Sports
Special Olympics Meeting
Martha’s Vineyard Community Services will host an informational meeting on Nov. 1 for interested athletes, families and volunteers in the Special Olympics. The meeting will be held at Community Services from 4 to 6 p.m.
Special Olympics spokesmen will attend to provide information about the largest amateur sports organization in the world. There is no age limit for participation.
Lisa Knight played only one year of field hockey in high school.
For those familiar with the field hockey program at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, the statement might seem so ludicrous as to require a punch line afterwards — surely, you can’t be serious.
As the 2011 season winds to a close, look for make-up games to begin dominating team schedules.
Striped bass were scarce at this year's derby, following a trend in recent years, but Vineyard fishermen may have reason for optimism after two major stock assessments have shown a record or near-record number of spawning fish in the Chesapeake Bay.
It would seem that everything one does, from eating to watching television, from meditating to juggling Chihauhau’s, or from painting your masterpiece to lion taming, could also be done while spinning. At least this is the bold proposition being woven in the spokes by Om of Motion, a new spinning class and location that seems to know no boundaries.
Om of Motion opened up earlier this summer in a cozy nook on 505 State Road in West Tisbury, right next to Eileen Blake’s Pies and just past up-Island Cronigs.
Tennis is one of the few perfect sports that can be played the entirety of one’s life. Not many 80-year-olds out on the gridiron are there?
And yet there is still a lot of stopping and starting as one chases down a lob or crosscourt ripper which can lead to some cranky knees. Plus there’s that serving motion. Let’s just say it’s not a love match for your shoulders.