The week’s golf action at the Key Royale Club in Holmes Beach got started Dec. 11 with the men’s modified-Stableford system match. Joe Coyne, Jerry Martinek, Ron Pfaff and Ed Harrell all finished at plus-4 for a four-way for first place. There also was a logjam of players who finished second at plus-3, including Ron Buck, Rod Hammonds, and Dom Livedoti.
The Key Royale women took the course Dec. 12 for a nine-hole individual-low-net match in two flights. Pam Lowry took first place in Flight A at 1-over-par 33, one stroke ahead of Ceal Barry and Mary Wilkie, who finished in a tie for second place.
Peggy Cummings, Jackie Gorskie, Carol Patterson and Jan Turner all finished at 2-over-par 34 for a four-way tie for first place in Flight B. Cummings and Turner both had chipins on the day with Cummings putting it in on the fourth hole and Turner getting it done on the ninth hole.
Members closed out the golf action Dec. 14 with a scramble, while also counting all putts on the green. The team of Brian Comer, Jackie Gorskie, Ken Nagengast and Earl Ritchie took first place with a 3-over-par 35. Second place went to the team of Jim Bailey, Mike Gillie and Terry Tarras, who were a stroke back.
Meanwhile, two teams emerged from pool play with 3-0 records and settled things in the playoffs during Dec. 13 horseshoe action at the city of Anna Maria pits. The team of Tom Farrington and Bob Heiger earned a trip to the winner’s circle after defeating the team of Bob Mason and Adin Shank 23-12.
Due to persistent rain, there were no horseshoe matches played Dec. 16.
Play gets underway at 9 a.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays at the Anna Maria pits. Warmups begin at 8:45 a.m., followed by random team selection.
There is no charge to play and everyone is welcome.
Community center sports on warmup track
It’s quiet at the Center of Anna Maria Island, with time off from sports for kids and families. But the field is ready to heat up with winter flag football and indoor soccer.
Adult flag football runs Jan. 11-March 14. Registration is closed and a draft was held earlier this month.
Games will be played Thursday evenings.
Adult indoor soccer will heat up the gym starting Jan. 18 with matches played Thursdays.
Registration is closed.
Kids will have a round of action in flag football on the outdoor field Jan. 15-March 19, with the deadline to register past.
Evaluations and drafts for the 11-13Y and 14-17Y teams were held earlier this month.
There are no evaluations for 4-5Y or 6-7Y divisions, where the focus is on learning the sport.
Game nights are Mondays and Tuesdays.
And the center is hosting cheerleading for ages 4-14. Game nights with cheers will get started Jan. 15.
The center also is looking for coaches and sponsors.
For more information, email recreation@centerami.org, call 941-778-1908 or stop by the center at 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria.
Cheerleading practice begins Jan. 4
More than 40 kids — enough for four squads — registered to cheer at the Center of Anna Maria Island’s sporting events this winter.
“We will do cheers, stunts and tumbling,” said instructor/coach Brooke Svoboda in a Dec. 18 email to The Islander.
The first practice will be Thursday, Jan. 4, at the center, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria.
The season will run Jan. 15-March 9, according to an announcement on the center’s website.
The center offers cheerleading opportunities to kids ages 4-14.
Registration for the season closed Dec. 8.
For more information about youth sports, contact Tyler Bekkerus at recreation@centerami.org or 941-778-1908, ext. 210.