| |
 | HAPPY MOMENTS - GREAT BONACs PAST |
|
2008 SPORTS LINE-UP *** 2 MILES MISS AMELIA'S AUGUST 10th * 5K & 10K GREAT BONAC SEPTEMBER 1ST * PUMPKIN RUN 5K SUNDAY OCTOBER 26th |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Officers
RACE RESULTS & OTHER LINKS
President:
John F. Conner
Vice President:
Kevin Barry
Secretary:
Dianne O'Donnell
Treasurer:
Henrika Conner
|
|
BONAC ON BOARD TO WELLNESS 5K WAS SUPERB, ON TO MISS AMELIA'S COTTAGE & GREAT BONAC RACES
WELCOME TO THE OFFICIAL OLD MONTAUK ATHLETIC CLUB (OMAC) WEBSITE
Located in the beautiful Town of East Hampton, NY, OMAC represents the active recreational community in our Town. Our mission is to promote family fun and fitness by supporting active recreational and sports groups, individuals and events.We invite you to join us at our monthly meetings or sponsored events. Please scroll down the page and explore our website for detailed information
The year 2007 saw us sponsor or co-sponsor high school track, lacrosse and swimming teams. We continued to support a little league team, the Hurricanes swimming team and the Bonac Wellness On Board foot race/walk from the East Hampton Middle School to Main Beach and the Great Bonac Footrace.
OMAC managed Miss Amelia's Cottage Race which is the oldest foot race in Amagansett. This 2 mile race/walk was held on Sunday, August 12th this year. Springs Fire Department and OMAC are joint organizers of the 30th Annual Great Bonac Footraces. This year's 5K and 10K Great Bonac race/walk races were on Monday, September 3rd.
Want to do well by doing good? Please support the businesses who have supported us and therefore all of sports and athletics in our Town. Look below to see our list of wonderful sponsors in 2007.
The money from the Great Bonac Footraces is used to pay for the race with any amounts remaining going to the Springs Fire Department Scholarship Fund & the OMAC athletic grants program.
OMAC continued to co-sponsor the Bonac On Board To Wellness 5K Race/Walk. It was held Wednesday, May 23rd in 2007(May 21st this year). The weather was just fabulous. The course was clean and well managed. The participants were the nicest people ever. The timing results were almost instantaneous, including web-access within an hour of race finish.
In 2007 there were 777 registered runners/walkers lined up for the race. More were registered, though some did not show, others participated without registering, hence not in the race results. If you want to gauge your progress next year, it's best to register.
Following the race there were refreshments, games and awards. To see the results, click on to the first link under RACE RESULTS & OTHER LINKS to the left.
Barbara Tracey and Ginny Reale, continued to be the force behind this race. They receive wonderful support from school administration and the community. The entire school turned out to participate. Fantastic!
We could not improve on the weather. Any other suggestions for improvement or other comments would be welcome. Please email us below.
OMAC meets the third Sunday of each month at rotating locations. These are generally dinner or pre-dinner meetings. We plan, follow-up and follow-through on our events and other activities.
In addition to our organizational matters these meetings are the time requests for underwriting of teams, individuals and sponsoring of events takes place. We also have an annual, post-season party for all members.
Please fill in the contact information below if you want notification of these meetings or any of our events. Let us know if you are interested in becoming a member.
Part of OMAC's mission is to promote and nurture active recreation. We have done more than hold, sponsor and underwrite group, school and individual athletes and ahtletic events. We have attempted to raise public awareness to the importance of sports and athletics in a healthy society.
We have helped with committee work on the East Hampton Town Comprehensive Plan. We are continuing to urge the Town to complete each phase of this plan and lending our resources where possible. We have attended Town meetings, sometimes in force, to urge the creation of public spaces for the various sports uses. The fields off Stephan Hands Path are just one result of the Town responding to such needs. The YMCA has become an official partner with us on swimming and track programs. We believe that we have made a positive difference.
OMAC's Award's Committee has chose Barbara Gubbins to be the recipient of its Community Service Award for 2007. Ben Turnbull was the winner of the 2007 Outstanding Athlete of The Year Award.
Ben Turnbull had an amazing running career while attending East Hampton High School. During his years away at college, Ben continued running and winning local races between semesters. He has finished first in most races he has participated in since coming back to live in East Hampton and teach school in Southampton. Barbara Gubbins is a nationally ranked masters runner but her civic works and furtherance of sports interests even surpass her amazing athletic abilities.
A new, occasional award category was added with the recipient to be announced at our Awards Dinner. OMAC's Awards Dinner was held at Della Femina's Restaurant on Monday, December 3rd. Ocean Rescue joined us for the festivities. They gave an award to Robin Streck for her dedicated efforts on their behalf. Andrew Neidnig received OMAC's 2006 Outstanding Athlete of the Year Award. OMAC presented its Community Service Award in the area of athletics, health and fitness to John Ryan, Sr. and John Ryan, Jr. In fact, the entire Ryan family was honored for their unstinting dedication to the community in promoting water safety, lifeguard and other swimming skills and supporting all other local athletic endeavors.
Thanks to many of our outstanding sponsors. They make it possible for us to put on sports events and support active recreation in the Town of East Hampton. We urge all our members to patronize these sponsors whenever possible.
Top Sponsor - SABIN METAL CORP.
Second in order of contribution(alphabetically):
Ackerman & O'Brien, LLP
Bridgehampton National Bank
C. W. Whitmore Gardens, Inc.
Henrika Conner, CPA, PC
The following were sizable contributors in order of amount given:
Gubbins Running Ahead
Tina K. Piette, Esq.
George Walbridge Surveyors, PC
Bates Electric, Inc.
Generous Sponsors were (alphabetically):
Amaden Gay Agencies, Inc.
Amagansett Building Materials
American Management C.G., Inc.
Atlantic Coast Embroidery
Atltantic Skin & Laser Center, Inc.
Barnes Country Market, LLC
Biondo & Hammer, LLP
Bistrian Materials, Inc.
Bostwick's On The Harbor
C.E. King & Sons, Inc.
The Corner Store
Farrell Fritz, PC
Garnham & Han
Gordon's Restaurant
Handy Hands, Inc.
Harbor Bistro
The Independent News
John Conner Construction,
Inc.
Karen A. Langone, DPM
Land Planning Services
Markowitz, Fenelon & Bank, CPA's
Marshall & Sons Fuel Oil, Inc.
Mickey's Carting Corp.
Ocean Graphics
O'Donnell Landscaping-Pool Const.
One Stop Market
One Stop Pet Shop
Peconic Beverage East
Peconic Beverage West
Rallyn Development, Inc.
Rossetti Perchik, AIA
Round Swamp Farm
Rowdy Hall
Rox-Central Realty Corp.
Schenck Fuels, Inc.
Sonny's Painting, LLC
South Ferry, Inc.
Springs Wines & Liquors
Town Line BBQ
Twomey, Latham, Shea, Kelley..., LLP
William L. Bennett Co., Inc.
MEMBER NEWS & CALENDAR OF EVENTS INFO
The OMAC co-sponsored Bonac On Board to Wellness 5K race brought out many OMACers . Barbara Gubbins was top overall winner. Kevin Barry came in third. The O'Donnells, Ryans and Breirleys were among the many other OMAC members who participated in the race. Others were volunteers including Paul Fiondella (who plans to run next year), Howard Lebwith, John Ryan and the Conners.
Congratulations to all who participated. Among the youngsters, Robert Aaronson, part of Team Montauk, came in second overall and first in the team competition with a time of 20:15. East Hampton's John McGuirk had another terrific race-time, 21:08, placing 6th overall. Healthy children and adults were the focus of this race. Ginny Reale and Barbara Tracey deserve many kudos for being the mind, heart and spirit behind it. OMAC is proud to be a sponsor. The entire event was totally awesome.
The Great Bonac Footrace and Miss Amelia's Cottage Race are our premier events this year. We have combined forces with the East Hampton YMCA to offer a track work-out/training hour each Wednesday with a coach. Talks are going on with the Town in hopes of combining forces to offer athletic events and training throughout East Hampton.
Check the calendar of events for details or email us for information. As other events and programs become available, we will post them to our website.
