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Sports & Recreation - Reader' Picks

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Published: July 18, 2012

Best billiards hall

1st Sportstown Billiards, 2414 E. Robinson St., 407-894-6258, sportstownbilliards.com
2nd Cue-Phoria Billiards and Café, 2050 Semoran Blvd., Winter Park, 321-972-1867, cuephoria.com
3rd Trick Shots Billiards, multiple locations, trickshotsbilliards.com

Best city park

1st Lake Eola Park, 195 N. Rosalind Ave., 407-246-4485, cityoforlando.net
2nd Central Park, 251 S. Park Ave., Winter Park, 407-599-3334, cityofwinterpark.org
3rd Dickson Azalea Park, 100 Rosearden Drive, 407-246-2283, cityoforlando.net

Best dog park

1st Fleet Peeples Park, 2000 S. Lakemont Ave., Winter Park, 407-599-3334, cityofwinterpark.org
2nd Paw Park, 427 French Ave., Sanford, sanfordfl.gov
3rd Dr. P. Phillips Community Park, 8249 Buenavista Woods Blvd., 407-254-9045, drphillips.org

Best day trip

1st Wekiwa Springs State Park, 1800 Wekiwa Circle, Apopka, 407-884-2008, floridastateparks.org/wekiwasprings
2nd St. Augustine, ci.st-augustine.fl.us
3rd New Smyrna Beach, cityofnsb.com

Best gym

1st YMCA, multiple locations, ymcacentralflorida.com
2nd Planet Fitness, multiple locations, planetfitness.com
3rd LA Fitness, multiple locations, lafitness.com

Best ice rink

1st RDV Sportsplex Ice Den, 8701 Maitland Summit Blvd., 407-916-2550, mvpsportsclubs.com
2nd The Ice Factory of Central Florida, 2221 Partin Settlement Road, Kissimmee, 407-933-4259, icefactory.com
3rd Light Up UCF, UCF Arena Bldg., 50 N. Gemini Blvd., 407-823-6006, lightupucf.com

Best local sports team

1st Orlando Magic, orlandomagic.com
2nd Orlando City Soccer, orlandocitysoccer.com
3rd Orlando Solar Bears, orlandosolarbearshockey.com

Best sports team coach

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