Avalon wins Dutch Hoffman Memorial Lifeguard races
Beach patrols competed in eight events, rowing, swimming, paddling and running WILDWOOD — The Avalon Beach Patrol has been on a roll this competition season, adding to their titles the Dutch Hoffman Memorial Lifeguard Championships July 26 at Lincoln Avenue beach. The past two years Avalon has come in first and looked to extend the […]
Rich Schultz fires net 62 to lead Ocean City Thursday Senior Golf
By PETE DAVIS EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – Last Thursday brought us a 75-degree morning with a wet golf course, a rainy forecast and a reduced field for the Ocean City Thursday Senior Golf League’s Christmas in July. While those conditions put somewhat of a damper on our play, most of our hardy golfers made it back […]
Low scores in the spotlight in Ocean City’s Brambley Golf League
By THE HANDICAPPER V OCEAN CITY – Low scores were in order last week at the Brambley Golf League. Rich Hawthorne found his way back in the money after a week off, shooting a 42 to capture the overall Low Gross title. Tom Bowman and John McVerry, demonstrating their consistent play this season, were right behind […]
Tuesday Senior Golf: Mayson nearly ties Curtis for fewest putts
By TONY CHERBY BUENA VISTA — The Ocean City Tuesday Senior Golf League completed its eighth round of matches July 23. The weather was much improved over the previous hot, steamy week but Roger Probert continued his fiery assault on Old Man Par, bagging 10. That’s the most pars we’ve seen in a long time. […]
OCBP’s Masters Swim not just for the young
OCEAN CITY — A trio of 20-year-olds set the pace for Saturday’s T. John Carey Masters Swim in Ocean City, covering the one-mile ocean course in less than 20 minutes, but the race wasn’t just a race and it wasn’t just for the young. Of the more than 100 people who officially entered, running into […]
Classic victory: Atlantic City wins home lifeguard event
Ocean City Beach Patrol second in six-race competition; Longport third ATLANTIC CITY — The host Atlantic City Beach Patrol won the 2024 Atlantic City Lifeguard Classic Friday evening, July 19, at Albany Avenue beach. The Ocean City Beach Patrol secured a close second place and the Longport Beach Patrol was third. The Atlantic City Classic […]
Grace Emig goes the distance
Brigantine lifeguard a top sprinter in summer races,but she also does grueling 30-plus-mile competitions OCEAN CITY — Brigantine lifeguard Grace Emig was the quickest around the 300-meter paddleboard course in the first leg of the relay during the Ocean City Beach Patrol Women’s Lifeguard Invitational on July 16. Emig had won the paddleboard event at […]
Dave Carter gets first solo victory of the year in Brambley Golf League
By THE HANDICAPPER V OCEAN CITY – The Brambley Golf League saw some impressive scores last week despite the scorching heat. Dave Carter shot his best round of the year, a 43, to capture the overall Low Gross title, narrowly edging out Toni Herting and Mark Hemmert by one stroke. Dave has been a nipping […]
John Blady’s low gross of 78 leads Ocean City Thursday Senior Golf
By PETE DAVIS EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – The standings are really starting to tighten up for the Ocean City Senior Golf Thursday League A Flight and we have a new leader, Rick Schultz, in B Flight. The very wet conditions at Harbor Pines were evidence of the recently passed heavy storm overnight Tuesday. Carts were […]
Mitchell nails two pin wins in Ocean City Tuesday Senior Golf League
By TONY CHERBY BUENA VISTA — Sixteen intrepid souls ventured forth in, on and around the turf and sand at Buena Vista Country Club on the hottest day of the year so far in play last week in the Ocean City Tuesday Senior Golf League. At the end of the day, everyone made it back, […]