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Sports briefs — Aug. 31, 2022

Published 1:30 am Wednesday, August 31, 2022

North Olympic Peninsula pickleball players earned medals at the Oregon State Senior Games in Albany, Ore. Players from left, Bob Sester and Katinka Nanna of Sequim and Lynda Schroeder and Steve Bennett of Port Angeles.
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North Olympic Peninsula pickleball players earned medals at the Oregon State Senior Games in Albany, Ore. Players from left, Bob Sester and Katinka Nanna of Sequim and Lynda Schroeder and Steve Bennett of Port Angeles.
Submitted photo North Olympic Peninsula pickleball players earned medals at the Oregon State Senior Games in Albany, Ore., in mid-August. They include, from left, Bob Sester and Katinka Nanna of Sequim and Lynda Schroeder and Steve Bennett of Port Angeles.

Area athletes win pickleball medals

Four North Olympic Peninsula pickleball players traveled south to compete in the 2022 Oregon State Senior Games on Aug. 11-14.

Bob Sester and Katinka Nanna of Sequim won a silver medal in their age and skill mixed doubles bracket.

Port Angeles’s Lynda Schroeder and Steve Bennett won gold in their bracket.

Nanna and Schroeder teamed up to win bronze in woman’s doubles while Sester and Bennett paired for a silver medal in men’s doubles.

Jones, Clendening take men’s club titles

Jeff Jones won the gross division and Richard Clendening took the net crown at the three-round 2022 Men’s Club Championship that finished on Aug. 21.

Jones shot rounds of 70, 75 and 73 for a score of 218 to edge Frank Catelli (74-74-73) by three shots. Shane Quinet was third (226).

Clendening, playing in the second flight, shot net rounds of 75, 67, and 75 for a score of 217. Wally Jenkins was third in overall net score (222).

Women’s sailing program offered in Port Angeles

From Sept. 30 through Oct. 2, Olympic Peninsula women are invited out on the waters of the Port Angeles Harbor as part of the Community Boating Program’s Women’s Sailing Program.

This course was held in spring to a full classroom of women at the Port Angeles Yacht Club with U.S. Sailing-certified instructors and uses the U.S. Sailing curriculum, which emphasizes safety and fun.

The goal for students is to have a positive educational experience on and off the water and foster a lifelong love of sailing.

Because of the popularity of the program, the Community Boating Program decided to run a second offering this year in the fall.

The Community Boating Program offers other sailing courses throughout the year including a full suite of keelboat courses and a youth sailing program.

They also support those learning to paddle with scheduled monthly paddling groups.

To learn more about the program offerings and schedule, go to the program’s website at communityboatingprogram.org or call 360-457-4132.

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