By 2021 Central Athletic Council The AYF-YOARF Mid-Atlantic and New England Junior Athletic Games (JAG) made its comeback over the weekend after a two year hiatus. What is traditionally an annual event for AYF juniors, […]
The Friday night swimming events were dominated by two triple gold medal winners from Providence and Greater Boston as those two chapters battled to win the meet. When the splashing stopped, the host team had […]
Once again, as it hosted its 12th olympics, Providence extended a touch of royalty to multiple former Olympic participants by recognizing Nancy Nahigian Tavitian, Ken Topalian, Steve Mesrobian and Mike Varadian. The Green Machine and […]
Following Mal Varadian’s advice, John Mangassarian, Shooshig Aghjayan and Joyce Bagdasarian certainly made “it” better than when they found “it.” As recipients of the AYF Varadian Spirit Award, these longtime Providence activists were recognized for […]
The following remarks were delivered during the AYF Olympics Opening Ceremonies on September 5, 2021 by Steve Elmasian as a representative of the Providence community’s family of organizations. Your Eminence Archbishop Anoushavan, Der Kapriel, Der […]
The Detroit AYF softball team came, saw and conquered. On Saturday of the AYF Olympics, Detroit claimed the title in the AYF softball tournament at East Greenwich High School, finishing off their run with a […]
The AYF Olympics is a special event where chapters get to showcase their membership, athletes or not, win or lose. Over the past two years, the Providence “Varantian” chapter made a concerted effort to bring […]
By the AYF Providence “Varantian” Chapter Unprecedented is a word that we have heard an endless number of times in the past two years, for many reasons. Clearly, there was no reason for the unprecedented […]
The pentathlon events were won by a woman who has never lost an event in six AYF Olympics and a former college football player who had not been to an Olympics since 2015. In the […]
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