Absolutely peak place to go for the summer, been there for 6 years, hope Ange doesn't get forgotten!read more

Love this place! Everyone is so nice. My kids never want to leave here. I always have their events…read moreon my calendar. We have done 2 seasons of indoor soccer and cant wait for the next season. Summer camp was the best!

To me Goombay Adventures equals a really great time with like minded people. People who want to…read morehelp you thrive in nature, people who want you to experience the joy that nature brings. If you are stressed during the work week and want a quick getaway, with no phones, no noise, no interruptions. Goombay Adventures is where it is at.

What is a common phrase you hear amongst Goombay campers, hikers/backpackers and kickball…read moreenthusiast? IT'S A VIBE! I started hiking with Goombay in 2023 and years later I feel like I've found my tribe. I scrolled through pictures to share and in just 1 year I have participated in hiking, camping, skying, kickball, dodgeball, adult field day and game nights. We're off to Jamaica soon as well. The adventures go on! Out of these activities I have met life long friends. I look forward to each camping trip like a kid going off to camp.

This was a great gym for my granddaughter. She learned so much without injuries. Her coach has…read morefollowed her as she progressed into other activities.

Staff members treated toddler bad in my face! This was reported and witnessed by another parent .read more

I have to agree with this review from 10/14/2017 Good…read moreorganization but have to question how they pick teams. For many seasons, there have been teams that were far superior in athletics and much taller than other teams. In fact, one teams shortest player was taller than another teams tallest player. Ridiculous. It's obvious that these teams were pick d for their athletic skill and not for equity of other teams. Not just his season but past seasons as well. 6/21/1923 Grandpa Doug Y This season one team had 4- 6'-2'' tall players while the other teams had none. Would hope for a draft or random team selection to maybe get fairer teams. This past season at Patuxent Valley Middle school we had 2 great David vs Goliath games by the two of the 4 teams. The 4- 6'-2 players team met with A team with 1-5'-8'' player and over 5- 4'10'' players. One might wonder if there was a mercy score rule for the game the first time they played against each other. But on the last very last play of the game the taller team was losing and needed a touchdown to win. The receiver let the ball hit the ground but the referee signaled touchdown. The ref was shown on video that the pass was incomplete but said he could not reverse his call. These same 2 teams played for the championship a few weeks later. With the final drive started with the Tall team leading 7-6. The shorter team drove the field and threw a touchdown on the last play of the game. They head ref signaled touchdown. What a fun under dog win. But the coach from the tall team came out and argued that the receiver's flag was pulled before he got into the end zone. The ref had made his call but this time the coach got him to reverse it ?????. The small team players said that they saw their teammate catch the ball in the end zone and his defender grabbed his flag and threw it back on the field. I hope that wasn't taught. Still a great game with good plays by both sides. I think that there were many good lessons to learn. Size alone doesn't decide games. Referees are going to make mistakes but know what the true result is. If you played your best that is the win not a distorted score. Thank you i-9 for the hard work and sacrifice to make these two games possible.

Good organization but have to question how they pick teams. For many seasons, there have been…read moreteams that were far superior in athletics and much taller than other teams. In fact, one teams shortest player was taller than another teams tallest player. Ridiculous. It's obvious that these teams were pick d for their athletic skill and not for equity of other teams. Not just his season but past seasons as well.

My son has been w/the HC Terps organization from the age of 5 until now, he is 13& going into High…read moreSchool! Did we encounter problems along the way yes, but the good times out weighted the bad! The friends, we call our football family are invaluable! My son has gone from a federal level player to a National level started. He has the potential of starting his freshman year. He has 3 HC Terps coaches that check on him, watch out for him and have his best interest at heart! Do the HC Terps need improvement- yes! But it's hard for me to believe that other organizations do not have problems. I choose to join the board to try and make it better!!

The Howard County TERPS youth football program is one of several that the Howard County Recreation…read moreand Parks manages. The program has struggled to attract the number of players that some of the other teams that participate in the Mid-Maryland Football and Youth Cheer program over the last couple of years but they still develop strong teams through the strong coaching staff. At the younger age groups, the focus is on developing basic football skills. As kids move toward the older age groups, the game becomes more competitive and prepare players for high school football programs. If you have a son or daughter (yes, we've had some girls play football in the past) that is interested in football or cheering, I'd recommend considering the program.

I've been playing with this League for a number of years and have loved every sport. There's…read moresomething for everyone and it's a great way to meet new people. It's also a great way to get together with old friends throw some balls around and catch up during otherwise busy lives. The league so far has Volleyball, Kickball, Softball, Football, Dodgeball, Bowling, Cornhole, Basketball, and the occasional bar crawl. The commissioner has put together a league geared more towards fun and friends vs strict and overly competitive. They have made everything very approachable and are always looking to make sure games are well run. And the refs always make the games fun and fair in accordance with FSS rules. So if your looking to get out there, be active, but most of all have a great time this is the league for you.

Been playing sports here for many many years. The ownership and officiating is top notch, no…read morefavoritism or unnecessary hostility towards anyone, old or new. The cream of the crop is football but they also do, dodgeball, volleyball, softball, kickball, bowling, cornhole and are very active in the community doing special events like bar crawls and wiffle ball tournaments. If you enjoy getting out of the house and meeting new people this is the place for you! Sign up as a team with your own friends or go free agent and let the commissioner put you with a team she thinks you can play well with. It's all about having fun and staying active!

If you haven't been exposed to "modern-day" roller derby, stop reading now and go Google the Charm…read moreCity Roller Girls. These are fast women, furious women, forward women, fluid women, friggin' awesome women who have elevated what was once kitschy, 1970's brawl and sprawl entertainment into a legitimate athletic extravaganza. I attended their 2011 season opener which was an expo-style event featuring each of CCRG's home teams -- Junkyard Dolls, Night Terrors, Mobtown Mods, and Speed Regime -- in 30-minute matches against regional adversaries like the D.C. Roller Girls and the Mason-Dixon Roller Vixens from Hagerstown, Maryland. In all seriousness, don't worry about being new to the game. There were a plethora of derby girls wandering around eager to extol the virtues of the sport. It was in this way that I learned that roller derby matches are actually called "bouts" because they are a fight to the finish. Each bout is broken into thirty-minute halves. Those halves consist of an undetermined number of two-minute jams. Consider the jams like a round in boxing. Each jam is a race between the two teams to score points. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins. Simple...yet, electrifying. Trying to describe everything we saw that night without using visual aids is almost pointless. But, believe me when I tell you that watching the ladies whiz around the track, while backed by the powerful funk of an unseen DJ and two quick-witted announcers, is an activity that is fun for all ages. This was our first CCRG bout, so we couldn't leave the venue without hitting the souvenir table. Their merchandise is extensive, including buttons, lighters, bumper stickers, jewelry, posters, et cetera. I bought a fitted zippered hoodie for $35. My boyfriend bought a T-shirt, but balked a bit at the $20 price tag. So, I will tell you what the gal at the table told us: CCRG runs entirely on the work of its skaters. Everything from the scheduled season to the laying down of the skater's track is handled by the team and nobody gets paid. Therefore, every purchase is essentially a donation that affords these ladies an opportunity to play the sport they love. Hooked yet? Well, the Charm City Roller Girls bout once a month at the Du Burns Arena in Canton. You can visit their Website or their Facebook page to obtain tickets and more information. Admission can also be purchased at the door, but I wouldn't risk it. The joint was packed 30 minutes before the first bout even started. Tickets range from $10 general admission to $25 VIP. MissionTix is their online vendor and charges an additional one to two dollars as a processing fee. Either way, tickets are a bargain considering you get two full hours of roller derby with every purchase. On a final note, be prepared to park on the street. The Du Burns Arena does have off-street parking, but you may have trouble finding a space. Do not let this deter you. The arena is located in a safe neighborhood with plenty of unrestricted street parking. Du Burns Arena in Canton 1301 South Ellwood Avenue Baltimore, MD 21224 www.charmcityrollergirls.com http://www.facebook.com/#!/charmcityrollergirls?sk=events

I'm going to say it. I'm pretty miffed…read more. From an early age, I realized that I just didn't fit in anywhere. When my 4th grade classmates were reading "Little House of the Prairie", I was doing battle with the X-men and soaring the skies with Voltron. While my 7th grade girlfriends were wearing lace leggings and tragically teasing their hair like Madonna, I sported a peek-a-boo hairdo, a la Veronica Lake and was mad at my parents because they wouldn't let me legally change my name to "Fenny Rita Hayworth". In college, I learned to do body shots at frat parties, all the while longing to return to my room to finish the H.G. Wells inspired dress that I wanted to wear for my oral presentation on Edwardian mores. Yes, I was an odd duck. Then, my best friend entered into my life. A little punk, a little rock and roll but 100% amazing, she loved all of the fringe and crazy things that I loved. Comics, burlesque, pin-up...and roller derby. So why am I miffed? Because, although I have always been infatuated with all of these things, *she* was the one that ALWAYS discovers the underground (although now, less underground) outlets for these hobbies. Take for instance roller derby. I've been a huge fan of roller derbies since I stumbled upon an old bootleg VHS tape of an old 1948 roller derby match when I was 13. It captured my imagination and made me even more despondent that the all the "cool" eras were eras that have long since passed me by. In the intervening years, I had since learned to reconcile this disappointment and found other outlets for my frustration... ...that is, until my BFF called me up one day and was all "OMG OMG OMG! There is a Baltimore ALL GIRLS ROLLER DERBY TEAM!!!" WHAT?!?!?! HOW??? WHEN??? And most importantly...WHY NOW that I'm too out of shape, decrepit and slow to join the team?!?!?! Regardless, at the very next match, I booked it up there with the drama-llama (less said about her the better), and sat on the dirty and dusty floor of the roller rink, held spell-bound by the awesome ferociousness (and adorably cute - yet functional) outfits that the Charm City Roller Girls wore. These girls were fierce - and not Tyra Banks' "smile-with-your-cheeckbones-fierce" - this was *real* fierceness. Grunting and screaming, they would push, elbow, shove, their opponents out of the way, whipping their teammates to the forefront and boldly throwing themselves in harms way for the advantage. In a bar fight, these are the girls I want to get my back. Trust. They threw each other into brick walls (one girl broke her collarbone right there) and got in the ref's faces when they dared to call a foul on that (heh). In short, it was fast, it was brutal, and it was GLORIOUS. Shortly after this bout, the ladies of CCRGs became friends with my BFF and invited her to parties (in which I happily tagged along). There, I found that these ladies were sweet, charming and hardly in a million years would one ever suspect any of them to have the moxie to brazenly send an opponent to the hospital then become angry at the referee for sending them to the time-out box. In a nutshell, these girls lived up to - and yes, exceeded - my expectations of what a roller derby bout should be. Just because they are chicks doesn't mean that they are girlie. A hearty and unabashed 5 star standing ovation to the awesomeness that are the CCRG and a boo and a hiss to my BFF for being the first to discover yet another awesome thing that I have come to love and adore. I kid, I kid. No boos or hisses to her. She's seriously perfection and it's not her fault for being infinitely cooler then me. Plus I owe her big time for making my burlesque and pin-up dreams come true...but that's another review for another day... :)

District Sports:…read more I really have enjoyed playing soccer with District sports. I am realizing how much I miss playing soccer in the District Sports leage now in this Covid era where sports are off the table for a bit! Pros: Cost: Only about $80 for a season- not too bad, and probably breaks down to about $10 a game or less. Locations: The fields are pretty conveniently located, not too far to get to. Team captains have a say in what fields are played on, as well as the schedules of the games, and they take into account where players on the teams live. General game conditions: The fields were in good condition. Games were held on both grass and turf fields, and referees for the games seemed competent and always showed up on time. Diversity: There are lots of folks of all different ages and skill levels in this league. The league is coed. The average age is probably 28ish, if I had to guess. There are definitely more men than women in this league. Social element: There is a social element to this league. After wins, many teams go out for drinks or food. Friendships are definitely built in this league. Cons: This con is more of a pro, in some ways. Because the league is coed, but male dominated, there's a rule that asks that at least three female players be on the field at all times, for each team playing. If there are not enough girls, a team has to forfeit the win, regardless of the score. Because of this, sometimes, as a girl, when teams playing games either before or after your scheduled game are short on female players, they will ask you to play for them in their games. If you want to get some extra play in, it is very easy to play for other teams who need female players to have to not forfeit games. You also will get a lot of playing time as a girl in general, because of the way league rules are structured, and because of the general shortage of girl players.

Does playing on the company's softball league makes you want to take a nap? You've done kickball,…read moreyour liver can't take it anymore, and you're wondering what's next? You may want to check out what District Sports has to offer. It's one of the better run amateur adult co-ed soccer leagues. It's a great league to break into the sport. All skills levels are welcomed. There's no "side tackling" and the field is shorter, so you're likely to survive. Soccer is only the beginning. They offer indoor soccer, futsol, frisbee, 7 on 7 soccer, indoor kickball, and basketball. There's plenty to do year round with this league and the fees are very reasonable. If you can sign up with a team, or just walking a meet some new people. Everyone is incredibly friendly, great adult recreational league. And, yes, they do like to party too. Just fyi, if you're very a competitive soccer player, this isn't the league for you.