Week number five of the 4-team co-ed Intramural Soccer program was played last week leaving one more week before the play-off tournament begins. In the opener Inter Milan won their second game of the year, defeating F.C. Barcelona by a score of 11-8. Mauro Barbosa (6 goals), Owen Murray (3 goals) and Le-Zhan DosSantos (2 goals) led the Inter Milan attack while F.C. Barcelona was led by Nathan Lam (2 goals), Isaac Butler (2 goals), De’Andre Dew-Hollis (1 goal), Eben Butler (1 goal), Jessica Hernandez (1 goal) and Jeffrey Herron (1 goal). In the second game Manchester United received their offense from Devante Teixeira (3 goals) and Samuel Alouidor (2 goals) helping defeat Celtic F.C. by a score of 5-3. Walter Dew-Hollis (3 goals) provided the offense for Celtic F.C.. The Defensive Players of the Week were Victoria Andrews of F.C. Barcelona and Olivia McGrath of Celtic F.C. while the Offensive Players of the Week were Mauro Barbosa of Inter Milan and Devante Teixeira of Manchester United. The current standings has Celtic F.C. and Manchester United tied for first place with a record of 3-2, followed by F.C. Barcelona and Inter Milan tied at 2-3. For more information on our Indoor Soccer program please contact Athletic Director, Bruce Seals at ext. 2210.
Intramural Swim League
After three weeks of competition the Intramural Swim League is enjoying a great season and heading towards the league championship meet. This past Saturday the first of three meets saw the Kat Fish edge out the Barracudas 143-142 followed by the Dolphins defeating the Sandsharks 149-129. In the final meet of the afternoon the Stingrays defeated the Piranhas 136-124. There will be two more weeks of dual-meets followed by the League Championship Meet on June 12th when all six teams come together to determine the 2010 champion. Each team has swimmers made up of veterans from the Marr-lin Swim Team, graduates of the Lesson program and general club members trying the sport for the first time. These new swimmers have utilized their once a week team practice time to sharpen all their strokes and help their team’s chances in the final meet. New swimmers who have come on strong for their teams include: Barracudas – Regan Newell, Dayna Finnigan, Nicholas Clements, Samantha Roszczenko, Armando Garcia and Stephen Spencer; Stingrays – Thomas Flaherty, Victoria Andrews, Jaeden Wallace and Shayna Sheehan; Sandsharks – Mishaliz Melo and Cleber Fernandes; Katfish – Zuzanna Stepnowski, Mateusz Stepnowski, Abigael Brown, Aliyah Gonzalez and Skylar Campbell; Piranhas – Eoin Gormley and Maeve Hally; and the Dolphins – Brendan Cadogan, Kaleigh Cadogan, Christopher Ellis, John Diggins and Kaeja Saucer. Other upcoming Aquatics programs include the start of the next Lifeguard Training Course (6/10) and registration for the Summer Swim Team (6/12). For more information please contact Aquiles Gomes at (617) 288-7120, ext. 2220.
Denney Center Unit News
Our Walter Denney Youth Center Unit, located in the Harbor Point community, has a busy schedule of activities for the remainder of May and early June. Upcoming events include the Parents Forum (5/20), a 3-day retreat for our 10-12 year old members to Cape Cod (5/21 to 5/23), the final regular season game for our All-Star Soccer team (5/24), a Teen Field Day at U-Mass Boston (5/28), orientation for Camp Northbound (6/5 & 6/7) and Career Prep Summer Job Processing (6/17). These special events are in addition to ongoing programs such as our Keystone Club, Patriot’s Kids Café, Dance Class, Torch Club, Walking Club and McCormack Gym. In addition to the drop-in program we also offer a licensed Childcare program for 5-12 year olds which will offer a longer day for the summer program (7:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.). Lastly, for those parents interested in our summer program, registration began on 5/3 and will run on a first come, first serve basis until all spots have been filled. The program will be offered to 8-12 year olds and will run from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on a Monday to Friday schedule. For our teen members we will offer transportation to our Marr Clubhouse for the 21st year of the Safe Summer Streets program which will offer activities on a Monday to Saturday schedule from 5 to 10:45 p.m. For more information on programs being offered at the Walter Denney Youth Center please contact Queenette Santos at (617) 822-3701.
