• Ota qualifies for Public Links Ota qualifies for Public Links By The Garden Island Jonathan Ota shot a blistering total of four-under-par at the Wailua Golf Course to capture Kaua’i’s lone qualifying spot for the U.S. Amateur Public Links
• Ota qualifies for Public Links
Ota qualifies for Public Links
By The Garden Island
Jonathan Ota shot a blistering total of four-under-par at the Wailua Golf Course to capture Kaua’i’s lone qualifying spot for the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship.
Ota will be among 156 contestants in the national tournament, July 11-16 at the Shaker Run Golf Club in Lebanon, Ohio.
Casey Watabu (70-76-146) is the first alternate, followed by Clesson Pang (74-75-149). Other top scorers inlcuded Allan Baab (150), Kellen Watabu (150), Chris Caycayon (154), Brandon Britton (156), Chris Keohokapu (158), and Layne Morita (160).
Open call for youth basketball teams
The Rotary Club of West Kaua’i, along with the ZZ Basketball Program are pleased to announce an open invitational basketball tournament to be held from July 21-23.
All games will be played at the Kaua’i High School Gym and invitation is extended to all interested coaches or teams with 12-and-under and 14-and-under boys to participate from various communities on Kaua’i.
The tournament is also extended with limited participation on the islands of Maui, O’ahu, and Hawai’i.
For more information and to enter this great event, please call Jeff Venzon at 245-5811 or 635-6457.
The Rotary Club of West Kaua’i would like to perpetuate this basketball tournament yearly as they have recently perpetuated and celebrated the 58th year of high school track and field events on Kaua’i.
AYSO summer soccer camp
AYSO will be having a soccer camp on Kaua’i this summer at the Wailua Houselots Park, from Monday, June 27 – Friday, July 1, and there are three options: 9:00 a.m. – 12 noon $99/player, 12 noon – 3 p.m. $99/player, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. $140/player. All camps include a T-shirt and the full day also includes a soccer ball. The official camp partners are Britannia Soccer USA and U.S. International Soccer Camps.
For more details or to sign up online: aysosoccercamps.org or call our hotline for an application: 823-9018.
Numerous Kaua’i golfers qualify
Lihu’e’s Kelli Oride, Rae-Lynn Morikawa, Miki Ueoka, and Kapa’a’s Kellen Watabu all qualified for the Optimist International Junior Golf Championship, to be held at the PGA National Resort and Spa in Florida from July 21-31. There were 113 juniors between the ages of 10-18 years who competed at Turtle Bay Resort’s Par 72 Fazio Course on June 14.
This year’s qualifier proved to be an especially exciting event for the boys’ division with sub-par rounds and two playoffs for first-place. In the 16-18 year-old boys’ division, Tadd Fujikawa and Kellen Watabu’s 66s forced a playoff which resulted in Kellen claiming first-place.
Get involved with junior golf
“Celebrate with Junior Golf” is a clever concept which allows golfers regardless of abilities to contribute to Kaua’i Jr. Golf Association and all high schools on Kaua’i. Since its implementation in the fall of 2004, approximately 100 golfers have committed to participate in this novel way of supporting junior golf on Kaua’i.
golf team doing so well in the state championships over the last two years, supporting their efforts, and every other golfer in the junior golf association is a rewarding endeavor.
June is the last month for those willing to participate. They have set aside June 25, a Saturday, for one last chance for those who haven’t yet participated in this program. They are hoping that golfers on that Saturday will accept the challenge, which will take place at the Wailua Golf Course. To learn more call Art at 822-4158.
