Colin Towbin didn’t just kick back and relax with family and friends this holiday season. Instead, the 10-year-old Towbin received the Most Valuable Player award for his Coral Springs National ballclub the week of Dec. 22 at the Bucky Dent Baseball School.
Located at 490 Dotterel Road in Delray Beach, the Bucky Dent Baseball School has been helping shape Towbin’s work ethic, attitude and playing ability. His favorite position is first base, with his favorite player being Albert Pujols and his favorite team Pujols’ St. Louis Cardinals.
Towbin took home the accolades under Coral Springs National coach Rafi Rodriguez. The young ballplayer lives with his parents in Coral Springs and has been attending the Bucky Dent Baseball School for two years.
The Bucky Dent Baseball School has been in business for 34 years and also consists of satellite camps in St. Louis, Mo., and Hobe Sound, Fla. It is open 26 weeks of the year and hosts kids from the ages of 5 to 18.
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Tennis championship set for this summer
The USTA Summer Smash Regional Tennis Championship will take place from Aug. 29 to Sept. 1 at several Palm Beach County tennis facilities, including the Delray Beach Tennis Center, the Delray Swim and Racquet Center, Boynton Beach Tennis Center, South County Regional Park, Boca Pointe Country Club and Boca West Country Club.
USTA Summer Smash Regional Tennis Championship event consists of 512 players competing in four boys’ and girls’ age divisions (12-, 14-, 16- and 18-year-olds). The event is projected to have a $500,000 economic impact and fill more than 500 room nights for Palm Beach County.
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Krones tandem the net winners of “Pop” Sikes
Jamie and Julian Krone of Delray Beach were the net winners in the 37-team field with a score of 65 in the Leon “Pop” Sikes Memorial Parent-Child Team Golf Championship on Dec. 29 at the Atlantis Country Club.
The Parent-Child began in 2001, evolving from the Father-Daughter, which started in 1977. The prize winners (ties broken by matching cards) are as follows: Gross — 1, Andrej and Tiffany Chudy, Miramar, 73. 2, Bill and Christie Dorcee, Pompano Beach, 74. 3, Michelle and J.C. McGann, Singer Island, 80. Net — 1, Jamie and Julian Krone, Delray Beach, 65. 2, Carol and Ryan Howison, Jupiter, 66. 3, Saul and Evan Hoppenstein, Boca Raton, 66.
