer research
The Annandale Walgreens invites the public to a bowling fundraiser at AMF Annandale Lanes Saturday, May 3, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., to raise money for the Ride to Conquer Cancer. The Ride to Conquer is a two-day bike ride in the countryside around Washington, D.C., Sept. 13-14. Walgreens is hoping to raise enough money to send … Continued
Inflatable fun center for kids opens in Annandale
There’s a new indoor playtime and party place for kids in Annandale with large inflatable structures for bouncing and sliding. It’s called the Alexandria Coliseum, and it opened in March in the Kid’s Choice Sports Center, 4317 Ravensworth Road, Annandale, in the building that used to house the Annandale Sport & Health Club, which closed … Continued
Annandale Blog supports Mason District Little League
The Annandale Blog is again sponsoring a Mason District Little League team. This year, it’s the Giants, in the AAA Minors. The Giants usually practice at Parklawn Elementary School and play games at Mason District Park in Annandale.
Meet football legends in Annandale
Taylor Two Washington Redskins greats—Charley Taylor and Roy Jefferson—will be meeting fans and signing autographs Saturday, March 22, 12-1:30 p.m., at Collector’s World, 7030 Columbia Pike, Annandale. Taylor, a wide receiver, was inducted in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1984 and played in the Pro Bowl eight times. Jefferson was a wide receiver … Continued
Annandale third-grader is national running champion
Caleb Hymans with his gold medal. The fastest 8-year-old in the country is Caleb Hymans, who lives right here in Annandale, in the Truro community. On Dec. 14, Caleb came in first place out of 205 7 and 8-year-old boys in the USA Track and Field National Junior Olympics Cross Country Championships in San Antonio, … Continued
Fee changes proposed for Pinecrest Golf Course, other Fairfax County parks
The only ones on the Pinecrest Golf Course on a recent cold weekday afternoon were geese. The Fairfax County Park Authority is proposing fee changes for some park facilities. Some fees will increase, while others will actually be reduced. According to a report by the Park Authority, the changes are based on several trends: On … Continued
Meet former Redskin ‘BMitch’ at Collector’s World Saturday
Attention sports fans: Come to Collector’s World, the comics/sports memorabilia store at 7030 Columbia Pike, Annandale, Jan. 11, 12-1 p.m., and get an autograph from former Redskin and Superbowl XXVI champion Brian Mitchell. “BMitch” is the NFL’s second all-time leader in total yardage and the NFL’s second all-time punt return touchdown leader. He played for … Continued
DVD captures Annandale High School’s preparation for 1972 championship game
The Marching Atoms in 1972. [This photos and the others with this article are from the 1972 film.] Annandale High School graduate Reuben Weaver (Class of 1980) has been working on a project to convert movies of old Atoms football games to DVDs. Most high schools have long thrown out their old football films, but … Continued