Sports
In addition to its public appearance at the Martha’s Vineyard Arena on Wednesday, the Stanley Cup appeared at the Aquinnah town hall for about 45 minutes in the early afternoon. The 35-inch, 35-pound silver trophy was in the care of seasonal Island resident Cam Neely, the president of the 2011 Stanley Cup Champion Boston Bruins.
There is yoga on the Vineyard and then there is yoga on the Vineyard. It really is an embarrassment of suppleness. Each week a host of talented teachers conduct classes and workshops in almost every nook and cranny of the Island. Add to this the periodic washing ashore of talented teachers from the “real world.”
Trophy Is Future, Ice Rink Is Present
Almost everyone around these parts, save the occasional hermit living off the grid, knows the Bruins won the Stanley Cup this year. It’s easy to marvel at the skills of those players and rejoice, but it’s also important to take a moment and wonder just where those players came from.
The answer is, for the most part, public ice rinks, those breeding grounds for many a rink rat with dreams of professional hockey glory.
Allright everyone, time to put down the golf clubs, set aside the tennis racquets, becalm the wind and kite surfing equipment, dock the surfboard and sheath the lion taming whip. The time has come for more manly pursuits, women may apply too, and children, if up to muster, are also invited.
And what you ask, gentle reader, could be so dangerous an activity and yet include such a wide swath of the vacationing public? Well, ping-pong of course.
Sitting in her customary spot, next to her husband, Jay, on the top bench of the bleachers behind home plate, Doris Clark is a sort of mother hen to the Sharks, the Vineyard’s new baseball team, who brought the Futures Collegiate Baseball League to the Island for the first season this summer. The season is now over, but while it lasted, she was there at pretty much every game, cheering the players on, calling to them by name.
Run for the Library
Registration is open now for the 14th annual Friends of the Vineyard Haven Library 5K Run/Walk, which will be held on Sunday, Sept. 11. There will also be a half-mile fun run for kids.
Registration forms are available at the library, and online at vhlibrary.org. Registered runners will receive a T-shirt, and there is a discount for registering in advance.