Save the Date – PYA Golf Outing Sept. 21

On Monday, Sept. 21 Port Washington Youth Activities will hold its 12th annual golf outing. More formally known as the Marty Rybecky Memorial Golf Outing, for the eighth year in a row golfers will tee it up at the Village Club of Sands Point on Middle Neck Road. The event is once again sponsored by Finn Mac Cool’s restaurant.

Save the Date – PYA Golf Outing Sept. 21

On Monday, Sept. 21 Port Washington Youth Activities will hold its 12th annual golf outing. More formally known as the Marty Rybecky Memorial Golf Outing, for the eighth year in a row golfers will tee it up at the Village Club of Sands Point on Middle Neck Road. The event is once again sponsored by Finn Mac Cool’s restaurant.

The day’s events begin with registration at 10 a.m., with a shotgun start at 12:30 p.m. Upon completion of the day’s round, all golfers will then move on to Finn Mac Cool’s on Main Street at 6 p.m. for the awards dinner and prize raffle, compliments of the restaurant and its owner, Connie O’Reilly.

Port Washington PAL Fall Program 2009

Cal Ripken/Babe Ruth Baseball

National NFL Youth Flag Football

The Port Washington PAL will be offering the following activities during the Fall 2009 season.

PW Runners Score in Sands Point Sprint for the Feinstein Institute

Congratulations to Port Washington runners David Hirschwerk, Adam Bleifeld, Michelle Duran, Vera Allen, Eric Gulkis, Sam Mazur, and Robert Schill, all of whom scored with awards in the Sands Point Preserve 5 Kilometer Sprint for the Feinstein Institute, held on the grounds of the Sands Point preserve on Saturday morning, Aug. 15. A total of 350 runners successfully completed the 5 Kilometer (3.107 Miles) course.

On the Bay

You know it is August when Manhasset Bay looks like glass and there is not even the littlest bit of wind to be found. Last Thursday evening, the Thirsty Thursday group had a very difficult time. Racers don’t ask for much, just a little wind to propel their boats and let them enjoy their favorite sport. But on Aug. 13 only one boat out of a fleet of 18 boats actually finished – all the rest were DNF (did not finish). For those of you unfamiliar with racing, getting a DNF is one of the frustrating experiences because it means that the skipper and crew got to the starting line, began the race, and floated around looking for a speck of wind for the entire race, in this case about 2 hours. The one lucky (or very skilled) team that actually finished the race was Yalcin Tarhan, on Xcite, who finished in 2 hours 14 minutes and 29 seconds (corrected time 2:06:49). That means that all the other boats were out there for a very long time. For their efforts, they all should be listed for their dedication to racing and the love of the sport. The boats in Division I: boat name, (owner): Leverage (Arthur Buhr), Ripple (John Towers), Nordlys (Bob Schwartz), Avalanche (Al Albrecht), Grace (Gene Gold), and Roy Israel – no boat name. Division II: Vision (Marc Epstein), Motion (Bruce Logan), Rosie (Ron Fink). Division III: Her C Gem (Paula Davis), Avanti (Tomer Levin), Oy (Eric Weintraub), En Passant (Bob Ebenau), On The Beam (Bruce Joseph), Escape (Chuck McCarthy), Eudaimonia (Dan Catanzaro), and Aquila (Keith Dorman). Let’s hope the dog days of summer will give those who enjoy our beautiful Manhasset Bay a break, after all it rained most of June.

Port Lady Legends 12-Year-Old Softball Travel Team District 28 Champs

As the summer of 2009 is winding down, the end of a successful season for the Port Washington Lady Legends 12U (ages 12 and under) softball travel team also came to an end.

Port Washington Youth Activities (PYA) sponsored the team, which was comprised of the best local softball players in that age bracket. The “Lady Legends” began their summer season by representing Port Washington in the Williamsport Little League World Series tournament. It is here where they made their biggest splash by winning the District 28 title against a formidable foe from Manhasset. This was truly a great achievement for the young ladies and the first ever Girls Softball District 28 Championship for PYA.

On the Bay: August 21, 2009

You know it is August when Manhasset Bay looks like glass and there is not even the littlest bit of wind to be found. Last Thursday evening, the Thirsty Thursday group had a very difficult time. Racers don’t ask for much, just a little wind to propel their boats and let them enjoy their favorite sport. But on Aug. 13 only one boat out of a fleet of 18 boats actually finished – all the rest were DNF (did not finish). For those of you unfamiliar with racing, getting a DNF is one of the frustrating experiences because it means that the skipper and crew got to the starting line, began the race, and floated around looking for a speck of wind for the entire race, in this case about 2 hours. The one lucky (or very skilled) team that actually finished the race was Yalcin Tarhan, on Xcite, who finished in 2 hours 14 minutes and 29 seconds (corrected time 2:06:49).

Save the Date – PYA Golf Outing Sept. 21

On Monday, Sept. 21 Port Washington Youth Activities will hold its 12th annual golf outing. More formally known as the Marty Rybecky Memorial Golf Outing, for the eighth year in a row golfers will tee it up at the Village Club of Sands Point on Middle Neck Road. The event is once again sponsored by Finn Mac Cool’s restaurant.

On the Bay: August 14, 2009

It seems that match racing is making a big splash this season on the east coast and elsewhere. While most people are familiar with fleet racing, where all boats in a division gather at the starting line and wait for the starting signal, match racing is a bit different. The basic game of match racing consists of a race between only two boats, each trying to gain controlling position at the start, and maintaining that position around the course. The two dueling boats try to “steal wind” from their opponent, causing them to lose speed. The boat that outwits their opponent, wins the match. Protests are handled differently in match racing, too. Instead of protest hearing back on land, a jury boat follows each pair of racers throughout the match, with two umpires who make on-the-water decisions together. If there is an infraction of a racing rule, the perpetrator knows immediately and must do their “turns.” Match racing, while sometimes difficult to understand for the uninitiated, is a challenging game of skill and tactics on the water–and a ton of fun to race.

New North Shore Soccer Club

Plandome Soccer Club was created for soccer players looking for something in addition to their intramural team. “Our club will not replace that - we will not have an intramural league, nor will we expect you to not join one, the club states. “Rather, our players will play both with their intramural friends in one league, and against other clubs in ours. Our teams will be registered and insured through SAY soccer, www.saysoccer.com, a member of the United States Soccer Federation.