Town Rec Ramps Up Sports

The East Hampton Town Recreation Department is offering a number of sports clinics and programs for kids beginning Monday, when a flag football clinic for 6 to 12-year-olds runs from 5 to 6 p.m. at the Sportime Arena on Abraham’s Path in Amagansett. Also at Sportime, inline skating for kids 6 to 9 happens on Tuesdays from 5 to 6 p.m., and for kids 6 to 12 there’s floor hockey from 4 to 5 p.m. that day and roller hockey from 6 to 7 p.m.

Dodgeball for 8 to 13-year-olds begins Friday, Sept. 19, from 5 to 6 p.m. Sept. 20 brings soccer for 5 to 12-year-olds from 9:30 to 11 a.m., basketball for 7 to 13-year-olds from 11 a.m. to noon, and baseball for kids 6 to 12 from noon to 1 p.m. Each clinic runs for eight weeks and costs $125.

The town will offer tennis clinics starting on Friday, Sept. 19, and Sept. 20 across the street at the Youth Park tennis courts. Sessions for fourth through sixth graders will be on Fridays from 5 to 6 p.m. On Saturdays there will be sessions for kids in kindergarten and first grade from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. and for second and third graders from 3:30 to 4:30. The clinics will run through Oct. 25. The cost is $40 per child.

The town’s youth soccer program will start on Sept. 20 at the Stephen Hand’s Path soccer field in East Hampton. Children in first through sixth grade will be divided by age group. The program costs $40 and continues on Saturdays through Nov. 8, with playoffs on Nov. 15. Registration is at the Recreation Department on Pantigo Road or at the soccer field this Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon.

Finally, free basketball clinics for kids in kindergarten through sixth grade will start on Sept. 23 at the Youth Park and continue on Tuesdays through Oct. 21. The K-through-third group will gather from 4 to 5 p.m., and the fourth-through-sixth group follows from 5 to 6 p.m.