Sports
Bill Damora of Point Pleasant, N.J., recently dropped 25 clay birds for a perfect round of skeet with his 20 gauge over and under shotgun at the Martha’s Vineyard Rod and Gun Club.
A round of skeet consists of 25 clays or birds. Skeet shooters seek to acquire their first 25 straight targets in what’s called a perfect round.
Mr. Damora’s name will be engraved on the club trophy and will receive a 25-straight pin. His previous straight came over a year ago with his larger 12-gauge shotgun.
Prostate Support Group
The Martha’s Vineyard Prostate Cancer Support Group’s next meeting is at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 21 at Martha’s Vineyard Community Services (across from the high school) in the Middle Building in the downstairs board room.
Any and all are welcome. Participants may bring family, friends and wives. A reference library is maintained for participants’ use.
More information is available by calling Emily Wetherall at 508-693-7900, extension 236.
For 364 days of the year, the Vineyard and Nantucket sit on their respective perches in the ocean and gaze at each other with casual disregard.
The two Islands may share ocean currents, topography and even a boat line, but beyond that they have little to do with each other.
But for one glorious day of the year, these two estranged siblings shake off their shared disdain and come together for a sporting contest that is part family reunion and part grudge match.
The Vineyard rolled over Nantucket Saturday in the annual Island Cup game by a final score of 48-6 in a contest that was easily decided by the seco
The sounds of a bloody brawl direct me to the football field behind the regional high school where the junior varsity team is warming up for Saturday. Getting nearer, one cry stands out. “I want to see Balboni get killed!” I quicken my step, wondering whether I’m about to scoop an altogether more serious event.
It’s been a season of peaks and valleys for the Vineyard football team.
They shot out to a 5-0 record to start the season and earned a top rank in their division by the Boston Globe. And as if that weren’t enough, a news crew from NBC taped two 30-minute segments that will air later this year during a halftime of the network’s NFL Sunday Night Football program. Meanwhile, Sports Illustrated published a story showcasing the Vineyarders.