Friday, May 11, 2012
General admission tickets are $10 per day.
Tickets are now available for the America’s Cup World Series races in Newport this summer. General admission tickets grant access the America’s Cup Village at Fort Adams, which features a jumbotron, live race TV feed and other amenities during the races, as well as to view the team bases, also known as “pit row.” The World Series races run from June 26 to July 21. Tickets are not required from June 23 to 27. Practice racing days will be June 26 and 27, with the championship racing taking place from June 28 to July 1. The Newport stop of the America’s Cup is the final destination of the World Series circuit. Tickets are $10 per day. Order them here.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Kassandra Spitler was the top woman finisher in the United Healthcare Half Marathon over the weekend.
The 1973 Rogers High School Track team requested to name the track and field facilities after their former coach, Charlie Gibbons.
The Newport School Committee unanimously voted suspend the policy to create a subcommittee beforing naming the track and field facilies at Rogers High School after former track coach Charlie Gibbons during its meeting on Tuesday night. Gibbons coached the 1973 track and field team, which will be inducted in the Rogers High School Athletic Hall of Fame on May 19. The 1973 Boys Track team was the only team in Rogers history to win the State Indoor, State Outdoor and New England Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the same year. “It’s a great honor,” school committee Robert Leary said of his former coach. Gibbons graduated from Rogers in 1952 and went on to graduate from the University of Rhode Island in 1956. He lettered five times and …
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Bulgarmarsh Skate Park in Tiverton officially opened last weekend.
The nice April weather gave way to an early completion - and gatherings of extreme sports enthusiasts - at the new skate park at Tiverton's Bulgarmarsh Recreation Area. It officially opened last Saturday. Residents from Bristol and Warren are invited to put their boards and skates to the asphalt and test out the new park, which features brand new ramps and ample space for skating. Tiverton Recreation Commission Chairman Gary Rose said they had between 75 to 100 people using the park during its opening day on Saturday. They served complimentary hot dogs and water to everyone who came and said a church group bus loaded of skateboarders from New Bedford, MA also enjoyed the park. "This was truly a success story," Rose said. Skateboarders, …
Monday, April 30, 2012
The Seahawks soared over California Maritime 22-15 in Glendale, Colo.
The Salve Regina Seahawks men’s rugby team took home the National Small College Rugby Organization (NSCRO) National Championship on Sunday after defeating California Maritime 22-15 in Glendale, Colo. According to a press release from Salve Regina University Athletics, this is the Seahawks' second straight appearance in the NSCRO championships. Salve previously lost in the semifinals against Longwood. The Seahawks traveled almost 2,000 miles to Infinity Park in Colorado for the NSCRO playoffs and advanced to the championship after winning their match on Saturday against Franciscan University, 29-20. Winning the New England Rugby Football Union (NERFU) title 22-19 over Tufts and the Region 1 - NorthEast championship 34-33 over Molloy last …
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
With the recent winds, the swells have surfers hitting the waves in Middletown and Newport.
If your business seem short-staffed Tuesday, you might want to check the waters. Many surfers left work early to take advantage of the swells that the recent winds brought to the island. Today is rumored to be even better, since the winds are expected to subside, which improves the swell. The best breaks were reported behind Ruggles Avenue in Newport, although a few surfers were still spotted at Second Beach. Down the beach from surfers' end, a wind surfer was clocked traveling at over 35 mph. Do you like to take photos? Submit yours to newport@patch.com.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
People from all over Newport County play in RI Kickball, entering its third season.
An emerging adult sport now takes over Newport's Morton Park and Cardines Field in the spring and fall, where teams of amateur kickballers square off in match-ups reminiscent of the childhood schoolyard variety, but with a heightened fun level. More than 230 adults on 11 teams from around Newport County are signed up for the third season of RI Kickball. They came to Morton Park last Saturday, April 21, to play the league's first slate of Saturday games. Season games are typically held Monday nights. League co-founder Lindsey Turowski said Saturday's games tie into playoff seeding, whereas the first two seasons' championship games were based on season rankings. She credits the league's success to games held on Monday's, which were …
Friday, April 20, 2012
An online petition has received more than 1,000 signatures from residents throughout New England who would like to see a legal drag strip built in Rhode Island.
Rhode Island drag racing enthusiasts are petitioning for the State Senate to designate an area of land for a legal drag strip. An online petition on Change.org has gained a quick following this month, with supporters pushing for the state to allow a private investor to build the designated space. According to Providence resident Joshua Upham, who started the petition, our state has been the home of "many accidents (sometimes fatal) of illegal street racers." "These 'Street Races' are dangerous, Illegal, and a nuisance to the citizen's of Rhode Island," he writes in the petition. Consequently, he wants to "persuade the State of Rhode Island to set aside a slot of land to build a drag racing strip where legal drag-racing can occur." …
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
The Tall Ships Challenge Fleet will be hosted at a festival in Newport from July 6-9.
Celebrating the bicentennial commemoration of the War of 1812, more than 25 tall ships will make their way up the Eastern Seaboard this summer to participate in the Tall Ships Challenge Atlantic Coast 2012 series of races and public maritime festivals. Coordinated by Tall Ships America in collaboration with local organizers, the Tall Ships Challenge fleet will be hosted at festivals in four major ports of call: Savannah, Ga. (May 3-7), Greenport, N.Y. (May 24-28), Newport, R.I. (July 6-9) and Halifax, Nova Scotia (July 19-23). Among the international ships planning to participate in the events are the 191-foot Indonesian Naval barquentine Dewaruci; the French Naval tall ships La Belle Poule and Etoile; and the 179-foot barque Picton …
Monday, April 16, 2012
Khalil Moon strikes out eight in four innings for the Vikings, and Narragansett struggles in the field.
NARRAGANSETT – Led by starting pitcher Khalil Moon, the Rogers High School Vikings manage to muffle the Narragansett bats for the first four innings, before holding on in the final three for a 4-2 win Friday afternoon at Sprague Park. Moon struck out eight Mariners in four innings of work to earn the win. Trevor Morgera allowed a run, two hits and two walks, but he stranded the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh to earn the save. Narragansett went into the final inning down 4-1, and were quickly down to their final out after flies to center field by Austin Butler and Nich Schone. However, Kullen McGill kept the game alive by lining a hit to left. After that, Rogers almost gifted the game to the Mariners. Adam Gabrilowitz walked on …
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