Dan McDonald, who represents the Duxbury Bay Maritime School, teamed with former Rutgers oarsmen Oli Rosenbladt in the seniors men's master doubles competition earlier this week at the Head of the Charles Regatta on the Charles River in Boston. McDonald and Rosenbladt started 52nd (the last boat in the event to leave the start line) and finished 13th with a time of 19:49:58.
McDonald credits much of his success to the training he received on the Green Harbor river in Marshfield. Dan and his team can been seem regularly launching their sculls from the dock at Peter Igo Park. He referred to it as a "hidden gem".
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The Marshfield Tennis Club is proud to be at the forefront of the movement to recycle used tennis balls. MTC is one of the first 100 communities in the United States to provide this sustainability service. In the coming years, it will probably seem strange to come off a tennis court in the U.S. and not have one of these AD-IN bins to discard unwanted tennis balls.
An AD-IN tennis ball recycling bin has been installed at the Peter Igo tennis courts.
Most tennis balls end up in landfills, but the new hardcourts at CourtSense at Tenafly Racquet Club feature courts cushioned from thousands of recycled tennis balls.
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Approximately 130 kids from the Marshfield Boys & Girls Club took over Peter Igo Park participating in basketball, street hockey, tennis (with instructors from the Marshfield Tennis Club), and rowing with certified rowing instructor, Dan McDonald and his crew.
Masters Tennis at Peter Igo Park in Marshfield, MA. Friday mornings FREE clinics sponsored by the Marshfield Tennis Club.
Busy Monday morning at Peter Igo Park with kids of all ages participating in the Marshfield Tennis Club's University of Tennisology.
