The club’s annual Five and Under Scrod Spiel was held this past weekend. A record
eighteen teams competed to get their names added to the championship plaque. The
theme for this year’s event was Jaws as the iconic movie celebrates its fiftieth
anniversary.
Paula Howe and team had the club decked out in Jaws nostalgia and
Sandy Mealey donated a giant shark backdrop for unique team photos. The event
kicked off Friday afternoon with the initial 1:45pm draw providing a harbinger of what
was to come over the ensuing weekend – three tight games that came down to the last
end or last shot of the game.
The highly anticipated Scrod Dinner, with Sam Fischer masterfully cooking the fish, was
a big hit on Saturday evening. As Sunday morning dawned, the final two draws were
set to be played. Two dramatic third event semi-finals had the standing room only
crowd anticipating three more close battles in the final draw – they were not
disappointed. When the dust (not on the ice – which played magnificently all weekend –
kudos to the ice crew!) finally settled, here’s how the teams in the 2025 Scrod Spiel
finished:
1st Event Winners – Exploding Scuba Tanks (skip Steve Davis, vice Chris Morrissey,
second Louie Falcone, lead Audrey Venooker)
1st Event Finalists – Tiger Sharks (skip Dave Hulbert, vice Kathy Teixeira, second
Dave Henry, lead Maeve Purcell)
2nd Event Winners – I Got No Spit! (skip Peter Jones, vice Lonny Lippsett, second
Tiffany Persechini, lead Dave Dellacosta)
2nd Event Finalists – Baby Sharks (skip Michael Corcoran, vice Meg Patriquin, second
Ellen Bailey, lead Steve O’Brien)
3rd Event Winners – Not THE Shark (skip Steve Hamilton, vice Tom Campbell, second
Andy Smith, lead Tina White)
3rd Event Finalists – Kids On The Beach (skip Greg Lauer, vice Ron Venooker,
second Michael Wright, lead Michele O’Brien)
4th Event Winners – Panic On Our Hands (skip Tom McIvor, vice Bob Tennant, second
Malia Howland, lead Meg Woolley)
4th Event Finalists – Two Barrels! (skip JP Riu, vice Roger Peterson, second Jen
Sheldrick, lead Erika Dore)
The event was sponsored by the Wednesday Competitive League - thanks to all
who helped out with the event and deepest apologies to anyone I missed!
A special thank you and sincere appreciation to Pat and Mary Kavanagh who
once again kindly donated the fresh schrod for the Saturday Dinner.
Friday Dinner:
Pasta Queen – Laurie Benton
Crew – Mike Azarovitz, Doug Jones, John Woods
Saturday Lunch:
Sandwich Queen – Jeanie Yaroch
Crew – Gabriele Bruce, Russ Lemcke
Saturday Dinner:
Fish Master: Sam Fischer
Crew: Al Duester (dessert maven), Matina Heisler, Mark Boardman, Betsy Riccitelli,
Larry Riccitelli, Doc Dunkley, James Bailey, Joe Cammarano, Wendy Scholes, Russ
Lemcke
Sunday Brunch:
Morning Chef Stars: Phil and Gabriele Bruce
Crew: Sandy Mealey, Neel Aluru
Event Administration/Hospitality/Clean-Up – Levi Gorrell, Jamie Hutchinson, Jeanie
Yaroch, Liz Abeltin, John Kellegrew, Michael White, Dan Smith, Amy Bonaparte Smith,
Tina White, Ellie MacKenzie Tennant, Lauren Kleinas, Louie Falcone, Meghan Lino
Bartenders - Phil Baybutt, Carolyn Wurm
Event Prizes – Candace Teixeira
Photography – Sandy McAra
Scrape and Game Ice Prep – Phil Bruce, Mark Wilson, Marinna Martini, Peter Mili, Bill
Snapper, Greg Lauer, Kirsten Karplus, Rob Mitchell, Chuck Teixeira, Michael White, Liz
Abeltin, Nadim Jamal, Scott Fernandes, Mike Jones, Chris Hawksworth, John
Kellegrew, Dan Persechini
Thank you to all the teams who participated, and an even bigger THANK YOU to the
volunteers who made it happen! Great weekend!
Enjoy the Thornton Cup, your spring and summer and don’t forget to sign up to help at
SummerSpiel in July!
Dave Benton
Event Chair
