In 1972,  Margot Marino partnered with Sidney Arnold of Duxbury to teach the Marion Proctor Metro Skating School on Mondays at the Armstrong Rink in Plymouth. The school is now owned and operated by Margot Marino and her daughters, Jennifer Hanlon of Plymouth and Caitlin Lang of Kingston. Both Jennifer and Caitlin have been teaching for over ten years and have competitively attained  many medals, including  a National Championship by Caitlin. They now both have two daughters who are skating.                Margot Marino, originally from Marblehead, MA, was affiliated with the North Shore Skating Club and the Skating Club of Boston. She received her Bachelor of Arts Degree from Cardinal Cushing College, and became a U.S. Figure Skating Gold Medalist, Canadian Gold Medalist, and International Gold Medalist while attending school. In her earlier years, she competed and earned Bronze medals at the National level, and at Eastern Sectionals. She was also the 1962 New England Junior Ladies Champion. Margot began her teaching career with Marion Proctor’s programs at the Saugus, Milton, and Weymouth M.D.C. rinks. She also taught privately at the Hayden Recreation Center in Lexington, MA, the Bay Path Skating Club in Framingham, the Cohasset Rink, and the Commonwealth Figure Skating Club in Weymouth.           In 1972, Margot and Sidney founded the Pilgrim Skating Club at the Pembroke Rink and made ice time available at the Armstrong Arena in Plymouth. Introduction of this ice time helped both the Pilgrim Skating Club and the new Armstrong Arena grow in popularity and made local communities aware of skating as a sport and for recreation. Margot and Sidney also founded the “Mom and Tot” classes at the Armstrong Arena. This grew in popularity and later developed into the popular two day a week Tot program that has been serving the communities of Plymouth, Kingston, and Duxbury for the last thirty years. In addition to the popular Tot program, other programs directed by Margot are the 5 to 1 lessons featuring five students to one professional. Our programs follow the USFS Basic Skills program of eight levels of fundamental skills leading to a proficiency in skating. These will enable a child to enter hockey, figure skating or speed skating with the skills needed to excel in their chosen sport.            In the late1980’s, Margot introduced Synchronized skating to the Pilgrim Skating Club, and has had many successful teams over recent years, earning medals at the Eastern Championships.    Margot, Jennifer and Caitlin are members of the United States Figure Skating Association..