BASKETBALL
HAMPDEN — Eastern Maine Board 111 of the International Association of Approved Basketball Officials is offering a Prospective Officials Class for individuals, 18 or older, who want to be certified basketball officials. Individuals living in Hancock, Knox, Penobscot, Piscataquis and Waldo counties are eligible to take this class, which will be held 6-8:30 p.m. Sundays and Wednesdays beginning Sunday, Sept. 21, at Reed’s Brook Middle School, Room 164. Classes will culminate with a written test on Nov. 2. A fee is required that covers all books, materials and testing. For further information contact Dave Ames, Board 111 Interpreter, at 789-5118 or e-mail at damesref@tidewater.net
GOLF
HAMPDEN — The Hampden Kiwanis Club will hold its annual Golf Tournament, a best-ball foursome, at 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 6, at the Hampden Country Club on Western Avenue. Cost is $25 per person; all proceeds benefit Hampden Kiwanis charities. There will be a hole-in-one contest and a longest-drive contest. For information and registration, call 947-3467.
BROOKS — Future RSU 3’s 11th Annual Golf Tournament, Saturday, Sept. 6, 7 a.m. registration, 8 a.m. shotgun start, at Country View Golf Club on Route 7, $55 a person or $220 a team, fundraiser for Mount View athletic equipment and facilities, many prizes; for more info contact Judy Hall: Judy.butch3444@gmail.com or 323-6601
ROCKLAND — Annual Greater Gator Open, Saturday, Sept. 6, Rockland Golf Club, to benefit Bob Gagnon Cancer Fund, which provides gas certificates to those cancer patients that need a little financial help to travel for their radiation treatments. Four-person scramble with shotgun start at 1 p.m. Early entry fee $100, which includes round of golf, Gator cap, lobster dinner and team photo. Two hole-in prizes: 2014 Chevy Cruze sponsored by Fullers GMC; and $10,000 prize sponsored by The Landing Marina — Rockland Car Wash & Texaco Xpress Lube. For information, Keenan Flanagan, Rockland Golf Club at 594-9322.
WINTER HARBOR — The 17th annual Schoodic Scramble, Saturday, Sept. 13, at Grindstone Golf Course in Winter Harbor. Proceeds benefit the Eleanor Widener Dixon Memorial Clinic in Gouldsboro, an out-patient department of Maine Coast Memorial Hospital. Fee is $75, which includes 18 holes of golf, continental breakfast, lobster stew, ice cream sundaes, wine, cheese, smoked salmon, tournament hat, hole-in-one opportunity as well as prizes for men’s, women’s, and couples flights. Tee and green sponsorships are available. To register a team or for information, call 664-5337 or register online at www.mainehospital.org.
BOOTHBAY — Local and nationally known sports legends and Hall of Famers are making arrangements to meet in Boothbay for the 24th annual Boothbay Charities Classic Golf Tournament, Lobster Bake and Sports Auction Sept. 26-27. All proceeds will benefit Special Olympics Maine. Lobster bake is 4 p.m. Friday and is included in golf fee. Lobster feed and auction tickets available to public by calling Brenda Blackman at 633-6280. Silent sports auction 4-7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26, at Railway Village Meeting Hall. Team openings and limited individual golfer positions available for golf tournament. Contact Blackman or Ken Marston at 350-6203. For information on Special Olympics Maine visit www.somaine.org
ROAD RACING
MILLINOCKET — The second annual Trails End Festival 5K run/walk and 2.5K walk to benefit the Michaud Trail Maintenance Fund and Millinocket Friends of the Arts, at 8 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 13 Registration 7-8 a.m. Entry fee $15; children 12 and under, $5. Awards & raffle prizes, canvas shopping bags to the first 50 registrants compliments of Hannaford Bros. Information and registration at www.trailsendfestival.org (click on Activities) or contact Mickey Lackey at wynni01@att.net. Online registration at www.active.com.
BANGOR — 5K walk or run Race for Myeloma, a rare and incurable blood cancer, Saturday, Sept. 20, James Doughty School, 143 Fifth St. Race day registration at 8:30 a.m.; walking starts at 9:45 a.m. and running at 10 a.m. Registration $20. Visit www.bangorraceformyeloma.com for forms and information. Darling’s Ice Cream for a Cause truck will be at the finish line.
BANGOR, PORTLAND — Registration open for Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure 5K events, for runners and walkers, will be held in Portland on Sunday, Sept. 14 and in Bangor on Sunday, Sept. 21. The money raised through the two annual Race for the Cure events will support the fight against breast cancer. The Portland race, starting in Payson Park, will begin with registration at 7:30 a.m. The Bangor race begins from the Bangor Waterfront where registration will also begin at 7:30 a.m. Each event will include a 9 a.m. survivor ceremony to recognize the women who have fought or are fighting breast cancer. Interested race participants and volunteers can sign up at http://www.komenmaine.org. To learn more about the race details or make a donation, visit the website.
ROCKLAND — A 5K Run/Walk along Midcoast Maine in Rockland will raise money on Sept. 27 for The Maine Cancer Foundation and the “Energy 4 Life,” program which helps those locally dealing with cancer in memory of Karen Ware. There will be age and gender divisions. There are opportunities for sponsors to have their names on the T-shirts and entries in the race. Registration at 7:30 a.m. and race begins at 9 a.m. at Trackside Station Restaurant, 4 Union St. Water and snacks available prior to the start of the race. Race prizes and raffles. Contact Maritime Energy at 596-0986, ext. 131 or email susanw@maritimeenergy.com.
SOCCER
BANGOR — The Bangor Parks and Recreation Department is looking for coaches for its youth Fall Soccer Program. Teams practice one day per week and play Saturday mornings. If you are interested, call Tim at 992-4493 or email at tim.baude@bangormaine.gov.
TRIATHLON
PREQUE ISLE — The third annual REDY… Set… Let’s Go! Youth Triathlon will be held Sept. 7 at the University of Maine at Presque Isle. Participants between the ages of 7 and 10 will swim 50 yards, bike 2 miles and run one half-mile. Participants between the ages of 11 and 14 will swim 100 yards, bike 2.5 miles and run 1 mile. For more information, to volunteer, or to register a child, go to redyyouthtriathlon.org.
ORONO — 35th Black Bear Triathlon, Oct. 5, at UMaine, 6:30 a.m. to noon, sponsored by UMaine Campus Recreation and sanctioned by USA Triathlon, held from 6:30 a.m. to noon. It will feature a 525-yard swim in UMaine’s Wallace Pool, and a 12.5-mile bike race and 3.1-mile run along the UMaine trails and local roadways. Open to athletes ages 16 and older; event features a relay component for teams of two or three athletes. Registration fee is $50; $40 for UMaine students; $75 for teams. Additional registration and event information is online.