Men’s Club Update 8/3/2025

Sat 09Aug25 – Beach Bash at Clubhouse – BOG/BPMC/BPWC Joint Event
The MassConnFusion Band has been a great hit over the last several years. Bring refreshments and chairs and dancing shoes to enjoy this event!
 
Sat 16Aug25 – Music Era Trivia Night – Songs from 50’s, 60’s 70’s and 80’s – Clubhouse 7 PM
Do you think you know music? Prove it in a friendly competition. Only $5 gets you in! However, it would be even better for you to put together a table of 8 to 10 of musical geniuses like yourself! Listen to short clips and name the Artist, Song and Decade of hits from the 50’s 60’s 70’s and 80’s.  Multiple rounds and chances to show off your dance moves in between sets. Bring your own beverages and snacks to share!
Fri 22Aug25 – Karaoke Night – Clubhouse – 7 PM Garrett Hickey
Stay tuned for details – Coming Soon!
Sat 30Aug25 – 4th Annual Cardboard Boat Race – Main Beach – 2 PM
To get a glimpse of what this race is about, see a past video on the Community Page/Men’s Club on the Black Point Beach Association Website!
Less than a month to go! Not too early to be planning your design. A great deal of emphasis this year will be on creativity. But of course, the emphasis is to have fun and if competitive, paddle fast! Rumor has it that TACO will make his return in the youth division again this year
Just an early reminder of the rules

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Quick view of Rules:

Two Divisions:

– Youth – Middle School (8th Grade) and below

– Everybody else

·  Boats can be made of cardboard and duct tape only

·  Duct tape is the only fastening material allowed

·  Boat sides need to be at least 6″ high – no surfboard/paddleboard style 

·  Crew must have all extremities inside vessel

·  Design left to builder

·  Decorations encouraged but not within 6″ of bottom – This means any paint used must be 6″above the bottom

·  Crew Uniforms encouraged

·  No plastic, wood, Styrofoam, fiberglass, etc… No caulking compounds, two part adhesive mixtures glues, coatings etc..

– No electrical, gasoline, propane, benzene or other propulsion systems

·  Bring your own PFD and paddle

·  Crew of one or more (no limit) but no pets

We will ask all boats to register for this free event, so we can make sure all that start are accounted for at the finish! Register early by sending an email to blackpointmensclub2021@gmail.com.

Name of vessel:

Team members names:

Name of skipper and crew:
  (besides have fun and paddle fast!)
 
Sun 31Aug25 – Fish Bait Classic – South Beach
 
Special Notes
Lights at Woodland Drive Entrance
When you come into Black Point on Woodland Drive, you might notice things are a bit brighter. Solar Lights were added! The Black Point Mens’ Club made the investment and members Skip Guzy and Mike Johnson made it happen, Thank you!
Bocce Players Banquet
Bocce Banquet was move from Fri 12Sep25 to Thurs 18Sep25
Membership:
We thank those who have already joined the BP Mens’ Club. We currently have more members now than last year but are just under 20 short of our goal. For only $30 you can help us bring many activities to Black Point. Remember, we have events all year!Please join us! Thank you for joining us for 2025!
Returning/new members:
Jon Neilson
Joe Strzegowski
Jason Moran
Build Community, Have Fun, Enjoy Black Point,
Rick