Late Registration Starts Dec. 5th

Registration continues to take place during the month of December at Olympic Den, 676 Dogwood Avenue in Franklin Square (486-0975). GC Rams Girls Lacrosse is open to all girls who reside or go to school

within the village of Garden City in grades 3 to 8. Registration forms are available at Olympic Den Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Registration forms are also available at the Village Recreation Department and on our website www.gcramsgirlslax.com.

Sample uniforms are available at Olympic Den for the players to try on. There are no exchanges or returns on uniforms. Registration will end on December 19, 2009. The registration fee is $125.00 per player and includes uniform, mouth guard, insurance, game, league fees and USL membership. There is a $30 late registration fee for any player registering after December 5, 2009. Applications missing information or received after December 5th without the late fee will be returned.

How are Team’s Picked

GCRGL does not run an “A” “B” team program. Teams are selected through a “blind draft” process. Players within grade level are equally distributed among teams based upon experience, skill, and involvement with other sports or activities. Upon the completion of the registration period, player information is gathered and provided to the grade level Head Coaches. To avoid team stacking during the draft only a Head Coach and one Assistant Coach participate in the draft process. Players are equally divided by skill level among the teams with the understanding that the team the coaches are selecting may not be the team they end up with for the season. The teams are then placed in the “hat” from which they are randomly drawn by each Head Coach. The Head and Assistant Coaches daughters are then placed on their team and once again, using the player ratings, team balance is checked to insure that each team is equal in player strength.

GC Girls Rams Lacrosse is a Travel Program

Please note that the GC Rams Girls Lacrosse program is a highly competitive travel lacrosse program, open to grades 3 to 8, and requires both player and parent commitment. Attendance at practices is mandatory. The Lacrosse season officially starts on March 1 and ends on June 30. It is important for both parents and players to understand that signing up for GC Rams Girls Lacrosse is committing to making lacrosse their primary sport and team for the season. With the exception of 7th & 8th grade Middle School Lacrosse, we have found that players participating in more than one travel sport, or lacrosse team will have schedule conflicts. We ask that you consider this when registering you daughter to play for the GC Rams. While every effort is made to coordinate practice and game schedules with other sports programs, it is not always possible. As a reminder, girls in grades 7 and 8 who intend to play on the GC Middle School team are eligible to play in the Ram’s program. Again, Lacrosse is a spring sport and we ask each participant to make it her priority sport for the season and GC Rams the priority team. Games are played on either Saturday or Sunday and practices are limited to two per week.

Individual’s wishing coach, or volunteer, or are in need of additional information can contact Gary O’Connor, Program Director by email at garyocon

nor@msn.com (preferred) or by call 516 248-3898.