Sports
Golf Scramble
The 21st annual Howard W. Leonard golf scramble to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Martha’s Vineyard took place on Sunday, Sept. 20. The Martha’s Savings Bank and Mink Meadows Golf Club sponsored the event. Beautiful weather contributed to the fantastic spirit of the day as 36 golfers took to the Mink Meadows course following coffee and breakfast foods provided by the Black Dog Cafe.
In recognition of National Women’s Health and Fitness Day on Sept. 30, Curves in Vineyard Haven is offering a free 30-day diet plan program for women interested in weight-loss results and health improvement.
This program is a series of free weight management classes, according to Curves’ Daniel Seidman.
Because shipments of seasonal influenza vaccine will arrive on the Vineyard later than expected, the annual Islandwide innoculation will be postponed until the second week of November.
Seasonal flu innoculation is now scheduled to take place at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School on Nov. 11.
OSHA Training
The public is invited to a 10-hour OSHA training course on Saturday, Sept. 26 from 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Chilmark Community Center. The course will be led by certified OSHA outreach trainer Charlie T. Opalenik. The cost is $50 per person; for information call Jackie at 508-696-6400. The event is hosted by Powers Electric.
You can call it the only kids’ saltwater multispecies fishing tournament on the Vineyard. Very early Sunday morning, anglers from around the Island, all under 15, went fishing at the Oak Bluffs Steamship Authority wharf. They caught lots of fish: bluefish, scup, black sea bass, skate and summer flounder (fluke). They kept nothing; the tournament is catch and release.
But there were plenty of prizes to go around. Close to 200 anglers (not all of them were children) participated. And most caught fish.
By MARK ALAN LOVEWELL
The largest false albacore caught from the shore was landed last Saturday. Keith A. McArt of Somerville, a well-respected derby fisherman, caught a 16.55-pound false albacore while fishing off Lobsterville Beach. Quite a few fishermen saw him land the fish.
The 64th annual Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby is now entering its third week with still two weeks to go.