2 Important Notes

Two Important Notes

1. Parents to help coaches Tuesday and Thursday this week

Sign up @ https://www.volunteersignup.org/9PLT8 (This is a simple job of making sure everyone follows the rules and that the space is clean when we leave.)

2. Board of Directors/Parent Meeting is moved to Wednesday 6:30pm @ Tim Horton's in Newport

Many Hands

CONFIRMATION !!!

MidMaine Lacrosse has secured positive confirmation of gym space @ Palmyra Community Center and Somerset Valley Middle School as PreSeason Lacrosse (K-8B, K-12G) & Open Gym (9-12B) begins Tuesday, March 1st. Thank You PCC and SVMS.
Please check your 'TEAM' calendar or the 'Master Calendar' @www.midmainelacrosse.com for specific times and practice sites.

ALL is set to begin Tuesday, March 1st as long as parents have committed to supervise and lend support. A supervision sign up is located at https://www.volunteersignup.org/9PLT8.
Practice will be cancelled if there is not a helping adult signed up ahead of time to supervise and to lend support to our volunteer coaches. MML has grown fast and furiously. Two or three volunteers cannot administer each site each day. We need eager moms and dads to help our amazing volunteer coaches.

PreSeason Lacrosse (March) is FREE to try.
Spring Season Lacrosse (April-mid June) Registration
will be hosted
Saturday, March 5th @ Bud's Shop n' Save, Newport 1-5pm
Sunday, March 6th @ Bud's Shop n'Save, Pittsfield 1-5pm

Coaches, Fees, Scheduling and Special Events are detailed on our blog @ www.midmainelacrosse.com.

Please commit to helping
1. Supervise Indoor Practice
2. Selling Whoopie Pies
3. Sharing our Calendar Raffle Sales during April
4. Working @ our 3rd Annual Tegenhondi Tournament
Sat 5/14 and Sun 5/16

There's detailed information upcoming in the Rolling Thunder Express. There's additional information on our blog @ www.midmainelacrosse.com

Supervision and Volunteers

Parent Supervision

We need a group of parents to supervise gym usage at BOTH PCC and SVMS (Somerset). If each parent donated one or two shifts we could easily cover all March Practice Events.

Generally speaking.....

K-2, Girls and Boys 3-4, MS Girls (5-8) and High School Boys (open Gym) will use Palmyra Community Center gym during March.

Middle School Boys and HS Girls will use Somerset Valley Middle School during March,

Please chose your shift considering where your child will be practicing.
Supervision means greeting athletes and parents, perhaps handing out paperwork, making sure kids follow rules, supporting the coach and overseeing that youth athletes clean and sweep prior to locking up. We cannot proceed without enough volunteers.

Please follow the link to the Volunteer Sign Up and Contribute.


https://www.volunteersignup.org/9PLT8


Thanks. We are looking forward to a super season!

Gretchen Gehrke

What we know.....PreSeason

MidMaine Lacrosse PreSeason Start commences Tuesday March 1^st. 

Practice will be conducted at the Palmyra Community Center, 4 Madawaska Rd., Palmyra, ME and at Somerset Valley Middle School, 35 Blake St., Hartland, ME.  

Come learn the fastest growing game in the country and in our community.  

PreSeason Practice meets Tuesday and Thursday evenings for the month of March. 

Lacrosse is FREE for all come and to try. 

All dates and times are detailed on the Master Calendar @ www.midmainelacrosse.com,  but please check and double check the calendar or FB (Midmaine Lacrosse) as school systems were finalizing gym availability and these times may alter slightly even still. 

The PreSeason Lacrosse Program is sponsored by the Town of Palmyra and MidMaine Lacrosse.

Preseason play invites guest coaches Karen Henning from Colby College, Gretchen Livingston from Cony High School, David Pelletier from Messalonskee, Jim Dock from the University of Farmington and others to some of our routine March practice sessions for middle school players. 

High school coaches and players will guest at elementary and youth practices. 

MidMaine Lacrosse Coaches are currently advancing their US Lacrosse certification levels and attending clinics almost every weekend this month and last.

MidMaine Lacrosse, along with the Town of Hartland and Town Manager, Chris Littlefield and well as Mr. Joseph Hezlep, President of the Maine Chapter of US Lacrosse, host a FREE Workshop for area Town Recreational and School Athletic Directors @ the Newport Cultural  Center Saturday, March 26^th 9-11am (recreational leaders and curious community members) and 11am-1pm for area lacrosse coaches.

MidMaine Players Registration for April-mid June Regular Season play will be available @ Bud’s Shop in Save in Newport on Saturday March 5^th from 1-5pm and Sunday @ Bud’s Shop n’ Save in Pittsfield on Sunday, March 6^th from 1-5pm. Registration forms will be available on site and are also available at www.midmainelacrosse.com under forms and documents.

MidMaine Lacrosse is a youth sport recreational organization with students from RSU #19, MSAD #53 and any athlete in need of a lacrosse team. 

We are overseen by a Board of Director’s. 

We work tirelessly to see that any youth, regardless of ability to pay, may participate. We have been awarded and invested locally an excess of $120,000 in equipment and training to develop our successful lacrosse program. 

MidMaine Lacrosse owns equipment for area youth to borrow. 

We are a US Lacrosse member organization. 

We are the feeder program for the MCI/Nokomis Cooperative High School team.  

Learn lots about us @ www.midmainelacrosse.com, or on Facebook at Midmaine Lacrosse and even on Twitter. See our Calendar @ Google Calendars (http://www.midmainelacrosse.com/html/master_calendar.html.). 

Regular season play starts in April and concludes mid-June. 

Youth K-2 play at home amongst themselves. Youth grades 3-12 will travel some. 

We carpool and ride share. We have, in the past, successfully kept travel distances to a minimum. Please write to president@midmainelacrosse.com or any of our Board Members or coaches listed on our website.

MidMaine Lacrosse will sponsor K-2 coed in-house local play. 

Eager youth will practice evening 2ce a week from April-mid-June ($25) under the coaching direction of John Szarowski. 

Girls grades 3-4, under the coaching direction of Michelle Hubbard ($50) and boys grades 3-4, under the direction of Darrin Ouellette and Eric Rowell ($50) will play 4-6 games, 7v7 vs nearby communities. We may yet learn of 1-2 tournament opportunities. 

Girls in middle school (grades 5-8) will play 8-10 games and 1-2 tournaments under the coaching direction of Russell Wilson ($50). 

Boys in middle school (grades 5-8) will work with Coach Mary Alice Gould and Tad Simpson ($50). We will aim for 8-10 games and 1-2 tournaments. 

We drive and carpool to games. 

Scholarship forms will be available at PreSeason Play, Bud’s Shop n’ Save Registration and are on our website @ www.midmainelacrosse.com under forms and documents. 

We have lacrosse equipment to share.  

MidMaine Lacrosse hosts a program for high school girls and a limited open gym and tournament play program for high school boys ($50). Registration costs reflect mandated US Lacrosse Membership as well as MidMaine Lacrosse fees. Scholarships are available.

We annually work hard with three or four large fun raising events. 

We earn money for scholarships, paint for lining fields, referees and organizational events.  

We are currently selling Steve’s Snack Whoppie Pies. 

MidMaine Lacrosse has an upcoming Calendar Raffle. 

We annually host the Tsothohrha Tree Festival at the Palmyra Community Center in early December. 

All members contribute time and effort.

The 3^rd Annual Tegenhondi Tournament will take place Saturday and Sunday, May 14^th and 15^th, 2016. We will host on local college turf or at Warsaw Middle School. Last year this event, at Colby College, drew participation by 32 area lacrosse teams. 

We plan a 4th charter bus trip to a professional Boston Cannons Lacrosse Game Saturday, June 11^th.  

Sunday, April 10^th will host our 3^rd Annual Sticks and Stones Thunder Nation Tournament of Native American Olympics and Indoor Lacrosse Tournament. 

Please join us @ MidMaine Lacrosse.

March 1st

Stay Tuned for Details of PreSeason Lacrosse.
All levels begin Tuesday March 1st.
Your BOD will detail details ASAP.

Girls Lacrosse Clinics @ Thomas College

Thomas Women's Lacrosse Clinics

Session I: Sunday, February 28
Session II: Sunday, March 6
Session III: Sunday, March 13
Session IV: Sunday, March 20

3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Location: Thomas College Alfond Athletic Center Field House

Girls — Grades 7-12

Cost: $10.00 per clinic or $40.00 for all four (4) clinics

Topics Covered: Cradling, dodging, passing, catching, shooting, agilities and individual defending

Please Bring: Indoor shoes, stick, mouthguard, goggles and comfortable clothing

Click HERE for the brochure

or email biched@thomas.edu for more information

3/20 Girl Game Referee Training for 3/4 and 5/6 Grade Lavels

WE NEED PARENTS and HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS
SUNDAY MARCH 20th 

to TRAIN to referee GIrls Games for 3/4 and 5/6.

We need 15 participants.
10:00 am for 5 hour training.....
The cost is $25 AND ALL must be US Lacrosse Members.

The Training fee covers equipment that everyone will get (whistle, cards, rule book; teens would also get a uniform t-shirt as well as gas mileage for the trainers)

It is AMAZING they are bringing this training to us.
(I need to secure local space and will call on Monday to see where we might host this)

PLEASE Consider participating. This saves MML lots of $$$. It helps us all to better understand the game. 

I am sorry it is on Sunday but RSU #19 hosts the Middle School State Jazz Festival on Saturday.

Please message me if you can participate. president@midmainelacrosse.com

Steve's Snacks and Coach Simpson

Grand THANK YOU to Steve's Snacks and Coach Simpson for supplying the WHOOPIE PIE desserts served at the February Parent/BOD Meeting tonight. 

Thank You for your tremendous support of MidMaine Lacrosse.

Your vote of confidence encourages BOD members, parents and players alike to TRY EVEN HARDER.
Sincerely, MidMaine Lacrosse

ps. Did you, MML athletes, sell whoopie pies today? and play WALL BALL?

Parent/BOD Meeting Agenda will be posted 

Wednesday.

Another action meeting THURSDAY 2/4 7pm 

PCC

WE NEED 10 MORE PARENT/BOD VOLUNTEERS