Sports
Tennis Scholars
Vineyard Youth Tennis has selected four year-round Island children to receive full scholarships for one week of tennis camp at Adidas Tennis Camps this summer. Avery Hazell, Brian Donegan, Phoebe Dandeneau and Ryan Sawyer were selected based on essays they wrote describing their dedication to Vineyard Youth Tennis and enthusiasm for the sport of tennis. The children will have a choice of two camp locations: University of Massachusetts, Amherst or University of Connecticut.
Grace Gordon, a student leader and varsity athlete at Williams College class of 2012, has been selected to launch the Martha’s Vineyard branch of Ivy Insiders, an innovative SAT prep program that was started by undergraduates at Harvard in 2003 and has since grown into a national test prep leader thanks to the highest student score improvements in the industry.
Little League Championships
On Saturday, June 26, Martha’s Vineyard Little League will hold its championship games at Veira Park in Oak Bluffs. The minor league game will begin at 11 a.m., followed by the majors championship at 2 p.m. Come watch the real boys and girls of summer!
Integrated Health Center of Vineyard Haven welcomes back Dr. Iris Gold, acupuncturist and natural medicine doctor. Using acupuncture, herbs, nutritional supplements and bio-identical hormone replacement, Dr. Gold specializes in women’s health issues, especially menopause and fertility. This summer she will be introducing a very effective and rapid weight management program that she has been using in her practice in California. She also extensively treats all types of pain problems, adrenal imbalances, headaches and fatigue.
Tennis and art will help raise funds for students, women and artists in Haiti through two Vineyard groups this weekend. The Fish Farm for Haiti Project will host a tennis tournament at Farm Neck, Friday through Sunday, and the PeaceQuilts organization will host a show of quilts made in Haiti.
Can you handle the heat? Roscoe Tanner brings his 153-mile-an-hour serve to the Vineyard Youth Tennis center on Tuesday, June 29. At the 1978 U.S. Open, his serve actually broke the net. But don’t worry, he’s not looking to ace you. Tanner, once ranked fourth in the world, will be holding clinics all day long. High schoolers are from 9 to 10:30 a.m, adult women from 1 to 3 p.m., and men from 2 to 5 p.m.