OUTRAGE THE CAGE RETURNS TO THE NEVILLE SMITH TOURNAMENT

After a year’s hiatus, West Hartford Youth Lacrosse League returns its new “Speed Cage” to the Neville Smith Junior B Tournament.

The 9th annual Neville Smith Tournament will be held on Sunday morning and afternoon, May 20, 2012, at King Philip Middle School, 100 King Philip Drive, West Hartford.

The Neville is named after WHYLL co-founder, and Lacrosse Hall of Fame member, the late Neville Smith.


The Speed Cage features a radar gun to measure the speed of your shot.

All ages, come & see if you can ‘BRING THE HEAT”





(fee required for use of the “Speed Cage”)



WHO CAN FIRE THE ROCK FASTER!

West Hartford?

Longmeadow?

Avon?

Newington?
 
Glastonbury?


PAY YOUR MONEY, AND SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO!

BRING YOUR FRIENDS AND SEE WHOSE SHOT IS THE FASTEST!

Will your shot make strong goalies faint and weak ones beg for mercy early?

The WHYLL On-line Store where all your needs for West Hartford gear can be fulfilled is now open and accepting orders!!!! 

Get your gear now, and wear it proudly all year!!

Just click on the WHYLL Gear tab on the left navigation bar and you will be directed to the store, it's that easy!


Click on this link and type in the code WHLAX, where it asks for a Package Code.  

 https://www.skor4packages.com/

Skip Flanagan’s Young Guns Lacrosse Camp

Dates: June 24 - 27, 2012

Mission and Overview

The Young Guns Lacrosse Camp is designed for boys and girls grades 6-9 to introduce proper techniques and hone playing skills and decision making in game situations. Keyed to aspiring young players, the camp will teach the fundamentals from the most basic level to the more advanced skills needed for competitive play at the high school and college level. Our All-American staff is second to none! This is a fun learning experience with superb instruction.

Skip Flanagan - Camp Director Head Coach-Avon Old Farms, Coached at Princeton, Michigan, Under Armour All-America Squad and the English National Team in the World Championships. A Hall Of Fame member, he has over 300 wins to his credit.

    Staff

Hugh Mallon Maryland Meghan Mallon Maryland Matt Trautman Maryland Bronson Kelly Johns Hopkins Connor Greissing Johns Hopkins Will Ryan Johns Hopkins Boo Smith Virginia Jack Runkel Loyola Josh Dionne Duke

Mike Symes West Point Finn Sullivan Hofstra Connor Mooney Massachusetts Hakeem Lecky Syracuse Bob MacDonald Gettysburg Kieran Morris Rutgers Amanda Wilson Denison Peter Rice Middlebury Kaleigh Gibbons Penn State

TUITION INCLUDES

• First class Lacrosse Instruction
• Specialized Position Training
• Speed Gun Evaluation
• Young Guns Reversible Mesh Jersey
• Clean, Comfortable Dorm Room (Overnight Campers)

ELIGIBILITY

Boys and Girls, 6th-9th Grade

EQUIPMENT

Players should provide their own equipment or make arrangements to borrow their school's equipment. Lacrosse clothing and equipment are also available at the camp store. Overnight campers should bring linens and blankets. A general checklist of equipment will be emailed along with your confirmation.

FACILITIES

The camp facilities include a new turf field along with well-groomed lacrosse fields, indoor fitness center, indoor field house for practices in foul weather. State of the Art Auditorium for viewing Lacrosse films, evening clinics and entertainment. Overnight campers will enjoy comfortable dorms rooms with accommodations for 1-2 persons per room. Roommates may be requested or randomly assigned if not specified. Full supervision of campers provided by camp staff.

TRAINING

Training covers all facets of the game including special goalkeeping and defense training, with emphasis on sportsmanship.

TYPICAL DAILY SCHEDULE

7:30am	Wake up
7:45am	Breakfast
9:00am	Morning Session
11:00am	Extra Help/Camp Store
12:00pm	Lunch
1:00pm	Rest/Free Time
2:00pm	Session 2
4:00pm	Extra Help/Free Time
5:30pm	Dinner
7:00pm	Evening Session/Games/Teams
8:00pm	Daily Wrap up/Day Campers depart
9:00pm	Evening Activities/Movies/Gym
10:30pm	In Room
11:00pm	Lights Out

CHECK-IN/CHECK OUT

Camp check-in will occur Sunday, June 24th at 12 noon. Camp will begin at 2:00 pm after a welcome and staff introduction meeting. Camp will end Wednesday, June 27th at 12 noon after final tournament play.

Young Guns Lacrosse Camp For Boys and Girls
Avon Old Farms School
500 Old Farms Road
Avon, CT 06001
http://www.younggunslacrossecamp.com/

Please find depicted below a picture of a glove lost at Conard High School today (Sunday 3/11/12)

It is a Warrior Adreneline.

Everyone who was at practice today & who owns a pair should check to see if they lost one.

Personally, I had hoped that we could have made it longer into the season before I was forced to report the baleful news that someone lost their equipment- however, this was not to be.






However, even the commencement of missing lax equipment season couldn't dampen the pleasure of being outside in this lovely weather.





I wish to note the passing of an icon of American journalism and another member of the Greatest Generation- Andy Rooney.

Rooney retired from CBS' 60 Minutes October 2, 2011. He died one month later, on November 4, 2011, at age 92.



For all of us who have listened to Rooney's segments on 60 Minutes, he was a relentless and unabashed observer and reporter of the human condition- the good, the bad, the horrible and the absurd. He held his tongue on few issues. Though he regretted several of his more waspish pieces, all of them made the listener think and contemplate.

Rooney always considered himself a writer, as opposed to a broadcaster or a television personality.  He started his career while in the U.S. Army as a writer for Stars & Stripes magazine & flew several bombing missions with the Eighth Air Force over Germany.

For those of us who have lived long enough to be considered somewhat cantankerous or even a bit curmudgeonly, Rooney's death certainly leaves a void.

For a sample of a one of his columns from Stars & Stripes, go to http://www.pbs.org/weta/reportingamericaatwar/reporters/rooney/wilhelmshaven.html

I recommend his book "My War". If can be found on the shelf in the biography section of the Noah Webster Library in West Hartford Center.

Look under "Rooney".

Have your kids moved on to high school?  Or are they just growing so fast they outgrow equipment every year?  Please consider donating your used lacrosse equipment to the West Hartford Youth Lacrosse League.  Each year the league provides, helmets, defensive sticks, and goalie equipment to all players.  We will also provide other equipment as needed to players.  The more equipment we have, the more we are able to provide for the younger, newer players to this great game.  Sticks, gloves, elbow / shoulder pads, old goals or bounce back devices, and helmets are all accepted.  If you have equipment you would like to donate or have any questions, please contact us at whyll@aol.com.