The 2009 Season has begun!

April 20 and April 22nd launched our new season start up  for our Senior box and Master leagues.    Schedules and team rosters have been posted on the schedule page so you can easily jump on line to confirm your game time.

For those of you in the Senior Box program you also have the option to check out your team and personal stats at http://www.robcimicata.com/dwllb

Cheers to a great season ahead!  See you at Sports Gardens !

2009 Spring Registration

FINAL registration is Wednesday – April 8th from 7-9 at Iroquois .  Don’t miss out on the FUN get to this last registration!

Registration dates for the spring/summer season are set, mark them on your calander…tell a friend!  We are pleased to offer two recreational programs SENIOR BOX and MASTERS.  Senior Box runs from April 20 – July 27th,  games are at 9:15 or 10:15  Monday nights at Iroquois Park (Whitby).   Masters runs from April 22nd to July 22nd, games  are Wednesday nights at 7,8,9 and 10pm 9:15 and 10  . 

Registration Dates: 

February 21st from 10 am -2pm  ,   March 4th from 7pm -9pm,   March 21st from 10 am -2pm

Where: Iroquois Park (lobby)

Cost:  $180 for either Masters or Senior box $320 if you play both….a $40 savings!

 

 

 

 

 

Registration is always held on a first come first serve basis.  Don’t delay as there will be a $50 late fee.

Senior box registration must be done in person at the dates noted above.  Remember to bring  a piece of ID which provides proof of your age .  Acceptable documents are drivers licence, birth certificate.

Master registration can be done in person at the dates noted above, or if you can not make it in person print the form/waiver and mail along with you payment to secure your spot this season. 

dwll-2009-spring-registration-and-waiver-form

No registration is accpeted unless we recieve you completed registration form, waiver and payment.

Don’t miss out on the fun!!

Meet your 2009 DWLL Executive

We held our AGM Thursday January 15th.  Thanks to everyone who came out and participated, your feedback is essential to ensuring we continue to grow our programs.  We also wanted to express our thanks to Jenn Bowers who’s working with us to develop a new logo, Kathy Cooper and Robynn Dupont who are helping us seek out volunteers for future development clinics.  The 2009 Executive was voted in and represented below.  These ladies put a great deal of time and effort into making sure the DWLL run two great season each year, please pass on your appreication the next time you see them. 

Our focus for this year will be:

1- Continue to grow the Senior Box recreational program and travel team.  New player clinics will be set up in the coming weeks keep an eye open for this posting.

2- Continue working together with the OLA to ensure we are able to offer both a Senior Box travel team as well as a Masters travel team.  An OLA meeting will be held Feb 8th with the various women’s lacrosse centers across Ontario, we hope to come back with firm dates and action plans after this meeting.

3- Continue to work with the City of Oshawa to find a year round facility which can be ”home” for all the lacrosse programs in Durham. 

Feel free to contact us at any time with questions or feedback.

Yours in lacrosse,

Karen

 

2009-2010 DWLL Executive

 Karen Fountain – League Director

Kerry Smedley – Secretary

Tammy Bouwmeester – Director of Master

Robynne Wylie – Director of Registration

Joanne Latimer – Director of Senior Box

Ange Harper – Treasurer

Tanya Brayley – Director of Marketing and Promotion

Happy New Year to all of our members, past and present. We wish you a year of health, happiness, and lacrosse of course!

We have some important upcoming dates ~ please mark them on your calendar.

Firstly, our 2009 Annual General Meeting is coming soon. Please mark Thursday, January 15th on your calendars. Our AGM is the time to vote in a new executive, or simply to give your feedback on past and upcoming seasons. Come on out and have your say! The AGM takes place at Iroquois Park (Sports Garden) at 7:00 p.m. We will be electing the following positions:

President, Secretary, Director of Box Lacrosse,  Director of Finance, Director of Marketing, Director of Registration and Director of Master’s Lacrosse 

 

Secondly, many of you have heard of the upcoming Truly Lacrosse Cares (TLC) game on April 24 – 25, 2009. Many players and fans from the Whitby Area are organizing a 30 hour game (the longest indoor game in history!) to raise money for the Children’s Wish Foundation. You can find out more information on this historic event at the website: www.tlclax.wordpress.com or by e mailing tlcmarathon@gmail.com

Registration will be held by mail anytime, or on the following dates:

January 15 ~ 6:30 p.m. ~ Whitney Hall (Iroquois Park) at the DWLL AGM

February 21 ~ 8:00 – 4:00 ~ Iroquis Park at the Whitby Minor Registration

Lastly, below is the updated stats for the 2008/2009 Fall/Winter season at Salem Soccer Facility.

 

Team	Wins	Loses	Ties	Points
Grey	8	0	0	16
Pink	2	5	1	5
Red	2	5	1	5
White	2	6	0	4

 

Hope to see you all on January 15!

Your present DWLL Executive,

Karen Fountain, Ange Harper, Joanne Latimer, Kerry Smedley-Elliot, Robynne Wylie, Tanya Brayley, and Tammy Bouwmeester

Women’s Box Provincial Championships -Whitby Rush secures a SILVER!

Sunday marked a historical event for women’s lacrosse as it was the first time the

OLA offered a Provincial Championship for a women’s adult program.   While the Whitby RUSH did not achieve their goal of winning the inaugural cup it has put that much more of a burn in RUSH bellies to ensure the cup comes home next season. 

 

The RUSH had  a great mix of talent and age, our roster of 19 players ranged in age from almost 50 to 19 and players who’ve played their whole life to just picking up a stick a few years ago.  Every player was pumped to have the opportunity to develop under Paul’s leadership and develop we did!  We knocked Grand River from their undefeated season winning 4-1 to get to the gold cup game.  Every player stepped up to the challenge Sunday and we have some great highlight reels stamped in our memories.  Our championship game against Grand River was very competitive, we had lots of scoring opportunities but the post shut us down!  We have every confidence that next season Paul will coach us to victory.

 

Thanks for a fantastic season…you made Durham proud!!

 

All the RUSH players would like to extend a heartfelt thanks to our coach Paul Stewart.

 

 

Lacrosse Cares Head Shaving Event

In support of Troy Henry and the R.S. McLaughlin Durham Regional Cancer Centre some local people are hosting a Lacrosse Cares Head Shaving Event on Thursday, July 17th at Iroquois Sports Centre in Whitby.

 

We are establishing the number of participants and teams who are willing to join us at this event.  Please communicate with your team and let us know if you are joining us.  $20 in pledges will get a head shave and every additional $20 raised will get you a ballot for a chance to win some great prizes including a chance to win a Wii Package!!  We already have teams lining up.  And a couple of brave grown ups!  (If anyone wants to donate hair, a minimum of 8″ from the ponytail is required.)

 

Some of you may know Troy as a referee in the Zone 6, Women’s Lacrosse and Whitby Minor Lacrosse programs; you may know him as a lacrosse volunteer and coach or as a teacher.  This Spring, Troy was diagnosed with cancer.  We thank him for giving us permission to host a fun event where kids and kids at heart can show their care and support.  He truly appreciates the kind words and everyone’s support and care. 

 

100% of the proceeds will benefit the Cancer Centre in our Community.  We thank Troy for letting us show our support and we hope that you are able to show your support and participate in our event – sponsorship, pledges or participants or volunteers!

 

Please contact anyone below for more information, or contact Tammy for pledge forms.

 

Thank you for caring.

 

Carolyn McCutcheon, Liz Roy & Sandra Leith

905-576-8711 ext. 3849

Travel Team Update

June 28th the DWLL Senior Box Travel Team will compete in their first OLA League Day (see schedule below)

DAY 1	Saturday June 28, 2008
	Memorial Arena
10:00AM	Peterborough	VS	Whitby
11:30AM	Toronto	VS	Akwesasne
2:00PM	Grand River	VS	Peterborough
4:30PM	Whitby	VS	Toronto
6:00PM	Akwesasne	Vs	Grand River

We are diappointed that so far no Master teams have been submitted OLA so the League Day that we expected to particpate in June 21st did not materialize…at this time we do not see there will be a Master Travel team opportunity.

 

Travelling Box Team Ready to Hit the Road!

 

It looks like the Travelling Box team is set and we are pleased to announce the acquisition of Paul Stewart as head coach.  Paul is from Oshawa and has extensive coaching experience, the last two years of which were spent as assistant coach of the New York Titans, one of the newer NLL teams.  We’re looking forward to a very exciting season and would love your support at our home games.  

The Travelling Master teams already had Jason Richards and Gary Mark announced as the head coaches for our two teams.  Team Rosters have been provided to the coaches and they’ll be in touch with the players very soon!

Don’t miss the Provincial Playoffs.  The DWLL will be hosting the single day tournaments for both Senior Box and Masters, August 10th and August 16th.  We’ll keep you updated on the team’s progress throughout the season.

STAT Page added

For all you stat junkies we now have our own DWLL stat link to update you on the team standings, player stats and goalie stats for both Senior box and Masters.  Weekly the game results will be updated

  

 

 

 

 

TRAVEL TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT

OLA PROVINCIALS FOR SENIOR BOX AND MASTERS!

 

Earlier this year the DWLL announced our affiliation with the OLA.  The primary reason for DWLL joining the OLA was to enhance what we have already built.  2008 will mark history as the OLA will offer for the first time ever provincial championships for both Senior Box and Masters.  The DWLL is proud to be the first host of the Provincials!  Nothing would make us more proud then bringing home the first ever provincial championship…. so we are calling on all our players, are interested in joining a competitive travel team?  Are you ready to take your game to the next level?! 

Tell me more about the travel teams?

The DWLL is planning to submit 2 Competitive Masters Teams and 1 Senior Box (contact) team.    

MASTERS TRAVEL TEAM - Gary Mark and Jason Richards have been announced as our head coaches for these two teams.  Our plan at this time is to create two evenly matched teams to compete against the other centers.  At this time no formal try outs are planned, but will occur if required.  Gary and Jason would like us to pull together a list of players interested. 

SENIOR BOX TRAVEL TEAM – The contact league has had a travel team for a number of years. Joanne Latimer has a head coach lined up and is currently working to develop a tryout schedule.

What dates do I need to commit to?

Senior Box                                       Masters

June 28                                             June 21   

July 19                                              July 12 

August 10th PROVINCIALS          August 16th PROVINCIALS  

 

 *Aside from these dates there will be some practice time required.

How do I join the travel team?

All interested players are asked to send an email to Karen Fountain karen.fountain@solvay.com noting which rep team they are interested in playing, Masters or Box.  The lists will then be forwarded to the coaches.  We’d ask that you send your interest no later then Tuesday May 20th

Don’t delay!  Get you name in ASAP.  Years of experience are not a requirement, you only need to have been a member of our league in the past 12 months and have a yearning to compete!