Dear Lacrosse community,
As we are all aware, there is a battle to be fought “voor ons vaderland” next summer in Budapest. Let’s go get another medal for everyone to show their grandkids and demonstrate to the rest of the continent how the orange can bring the heat. “The Quest to Budapest” kicks off with the first MDNT Camp the 19th and 20th of September in Zwolle. In order to maximize our time together, we have adjusted the structure of our training weekends to be full camps 100% lacrosse focused from 10.00 hours Saturday until 17.00 hours Sunday, with game films and strategy sessions between practices and in the evening.
Unfortunately, Owen and Erik will not be able to join us on our Quest to Budapest due to their own professional success. We are grateful for their dedication and hard work to advance the MDNT and further the sport of Lacrosse in the Netherlands. They will be missed. We are pleased to announce that Taylor Clagett will be joining Jared and Peter to lead the Camps. Taylor is an American lacrosse player who has been around the game for a very long time. He started all four years during his collegiate career at the University of Notre Dame prior to being drafted to play professionally in the Major League Lacrosse (MLL). He also has ample experience coaching on the youth, high school, and college level and recently has been helping out with coaching the Norwegian National Team. We are certain that Taylor will be a great addition to our program.
The journey to and through Budapest will be long and memorable. There will be a number of regular camps that will empower everyone to grow as a player, so we invite all people with the desire and dedication to push themselves to grow into the best they can be by July 2016. The team for Budapest will be selected in early 2016, however players need to attend at least 75% of the camps in order to make the team, starting with the September camp. The dates for the following camps (subject to change) are listed below.
Additionally, we are aware of a renewed interest in the U-19 world championships and will be looking to form a team at the camps. Therefore, we invite the veteran players around the country to personally invite the young talent from their clubs to join them at the MDNT Camps. Please email us (mdntlax@gmail.com) with the names of three or more new players you feel could challenge for a spot on both the MDNT team, with the benefit of a full year of dedication and coaching, and the U-19 team. The aim is to prepare the best team possible for Budapest and the future, so we encourage all players to join the camps. This includes players who want to develop themselves further at the camps with a goal beyond the 2016 tournaments. We welcome all participants.
Please use the link below to register for the September 19-20 camp. There are only 52 spots available for staying overnight, so make sure to be the first one to subscribe! In case you are #53 or higher, you can still join the training and other sessions on both Saturday and Sunday but you’ll have to arrange your own sleeping spot or travel a little extra.
Costs for the September camp are € 82,75 however, since the MDNT is taking on 15% of these costs, you can enjoy an entire weekend of Lacrosse for only € 70,-. This price includes dinner on Saturday, beds incl. sheets, breakfast and lunch on Sunday. Remember to (i) bring your own lunch on Saturday and (ii) use the “NS Groeps Retour” to reduce travel expenses, see https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0LJLpY4BBo0QUNwQjY4SVB1Z2M/view?usp=sharing for details!
You will find other price and attendance options at the bottom of the subscription-form
Find your subscription-form here: http://goo.gl/forms/uDXUkU0Yqs
Make sure you submit your subscription-form BEFORE September 12th (Due to organizational necessity)
Regards,
MDNT Lax Program
Board Patty van Baal-Verheijen en Peter Boogers
Coaching Staff Taylor Clagett, Jared Fotis and Peter van Vliet
Training Camp planning for 2015 – 2016 season (subject to change, locations may vary)
2015
September 19-20 Zwolle
October 10-11
November 7-8
December 12-13
2016
January 16-17
February 20-21
March 19-20
March 26-27
April 16-17
April 30-May 1
May 14-15
June 4-5
June 25-26
July 9-10
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July 19-26 Practice Camp near Budapest July 7 – July 16 U19 WC2016 tournament
July 27 – August 6/7 EC2016 tournament Budapest Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
As stated above, in order to make the team, players need to attend at least 75% of the camps. We would like to provide maximum flexibility and therefore count each camp as two days. This means twenty-eight days in total are planned now and players need to attend at least twenty-one days of those days. Although we would prefer for players to attend the entire weekend, players are allowed to attend individual days during the training camps and have these count towards their 75% requirement. The last three camps will be mandatory for players that have been selected for the EC2016 Dutch National Team / WC2016 U19 National Team.