Sports
Sacred Circle of Yoga founder M.J. Bindu Delekta is offering fall wellness workshops at her studio in Vineyard Haven, beginning this weekend.
Partner Yoga, in which couples do yoga poses and learn to breathe and move more consciously together, will run from 10 a.m. to noon on Sunday, Oct. 12. This fun-filled workshop aims to help couples facilitate a deeper connection, encouraging you to be more present for each other in your daily lives.
The state reopened coastal ponds to shellfishing on Saturday, following a closure due to heavy rains which ended early last week. The state Division of Marine Fisheries had issued the closure to more than 30 Massachusetts towns on Sept. 29, based on the expectation that water quality in coastal ponds would diminish after three days of heavy rains.
Shellfish managers were typically concerned that road runoff would fill the ponds with excessive bacteria.
All-Star Baseball
The Satchel Paige All-Stars traveling baseball team is accepting registration for players ages 13 to 18 who would like to participate in the team’s Christmas baseball clinic and tournament in Bradenton, Fla., and/or be part of the 2009 summer travel team.
The Christmas clinic and tournament will be held from Dec. 26 to Jan. 2 in Bradenton, spring training home of the Pittsburgh Pirates. If interested, contact coach Michael E. Mayden at 888-833-7688, extension 3, or go online to whsn.org.
Tee Up for Diamond
Birdies for Baseball, the fourth annual golf tournament to support the new baseball field at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, is set for Sunday, Oct. 12, with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. at Mink Meadows.
For registration, call Mink Meadows at 508-693-0600. To help with donations or sponsors, call Doug Reece at 508-696-3704.
Sign up early as space is limited. Cost is $90 per player and includes continental breakfast and lunch.
Eleven-year-old Curtis Farrell caught this 15.55 pound bluefish from the shore Saturday night. He is now leading the shore bluefish category.
The air was calm this morning under dark gray skies.
“The water is like a mill pond,” said Ron McKee of Buxton, Maine. “So there will be hundreds of boats out there today.”
Mr. McKee was standing with a half dozen anglers. They were all sipping coffee and talking fishing at the weigh station at the foot of Main street in Edgartown. This is the fourth Monday morning in the 63rd annual Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby. There is only one Monday left in the contest.