After two weeks of action in the adult soccer league at the Center of Anna Maria Island, Flynn Law and Slim’s Place have vaulted to the head of the class.
CABB and Beach Bums are right behind, with 1-0-1 records.
Salty Printing holds fifth place with a 1-1 record.
Sand Bar Restaurant, Sato Real Estate and Killer Bait complete the standings with 0-2 records.
Action April 22 kicked off with Slim’s Place earning a 3-1 victory over Sato Real Estate behind two goals from Keith Mahoney and one goal from Raul Lauria. Steve Oelfke helped preserve the victory with nine saves in goal.
Ben Sato notched the lone Sato Real Estate goal on an assist from brother Josh while Rico Bazert made seven saves in the loss.
The second match of the evening saw Flynn Law outscore Killer Bait by a 4-2 margin. Damir Glavan led the way for Flynn Law with two goals, while Hakan Toka and Eric Pullen scored a goal each. Mark Long helped secure the victory with seven saves.
Ethan Hampton scored two goals to lead Killer Bait, which also received 17 saves from Erik Schultz in the loss.
The third match of the night saw CABB and Beach Bums battle to a 3-3 tie. Kali Richardson led CABB with a goal and two assists and Lindsay Styka added a goal and an assist. Timo Vechio completed the scoring with one goal while Connor Haughey made nine saves.
Lucky Durmaz scored a pair of goals to lead Beach Bums, which also received a goal and two assists from Yuri Pereira and 12 saves from Tuna McCracken.
The last match of the night saw Salty Printing outlast Sandbar Restaurant 5-3. Eliza Faillace notched a hat trick to lead Salty Printing, which also received a goal each from Kevin Roman and Gerardo Urbiola.
Bradenton Beach local wins NGTA Open tennis tourney
Bradenton Beach resident Mark Malinowski won the NGTA Open UTR 7.5 rating and under coed at Longwood Run April 17-18.
He defeated John Owen Studdiford of Bradenton and Out of Door Academy in the finals, 6-2, 7-6 (7-5), in a duel that lasted three hours and 10 minutes.
Malinowski also earned earlier round victories over David Feldman of Massachusetts and Katharine Krupnikova in the semifinals.
Studdiford defeated Denid Mirnyi, son of a 10-time Grand Slam doubles champion and a 2012 Olympic gold medalist in mixed doubles Max Mirnyi.
Congratulations Mark.
Key Royale golf news
Seventy-two Key Royale Club golfers played in a “Fare Well to Members” — those headed away for the summer — scramble April 17 at the Holmes Beach club.
Playing under the Ambrose handicap system, the family team of Alicia, Monica and Eric Lawson, plus recently adopted Neil Hammer, they teamed up to capture first place with a team score of 22.62.
Second place went to Anne Klein, Dan Halvorson and Laura and John Purcell at 23.37.
Third place went to Debra and David DuVernay, Alain Verstandig and Nathalie Brotchi at 23.5.
Alica Lawson and David Johnson won the longest drive contests while closest to the pin was won by Debi Wohlers on the eighth hole and Tom Nelson on the third hole.
Roxanne Koche won the putting contest for the women, while Steve Donella won for the men.
Mary Lou Dreier and Tim Kenny won the straightest drive contest on the first hole, while Connie Livanos and David DuVernay won the chipping contests.
Following the golf, lunch and libations were served on the outside patio and a good time was had by all.
Another special event concluded April 7 with the final of the nine-week, inaugural Key Royale Club Team handicap match play league.
Flight A was won by Mike Pritchett and Chuck Patrick of the Duffy’s Duffers team, while Flight B was captured by Tom Perkins and Tom Solosky of the Doubting Thomas team.
The two flight winners then squared off April 7, with Prichett and Patrick earning a 1-up victory.
Heavy rain closed the course for two days but the men were back April 21 for their regular Thursday morning scramble. The team of Bill DeMenna, Fred Miller, Ken Nagengast and Tom Solosky combined of a 4-under-par 28 to earn clubhouse bragging rights for the day.
Horseshoe news
April 21 horseshoe action at the Anna Maria City Hall horseshoe pits saw three teams emerge from pool play with perfect 3-0 records.
The team of Tom Farrington and Bob Heiger drew the lucky bye into the finals and watched as Tom Skoloda and Bob Lee slipped past Bob Brown and Rod Bussey by a 21-18 score.
Skoloda and Lee took on Farrington and Heiger and held on for a 22-19 victory.
It was another three-team affair in the April 24 games. Bussey and Jay Disbrow drew the bye and watched as Lee and Heiger knocked out Bob Rowley and Gary Howcroft 22-14. Lee and Heiger stayed hot and cruised to a 23-7 victory over Bussey and Disbrow to earn the day’s bragging rights.
Play gets underway at 9 a.m. Wednesday and Saturday at the Anna Maria City Hall pits. Warmups begin at 8:45 a.m., followed by random team selection.
There is no charge to play and everyone is welcome.