Sports

Rochester is home to a number of minor-league professional sports teams, though only one major-league team calls Rochester home.

In addition to professional sports teams of its own, other professional sports leagues and events visit Rochester every year.

• Football - Buffalo Bills Spring Training Camp is held at St. John Fisher College.

• Golf - LPGA tournament held at the Locust Hill Country Club.

• Hockey - the Buffalo Sabres usually had a game scheduled in Rochester each year at the Blue Cross Arena until recently (e.g. Oct 26, 2005)

• Almost all UofR teams and clubs are named the Yellow Jackets ¹.
  

• Baseball
  

• Football
  

• Golf
  

• Lacrosse
  

• Soccer
  

• Track and Field

• Almost all RIT teams and clubs are named the Tigers.
  

• Hockey

There are a wide variety of youth sports programs offered in Rochester's communities.

• Edgerton Community Center and Park
  

• Greece Police Athletic League
  

• Irondequoit Vikings Youth Football
  

• Monroe County Babe Ruth League
  

• Monroe County Youth Hockey
  

• New York State West Youth Soccer Association
  

• Red Willison Youth Baseball
  

• River Flow Soccer Club
  

• Rochester District Youth Soccer League
  

• Rochester Youth Hockey League
  

• Rush-Henrietta Soccer Club
  

• Section 4 Football
  

• University of Rochester Sports Camps
  

• Webster Soccer Association

You don't have to be a college student or a professional athlete to have fun.

• Genesee Valley Cycling Club - promotes a weekly bicycle racing series, the G-Tour, from April-September.
  

• Greater Rochester Area Disc Association - Ultimate frisbee
  

• Greater Rochester Disc Golf Club - Disc Golf
  

• Genesee Valley Table Tennis Club
  

• Genesee Yacht Club
  

• Hot Shots - Indoor beach volleyball
  

• Roc City Roller Derby - Women's flat track roller derby (WFTDA)
  

• Rochester Curling Club
  

• Rochester Men's Senior Baseball League - Aluminum bat hardball league, 25+
  

• Rochester Squash Racquets Association
  

• Rochester Yacht Club
  

• URMC Intramural Leagues

• See also: Golf, Outdoor Activities

Our Health Clubs page provides our shoppers lists of many alternatives for exercise and fitness in the Rochester region. Our area is chock full of places to exercise and keep fit. Check your city, town or village website for local community centers, parks and recreation facilities where you might have opportunities for fitness and exercise.

Below we list some General Admission facilities where most anyone willing to pay is able to join. We also list some Restricted Admissions facilities which have restrictions by gender, town, organization, or other criteria. And finally, some Personal Trainers in the region. See also Notes and References for other resources and information.

General Admission

• American Family Fitness Center
  

• Atlas Fitness
  

• Bally Total Fitness
  

• Boundaries Gym
  

• Crossfit Ambition
  

• CrossFit 585 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
  

• Cycledelic Indoor Cycle Studio
  

• Downtown Fitness Club
  

• Evolution Pilates
  

• Family Fitness Center
  

• Feels Great
  

• Fit Club 24/7
  

• Flex Gym & Aerobics Center
  

• Gold's Gym
  

• Harro East Athletic Club
  

• Hidden Valley Club
  

• Innerworks Studio
  

• Jazzercise
  

• Jewish Community Center
  

• LA Fitness
  

• Manhattan Square Tennis Club
  

• Maximum Fitness Personal Health
  

• Metro Fitness
  

• Midtown Athletic Club
  

• Northern Hemisphere Gymnastics
  

• Penfield Racquet & Fitness Club
  

• Pieters Family Life Center
  

• Pilates Center of Rochester
  

• Pilates of Pittsford
  

• Pilates of Rochester
  

• Pilates Plus
  

• Planet Fitness
  

• Premier Fitness - Webster Woods Plaza
  

• Rochester Athletic Club
  

• Rochester Fitness Center
  

• Rockell's Family Fitness Center
  

• Snap Fitness
  

• South Wedge Health and Fitness
  

• Stulpins Gym
  

• Tone Zone Fitness Center
  

• Unique Physique
  

• Xtreme Fitness
  

• Webster Recreation Center
  

• Wolf Brigade Gym
  

• World Gym Fitness Center
  

• YMCA of Greater Rochester - has 11 facilities and 3 camps supporting the Rochester area
  

• YMCA National List - other YMCA facilities within 55 miles of zip code 14604

Restricted Admission

• Curves For Women - For women only
  

• Exercise Etc - For women only
  

• Genesee Valley Club - You must be T-H-I-S elite
  

• Human Performance Lab - Monroe Community College gym for MCC students and staff. Currently in 10-145, with a new facility under construction in the PAC building.
  

• Perinton Community/Aquatic Center - Perinton residents only
  

• RAC For Women - For women only
  

• RIT Center for Intercollegiate Athletics and Recreation - RIT affiliation required
  

• The Little Gym of Perinton-Pittsford - children only
  

• The Little Gym of Webster - children only
  

• University of Rochester/R Club - UR affiliation required; located on the River Campus
  

• URMC Fitness & Wellness Center - UR affiliation required; located in the Medical Center
  

• Webster Aquatic Center

Personal Training

Many health clubs have personal trainers on staff.


See Personal Training for individual training companies

Notes and References

• UofR Center For Lifetime Wellness - Seniors aging successfully includes fitness goals
  

• Health Resources - Henrietta Public Library - go down page to Fitness and Wellness for list of web resources.
  

• Tennis Facilities - a near complete list of tennis courts and organizations.