Category Archives: Sports

Dreamfar 10k Road Race, January 27

Make a New Year’s resolution to run the Dreamfar 10K Race on January 27, 2013!

Join students, teachers, and community members for Dreamfar High School Marathon’s first annual 10K race in Sharon, MA. The Dreamfar program teaches students realistic goal-setting, the value of commitment, and teamwork. Dreamfar High School Marathon program has members at both high schools. To learn more about Dreamfar, contact Executive Director Jamie Chaloff by email.

Register for the 10K online.  All proceeds go to Dreamfar to help support high school marathoners!

 

Wrestling program offered by boys & girls

Wrestling is great way to build character and discipline and have a great time, with very little risk of head injury.  It gives a person a sense of safety, virtually at all times.

Alex Greenfield, a special education assistant at Bigelow Middle School, has helped design a effective wrestling program for optimal learning and continual progress. This wrestling program includes a planned instructional sequence, conditioning, unique drills and review sessions. For more information about the offerings, check out the online brochure or  email Alex.

11 week session — 9 – 10am on Saturdays, January 5 thru March 30th
Cost: $250
Ages: 7 – 15
Equipment: Sweat pants, long sleeve t-shirt, and sneakers or wrestling sneakers.

Our emphasis will be on making the sport enjoyable. Further, we will keep an eye on nutrition. We intend to help our kids achieve proper body dynamics by cultivating themselves, mentally as well as physically.

Anyone can succeed at wrestling with proper guidance. Wrestlers can be big, small, heavy or lean. Wrestling is now an Olympic Sport for women as well and girls are of course welcome.

Alex is presently assisting in the Special Education Department at Bigelow Middle School, in Newton, and is a graduate researcher and student in Special Education at UMASS Boston. He helped co-found the wrestling club at Colgate University and competed with the University of London Judo Club, and has trained with Olympic Team Members, both domestic and abroad.

Children’s Jazz, Hip Hop and Creative Dance at Waban Library Center

Dancers will learn the basic elements of Jazz Dance and Hip Hop set to today’s popular music. Along with dance technique instruction, they will be given the opportunity to creatively express themselves through open-ended movement.

Ages 4 to 6 yrs.
8 Fridays, 1:30-2:15pm
Cost: $96
Class dates: January: 11, 18, 25 February: 1, 8, 15 and March: 1 and 8.
Waban Library Center, 1608 Beacon Street

The class will include stretching exercises, progressions across the floor and sequences of age appropriate choreography that will build week to week. This fun, lively 45-minute class is offered to students who danced with us last season as well as new students.

To register please email us at wabanlibrary<at>gmail<dot>com

Soccer Clinics with BC Lady Eagles, Dec. 27 – 30

We are glad to announce the return of our Boston College Lady Eagles Soccer Clinics, starting with our Winter Session. The camp will be held from December 27 – December 30, from 12pm – 5pm at Boston College Alumni Stadium.

Our program is designed to develop the players in a fun environment. Players, aged 6 – 14 years, are grouped by age and ability and the program is catered to both the beginner and elite club level player.

Our goal is to challenge each camper to leave our clinics with an increased enthusiasm for the game and ideas to further develop them as individual players. The cost for the camp is $295 and registration is available online.

 

Register for Newton Recreation Indoor Winter Lacrosse

Registration is now open for Newton Recreation’s indoor winter lacrosse league at Newton North High School.

Grades 2-4: practice 3-4:30PM on Sunday
Grades 5-6: practice 4:30-6PM on Sunday
Grades 7-9: practice 6-7:30PM (inexperienced 9th graders) on Sunday

All sessions for Elementary & Middle School Programs will be played on Sundays from January 6 through March 3. Inexperienced players are welcome and encouraged to participate!!

High School, grades 9-12: practice  7-9:30PM on Thursday, Jan 3-March 7)

Required equipment: Stick, helmet, gloves, sneakers, pads, and mouth piece.

Registration Fee:
• $140/player ($210/family)
• $150 Non-Resident

Mail-in Registration Only
Application and Information is available online but registration must be submitted by mail only. Contact coach Bussy Adams via email for more details. .

Basketball Travel Teams at Boys & Girls Club

Try-outs for the Boys & Girls Club travel basketball teams will be held Dec. 12 & 13.

12 & UNDER BOYS
THURSDAY, DEC 13TH, @ 8:00P.M.

14 & UNDER GIRLS
WEDNESDAY, DEC 12TH, @ 7:00P.M.

18 & UNDER BOYS
WEDNESDAY, DEC 12TH, @ 8:00P.M.

These teams compete against teams from other Boys & Girls Clubs in Eastern Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire. They are designed for those who are capable of playing against a higher level of competition.

The Divisions consist of the following: Boys 12 & under League, Girls 13 & Under League, and a Boys 18 & under League. Division is determined by player’s age as of January 1, 2013.

There is usually one game and one practice each week Members of a high school varsity, junior varsity or freshman basketball squad after January 1st are not eligible to play . If your are interested in trying out for any of these teams please email Jennifer McAuliffe, Program Director . More information about the teams is online.

 

Youth wrestling club winter session

Mad Dog Wrestling Club is a non-profit youth wrestling club.  Our practices are held on Monday & Wednesday nights from 6:30 – 8 pm at the Fessenden School athletic center.

The club is open to any athlete (grades 2 – 12) who wants to learn the fundamentals of collegiate style (Folkstyle) wrestling and/or fine tune skills so they can move to the next level.

Our winter program runs from November 26 – February 13 and includes practices, tournaments, scrimmages, guest clinicians & dual meet series.

For more information visit our website, send an email or call Kevin Randall at 617-592-9579.

Intramural Basketball Registration at Boys & Girls Club

Registration is now open for the John M. Barry Boys & Girls Club’’s many intramural basketball leagues for children ages 6-18. We offer coed leagues for children in grades k-12 which attract players of all levels of ability. Games start in December and run through mid-March.

The Club’s program is skills-based rather than competition-based. Minimum playing rules in all leagues guarantee that participants will play at least half of each game provided they attend their weekly practice (Grades 3-6). Teams are carefully balanced by age, grade, and ability so that natural defensive match ups form allowing all children to develop at their own pace. This allows players to concentrate on self-improvement rather than worry about making mistakes and losing games.

All current Club members are eligible to play. New families may purchase
a Winter Seasonal membership for $100 or a $125 general membership for the remaining year.

For more information email Jennifer McAuliffe, Program Director at the Boys & Girls Club.  Online registration is available here.