Rowing teams and their fans fill Ross’s Landing and the surrounding parking lots during the Head of the Hooch regatta as teams carry their boats to the water. Thousands of people come from all over the world to watch and participate in the 5,000-meter event.MARK YOUR CALENDARNoteworthy athletic events this year:April 5: Lookouts opening day, www.lookouts.comMay 5: Chattanooga FC home opener, chattanoogafc.comSept. 1: UT football opener (at the Georgia Dome), www.utsports.comSept. 13: UTC home football opener, www.gomocs.comOct. 5-14: River Rocks festival, www.riverrockschattanooga.comNov. 3-4: Head of the Hooch rowing event, www.headofthehooch.org
The annual sports calendar in the greater Chattanooga area is as ever-changing as the weather.
The sports scene continues to move toward an even balance of spectator-oriented events and participatory activities.
Chattanooga’s Nationwide Tour golf event — the Children’s Hospital Classic — will take 2012 off and try to return in May 2013. The Tennessee boys’ golf amateur championship will be held at Black Creek Club on July 10-12 and the state four-ball championships will be July 26-29 at Cleveland Country Club.
The Chattanooga Lookouts are a Class AA professional baseball team with a stadium that overlooks the downtown waterfront area.