Sports

Professional

Baseball – Columbus Catfish
100 4th St.
Columbus, GA 31909
(706) 571-8866
Season: April to September

Professional Hockey – Cottonmouths
400 4th Street
Columbus GA 31902-1886
VP Sales & Marketing
706-571-0086
706-571-8866
The Cottonmouths play 35 home games between Oct. and Apr. The Cottonmouths play at the Columbus Civic Center.

East Alabama Motor Speedway
Hwy. 80
6 miles west of Phenix City, Alabama
334-297-2594
A 3/8 mile, high bank clay, oval track; is home of the annual “National 100,” the oldest short track event in the Deep South held in late Oct.-early Nov. In addition to stock car action, the Speedway hosts a variety of other events, including monster truck competitions and demolition derbies.

The Steeplechase at Callaway Gardens
(1st Saturday in Nov.)
706-324-6252
The third leg of the million dollar Sport of Kings Challenge international series, The Steeplechase is held at Callaway Gardens. Proceeds benefit the arts in the Region, primarily the Springer Opera House, the Columbus Museum, the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, and the Ida Cason Foundation.

Greater Columbus Sports & Events Council
P.O. Box 1519
Columbus, GA 31902-1519
706-660-1996
http://www.sportsandevents.com/

InMotion
www.columbusinmotion.com
This event offers races and activities throughout the Columbus region for professionals and amateurs. Patterned after Athens GA’s annual Twilight Festival, the InMotionX event is held yearly and was held for the first time in August 2004. There are categories for bicycling, inline skating, skate boarding and running. In addition to a professional cycling race, competitions will include a juniors bicycle race, kids races, a corporate challenge bike race and a poker run.

Youth/Adult Sports

Woodruff Farm Road Soccer Complex
Eleven lighted fields

Columbus Parks and Recreation Department
Consolidated Government of Columbus
107 41st Street
Columbus GA 31904
706-653-4505
706-653-4508
www.columbusga.org
Columbus Parks and Recreation maintains 61 parks and 3 golf courses. Special facilities include the Columbus Civic Center (400 4th Street), Memorial Stadium (600 4th Street), and South Commons Softball Complex (400 4th Street). Four Super Center completed. “Super Centers” have a full gym, exercise room, meeting room, arts and crafts space, and a game room. They are approximately 20,000 square feet. Britt David Park, Chapman Homes, the Edgewood Senior Center, the Gallops Senior Center, and the Shirley Winston Park all have Arts and Crafts Centers that include pottery facilities. Cooper Creek Park has 30 clay tennis courts. Carver Park, Cooper Creek Park, Flat Rock Park, Heath Park, the Municipal Marina Park, Rotary Park, and Watershed No. 14 (Weems Road) have lakes or access to the River for fishing. They also offer grills and picnic tables/shelters. Many of these and other parks contain swimming pools, baseball and football fields, tennis courts, fitness/walking trails, playgrounds, and open play areas. In addition, there are before and after school programs, holiday and summer camps programs, field trips, lifeguard training courses, arts and crafts classes, and social activities for seniors.

Sports Programs: (706-653-4506 unless otherwise noted)

Tommy Groce, Athletic Program Manager: adult softball, basketball, volleyball

Roger Pearce, Tennis Director
706-563-4645

Brian Griffin, Aquatics program supervisor

Buddy Dutiot, Youth Sports Specialist

John Milam, Golf Director
706-561-1614

Bernard Ashley, District Administrator: little league softball/baseball
706-561-3203

John Hindsman, President, Columbus Youth Football League: youth football and cheerleading

Tony Adams, Deputy Director: Fountain City Midnight Basketball League
706-653-7175

Ray Evans, Recreation Division Manager: Columbus Blazers Youth Athletic Association, Columbus youth basketball, middle school and high school summer league basketball, summer youth sports camps
706-653-4500

Rick Carillo, Program Leader: amateur boxing
706-653-4500

Vanessa Motin Evans, Special Events Coordinator: Children’s EXPO, Youth Fishing Rodeo, etc.
706-653-4178

Recreational Services:

Lisa Castile, Program Supervisor: cultural arts studio
706-653-4196

Kim Dawkins, Program Supervisor: youth & community centers, youth facility rentals
706-653-4500

Joe Slade, Program Manager: senior and therapeutic recreation, retired seniors volunteer program
706-653-4510

Sports-Hunting/Fishing

Note: There are many private hunting preserves within one hour distance (deer, dove, turkey, quail, wild hog).

If hunting and fishing are your favorite recreational activities, you will find the Columbus Region to be an ideal place for your hobby. Within an hour drive, you will discover numerous picturesque places and private preserves where you can enjoy fishing and hunting for deer, dove, turkey, quail, wild hog and other game.

Callaway Gardens

Pine Mountain, GA
800-225-5292

Callaway Gardens Gun Club: skeet and trap, shooting schools, sporting clays & 5-stand, fishing, fly fishing

Chattahoochee Clays

3945-A Old Seale Highway
Phenix City  AL  36869
334-297-1910
ccclays@earthlink.net

Facilities include a covered five-stand, bunker wobble, a 100-ft. tower, multi-station sporting clays, a fully stocked pro-shop and pavilion for customer enjoyment.

Fort Benning Rifle & Pistol Club

www.rpcrange.com
Dixie Road
Fort Benning  GA  31905
706-689-3371
brpc@knology.net

Civilian memberships available

Greenfield Hunting Preserve

Corner Hwy. 4 East and Hwy. 39 (1-1/2 miles off 431)
P O Box 174
Pittsview  AL  36871
334-855-9118 (local call from Columbus)

Quail hunting, sporting clays

Llewellin’s Point Hunting Preserve & Kennels

www.llewellinspoint.com
7729 Hamilton Pleasant Grove Rd.
Pine Mountain  GA  31822
800-636-9819
706-663-9819
llewellinspoint@earthlink.net

Quail hunting, sporting clays

Goat Rock Lake

Bartlett's Ferry Land Management Office
1516 Bartlett's Ferry Road
Fortson, Georgia 31808
706-317-6041
1-888-GPC-Lake (1-888-472-5253)

www.southerncompany.com/gapower/lakes (select “W. Central Georgia Lakes”)

Directly below Lake Harding is the secluded 940-acre Goat Rock Lake with its more than 25 miles of shoreline. Boating and fishing are accessible from the Sandy Point Recreation Area.

Lake Harding (Bartlett's Ferry)

Bartlett's Ferry Land Management Office
1516 Bartlett's Ferry Road
Fortson, Georgia 31808
706-317-6041
1-888-GPC-Lake (1-888-472-5253)

Blanton Creek Park: 706-643-7737
www.southerncompany.com/gapower/lakes
(select “W. Central Georgia Lakes”)

A short drive north of Columbus, Lake Harding spans 5,850 acres and spreads along a 13-mile section of the portion of the Chattahoochee River that separates Georgia and Alabama. The lake is impounded by Bartlett's Ferry Dam. The main Georgia Power recreation area on the Georgia side of the lake is Blanton Creek Park. Shaded by tall stately pines, the full-service campground includes picnic areas, pavilions, a boat ramp and a playground. On the Alabama side of the reservoir are Chattahoochee Valley Park and Po-Boy Landing, which offers boat launching and day use.

Lake Oliver

Bartlett's Ferry Land Management Office
1516 Bartlett's Ferry Road
Fortson, Georgia 31808
706-322-0228

1-888-GPC-Lake (1-888-472-5253)

www.southerncompany.com/gapower/lakes (select “W. Central Georgia Lakes”)

Nearby Lake Oliver also offers water sports and has a marina as well. Located in Columbus, the 2,150-acre lake has 40 miles of shoreline, which provides a convenient place for area residents to quickly get away from city life.

Golf Courses