A free tennis festival will be held at the Hawai'i Prince Tennis Club in 'Ewa Beach Dec. 19 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The festival is for kids and adults. There will be QuickStart Tennis (for those 10-under), Cardio Tennis, games, drills, a fast serve contest and Beat the Pro.

Balls and racquets are provided.

There will also be food and prize giveaways. For more information, contact the USTA/Hawa'i Pacific Section at 585-9528 or http://hawaii.usta.com.

HPTF BANQUET SET

The Hawai'i Pacific Tennis Foundation's annual awards banquet will be Dec. 18, at 6:30 p.m., at Buca di Beppo restaurant in Ward Entertainment Center.

The banquet will also serve as a players' party for the ITF Hawai'i Pacific Veterans tournament.

Sam Caldwell will receive the Service Award and Christine Watanabe is Volunteer of the Year. Cost is $45 per person, with the fee included for ITF tournament participants.

Contact Mark Beede (677-1334 or beede@aloha.net) for more information.

HIT FOR HEALTH FREE

Hawaiian Isles Tennis Foundation will put on Hit For Health, a free tennis clinic for the Boys and Girls Club Charles C. Spalding Clubhouse, Dec. 17 at Washington Intermediate.

The clinic will focus on basic racquet skills and finish with combination drills utilizing all strokes, with focus on fun and movement.

The clinic will be led by Hale Koa Hotel pro D Conroy, along with assistants including Washington Intermediate teacher Michelle Lam.

For more information, or to volunteer or donate, call 808-228-0614 or visit www.hitf.org.

SURFING

BRUDAH MEL'S MEET

The Bradah Mel's Canoe Surfing and Stand-Up Surfing Championships, an event to help raise funds for two Olympic kayak hopefuls from Hawai'i, will be held this week, according to organizers.

The event, which was originally scheduled to run last week but postponed to tomorrow and Sunday, will help the Dolan brothers — Patrick, 21, and Ryan, 19, members of the U.S. Olympic Kayak team — in their quest to reach the 2012 Olympics in London.

The surfing event, which attracts some of the best paddlers and surfers from Tahiti, Brazil, France and Hawai'i and other states, will be held at Mäkaha Beach.

Bradah Mel Pu'u, an avid waterman and Wai'anae Coast lifeguard, has been holding the surf contest for the past four years as a fundraiser for his friend Leighton Look, who was paralyzed in a diving accident and passed away last September. This year's event will be held in Look's memory.

For information, call Bradah Mel Pu'u at 478-9086.

LACROSSE

ALOHA YOUTH CLINIC

The Aloha Youth Lacrosse Association will be holding a free lacrosse clinic Sunday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Kapi'olani Park, on Paki Avenue fields.

More than 300 girls and boys play lacrosse on O'ahu, from ages 7 through high school. New players are welcome, and no experience is necessary.

Players should wear running shoes and bring water. The 10-game Youth Lacrosse season runs from March through May. Registration for the 2010 season is under way. For information, go to www.AlohaLax.com or call 548-0451.