AAU Junior Olympic Games Schedule Heats Up With Beach Volleyball

07/28/2020


As the AAU Junior Olympic Games begin, beach volleyball heats up.

Article originally posted on Florida Today.

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. - Action in the two-week AAU Junior Olympics heats up Tuesday with beach volleyball for  girls at Lori Wilson Park's north and south venues in Cocoa Beach.
Beach volleyball continues each day from about 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Sunday.

Other events coming up:

Bowling: Wednesday, 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. at River Lanes in Titusville

Basketball: Thursday through Sunday at multiple high school gyms: Heritage, Melbourne, Palm Bay, West Shore, Rockledge, Cocoa Beach (except Sunday in CB)

Flag football 7 on 7 (youth): Saturday and Sunday, now Aug. 8-9, Viera Regional Park

Flag football 7 on 7 (adult male and female): Aug. 8-9 at Viera Regional Park

Presidential Youth Fitness Program: Now Aug. 8 at Cocoa Beach Jr./Sr. High

Karate: Saturday at Cocoa Beach Recreation Center

Footgolf: Now Aug. 8, 2 p.m. at Mallards Landing Golf Course, Melbourne

Soccer: (youth and adults 7 on 7): Aug. 8-9 at Mitchell Ellington Park on Merritt Island 

Track and field: Aug. 5-8 at Satellite High School

Swimming: July 30-Aug. 1 at Cocoa Beach Aquatic Center

Taekwondo: Aug. 8 at The Big House, Tavares

Archery: Aug. 8-9 at Easton Newberry Archery Center, Newberry

Parking fees will be charged in most cases as well as admission, which will be limited. Please bring your mask.

Golf (Orange Lake Resort in Kissimmee) and stand-up paddle boarding (Turkey Creek in Palm Bay) took place over the weekend.

World champion stand-up paddleboarder Seychelle Webster of Melbourne Beach was on hand to support the event and provide tips to the competitors. It was the first time AAU had stand-up as a sport.

Some 4,000 athletes are competing in the AAU Junior Olympics, presented by Publix. In 1994, Brevard county hosted the full complement of AAU Games. This year's field has been whittled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

For more information, click on www.aaujrogames.com