A Look Back
By Fred Miller
The 25th annual Longport Woman’s Invitational will be held on Tuesday, July 11, 2023 on the 33rd Avenue beach in Longport. The doubles rowing race will start at 6:30 p.m.
The tournament is usually a battle for first place between Ocean City and Ventnor City. The OCBP has the most titles winning 11 times with Ventnor City winning 10 times; Longport has won 2 times, and Wildwood Crest 1 time.
“Ventnor women edge OCBP, win Longport Women’s Lifeguard Invitational” was the headline in the newspaper. Ventnor finished with 17 points, one more than Ocean City, The event winners were: doubles row—Ventnor’s Meghan Holland and Stacey Price; swim—Longport’s Megan Fox; singles row—Ventnor’s Meghan Holland; paddleboard—Brigantine’s Grace Emig; surf dash—Ocean City’s Kat Soanes, Morgan Decosta, Annie Dollarton and Haley Clayton.
Ocean City’s doubles crew, Charlotte Giacobetti and Haley Strickland, survived a collision near the finishline to score points.
