Monday, March 26, 2007

Weekly Update 3/26/07



The Elite Eight and Final Four of March Madness is upon us.
The Marist ladies made a run at Tennessee, but to no avail.
Who knew?
As Easter approaches, so does the madness of our busiest season(s).
Take a gander below at what’s upcoming and what’s just happened in the Region…


UPCOMING EVENTS:

March 31, 2007 - Summer Sports Coaches Conference – White Plains H.S.
For those coaches whom need TRACK & FIELD
CERTIFICATION – THIS IS FOR YOU! See below for more
details. We will also be offering Aquatics coaches
certification and Basketball coaches certification if the
interest warrants it.

SUMMER SPORTS COACHES CONFERENCE

11:00am - 1:30pm - Registration Pick-Up/Info
11:30am - 1:30pm - Lunch & General Session/Prot. Beh
11:30am - 1:30pm - Lunch & Rule Changes/Adv. Coach
1:30pm - 5:00pm - New Coach Sport Specific Training
in Track & Field OR Basketball OR Aquatics
*** Each coach that has an athlete that will be
participating in a Summer Sport (i.e. either Spring
Games) you MUST attend this conference.
There are currently over 100 coaches who should be attending. ******RSVP IMMEDIATELY lest you miss out on lunch!!******


April 1, 2007 - Marist Basketball Invitational – Both Team & Skills
Competitions will be offered at this event. If you are
interested in attending, please contact the office (845) 878-
9722, IMMEDIATELY! (Please note this is NOT a
qualifying/Regional event.)

April 14, 2007 - Regional Basketball, Powerlifting, Aquatics @
Rockland Community College
This event IS a qualifying event for all athletes seeking
to advance to State Level Competition in the
aforementioned sports. It is open to all athletes
currently training in these sports with a certified S.O.
coach. If you have not yet received a registration for
this event and would like one, please contact the
office (845) 878-9722. Again, both Basketball Team &
Skills will be offered at this event.


PAST EVENTS

March 24, 2007 - Junior’s Basketball Skills Invitational – Bedford Elem.
This event saw about 35 of our youngest athletes compete
in the three Basketball Skills events. Parents and family
members turned out in full force to watch and cheer their
young athletes on to success. Thanks, once again to the
Yorktown Elks for volunteering their time to lend to the
success of the event. Thanks, too, to the staff of both
North East and South East for lending a hand in running
the event so effectively!

PSSL - Pioneer Sports School League

Basketball is about wrapped up. The season saw some really good competitions. With any luck, Ardsley will get some games in…at this time, I am aware of a game scheduled with Lakeland. Hopefully there will be more to follow.


CALENDAR OF EVENTS THROUGH: MAY. 2007:


March 25, 2007 Local Dutchess Aquatics - YMCA
TBD Regional Alpine Skiing - Butternut
31, 2007 Summer Sports Coaches Conf. - White Plains HS
April 1, 2007 Marist College - Basketball Invitational
14, 2007 Rockland CC - B’Ball, PowerLift, Aquatics Reg.
21, 2007 Time Trials - Putnam Valley HS
May 5, 2007 Spring Games WEST - West Point
May 19, 2007 Spring Games EAST - Mahopac HS


IN THE WORKS…

If you have any suggestions as to what we can add to our update, please feel free to let me know. Anything short of photos, are a welcome addition. (Pictures are just too cumbersome, due to the number of people we send this out to.)

ONGOING TRAINING

Tennis - West Rock Tennis Club at Bardonia Rockland County
held on Tuesday nights in March
***Please contact coach Ted Mascola at (845) 624 3442


Rockland Basketball League – Wednesday evenings.
If you need further information, please contact the office
at (845) 878-9722.


DEVELOPMENT

Any questions, concerns or suggestions, please feel free to contact us at any time. As always, thanks for your continued support and constructive comments.