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General Lacrosse Information

• Field Directions
• Equipment
• 2008 Spring Season Important Dates - Tryout Schedule
• Academic Scholarship Program
• Frequently Asked Lacrosse Questions
• Summer Camps
• Weather: For the latest cancellations contact the Loudoun Sports Line at 703-777-0456. ELL follows the Loudoun Parks & Recreation cancellation process. Anytime fields are closed practices and games are cancelled.

2008 Spring Season Important Dates:

Registration:  

On-Time Registration $145 by January 31st, 2008

Late Registration $195 after February 1st, 2008

2008 Spring Tryout Schedule:

TRYOUT LOCATION: Old Redskin Park

Opening Night – March 26, 2008 at Broad Run High School

First Games – Date Coming Soon!

NVYLL Playoffs (end of season) – Mid-June

Team Placement Northern Virginia Youth Lacrosse League has three conferences A for advanced players, B for intermediate players, and C for novice/beginning players.  Younger age levels only have two levels; A for advanced/intermediate and B for novice/beginners.  We will have teams for all age groups and most conference levels. Team placement philosophy: Players are placed on teams using all information available. The most important step in player placement is current year evaluations and tryouts.  Please make every effort to attend.  Missing evaluation/tryouts will make it difficult for the league to appropriately place the player.

A Team Commitment: Playing on an A level requires a higher level of commitment from both players and parents. Teams will practice 3 times a week (versus 2) and players are expected to make lacrosse their top extracurricular activity during the season.  Players and their parents must understand and agree to the additional commitment prior to evaluations.  Players who intend to participate in other extracurricular activities which conflict with lacrosse practices and games should not try out for the A team.

Boys Equipment Issue

Equipment Pickup Contact Gerard Oswald gb23b@aol.com or Chris Miller chris.t.miller@serco.com

Click Here For An Application

ELL Academic Scholarship Rules:

Scholarship Committee:
The Scholarship Committee shall be established by a committee composed of at least one member from ELL’s Board of Directors and an appropriate number of board approved volunteers. The Scholarship Committee shall be responsible for the review and selection of qualified applicants to receive ELL’s Academic Scholarship. The board shall appoint
the chairperson of the Scholarship Committee.
Scholarships:
ELL sponsors a Scholarship Committee which provides a One Thousand dollar ($1000.00) academic scholarship to assist with college tuition costs. The ELL Scholarship will be given to one female and one male student who have participated in ELL as a player, done well academically, contributed to the community in some way and plan to attend a four year college.

The process and criteria for selecting students for this award is as follows:
· A cover letter should be sent to all area High Schools no later than February lst
of each year.
· The deadline for submitting a scholarship application is March 1st of each year.
· Family members of ELL Board Members and Scholarship Coordinators are
ineligible.
· The Scholarship Committee meets after the deadline to determine which
applicants will receive scholarship awards.
· After determining which applicants will receive a scholarship award, the ELL
Treasurer will provide checks to be presented at the awards ceremony and
money to have plaques made to present to winners.
· The high school counselors are notified as to which of their students were
selected to receive an award.
· Parents of recipients are contacted to notify them of the award, and the
location, date and time of the award ceremony (All efforts will be made to
award Scholarships during Opening Night Ceremonies for ELL). Knowledge
of the award is not imparted to the recipients until their names are called at the
award ceremony.
· If the parents cannot be notified by telephone, a letter is sent to the parents.
· Members of the Board and/or the ELL President are selected to present the
scholarship awards at the award ceremonies.

Good Luck to all participants.

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Other Important Lacrosse Information:

Weather Cancellations: ELL follows the Loudoun Parks & Recreation cancellation process. Anytime fields are closed practices and games are cancelled

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Frequently Asked Questions:

Question:  Can players play up or down in an age group level? 

Answer:  NVYLL does not allow players to play in a lower age bracket.  After much consideration, Eastern Loudoun Lacrosse board decided not to allow players to play up for spring 2008 season.   

Question:  When are games? 

Answer:  Boy’s are typically all day Saturday and Girl’s Sunday afternoon.  Times vary.

Question:  Where are games played? 

Answer:  Home games are in Sterling or Ashburn.  Away game location is dependant upon the opponent but in              Northern Virginia.

Question:  When is the first practice?

Answer:  The first team practices will be late February.  This depends on when the county allows us to get on fields.

Question:  When is the first game?

Answer:  The first game will be March 29th for boys and March 30th for girls.

Question:  When are practices held?

Answer:  Practices are 2 or 3 times a week in the late afternoon to early evening.  Days and times are dependant upon county field allocation, coaches’ preference, and day light hours available.  Days and times will not been decided until the week before practice begins.

Question:  Does the league give refunds? 

Answer:  Refunds minus a 10% transaction fee are given up to the first practice.

Question:  What league should my child register for? 

Answer:  U15 (born 1993 and 1994), U13 (born 1995 and 1996), U11 (born 1997 and 1998), U9 (born 1999, 2000 and 2001).

Question:  What equipment is needed? 

Answer:  Players need a stick, cleats, mouthpiece, and protective cup for boys and all goalies.   Additionally boys’ equipment: lacrosse helmet, shoulder pads, arm pads, gloves, and rib pads (optional).    

Additionally girls’ equipment: goggles 

Question:  What equipment is included in rental? 

Answer:  Lacrosse helmet, shoulder pads, arm pads, and gloves.

Question:  Where can we buy equipment? 

Answer:  There are many online vendors.  Also, many local sporting goods stores sell lacrosse equipment.  Also for used equipment check Play It Again (Leesburg) and Madlax (McLean) specializes in lacrosse.

Question:  How are requests to be on a team with a specific coach or player?  

Answer:  We place players on teams as follows: First, Northern Virginia Youth Lacrosse League (NVYLL) requires we assign players to teams based on skill level and the in any single level we balance our teams.   Second, we group players on teams by location; Third, we attempt to accommodate requests.

Summer Camps:

http://www.novawestlax.com

Boys Camps:

Local Day Camp: Upper Corner Lacrosse. Our local lacrosse heros (Worstell, Pehlke, and Harkey) run an outstanding camp. Visit http://www.uppercornerlacrosse.com/ for more information.

 

Local Day Camp: Dominion Lacrosse Camp. Run by local talent in a nearby location. Contact Wes Hagood at whagood@deloitte.com for more information.

Overnight Camp: Loyola University Camp. Run by our guest speaker this year Charlie Toomey. Coach Toomey just completed an outstanding first year in which he was voted Division I Coach of the Week by US Lacrosse. If you sign up, make sure you note you are from Eastern Loudoun as we try to get our players in the same dorm building. Visit http://loyolagreyhounds.cstv.com/camps/locl-camps.html for more information.

Girls Camps: