WSHLL baseball prepares for seasons
West Side Hawaii Little League is preparing for winter league and the 2015 baseball season. Volunteer coaches, umpires, scorekeepers and new members from Kona or Waikoloa are wanted. For more information, contact WSHLL president Karl Gacayan at 960-0626 or emailkgacayan2@gmail.com.
Nobu Yamauchi winter league
The Nobu Yamauchi 18-U girls RBI softball and 13-18 boys baseball teams are accepting teams or individual players to participate in their winter league.
The season runs from mid-October to mid-December. The softball games will be played on Sundays and baseball during the weekdays.
For more information, contact Wayne Yamauchi at 895-9696 or yamauchiw002@hawaii.rr.com.
On the ‘Emily T Gail Show’
Guests: Randy Repicky talks about Detroit Slow Roll that takes place every Monday with at least 3,000 bicyclists. Founder Jason Hall and the Slow Roll are featured in a current Apple ad showcasing how an iPad is the means by which the public can follow the route each week.
Former Big Island resident Mark Hesskamp talks about his recent participation in the Pedal Across Lower Michigan with his parents and other biking opportunities in Hawaii and Michigan.
Updates: Grant Miller and Bike Works continue to raise funds for the ALS Therapy Development Institute when he completes in the Ironman World Championship in October. The effort honors the memory of Karen O’Riordan Kelly, a Bike Works Ohana staff member who died of ALS in September 2013. Donations canbe made at community.als.net/grantmiller.
808 Mx/Atv Association will hold a race Sept. 27. For more information, visit its Facebook page at facebook.com/808mxatvassociation, or call Jeri Pankey at 896-6266 or Holly Coakley at 937-0529.
Note: Gail shows are available at espnhawaii.com, under the “lineup” tab, or on iTunes as a free podcast. For more information, contact Gail at 896-6780 or emilytgail@gmail.com.
County presents Keiki Triathlon
The Hawaii County Department of Parks and Recreation and the Hawaii Isle Police Activities League will hold the third annual Keiki Triathlon as part of the Mayor’s Health Fest 2014 on Oct. 18, at Old Kona Airport Park.
Children ages 7 to 14 are invited to participate in a miniature version of the Ironman World Championship: 100-yard swim, 3.2-mile bicycle race and 1-mile run. The 7- and 8-year-olds will race half those distances.
The entrance fee is $5 per child. Registration ends Oct. 3. Forms are available at county swimming pools, gymnasiums and other staffed recreational sites, or can be downloaded at hawaiicounty.gov/parks-and-recreation.
Send completed forms to the Recreation Office at Aunty Sally Kaleohano’s Luau Hale, 799 Piilani St., Hilo, HI 96720.
To ensure the athletes’ safety, enrollment will be limited to the first 30 children who sign up in each of the four age-group divisions or a maximum of 120 racers. Participants must supply their own bicycle, helmet, swim goggles and other equipment.
Racers must check in by 7:30 a.m. race day. The youngest children will start the triathlon by entering the Kona Community Aquatic Center pool at 8 a.m. They will be followed by the older age-group divisions.
The Health Fest will be held from 9 a.m. to noon at Kekuaokalani Gymnasium.
Waimea offers volleyball league
Hawaii County Department of Parks and Recreation, in partnership with Waimea Athletics, will accept registrations for age-group volleyball season beginning at 3 p.m. Sept. 9-11, during clinic days at Thelma Parker Gym.
Clinics begin at 3:30 p.m. for ages 9-10, 4:30 ages 11-12 and 13-14.
The league runs from Oct. 14 to Nov. 19, Tuesdays and Thursdays in October; Mondays and Wednesdays in November. The games start at 4:30 p.m. at various gyms.
Fees are $10 payable to Waimea Athletics. Volunteer coaches are needed.
For more information, contact Melissa at 887-3014 or parksandrecwaimea@gmail.com or visit waimeaathletics.org.
Waimea offers instructional tennis
Hawaii County Department of Parks and Recreation, in partnership with Waimea Athletics, is holding sign-ups for instructional tennis at Waimea Park.
The free clinics are instructed by tennis pro Jeff Lewis, director of Rutgers Tennis Center at Hawaii Preparatory Academy. Clinics will be held from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Thursdays through Sept. 18. The program is limited to the first 12 participants in two divisions offered: ages 6-9 and 10 and older.
To sign up, email parksandrecwaimea@gmail.com. For more information, visit waimeaathletics.org.
Waimea offers Biddy Basketball
Hawaii County Department of Parks and Recreation, in partnership with Waimea Athletics, will hold a Biddy Basketball league.
The league will be Sept. 15 to Oct. 22. The games will be played at various gyms, starting at 4:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays.
Fees are $10, payable to Waimea Athletics.
For more information, email parksandrecwaimea@gmail.com or visit waimeaathletics.org.
Brantley Center to host races
The Brantley Center will host its third annual Honokaa 5K, half-marathon and 30K Waipio Challenge on Oct. 18.
Races start at 6:30 a.m. at the Honokaa Sports Complex.
Registration fees are $30 for the 5K, $65 for the half-marathon and $75 for the 30K. Prices will increase Aug. 31. The fee includes entertainment, refreshments, aid stations on the course, finisher medals for the half-marathon and 30K finishers and T-shirts for all participants. There will also be age-group awards.
Registration forms are available at area bike shops, gyms, the Big Island Running Company, and online at race360.com/17302. They can also be downloaded at thebrantleycenter.org. For more information, call the center at 775-7245.
Fitness paddleboard, canoe race
Mauna Lani Bay Hotels and Bungalows presents its fourth annual Hulakai and Da Hui Race to Fitness series beginning Sept. 27.
The 7.2-mile race starts from Kiholo Bay and finishes at Mauna Lani Bay Hotel. The top three finishers receive prizes.
The race is open to standup and OC paddlers of all ages and skill levels.
For more information, call 896-3141, email sarahhulakai@gmail.com, or visit hulakai.com or facebook.com/hulakaisurf.
Special Olympics coaches needed
Special Olympics West Hawaii is looking for basketball coaches for the Winter Games. The season runs through November.
For more information, call Lona Warner at 989-2080.
HCC Time Trial
The Hawaii Cycling Club’s 22.2-mile “Out n Back Training Time Trial” takes place at 8 a.m. Sept. 20. The course starts at the West Hawaii Veterans Cemetery, heads north on Highway 19, makes a U-turn at Waikoloa Beach Road and ends with a sprint to the finish line at mile marker 85. Registration is at the cemetery from 7-7:40 a.m.
HPA to host fun run/dog walk benefit
Hawaii Preparatory Academy invites runners, walkers, friendly canines and families to participate in the fourth Bieni 5K Fun Run and Dog Walk at 9 a.m. Sept. 28 on the school’s cross-country course.
Bieni Kohler-Johnson, who graduated from HPA in 1983, died in June 2009 after a battle with breast cancer.
Net proceeds from the event will fund the annual Bieni Kohler-Johnson ’83 Scholarship at HPA. Registration and pledges are available online at flpregister.com/102.
The top fundraiser will receive the grand prize of a two-night stay at the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel. The runner-up will receive a round of golf for four at the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel. Fundraisers do not need to be present to win. Entry fee is $25 for adults, $10 for students 10 and under, with a late fee of an additional $10 after Sept. 9. All preregistered participants are guaranteed a shirt and goodie bag.
The entry fee for dogs is $10 and includes dog goodies in the owner’s goodie bag. For more information, contact Liz Noetzel at 989-9100 or hparace@gmail.com.
Makalei to close for maintenance
Makalei Golf Club will be closed Sept. 18-19 to conduct aerification, and will reopen Sept. 20.
Weekly golf tournament results
Big Island Country Club
Wednesday
1. Swend Willadsen, Frank Jung, Tom Johnson, Quinn McCully (-21)
Low net: Quinn McCully (67)
Closest to the hole: Steve Rickard (5); Fran McCully (8); Barb Millslagle (13); Swend Willadsen (17)
Format: Four-person team; 3-2-1; three low nets on No. 1, two on No. 2, one on No. 3; repeat process
Keauhou Kona Men’s Golf Club
Saturday at Waikoloa Village Golf Course
Low net: 1. Mike Nichols (67); 2. Art Misaki (68); 3. Mike Gregg (69)
Low gross: Bob Marten (71)
Closest to the hole: Mike Gregg (3); Marlin Ahl (6); Art Misaki (12); Mike Nichols (16)
M&M Golf Club
Sept. 2 at Makalei Golf Club
Flight A: 1. Sandy Webb (30); 2. Janis Walker (30.5); 3. Yuko Susuki (34.5); 4. Wanda Goldscharek (36)
Flight B: 1. Shoko Ioh (25); 2. Vangie Isenhour (25.5); 3. Pua McGinness, Judy Pettersen(26)
Chip-in: Janis Walker (2)
Low putts: Yuko Susuki (28)
Format: Best nine, less half-handicap
Friday at Big Island Country Club
1. Butchie Hayward (27.5); 2. Kasie Wessels, Linda Takai (29)
Chip-ins: Butchie Hayward (4), Judy Pettersen (18)
Low putts: Butchie Hayward (32), Judy Pettersen (32)
Format: Best 3 par 3/4/5, less half-handicap
Na Wahine O Waikoloa
Thursday
1. Margaret Tigue (46); 2. Sally Evans, Mary Vandamme (51); 4. Noriko Kato (54); 5. Audrey Hamilton, Debb Knox (56)
Closest to the hole: Noriko Kato (6); Audrey Hamilton (12); Dee Dee Kosa (16)
Format: Throw out one par-3, one par-4, one par-5, full handicap