Andover Youth Services

2009 Middle School Field Hockey- 7th and 8th grade

Welcome to the 2009 Fall Field Hockey season. Hopefully you are enjoying the remainder of your summer vacation and are ready to get started with another great season of Andover Youth Services field hockey. Whether this is your first year or your fifth, the 2009 season proves to be fun and educational. Below please find some general details about the upcoming season and more specific information regarding your grade.

Schedules

Click here for the Blue Schedule

Click here for the Gold Schedule.

Necessary Equipment

Each player will need to have field hockey/lacrosse goggles, a field hockey stick, field hockey shin guards and a mouth guard. Players will not be allowed to practice or play games without ALL necessary equipment. Players should also come to games and practices with weather appropriate clothing, water and a snack. Equipment can be purchased at the Andover Hockey Shop, Play it Again Sports and Thunder, as well as Sports Authority and Dick’s Sporting Goods.

Uniforms

Each player will receive a uniform from the Youth Services. Uniforms will be handed out prior to the first game and will need to be returned to the Youth Services at the season’s end. The 7th and 8th grade team uniform is made up of a color specific jersey and a navy blue skirt. We will do our best to provide each girl with the most appropriate sizes. If you played last year and still have a uniform, please email me as soon as possible.

Carpools

As you know, the 7th and 8th teams participate in the NEC/CAL as Andover Blue and Andover Gold. You will be notified, after the first week of practice, which team your daughter will play for. We do our best to accommodate carpooling by keeping girls from each school together, but we have 2 teams and 3 schools so it is not possible to completely split them. Our biggest concern in deciding teams is making sure that we have two balanced teams to play in the league. This means that girls may not necessarily be with classmates or existing friends. This is not something that can be changed or accommodating. The good thing is that someone from your school will be on your team and you should be able to work out transportation.

Practice Schedule & Bus Info

Home games and practices are held at South School.
Players are not allowed to arrive at South until 3:30pm per order of the principal, please be sure to adhere to this policy.
Home games are scheduled for 3:45pm and usually run for at least 1 hour.
Practices will run from 3:30 to 5pm unless otherwise noted by your coach.
A bus will be provided to all away games, except your game against North Andover – which players will be expected to provide their own transportation
Buses will leave from the sidewalk in front of the Andover High School field house. Please arrive at the field house no later than 2:45 so that we can leave ample time for travel.
Buses will arrive back at the field house between 5:30 and 6:30 depending on the length of game and distance of travel. Players may bring cell phones to call parents regarding arrival times. Parents and player siblings are welcomed (by the coach and the Youth Services) to ride the bus with the girls – but you may want to check with your daughter!!!!
The season for the 7th and 8th grade teams will begin with four practices – Wednesday September 2nd, Friday September 4th, Wednesday September 9th and Friday September 11th. These practices will run from 3:30 to 5pm at South School. Each team’s game schedule will begin Monday September 14th. A complete schedule will be sent to everyone upon notice of their team assignment.
All games are scheduled for Mondays, Wednesdays or Fridays. Most weeks, teams will have 2 games, however some weeks they will be scheduled for 3. Practices will be scheduled at each coach’s discretion.

Questions if you have any questions, please contact Tony Lombardi at the Andover Youth Services 978-623-8241 or Click here to email Tony.

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