Summer soccer program

HONESDALE — The Honesdale Soccer Club will conduct their Eighth Annual Soccer Day Camp June 24 to 28 at the Honesdale High School soccer fields, located behind the Lakeside Elementary School. The morning session is 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon for girls and boys ages five years through and including those entering eighth grade in the fall. The afternoon session is 5:00 to 8.00 p.m. for players entering ninth grade through 18 years. The camp will be directed by Isang Jacob, former Nigerian national and professional soccer player and current assistant men’s varsity coach at Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis. The youth player curriculum will emphasize individual skill development and small group tactics. Match related tactics, teamwork and conditioning will be disguised as fun through the use of games and micro soccer. The advanced high school training will emphasize technical and tactical development under pressure of an opponent, restarts, functional training by position and systems of play. A goalkeeper clinic will be conducted during camp hours.

The camp fee is $90, $25 extra for keeper clinic. Campers will receive a soccer ball and a tee shirt. For the convenience of working parents only, the camp coordinator will be on site at 7:45 a.m. Parents are required to notify the camp coordinator.

For more information or to obtain a camp application, call 570/729-8458.

Bartenders to race

MONTICELLO — It can’t be compared to the Kentucky Derby. Nor is it as recognizable as the Florida Derby. However, Monticello Raceway’s Bartenders Derby, a race for driving mixologists, is not only a fun event but looked forward to each year, especially by those who compete in it.

The event is on Sunday, June 16. On that date bartenders from near and far will be trading in their swizzle sticks for a perch on a seat behind a spirited steed and race to the finish in the 10th edition of the event.

Last year, two divisions of the Bartenders Derby were contested . Heather Gilmour, representing The Perfecta Bar in Monticello, won her division with a pacer nick-named Fuzzy Navel in 2:05:2 while Harold Montayne, from Frankie’s Sports Bar in Monticello, took the other division in 2:06:2, driving Rob Roy.

Any mixologist or tavern owner interested in competing must contact Monticello Raceways public relations department at 845/794-4100, ext. 455.

Before anyone participates, he or she must practice with trainers in their immediate area.