July Sports Highlights
The Santa Barbara Foresters play 10 consecutive home games on the UCSB Diamond before the mid-July California Collegiate League All-Star Game. The Foresters lead the league with a 20-4 record entering the month. They picked up a win against the San Francisco Seals to raise their overall record to 23-4. During the first week of July, the club will host the Rawlings California Cup, a qualifier for the National Baseball Congress World Series.
The 77th annual Semana Nautica summer sports festival will include several events on the waterfront, in addition to the Fourth of July 15-Kilometer Run finishing at San Marcos High.
The 20-goal polo season at the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club gets underway this weekend with the El Encanto Cup.
SEMANA NAUTICA 2014
July 2-13 – Semana Nautica (“marine week”) began in the 1930s when Santa Barbara residents organized sporting activities with visiting Navy seamen. It evolved into an annual sports festival open to the public around the July 4 holiday. There is no charge for spectators at any event, but the festival’s primary objective is to encourage participation. Events include age-group and masters swimming, ocean swims, a 15-kilometer run, beach volleyball, tennis, children’s sailing, paddling, and a cardboard kayak race. Information: semananautica.com.
JULY HIGHLIGHTS
Information for most running events: sbrunning.org.
Wednesday, 7/2: Baseball – San Francisco Seals at Santa Barbara Foresters, UCSB Caesar Uyesaka Stadium, 5:05 pm.
Swimming and running – Nite Moves, Leadbetter Beach (every Wednesday through August 27), 6:30 pm.
Thursday, 7/3: Baseball – Rawlings California Cup: Grizzlies at Santa Barbara Foresters, UCSB Caesar Uyesaka Stadium, 4 pm.
Swimming and biathlon –Reef & Run series, East Beach (every Thursday through August 28), 6:30 pm.
Friday, 7/4: Running – Semana Nautica 15K, San Marcos High, 8 am.
Baseball – Rawlings California Cup: Saints at Santa Barbara Foresters, UCSB Caesar Uyesaka Stadium, 4 pm.
Saturday, 7/5: Beach volleyball – CBVA Bud Light/Premiere Tour Men’s Open, East Beach.
Baseball – Rawlings California Cup: Conejo Oaks at Santa Barbara Foresters, UCSB Caesar Uyesaka Stadium, 4 pm.
Sunday, 7/6: Beach volleyball – CBVA Bud Light/Premiere Tour Women’s Open, East Beach.
Polo – El Encanto Cup, Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club, 1 pm.
Baseball – Rawlings California Cup championship game, UCSB Caesar Uyesaka Stadium, 2 pm.
Wednesday, 7/9: Baseball – SLO Blues at Santa Barbara Foresters, UCSB Caesar Uyesaka Stadium, 5 pm.
Friday, 7/11: Baseball – L.A. Brewers at Santa Barbara Foresters, UCSB Caesar Uyesaka Stadium, 5:05 pm.
Saturday, 7/12: Baseball – L.A. Brewers at Santa Barbara Foresters, UCSB Caesar Uyesaka Stadium, 5:05 pm.
Sunday, 7/13: Baseball – L.A. Brewers at Santa Barbara Foresters, UCSB Caesar Uyesaka Stadium, 1 pm.
Polo – El Encanto Cup final, Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club, 1 pm.
Monday, 7/14: Baseball – Conejo Oaks at Santa Barbara Foresters, UCSB Caesar Uyesaka Stadium, 5:05 pm.
Wednesday, 7/16: Baseball – California Collegiate League All-Star Game.
Friday, 7/18: Baseball – Pacific Union Capitalists at Santa Barbara Foresters, UCSB Caesar Uyesaka Stadium, 5:05 pm.
Saturday, 7/19: Polo – Santa Ynez Valley Polo Classic, Circle JB Polo Ranch, Buellton, 1 pm.
Baseball – Pacific Union Capitalists at Santa Barbara Foresters, UCSB Caesar Uyesaka Stadium, 5:05 pm.
Sunday, 7/20: Baseball – Pacific Union Capitalists at Santa Barbara Foresters, UCSB Caesar Uyesaka Stadium, 1 pm.
Polo – USPA Nespresso America Cup, Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club, 1 pm.
Wednesday, 7/23: Baseball – Santa Paula Halos at Santa Barbara Foresters, UCSB Caesar Uyesaka Stadium, 5:05 pm.
Friday, 7/25: Baseball – Conejo Oaks at Santa Barbara Foresters, UCSB Caesar Uyesaka Stadium, 5:05 pm.
Saturday, 7/26: Baseball – SLO Blues at Santa Barbara Foresters, UCSB Caesar Uyesaka Stadium, 5:05 pm.
Sunday, 7/27: Baseball – Conejo Oaks at Santa Barbara Foresters, UCSB Caesar Uyesaka Stadium, 1 pm.
Polo – USPA Nespresso America Cup, Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club, 1 pm.
Thursday, 7/31: Baseball – California Collegiate League Championship at San Luis Obispo.
FUND-RAISERS
Monday, 8/25 – St. Vincent’s 13th annual Golf Classic, La Cumbre Country Club, 11 a.m. stvincents-sb.org.