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YTIME summer fun guide SPORTS
JOin in Or Cheer ■ The Nor-Bath Trail, formerly the Northampton-Bath
On yOur faV sPOrt Railroad, is a 5.1-mile tree and shrub-lined rail trail for
walkers, runners and cyclists to enjoy. Traillink.com/trail/
By Beth Orenstein nor-bath-trail.aspx.
■ Family friendly, 8-mile bicycle rides for all ages, begin
The Lehigh Valley is a great place to catch all the action at Genesis in Easton, ride along the canal path, and end
of your favorite summer sport or to participate yourself. at Bank Street Creamery for ice cream. Thursdays, June 2
Whether baseball, soccer, bicycling or swimming, there are to Aug. 25, starting at 6 p.m. GenesisBicycles.com.
sporting activities for everyone to watch and do. Here are
just a few of them: Ride
■ See the IronPigs, the Philadelphia Phillies Triple A minor
league affiliate, play at Coca-Cola Park, 1050 IronPigs Way, Like
Allentown. Ironpigsbaseball.com.
■ Like soccer? Catch the inaugural season of the a Girl
Bethlehem Steel FC (Football Club), an official affiliate of
the Philadelphia Union, at Lehigh University’s Goodman CARRYING WOMEN
Stadium. There are home games in June, July, August and SPECIFIC BRANDS
September. Philadelphiaunion.com.
■ With more than 25 golf courses, you can tee off to your FIND US ON
heart’s content. There are courses for beginners as well #GOTOHELLERTOWN
as advanced duffers. The public Allentown Municipal Golf sauconvalleybikes.com · 610.838.1500 · 824 Main St, Hellertown
Course, 3400 Tilghman St., Allentown, was renovated not
too long ago, allentowngolf.org. Other golf courses to try
are Riverview Golf Course at the Riverview Country Club, 1
Riverview Place, Easton, riverviewcountryclub.com; and Olde
Homestead Golf Course, a public course at 6598 Route 309
New Tripoli, oldehomesteadgolfclub.com.
■ Every summer the Valley Preferred Cycling Center, 1151
Mosser Road, Breinigsville, is host to the world’s premiere
weekly racing series as well as national championships,
large group rides, charity rides, cyclo-cross events and more.
Thevelodrome.com.
■ Winning Touch Tennis, 1166 N. Sherman St., Allentown,
has six indoor tennis courts, a clubhouse, pro shop, locker
rooms and outdoor patio. You can get lessons as well as
sign up to play. Winningtouchtennis.com.
■ Beltzville State Park, 2950 Pohopoco Drive, Lehighton,
has a 525-foot sand beach that’s open from 8 a.m. to
sunset until Labor Day. Dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/
findapark/beltzville/.
■ The Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor starts
near Bristol along the Delaware River and runs (with some
missing segments) north along the Lehigh River to Mountain
Top in Luzerne County — 165 miles in all. Great for biking
and walking. Delawareandlehigh.org.
JOin in Or Cheer ■ The Nor-Bath Trail, formerly the Northampton-Bath
On yOur faV sPOrt Railroad, is a 5.1-mile tree and shrub-lined rail trail for
walkers, runners and cyclists to enjoy. Traillink.com/trail/
By Beth Orenstein nor-bath-trail.aspx.
■ Family friendly, 8-mile bicycle rides for all ages, begin
The Lehigh Valley is a great place to catch all the action at Genesis in Easton, ride along the canal path, and end
of your favorite summer sport or to participate yourself. at Bank Street Creamery for ice cream. Thursdays, June 2
Whether baseball, soccer, bicycling or swimming, there are to Aug. 25, starting at 6 p.m. GenesisBicycles.com.
sporting activities for everyone to watch and do. Here are
just a few of them: Ride
■ See the IronPigs, the Philadelphia Phillies Triple A minor
league affiliate, play at Coca-Cola Park, 1050 IronPigs Way, Like
Allentown. Ironpigsbaseball.com.
■ Like soccer? Catch the inaugural season of the a Girl
Bethlehem Steel FC (Football Club), an official affiliate of
the Philadelphia Union, at Lehigh University’s Goodman CARRYING WOMEN
Stadium. There are home games in June, July, August and SPECIFIC BRANDS
September. Philadelphiaunion.com.
■ With more than 25 golf courses, you can tee off to your FIND US ON
heart’s content. There are courses for beginners as well #GOTOHELLERTOWN
as advanced duffers. The public Allentown Municipal Golf sauconvalleybikes.com · 610.838.1500 · 824 Main St, Hellertown
Course, 3400 Tilghman St., Allentown, was renovated not
too long ago, allentowngolf.org. Other golf courses to try
are Riverview Golf Course at the Riverview Country Club, 1
Riverview Place, Easton, riverviewcountryclub.com; and Olde
Homestead Golf Course, a public course at 6598 Route 309
New Tripoli, oldehomesteadgolfclub.com.
■ Every summer the Valley Preferred Cycling Center, 1151
Mosser Road, Breinigsville, is host to the world’s premiere
weekly racing series as well as national championships,
large group rides, charity rides, cyclo-cross events and more.
Thevelodrome.com.
■ Winning Touch Tennis, 1166 N. Sherman St., Allentown,
has six indoor tennis courts, a clubhouse, pro shop, locker
rooms and outdoor patio. You can get lessons as well as
sign up to play. Winningtouchtennis.com.
■ Beltzville State Park, 2950 Pohopoco Drive, Lehighton,
has a 525-foot sand beach that’s open from 8 a.m. to
sunset until Labor Day. Dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/
findapark/beltzville/.
■ The Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor starts
near Bristol along the Delaware River and runs (with some
missing segments) north along the Lehigh River to Mountain
Top in Luzerne County — 165 miles in all. Great for biking
and walking. Delawareandlehigh.org.
