Another August road race has announced it won’t be holding a 2020 event.
Race director Ann Fisk said the Montague Mug Race, which has been a fixture on the local running calendar since 1981, has been canceled. The 5.5-mile jaunt that begins and ends in downtown Montague was set to be run on Aug. 15. It joins a growing list of canceled races this summer. The Bridge of Flowers Classic announced earlier this month it wouldn’t be holding its event, and the New England Green River Marathon followed suit on Thursday.
Races have run into the issue of uncertainty, as the state’s reopening plan has listed them under Phase 4. Without much guidance or a tentative date as to when that portion of the plan may be rolling out, many races in the late summer and early fall have begun to cancel.
Tenney aces at Northfield
It was a pleasant start to the weekend for Martha Tenney.
The Northfield Golf Club member recorded the first hole-in-one of her career on Friday morning. Tenney used a 9-wood on the par 3 7th hole, measuring in at 118 yards. Playing partners Dennis, Anne and Butch witnessed the feat.
CFC Men’s League
Both Robert Escott and Steve Colby posted plus-4 point quotas to tie for first place from the blue tees at the Crumpin-Fox Club’s Men’s League on Thursday.
Scott Dorval, Ryan Mahan, Michael O’Connell, Nick Stoddard and Jason Wallace all finished tied for third place at plus-3.
O’Connell was closest to the pin on No. 3 (10 feet, 5 inches) and Carl Hoynoski was closest on No. 9 (1 inch). Chris Stoddard recorded the longest drive.
In the Gold Tee Division, Gene Kugler’s plus-5 quota was tops, followed by Chet Kugler at plus-2. Gene Kugler recorded the longest drive.