Archive for August, 2010

This past Saturday twenty five young men completed the Level 1 lacrosse training program hosted at the Brady Benefit Tournament. These new officials exceeded the expectations of the trainers during the classroom session on Friday night and the field training on Saturday afternoon.

Each trainee officiated two halves while shadowed by an experienced GLOA official. We would like to thank Eric Sanders, Jeff Greene, Brian Work,  Damian Kavanagh, Doug Congleton, and Sonny Pieper for volunteering their time and effort to help these new officials through the field training.

The GLOA would like to thank the Brady family and all of the staff at the tournament for providing a fantastic venue and for promoting how lacrosse families rally around each other in difficult times.

Remember there is still available youth training in September!
Thursday, September 23rd Classroom Session
Hembree Park Recreation Center (HPRC)
850 Hembree Road
Roswell, GA 30076
Time- TBD
(REGISTRATION CLOSES FRIDAY, AUGUST 27TH)

Field Training – Saturday, September 25th
Multiple Fields – All in the Roswell Area

To Register:

1) Click on “Youth Officials Training” on the right-hand navigation.
2) Expand “Classes Available For Registration”
3) Review the class information and decide which session you want to participate in.
4) Expand the “Register For A Class” section and provide ALL of the requested information. (If you are not a US Lacrosse member, please go to www.uslacrosse.org to become a member and receive your membership number).
5) SUBMIT THE REGISTRATION FORM
6) Follow the PayPal Link and pay for your training materials.

You will get an email confirming your registration.

 

image003GLOA members, through their generous donations to the Ron Mallonee Fund, helped sponsor Team Georgia this summer as they traveled to Orlando, Florida.  Five GLOA members officiated at the U-15 National Championship Tournament (Topher Lawson, Gordon Corsetti, Bob Foster, Jeff Green, and Sonny Pieper).  One of the team coaches was former GLOA President Jim Westbrook.  Below is a thank-you note from Team Georgia:

On behalf of Team Georgia, I would like to thank you for your generous donation. Because of your contribution, we were able to offer scholarships, provide much needed drinks and snacks between games, and send a strong team to represent Georgia at the U-15 National Lacrosse Championship in Orlando, Florida. The level of competition was remarkable and although we won only one of our five games, we were able to keep the scores close enough to make it into the Championship Bracket. Team Georgia represented our state well both in the sport and in character. These boys came home with some wonderful memories and ready to work hard to meet their next challenge! Thank you again for helping to provide this extraordinary opportunity!

Players:

Nicholas Bentley – Decatur
Wesley Berberick – Decatur
Matt Biondich – Johns Creek
Trey Caso – Canton
Jack Cherry – Atlanta
Brandon Davis – Milton
Ben Fleck – Johns Creek
Matt Geran – Alpharetta
Garret Gomez – Suwanee
Cole Houghton – Roswell
Justin Jackson – Johns Creek

Brock Lohnes – Roswell
Connor McCann – Suwanee
Ryan McDaniel – Johns Creek
Allen “Duncan” Morris – Woodstock
Connor Segraves – Suwanee
Steele Shull – Suwanee
Brian Sykes – Johns Creek
Chad Toliver – Roswell
Justin Westbrook – Johns Creek
Mitchell Berggreen – Suwanee

Coaches:
James Westbrook
Bob Biondich
Tim Geran
Russ Caso