The Resort at Longboat Key Club has once again been recognized as one of the top 25 tennis resorts worldwide and named a 2013 Gold Medal Tennis Resort by Tennis Resorts Online. The just published annual listing of the top 100 tennis resorts and camps worldwide echoes the opinions of racquet wielding tennis enthusiasts from [...]
The 2013 Sarasota Tarpon Tournament will be held from May 18 through June 23. The excitement begins with a kick-off event at the Sarasota Hyatt Regency on May 14 with dinner and prizes. Fishing begins on Saturday, May 18 and runs through June 23. For an entry fee of $125 you will be competing for [...]
An impromptu beach party, hosted by Kathy Powers and Ann Zaltman was held Tuesday night at the Bay Isles Beach Club for team members and three fans. The idea was to rally the troops and send them off in their bid to become the state champs. The team from the Longboat Key Tennis Center had [...]
Arlene McKitrick recently returned from competing in the American Seniors Golf Association in San Antonio, Texas where she won the women’s Championship. Within the last month she won the Longboat Key Championship and remains undefeated at the Ritz by winning its championship for the 8th year. This brings her winning total to 183 tournament victories. [...]
It is not too difficult to imaging a comical foot race between two determined opponents, one sprinting towards the green, putter in hand, and the other rambling into the woods in a frenzied search for the errant shot.
The Longboat Key Garden Club is again providing sponsorship for summer camps this year. In the past, the club has sponsored a number of children at the Florida Federation of State Garden Club’s residential Wekiva Youth Camp at Wekiva Springs State Park in Apopka, Fl. The Garden Club’s program has been expanded this year to [...]
Top off this season of spring training and MarchMadness with the sporting event where all ages can take steps to help endangered species — Mote’s 27th Annual Run for the Turtles on April 6. The Run, which includes a 5K sanctioned by the Manasota Track Club and a 1-mile fun-run/walk, has provided major support for [...]
[polldaddy poll=6235155] Enter your email below to receive occasional Longboat Key breaking news eblasts and updates. <a href=”http://www.formstack.com/forms/?1323554-NkTwY5gu7N” title=”Online Form”>Online Form – Constant Contact List Signup</a> Web Form Creator
It’s a quiet Sunday morning on Whitney Beach with hardly a cloud in the sky; the temperature is warm and the wind gentle.
The USTA Longboat Key Public Tennis Center 3.0 Team finished the season in first place, undefeated with a 10-0 record. The team now advances to the USTA Florida Sectional Championships in Daytona in May. This is the 4th year in a row the USTA LBK Public Tennis Center 3.0 team has ended its season in [...]
