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• Irish Weekend coming this fall to Sea Isle. Word is it is September 21st. I’ll keep you posted.
• New state of the art library to be built in Sea Isle, perhaps as early as next Spring.
• Hot dog eating contest coming to Sea Isle. Definately more info to follow…
• The Princeton in Avalon was renovated and it looks awesome. I’m told that the food is pretty good as well.
• Bluefin tuna are hitting at the Cigar.

Sea Isle, it seems, may have a competitive team this year. First race is next Friday in Wildwood Crest and features all patrols from Ocean City south. The following Thursday is the Beschen-Callahan Memorials. I was fortunate to row singles in that race in 2001 which was the first year that Sea Isle competed. We placed second and have had strong showings ever since.

Word is that Sea Isle may have a strong rookie swimmer this year which is critical for any patrol that wants to fare well in beach patrol team events.

However, any guard can attest that ocean swimming and pool swimming are entirely different. Let’s hope for good things for SICBP next Friday.

Link also appears under Sea Isle stuff, though I’m not sure how long the Atlantic City Mess, I mean Press, is going to have active link.

2007 Lifeguard Race Schedule

July 6:
Cape May County Lifeguard Championships, 6 p.m., Rambler Road beach, Wildwood Crest

July 9:
Chief Bill Kuhn Brigantine Bay Races, 6:30 p.m., 26th Street and the bay, Brigantine

July 10:
Longport Women’s Lifeguard Invitational, 6:30 p.m., 33rd Avenue beach, Longport

July 11:
USLA Mid-Atlantic swim, rescue, paddleboard Regionals, Rehobeth Beach, Del.

July 13:
Beschen-Callahan Memorials, 6 p.m., 15th Avenue beach, North Wildwood

July 13:
Captain Michael D. McGrath Longport Memorials, 6:30 p.m., 33rd Avenue beach, Longport

July 14:
Swim For The Dolphins, 6:30 p.m., Rambler Road beach, Wildwood Crest

July 16:
Cape May Superathlon, 6 p.m., 2nd Avenue and Beach Drive, Cape May

July 18:
USLA Mid-Atlantic watercraft Regionals, Belmar

July 20:
Atlantic City Lifeguard Classic, 6:30 p.m., Albany Avenue beach, Atlantic City

July 21:
T. John Carey Masters Ocean Swim, 6:30 p.m., 34th Street beach, Ocean City

July 23:
Upper Township Six-Mile Bay Row, 6:30 p.m., Deauville Inn, Strathmere

July 24:
Ocean City Women’s Invitational, 6:15 p.m., 34th Street beach, Ocean City

July 27:
Dutch Hoffman Memorials, 6:30 p.m., Lincoln Avenue beach, Wildwood

July 30:
New Jersey State Lifeguard Invitational Championship, 6 p.m., 20th Street beach, Ship Bottom

July 31:
Tri-Resort Lifeguard Championships, 6 p.m., Vincent Road, Strathmere

Aug. 3:
Margate WWII Memorials, 6:30 p.m., Decatur Avenue beach, Margate

Aug. 4:
Captain Bill Gallagher Sea Isle City 10-Mile Island Run, 5:30 p.m., 44th Street beach, Sea Isle City

Aug. 6:
David J. Kerr Jr. Memorials, 6:15 p.m., 35th Avenue beach, Avalon

Aug. 8:
Cape Atlantic Women’s Lifeguard Invitational, 6:30 p.m., Suffolk Avenue beach, Ventnor

Aug. 9-11:
USLA National Championships, Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Aug. 10:
Long Beach Island Lifeguard Tournament (day one), 6 p.m., 68th Street beach, Long Beach Township

Aug. 10:
South Jersey Lifeguard Championships, 6:30 p.m., Suffolk Avenue beach, Ventnor

Aug. 11:
Ocean Kayak Festival, 10 a.m., Williams Ave. beach, Strathmere

Aug. 11:
Long Beach Island Lifeguard Tournament (day two), 6 p.m., 68th Street beach, Long Beach Township

Aug. 12:
South Jersey Lifeguard Pool Swimming Championships, 7 p.m., Ocean City Aquatics Center, Ocean City

Aug. 14:
North Wildwood Around The Island Row, 7 a.m., 15th Avenue beach, North Wildwood

Aug. 16:
Tri-Wood Lifeguard Rowing Championships, 6:15 p.m., Lincoln Avenue beach, Wildwood

Aug. 17:
John T. Goudy Memorial Rescue Races, 6:30 p.m., Suffolk Avenue beach, Ventnor

Aug. 25:
Harry Yates Memorial Swim, 6:30 p.m., Gardners Basin, Atlantic City

Sept. 1:
Atlantic City Pageant Ocean Swim, 10 a.m., States Avenue beach, Atlantic City

Takeru Kobayashi has won the Nathan’s Famous July 4th hot-dog contest six years in a row. Last year, he ate a record 53½ frankfurters, buns and all, in the required 12 minutes, or roughly one every 13 seconds. He is 5-foot-7 and 131 pounds and has defeated rivals many times his weight.

This year, however, there may be some real competition. Joey Chestnut, an American, was hot on his heels last year and finished second with 52 eaten. Word is his training regimen for this year’s contest has him eating Cheetos and Tahitian Treat in mass quantity. Could be an interesting contest.