Practice and Game Cancelled

Our practice on June 29 as well as the game vs Akron for July 1 are cancelled. The contact information for Akron is incorrect so I am working with BWNYJSL to reschedule the game. MORE to come soon.

NO game tonight. June 24. Rescheduled for July 26.

Later I will update our team calendar. However just want to verify for all of you that there is NO game tonight at Knox. Ken Ton had half their team out of town and would have to forfeit. Since we want to play games we did reschedule and the game will be played on Sunday July 26 at NOON. Hopefully this starting time will be good for those that have evening commitments like jobs.

I still have NOT heard back from Brockport on our status for that tournament. IF for some reason that does not work, perhaps we can do Lancaster-Depew. MORE to come on that.

CANCELING Practice June 22

VERY sorry about the late notice. I need to cover a meeting late today that was not on my schedule. It is with our west coast office so it is probably going to go very late. Therefore I am going to cancel tonight's Practice. I did send a text message.
We do NOT have a game this Wednesday so enjoy the week off.
Take care

Brockport Tournament and Game reschedule

Going to address the game reschedule first. Next weeks game vs. Ken Ton has been postponed. The proposed date is Sunday 7/26/09. Game would either be at 4pm or the usual 6:30pm start at Knox. Right now I believe I have 10 YES, one NO and a bunch that I either did not see a response…or I lost it. Anyone in yellow with a ? Please respond asap. OR if your status has changed. I would like to get back to the coach. IF we do not respond the game will automatically be scheduled for August 5. I know all of us would probably like the season to finish as scheduled in late July.

Secondly, the Brockport tournament is July 18 & 19. To date we have 12 yes. That is 2-3 short of what we would need to field a team. IF we get 2-3 more it would be a GO but only if we can collect the fees in time. I would like to make sure that we have the commitment and the fee covered up front. Again, please confirm your status.

With either event please respond via email OR text.

Thanks a lot.

Header info

F NAME
L NAME
7/18-19 Brockport
Game Reschedule Ken Ton to Sunday 7/26

Hillary
Baritot
N
Y

Anna
Blocho
Y
?

Crista
Botticello
Y
Y

Katherine
Bougard
Y
?

Molly
Cunningham
Y
?

Alaina
Doll
?
?

Emily
Kowalski
Y
Y

Marisa
Martinez
Y
Y

Nicole
Mason
?
Y

Jessica
Reichart
Y
Y

Rachel
Reichart
Y
Y

Sara
Rejman
Y
Y

Faith
Robinson
?
?

Ashley
Spanitz
Y
Y

Elizabeth
Vail
Y
N

Allyson
Wrazen
Y
Y

Amanda
Zacchigna
?
?


ESTIMATED COST
$ 26.00

Alexander Tournament Follow up- Practice and Game reminder

First of all would like to thank Hannah Bourque (Nancy copied) and Dani Braun for helping us out at the Alexander. (Crista can you make sure to forward to Dani. I do not have her email address) I appreciate you stepping in on short notice. Good luck to both of you for the rest of the season.

The action was fast paced and as we all saw it was sometimes just a matter of inches separating goal from no goal and win from defeat. Seven players on a half field makes for some exciting soccer. Every player with a major role to play. Bottom-line is all 14 girls played extremely well and contributed to the OVERALL position of the team in the tournament. We certainly would have loved to have finished in first. I say lets take that frustration out on Wednesday in our upcoming league game.

If you have not yet paid for the event please catch up to me on Wednesday.

NO practice on Monday. Time to rest and recuperate.

Our next game is WEDNESDAY 06/17/09. The PLYSA Toros at Aurora Arsenal U19. Game is home at KNOX #3. Please be at Knox by 5:45 pm for warmup and check in. As usual, let me know if you are not able to make it. At this time I believe we will have all 17 girls.

Alexander Tournament

Attached is our schedule for Sunday. And a link to directions to the Alexander tournament. First game is at 8am for both squads. It’s at 45 minute drive from the WRAZEN household. We will be leaving about 6:30am at the latest to get there on time. IF you need to carpool please let me know ahead of time.

When you GET there we will let you know if you are on Arsenal 1 or Arsenal 2. Bottomline is we are going to split the teams as best we can so that we have equal talent on both. We will not have any subs so you will need to be prepared to play the entire time (unless one or two of those that cant make it can now make it to the tournament) I would think that we could handle one or two more. So if you change your mind please let me know.

Bear in mind if you have NOT been to Alexander before, getting to the school seems like half the trip. You will not see the fields from the school parking lot. To the right (east) rear of the parking lot you will see a gravel road past the football field. That road will take you up to the Field of Dreams. It has to be a half mile but seems much much longer

Please be at the FIELD by 7:20 am at the latest. That way I can take role and we can warm up prior to play.

Cost is $22 per player. Please bring a check if at all possible so that I make SURE of who has paid. OR if you do bring cash please attach a slip of paper with your name.

Make sure to bring plenty of water or Gatorade, sunscreen and something to sit or lie on for between games. I will try to remember to bring my canopy. If someone else has one please bring that as well. ONE other thing to bring are baby wipes for cleanup. I honestly cant remember any running water at the field. They do have very reasonably priced concessions at the field but bringing something lite to eat is a good idea as well.

Schedule:
Time
Field
Team1
vs
Team2
Game

8:00
1
TFN
v
Arsenal 1

8:00
2
United 86
v
Arsenal 2

9:30
1
Arsenal 1
v
United 86

10:30
1
Arsenal 2
v
Lancers

11:30
2
Arsenal 1
v
Lancers

11:30
3
TFN
v
Arsenal 2

12:30
2
Arsenal 1
v
Arsenal 2


Final destination:

Alexander Middle School-High School
3314 Buffalo St
Alexander, NY 14005
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=18+Highland+Drive,+East+Aurora,+New+York&daddr=42.83771,-78.604431+to:3314+Buffalo+St,+Alexander,+NY+14005+(Alexander+Middle+School-High+School)&geocode=%3B%3BFSOijgIdNdVV-yHctdDQxVJxjQ&hl=en&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=11&via=1&sll=42.842744,-78.514481&sspn=0.282442,0.438766&ie=UTF8&z=11&layer=c&pw=2

Suggestions for what to eat before competitions!
• 3-4 Hours Before Competition
o Fresh fruit
o Whole wheat breads & Pasta
o Baked potatoes
o Cereal w/ low-fat milk
o Toast and peanut butter

• 2-3 Hours Before Competition
o Fresh fruit
o Fruit or vegetable juices (100%)
o Whole grain breads or bagels
o Low fat yogurt
o Sports drinks

• 1 Hour Before Competition
o Fruit or vegetable juices
o Fresh fruits such as apples, watermelon, peaches, grapes, oranges, banana
o Energy gels
o Sports drinks and water (mixed)

U19 Girls Practice Monday June 8 and Game at N. Pioneer Wednesday June 10

Practice this week will be on Monday June 8 from 6:30 pm to 8 pm at Knox. We may change and or add a couple to Sunday but for now our practice date is a Monday.

Bear in mind I do post most information to our U19 Aurora Arsenal Girls website. You can access it at http://auroraarsenalu19girls.blogspot.com/

Game this week is vs Niagara Pioneer at Old Fort Niagara. WE need to leave East Aurora pretty early to get to the Fort on time to warmup and check in.

Below are directions to the Fort from the Wrazen household. Takes about an hour to get there. Meeting at our house to car pool is a great idea since we are only a couple of miles from the 400. We live at 18 Highland which is the second right at the top of the hill coming up Maple to the 400. IF you need a ride please email or TEXT me so we can figure out space requirements. We will leave approximately 4:55pm.

The park charges parking thus we probably will wait until 6pm to enter the park. Do me a favor and make sure to have your shingards and spikes on when we get there so we can start warming up immediately.

Currently I anticipate having 16 players for the game. To the best of my knowledge only Faith has a conflict. If that is not correct, please let me know.

Details on Alexander will be in a separate email this evening.

Driving directions to Old Fort Niagara

51.6 mi – about 1 hour 2 mins

FROM

18 Highland Dr
East Aurora, NY 14052

TO

Old Fort Niagara
2 Scott Ave
Youngstown, NY 14174

1.
Head west on Highland Dr toward Maple Rd
0.1 mi
2.
Turn right at Maple Rd
1.2 mi
3.
Merge onto NY-400 N via the ramp to Buffalo
9.9 mi
4.
Take the exit onto I-90 E toward Buffalo
Partial toll road
1.5 mi
5.
Take exit 53 to merge onto I-190 N toward Niagara Falls/Downtown Buffalo
Partial toll road
28.0 mi
6.
Take exit 25B toward R. Moses Pkwy/NY-104
0.3 mi
7.
Merge onto Upper Mountain Rd
0.3 mi
8.
Exit onto Lewiston Rd/NY-104 toward Lewiston
1.5 mi
9.
Take the State Pkwy 957A/Robert Moses Pkwy ramp
0.6 mi
10.
Merge onto Robert Moses Pkwy
5.7 mi
11.
Slight left at Robert Moses State Pkwy Spur (signs for NY-18F)
1.3 mi
12.
At the traffic circle, take the 3rd exit onto Porter Ave
0.7 mi
13.
Turn right at Scott Ave
0.4 mi
Old Fort Niagara
2 Scott Ave
Youngstown, NY 14174