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Volume 4, Issue 2 – May 2015
Ontario Women’s Field Lacrosse
Message from the OWFL
Commissioner
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n behalf of the 2015 Executive, I am delighted to
welcome you to the 2015 O.W.F.L. Season.
Our 2015 season promises to build on the very positive
gains that we made last year with the addition of new
teams for a total of 74 in our league. This year has seen
growth in U13, which will support the strength of the
league as this group moves through the age categories. This
increase may be a result of the growth of house leagues,
which is described in greater depth in an article compiled
by Jim Calder on the inside pages of this newsletter.
We have new hosts — Owen Sound, Oakville and
Halton Hills — for championship weekends which will
take place in July and August, missing Civic holiday
weekend for the first time I can remember. This was done
in response to requests from members to leave holiday
weekends free and due to the numbers who will be away
in Edinburgh.
We hope that you take the opportunity to congratulate
the 20 athletes who will be playing for Team Canada
or Team Haudenosaunee at the FIL U19 World
Championship. We are all very proud of them and
appreciate the dedication these ambassadors of our league
have put into achieving success on the world stage!
I would like to thank you for your passion and
commitment, whether as a player, a coach, an official, or a
parent. Without your continuing support, the expansion
and development of our sport would not be possible.
Stephen Taylor O.W.F.L. Commissioner
OWFL Player
Camps
The OWFL will once again be hosting the best, and
most fun lax camp the summer has to offer! Join the best
coaches around the league for Drills, Skills, Small Sided
Games to tune up for provincials!
July 21st - Kitchener & July 22nd - Mimico
Or join us for a full week:
July 13th - 17th in Brampton!
Take advantage of our Early Bird Discount and Sign Up
Online www.owfl.org under “Players” before May 30th!
Questions? Contact Kaillie at
[email protected]
2015 summer
F i e l d L o c at i o n s
May 9 - 10
May 23 - 24
May 30 - 31
June 6 - 7
June 13 - 14
June 20 - 21
June 27 - 28
July 4 - 5
July 11 - 12
July 17 - 19
July 24 - 26 August 7 - 9
Kitchener-Waterloo
Oshawa
Six Nations & Orillia
Brampton
Newmarket
Oshawa
Orangeville
Kawartha
Kitchener-Waterloo
Owen Sound (U11 & U13)
Oakville (U15 & Senior)
Halton Hills (U19)
Inside This Issue
House League Feature Story
2-3
U19 Teams Update for World Championship 4
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A League . . .
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OAKVILLE
ne area of growth that hasn’t been explored before
are house league programs. The OWFL is a repdriven league, with many of our girls dreaming of playing
university lacrosse at the OUA or NCAA level, or perhaps
shooting for Team Ontario or Team Canada as well.
So many girls come completely new to the game,
not having family members who have pursued the sport
earlier. Some even play lacrosse as the first sport their
family has taken on. When these newcomers watch
more experienced girls cradling, passing and catching,
they may feel they will never fit in or catch up. We don’t
want to lose them.
That is the beauty of house league – local lacrosse. In
house league, most players are brand new to the game.
Newcomers see that they are not far behind their peers,
or maybe not trailing at all!
A number of OWFL Clubs that have house leagues
responded to a questionnaire we circulated. We asked
five basic questions and here are some of the responses:
How long has your house league
been running?
Oakville — We are heading into our 6th year, the same year
as our club began.
Orillia
Orillia — 6 Years
Oshawa — Since 2000 – U15 HL with 45 players
Owen Sound — Began this program three years ago –
our Learn to Play Program. We are very fortunate to
have this program run by Toronto Rock Captain Colin
Doyle! Parents come and actually stay for the entire 1 1/2
hour session, just to watch Colin interact with the girls! What is your total number of players enrolled?
Oakville — Approximately 85 house league-only players
playing in our program this year – the first year we
haven’t included rep players.
Orillia — 80 (includes u11 to u15 rep as all rep players
play HL also)
Oshawa — 487
Owen Sound — 30 girls
OSHAWA
What age groups do you include
in house league?
Oakville — 4 to 7 year olds, U11, U13/15- 11-14 some
15 year old beginners play as well
Orillia — 5 to 7 yrs, U11, U13, U15
OshawA — 4 to 7 yrs, U11, U15, Open HL – 15 to adult.
Owen Sound — Learn to Play program, ages 5-10. A skills
and drills program with some inter-squad scrimmaging.
of Their Own
What do you feel running house league does for your club?
Oakville — Helped grow numbers, particularly at youngest age groups
— greatest growth for the club this year is at our U8 house league age
group. Last year we made a select team at our U8 Mini Hawk house
league age group that played against Oshawa and a Orillia in a friendly
tourney. These programs have started to feed into our u11 rep
program. Girls that are moving from house league to rep have basic
fundamentals taught to them already. Also allows our older rep girls
OWEN SOUND
the opportunity to give back by coaching the younger girls in the house
league and to umpire our house league games. Has given people that are
hesitant to commit to rep the opportunity to try the sport – we are now seeing them
move over to the rep program. Orillia — attracts a wider range of girls (and parents) that wouldn’t be interested in rep program
due to commitment required
Oshawa — Our house league is the foundation to our entire program and has given us the
opportunity to provide a solid rep program. Owen Sound — The Learn to Play program has had a significant impact on our program! Last year, our
U11 team (many Learn to Play graduates) ranked 4th over all. The U11 team was able to use some of
the Learn to Play girls as AP’s, which has helped with our U11 registration numbers this year. Being
able to offer girls field lacrosse at every level creates a great buzz in the community. Our Learn to
Play program is a fantastic development program run by dedicated, experienced volunteers, and we
anticipate nothing but significant growth for the future.
What method of external communication(s) do you use to promote your house
league? ie) type of media for results etc. Does this impact your results in building the program?
Oakville — Local community paper and sport magazine advertising. Promotion to the local girls hockey
association through flyers, hockey dressing room visits to introduce the sport, offering free “try it”
indoor skills clinics to the local girl hockey players (which are included in our house league program
which includes both 8 weeks of indoor skills clinics starting in February and 8 weeks outdoor play
starting in may) - this synergy with the local girls hockey program has been very effective. This year
looking at doing a session at the local hockey summer camp for girls to introduce lacrosse. Also,
word of mouth and being a presence around the box lacrosse program in Oakville to try to get
the sisters of the box players to play and girls that are playing box lacrosse in Oakville to play both. We are lucky enough to be able to have access to the Rock Centre for our indoor clinics where
we can have a visual presence within the greater Oakville lacrosse association. There is a greater
understanding and appreciation within the organization of what the girls’ game is all about. Orillia — Good local newspaper coverage - word of mouth is
perhaps the strongest advertising. All of our HL coaches are girls
from our u19 program Oshawa — Posters and flyers in various facilities ie. arena’s, schools,
libraries; ads in newspapers and various magazines; our website;
road sign; visit hockey and ringette dressing rooms etc.
Owen Sound — As a wrap up, we invite the Learn to Play group to
have a “game” during our OWFL hosting weekend, at the same
complex we use to host the weekend. We include them in our
advertising for that weekend, through local radio and print
sources. Colin was good enough to take part in an interview with
our local radio sports announcer (who is a local celebrity himself) This REALLY helped to get the word out to the community about
our Girls Field Program.
OWEN SOUND
U19 Teams Update for World Championship
The 2015 FIL U19 World Championship will take place in
Edinburgh, Scotland at the University of Edinburgh’s Peffermill
Playing Fields. The last Championship was played in Hannover,
Germany, where Canada took home the bronze. Canada’s previous
under-19 appearances include bronze in 2003 and 1999 and 4th in
2007 and at the inaugural event in 1995. Fifteen countries will take
part in this year’s event, with Colombia, Finland, Israel & Republic
of Korea competing at women’s U19 level for the first time. The 2015
U19 World Championship will be the biggest to date, with nearly
400 participants (squads and officials) travelling to Edinburgh.
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