Golf Instruction: The Importance of Mental Preparation
By Joel Garyn
      (Garyn is a U.S.G.F.T. golf professional. You can contact him for lessons at 347-404-3751.) During the past few months, we have covered many aspects of the golf swing. Hopefully you have taken some of my instruction and worked it into your game. When you play on the course we play by feel, rhythm...
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SJEH Receives Thanks From Rockaway Ravens
     The Rockaway Ravens, a football league on the Rockaway Peninsula, recently presented a trophy to St. John's Episcopal Hospital to thank the institution for its sponsorship of the league's trip to the national championships. After the championship, the Rockaway Ravens ranked number two in the nation....
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World Champions Earn Medals At Karate Regional
     On April 19 and 20, the athletes of World Champions Karate Center competed at the AAU Karate Regional Championships. Many of the students placed 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. Reynaldo Acosta, who is 9 years old, earned 1st place in Kumite. Acosta has been a student of World Champions since he was 4 years old.
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Rockaway Outdoors/Tales From The Wheel House
By Captain Vinnie Calabro
      Good weather moved in at the beginning of the week and with it some excellent spring fishing. However, the weekend was tough going with the east winds and rainfall. Striped bass took the lead in our area and Jamaica Bay, was in rare form. April and were catching Stripers, Bluefish, Weakfish and Fl...
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Rockaway Beach Volleyball League Holds Final Pre-Season Meeting
By Joe McGivney
      The Rockaway Beach Volleyball League held their final pre-season meeting at the Kerry Hills Pub in preparation for the upcoming summer session. Captains handed in their rosters, uniform orders and paid their fee balances to insure a place in one of the many divisions.
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Empire State Games Basketball Tryouts
      Basketball tryouts for the Empire State Games Scholastic girls' team will take place on Wednesday, May 7 at Bishop Ford High School at 7 p.m. On Monday, May 12 and Wednesday, May 14, tryouts at 7 p.m.
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Olympic Goal Is In Reach For Mikolajczak
By Elio Velez
      The decision wasn't hard for Dariusz Mikolajczak to become a physical education teacher in the New York City Department of Education when he graduated from Brooklyn College. Mikolajczak has been a physical education teacher for 4 years at Goldie Maple Academy on Beach 57 Street, where he has devo...
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Double Dutch Warm-ups Held At Sorrentino
By Miriam Rosenberg
      As a prelude to the upcoming New York State Double Dutch competition, Sorrentino Recreation Center played host to the 28th Annual Team Deuce/Sorrentino Weed and Seed Double Dutch Rockaway Championship for 2008 last week. In addition to local jumpers, teams from Albany and Belleport also made the ...
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High School Wrap-up: Seahorses Track Team Bounces Back
By Elio Velez
      Far Rockaway's travels to the Penn Relays wasn't as cracked up as head coach Eric Stein wanted it to be last Friday afternoon. 4x100 relay runner Ishma Mcletchie's hamstring injury, which he suffered in the Curtis Vacation Meet three days prior, hurt the Seahorses in their heat against the top ru...
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