January Program Highlights
The Winter program begins in January with special activities taking place in all core program areas throughout the month. After the New Year’s Holiday, and a staff training event on 1/3, the club will re-open for the school-year program on 1/4. In our Fine Arts Department look for the Winter session of Fine Arts classes (Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, Photography, Girls Art and Boys Art) to begin on 1/4. The Music Clubhouse will re-start the Lesson program the week of 1/24, while the Vocal Group will be performing on 1/17 and we will host our monthly Open Mic Night on 1/21. In our Education program our Homework Help (Monday-Thursday) and weekly One-to-One Tutoring sessions will return after the school break and we will host a Financial Aid Information Night for High School Juniors and Seniors on 1/12. In our Aquatics program the Marr-lin Swim Team will take part in five meets this month including: Arlington (1/8); South Boston (1/15); Billerica (1/22); the Nashua Senior Meet (1/23); and Blue Hill (1/29). In addition, look for the Winter session of Swim Lessons to begin the week of 1/10. From our Social Recreation space we will be inviting members to take part in the Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Essay Contest, hosting a 150-member ski/snowboard outing to Shawnee Peak (1/8), trips to the Treat Cupcake Bar (1/13) and Build-a-Bear (1/27) and our Patriot’s Kids Café Family Dinner (1/19). In our Teen program we will host a full-day training for those teens enrolled in the Career Prep Program (1/3), accept registrations for our new Poetry Class (1/4), host Girls Night (1/5), start the Teen-osophy Class (1/11) hold the monthly Munch & Mingle (1/19) and offer a trip to the Movies (1/21). The Winter Athletic program kicks off with the start of Intramural Basketball for: Boys Low Rim (1/6); Girls Low Rim (1/7) and; 14 & under Co-ed (1/15). The Judo Class re-starts on 1/6, our 2 Low Rim Clinics will begin on 1/15 and the Winter session of Gymnastics begins on 1/24. In addition to all of the above we will have 4 All-Star Basketball teams beginning home and away regular season games against Clubs from across the region. For more information on any of these upcoming programs please contact VP of Programming, Mike Joyce at ext. 2110.
Marr-lin Swim Team Travels to Charlestown
The Marr-lin Swim Team traveled to the Charlestown Club for their last dual-meet before the holidays. The Marr-lins did very well at the meet as their collective individual races helped them to take four of the five age groups. There were many outstanding individual performances during the meet including the following swimmers in the 8 & under age group: Eoin Gormley (25 yd. Freestyle 24.90), Eva Gannon (25 yd. Freestyle 23.90), Samantha Roszczenko (25 yd. Freestyle 24.97), Brendan Cadogan (25 yd. Freestyle 28.84), Kaleigh Cadogan (25 yd. Freestyle 24.76), Kate McGrath (25 yd. Butterfly 26.39), Julieanne Stones (50 yd. Freestyle 48.65), Alison Cahill (50 yd. Freestyle 48.75), Mike Kerr (25 yd. Backstroke 27.78), Anna Cahill (25 yd. Backstroke 43.07) and Sydney Denver (25 yd. Breaststroke 34.71). Representing the 10 & under age group are: Victoria Smith (100 yd. I.M. 1:37.72), Emma Regan (100 yd. I.M. 1:48.07), Molly O’Halloran (50 yd. Freestyle 39.21), Dayna Finnigan (50 yd. Freestyle 39.21), Kevin Zarnoch (50 yd. Freestyle 43.84), Stephen Spencer (50 yd. Freestyle 50.33), Haley O’Brien (100 yd. Freestyle 1:31.31), Pennie Sullivan (50 yd. Backstroke 54.19), Gavin Doherty (50 yd. Breaststroke 50.26), Brenna Kirby (50 yd. Breaststroke 48.69) and Maia Duarte (50 yd. Breaststroke 1:05.16). New personal best times from our 12 & under swimmers include: Kyle Casey (50 yd. Freestyle 35.95), Olivia Fenton (50 yd. Freestyle 38.02), Kaileen Cotter (50 yd. Freestyle 31.89), Josiah Simcock (50 yd. Freestyle 32.90), Eliana Regan (50 yd. Freestyle 37. 40), Chris Cadogan (50 yd. Freestyle 52.78), Mateusz Stepnowski (50 yd. Freestyle 1:00.35), Jessica Hernandez (50 yd. Butterfly 36.89), Olivia McGrath (50 yd. Butterfly 38.38), Jackie Bertram (50 yd. Butterfly 43.44), Malik Williams (50 yd. Butterfly 54.53), Emily Mischler (50 yd. Butterfly 43.97), Jacqueline Czar (100 yd. Freestyle 1:27.06), Sara Delaney (100 yd. Freestyle 1:25.16), Maeve O’Brien (50 yd. Backstroke 39.09), Emily Suslowicz (50 yd. Backstroke 43.25), Ben Gomes (50 yd. Backstroke 57.28), Nicole Casey (50 yd. Backstroke 47.20) and Angela Bazzinotti (50 yd. Breaststroke 51.19). Lastly, our swimmers ages 13 and older posting new personal bests include: Caroline O’Brien (50 yd. Freestyle 36.69), Alyssa Ramsey (50 yd. Freestyle 30.26), Rachel O’Driscoll (50 yd. Freestyle 28.77), Paul Lafferty (50 yd. Freestyle 35.59), Elizabeth Johnson (50 yd. Freestyle 34.21), Jack O’Halloran (50 yd. Freestyle 33.71), Robert Lawless (50 yd. Freestyle 41.69), Anthony Alves (100 yd. Freestyle 1:07.19), Joshua Johnson (100 yd. Freestyle 58.87), Kristen Fields (100 yd. Freestyle 1:04.68), Shane Kelly (100 yd. Breaststroke 1:33.12), Olivia Trojano (100 yd. Breaststroke 1:36.06), Ciara Murphy (50 yd. Freestyle 28.64), Samantha McLean (50 yd. Freestyle 42.63), Jessica O’Donovan (100 yd. Breaststroke 1:22.58), Nora Doherty (100 yd. Freestyle 1:09.57) and Aisling Kerr (100 yd. Breaststroke 1:25.01. For more information on the Marr-lin Swim Team, or any of our other Aquatic programs, please contact Aquiles Gomes at 617-288-7120, ext. 2220.
