For the second consecutive week, persistent and often heavy rains drenched the fields at the Center of Anna Maria Island and flooded the roads across the island, delaying the start of adult flag football playoffs.
Weather permitting, first-round playoff action will resume with the first of four games kicking off at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 5. Semifinal and championship games will be played the following Thursday, Sept. 12, at a time to be announced.
Meanwhile, evaluations and drafts for all divisions of youth soccer and the adult soccer program at the center were washed out.
Coaches and team sponsors are being sought. To apply, contact Tuna McCracken, sports program manager, at 941-778-1908, ext. 207, or sports@centerami.org.
Meanwhile, golf action at the Key Royale Club in Holmes Beach got started Aug. 26 with the men’s weekly modified-Stableford system match. Mike Pritchett and Bill Shuman shared clubhouse bragging rights for the day after both carded plus-2s for their rounds.
The club women teed up for a nine-hole individual-low-net match Aug. 27. Jana Samuels took first with an even-par 32 to edge second-place finishers Helen Pollock and Sue Wheeler by a stroke. Pollock had a birdie on the sixth hole and a chipin on the eighth hole to highlight her round, while Wheeler also logged a chipin on the seventh hole.
Golf action for the week ended Aug. 28 when the members played a nine-hole scramble. The team of Nelson Eagle, Mike Gillie, Gerry Martinek and Helen Pollock combined on an even-par 32 to win the day’s proceedings.
It wasn’t a rainout but horseshoe action at the Anna Maria City Hall pits this past week was short and sweet. The Aug. 28 games saw Bob Heiger and Bob Hawks team up to forge the lone 3-0 record in pool play, making them the day’s outright champs.
On Aug. 31, Tom Farrington and Steve Augustine posted the only undefeated record in pool play and were the champs for the day.
The action gets started at 9 a.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays at the Anna Maria City Hall pits. Warm ups begin at 8:45 a.m., followed by random team selection.
There is no charge to play.