Jimmy Yagi Summer Hoops Camp Returns to Hilo July 21-24 (News Release, Registration Form, Consent & Release of Claims)

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f+Q•• �r William P. Kenoi ;. Mayor r � ountp 0f'a'biai' i DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 6 • Hilo, Hawaii 96720 (808) 961-8311 9 Fax (808) 961-8411 http://www.hawaiicounty.E!ov/parks-and-recreation/ NEWS RELEASE April 29, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Clayton S. Houma Director Kenneth J. Van Bergen Deputy Director Jimmy Yagi Summer Hoops Camp Returns to Hilo July 21-24 The County of Hawaii Department of Parks and Recreation invites Hawai`i's keiki basketball players to the 3 d Annual Jimmy Yagi Summer Hoops Camp that will be held July 21-24 in Hilo. Open to boys and girls 9 to 17 years old, the Jimmy Yagi Summer Hoops Camp is named in honor of the legendary former University of Hawaii at Hilo basketball coach who helped guide the Vulcans-Hawaii Basketball School for 37 years. It will be held at the Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium and the Pana`ewa Covered Play Courts. UH -Hilo women's basketball coach David Kaneshiro has graciously agreed to share his basketball expertise and serve as lead clinician for the four-day camp. Assisting Kaneshiro will be Daphne Honma, Honoka`a High School girls basketball coach and a former Division II coach of the year. Additional college coaches are expected to serve as camp clinicians. Teenage campers will receive personalized instruction from a team of coaches as they practice agility, ball -handling and other drills from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. daily. Players will showcase their skills by competing in games from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Campers 9 to 12 years old will receive similar instruction from 9 a.m. until noon and will play games between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Early registration is $60 per child. The cost will rise to $70 for players registering after Monday, July 13. All participants will receive a camp shirt and group photo. Please make checks payable to the Director of Finance and include the note "Jimmy Yagi Summer Hoops Camp." Registration forms will be available starting Monday, May 4, at the Department's Recreation office located within Aunty Sally Kaleohano's Luau Hale at 799 Pi`ilani Street in Hilo and online at http://www.hawaiicounty.gov/parks-and-recreation/. For more information, please contact Jason Armstrong, Public Information Officer, at 961-8311 or jarmstronq(a�hawaiicounty.gov. -30- County of Hawai'i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.