Sea Hawkers host fundraiser

The Sea Hawkers, the official booster club of the Seattle Seahawks, will hold a college scholarship fundraiser and poker run at Carrie Blake Park in Sequim on Sept. 1.

The event will run from 10 a.m-2:30 p.m. There will be a rally from 2:30-4 p.m. with raffles, prizes, giveaways and food afterward.

The poker run locations will be at Carrie Blake Park, The Dam Bar, the Elwha Casino and the M&G Mariners Cafe. The three best hands will win a prize.

The entrance fee is $15. Proceeds will benefit the Dungeness Bay Sea Hawkers College Scholarship Fund.

Kidd gets an ace

Gary Kidd of Sequim sank his first hole-in-one on Aug. 16 at The Cedars at Dungeness. Kidd used an 8-iron to drive the 146-yard hole No. 4 at The Cedars.

Beuke, U.S. wins bronze at U23 world rowing championships

Sequim graduate and NCAA champion Elise Beuke can add another medal to her cabinet after the U23 World Rowing Championships held in Poland late last month.

Beuke’s United States boat finished third in the world at the World U23 Championships on July 29, with a time of 6 minutes, 8.04 seconds. Beuke rowed in the seat 7 position. The world championship was won by a Canadian boat with a time of 6:04.61. The second-place boat was from The Netherlands with a time of 6:06.58.

The U.S. boat improved greatly from its preliminary heat. The Americans finished second to the Canadians in a preliminary heat on July 26 with a time of 6:24.96. Canada won that heat with a time of 6:21.70.

Beuke’s 8+ boat had rowers from UW, Stanford, Princeton and Yale.

Beuke became an NCAA champion in 2017 as a rower for national champion Washington and was named a collegiate All-American. Washington finished second in the NCAA championships this spring.

Beuke also won the silver in the U.S. Women’s eight at the 2017 World Rowing Under-23 Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, and finished seventh in the double sculls at the 2015 Junior World Rowing Championships in Rio de Janiero. She graduated from Sequim High School in 2015.