Sylvia Hatchell.[/caption]The next meeting of the Raleigh Sports Club will be on January 15, 2014. The Raleigh Sports Club continues celebrating its 50th anniversary with special guest speaker UNC Women’s Head Basketball Coach Sylvia Hatchell tentatively scheduled to appear.

Hatchell temporarily stepped down as head coach to battle leukemia. Hatchell said she is now cancer-free after Jan. 3 tests showed she is in remission but she is still undergoing treatments.

Assistant coaches Billy Lee and Ivory Latta were scheduled to speak in the event Coach Hatchell was unable to attend but the Raleigh Sports Club has confirmed with Jane High, Sylvia Hatchell’s UNC assistant, that Coach Hatchell will be at Wednesday’s meeting. There is very strong interest from local media, guests and members that there is very strong interest in her presence.

With President Obama arriving in Raleigh at 11 a.m., traffic may be re-routed so the RSC is recommending that everyone arrive early. we expect the local interstate (from the airport to N.C State) and streets surrounding N.C. State to be closed.

The RSC will honor a local Wake county student athlete of the week for outstanding achievement in the classroom, community and on the field.

Meetings are held in Bradley Hall in Highland UMC, 1901 Ridge Road at the intersection of Lake Boone Trail, just inside the Raleigh Beltline. Buffet lines open at 11:30 a.m. and the meeting starts at 12 noon. See http://www.raleighsportsclub.org/ for details.