Guests attending the 53rd annual Westport Police Chief Samuel Luciano P.A.L. Golf Day at Longshore Club Parkt today dined under a tent near the tennis courts. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo

Compo Beach was the site of today’s Kiwanis Miniteman Triathlon. Triathlon events included a half-mile swim, a 5.5-mile bike race, and a 2.2-mile run. Results can be found here: Westport Kiwanis Triathlon Results. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

The second part of the Westport Kiwanis Triathlon was a 5.5-mile bike ride. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

There were about 300 participants in today’s Westport Kiwanis Triathlon. The first leg was a half-mile swim in Long Island Sound. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

The Staples boys soccer team downed Martin Luther King High School 2-1 today in its final preseason match. MLK is a national powerhouse, winners of 15 of the last 18 New York City public school championships. A large crowd witnessed the big win at Loeffler Field –- and enjoyed this celebration, following Josh Berman’s goal. Matt Engler netted the other. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Armelle Daniels for WestportNow.com

Members and guests of Gold’s Dragoons, a Westport-based social and commemorative society, gathered at the Fairfield County Hunt Club in Westport today for a tailgating party prior to the annual competition for the Gold’s Dragoons Polo Cup, a match against New York’s Squadron A Club. Gold’s Dragoons, formed in the early 1930s, was selected to honor one of Connecticut’s first mounted colonial militia units, founded in 1660 by Maj. Nathan Gold of Fairfield, whose troop was chartered under the seal of King Charles II. Gold’s Dragoons was victorious against Squadron A with a 6-3 victory. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Eric Elias (c), 15, today was awarded the second annual Doug Sheffer Cup at the Longshore Sailing School. Elias, a rising sophomore at Staples High School, was runnerup for the cup in 2014. Robbert VanBatenburg (r), 14, of Easton was runnerup while David Adipietro (l) 14, an entering Staples freshman, was second runnerup. The Doug Sheffer Cup is named in memory one of the original instructors at the sailing school (1975-78) who died in a January 2014 Colorado helicopter crash at age 63. The winners are pictured with John Kantor, owner of the Longshore Sailing School, and Ann Sheffer, Doug Sheffer’s sister. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Pickleball, the latest trend to hit Westport’s Compo Beach, is generating attention with two courts that were installed by the Parks & Recreation Department this summer. According to Tom Lowrie, Westport’s official ambassador of the USAPA (United States of America Pickleball Association) the courts opened last weekend and are open to the public as long as players have all the equipment, primarily a ball and paddles. Lowrie said Parks & Rec provides the net. Pickleball, invented in Bainbridge Island, Washington in 1965 is a paddle sport that combines many elements of tennis, badminton and ping-pong. The USAPA says pickleball is now America’s fastest growing sport, “especially among the chronologically endowed.” (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com