Sports & Leisure Organizations Contact us Badminton
Golf
Evanston Badminton Club, Blane Olmos: 847-673-4748; midwestbadminton.com
Canal Shores Golf Course: Course Manager, Tom Tully: 847-475-9173; 1030 Central St.; canalshores.org Evanston Women’s Golf League: Through late Aug., Wednesdays at Canal Shores Golf Course, Kate Spector: 847-869-4218 or Shirley Palmer: 847-677-2294.
Baseball/Softball Evanston Baseball & Softball Association (EBSA): evanstonbaseball.com; evanstonsoftball.com Women’s 14" softball leagues, Marion Flynn: 847-530-8626; flynnmarion@yahoo.com
Basketball COE-POPS and COE-MOMS, Jelani Summers: 847-448-8254 Fellowship of Afro-American Men (FAAM): 847-604-3663 Evanston Small Fry Basketball: evanstonsmallfry.com
Bicycling Evanston Bicycle Club: evanstonbikeclub.org
Birding Evanston North Shore Bird Club, field trips and programs: ENSBC.org
Boating Evanston Boat Ramp Assoc., Bill: 847-965-2000; great-lakes.org/il/evanstonboat ramp.html
Hockey Evanston Youth Hockey Assoc. (EYHA), Matt Devine: 773-330-9427; evanstonhockey.com
Lacrosse Evanston Youth Lacrosse Assoc., Mike Cashion: 847-736-6869; evanstonyouthlacrosse.org
cityofevanston.org/parks-recreation
Running
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Evanston Running Club, Alvah White: 847-682-2482; evanstonrunningclub.org
facebook.com/EvanstonParksandRecreation Download “EvanstonRec” mobile app
Sailing & Kayaking Evanston Sail & Kayak Assoc., Payson Wild: 847-492-8165; paysonwild@comcast.net
Soccer
Cricket Club, M. Louis: 847-328-4863
American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO): evanstonsoccer.org; hotline: 847-328-2976; commissioner@evanstonsoccer.org; Steve Levine: 847-328-2976 Makers’ Incorporated, Nelo Nightengale: 847-869-2058 Evanston Soccer Assoc., hotline: 847-289-7154; walshtj@hotmail.com; teamevanston.org
Dancing
Speed Skating
Chess Evanston Chess Club, Maret Thorpe: enter@evanstonchess.org; 847-328-1281; evanstonchess.org
Cricket
Dancing Club of Evanston, Doug and Linda Honnold: 847-328-6901; Doug.Honnold@alum. mit.edu; dancingclubofevanston.org Evanston Monday Night Folk Dancers: emnfdancers@gmail.com; EvanstonFolkDance.org
Football Evanston Junior Wildkit Football, Seth Himrod: jrwildkit@aol.com; jrwildkits.com
Football and Cheerleading Evanston Pop Warner (age 5-14, no tryouts-everyone plays) 312-685-0482; evanstonraiders@gmail.com; evanstonraiders.com
Gardening Four Seasons Garden Club of Evanston, Susan Cooney: 847-864-6349 Garden Council, Lois Heimbaugh: 847-864-1386 Highland Garden Club, Linda Goranson: 847-475-4357; lgoranson@comcast.net Lincolnwood Garden Club, Gloria Wildenradt: 847-869-6756
CONTACT INFORMATION: City of Evanston Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center 2100 Ridge Avenue Evanston, IL 60201 311: call/text 847-448-4311 cityofevanston.org recreation@cityofevanston.org f: 847-448-8051 See page 3 for facility addresses and phone numbers
Evanston SpeedSkating Club, evanstonspeedskate.com
Swimming Evanston Masters Swim Team: evmasters.org Wildkit Swimming Organization, Kevin Auger: 773-685-7685 wildkitaquatics.com YWCA Flying Fishing Aquatics, Pete Caragher: 847-864-8445; ywca.org/evanston
Tennis Evanston Community Tennis Assoc., Diana Harris: 847-869-7972; rddharris@comcast.net; evanstontennis.org
Windsurfing Evanston Windsurfing Assoc., Dave Tannert: ussurf@gmail.com; evanstonwindsurfing.net
Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department Deputy City Manager/Director: Joseph McRae Parks, Recreation Division Assistant Director: Bob Dorneker, CPRP Community Services Division Assistant Director: Christina Ferraro Recreation Division Robert Crown Center and Ice Complex Recreation Manager: Robert Lloyd Fleetwood-Jourdain Center and Theatre; Mason Park Recreation Manager: Betsy Jenkins Chandler-Newberger Center Recreation Manager: Kevin Wallin, CPRP Lakefront/Municipal Sports/Special Recreation Services Manager: Jim Ferrera, CPRP Community Services Division Levy Senior Center and Ecology Center Recreation Manager: Karen Hawk Work Force and Youth & Young Adult Community Services Manager: Kevin L. Brown, J.D. Long Term Care Ombudsman: Audrey Thompson Cultural Arts Program Coordinator: Angela Allyn CPRP = Certified Park and Recreation Professional
Wrestling Evanston Black Kats Wrestling Club, Verzell James: 847-328-2635 Group presidents/commissioners: To change contact information for your group, please call 847-448-8041.
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