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WHAT IS QUICKSTIX
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Quickstix
is most known for grassroots development in the Chesapeake Bay region
and the many lacrosse opportunities it creates in the Annapolis area
for girls eager to learn and play such a fabulous sport!
Quickstix
was the precursor to womenslacrosse.com, which has since come to answer
the national demand of lacrosse players of all ages from across the
United States.
To
date, Quickstix is about playing and experiencing the game. We teach
the youngest players through our signature Starter Stix programs in
the summer and winter. We administer leagues
to increase opportunities for competition in each of the 4 seasons and
continue to develop coaches and umpires passionate about the game. We
provide post season play for rec teams throughout Anne Arundel County
and the surrounding Chesapeake Bay area.
Quickstix
strives to challenge the exceptional player within each athlete to achieve
her highest potential. Our emphasis is on fun and fundamentals through
coaching excellence that exists on hundreds of levels, al of which include
gameship.
Let’s go, girls!
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Recognizing
that spring recreational team play need not be based on where you
live- Quickstix began attracting girls from a wide radius to learn
the game and compete within the Anne Arundel County Rec & Parks
league. In 2004, 175 athletes representing 38 schools will take
the field in Quickstix uniforms under the guidance of 14 volunteer
coaches. This is Rec league at
it’s BEST! Learning and playing the game
of lacrosse is offered across the board- regardless of ability to
pay. The Quickstix teams practice on the back fields at Annapolis
HS.
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Recognizing that lacrosse has become a year-round opportunity, Quickstix
continues to provide off-season play directed by Cathy Samaras and
Sue Chittim.
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Summer
Stix
offers full field play for ALL levels on Tuesday evenings in
June and July. Paul Billingsley is responsible for Starter Stix-
teaching the game to our newest athletes. Former Quickstix college
players are invited to come and play for free. Held at Annapolis
Sports complex.
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Fall
Ball
– seven-a-side competition for ALL levels held on Sunday
afternoons at Annapolis Sports Plax. To meet the demand of the
younger players, the level of play has expanded to include upper
elementary teams.
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Winter
Stix – indoor competition for teams of high school
athletes on Sunday afternoons at Annapolis HS. Our signature
Starter Stix program for beginners of ALL ages is conducted,
under the watchful eye of Sue Chittim, in the auxiliary gym
at Annapolis HS.
To meet the demands of our middle and elementary school athletes-
we offer a combination of skill instruction coupled with scrimmage
play conducted by the best youth coaches on the planet. Held
on Sunday mornings in the gym at Magothy/Severn River Middle
schools.
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Recognizing that the younger athletes wanted more competition than
was being offered through the country Rec & Parks Spring program
– Quickstix presented a Lightning Lax Tournament
for post season play. Eligible for this event were the youngest
players – girls still in elementary school. This event funds
the scholarship program for the Spring league which underwrote the
expenses of 12 girls in the spring program.
New in 2004 – the Lightning Lax tournament will include a
round robin tournament in a championship format for ALL ages competing
at the rec level, Mark your calendar- Saturday, June 5 at Annapolis
Sports Plex.
Historical notes:
Quick
Stix, the original winter indoor league for girls, and the building
blocks for Quick Stix & womenslacrosse.com, has grown to include year-round
playing opportunities in leagues, tournaments and special events. Tournament
play, initiated under the Quick Stix umbrella, included seasonal events:
Charge-Up tournament, the pre-season warm-up for recreation level teams
and officials now run by CYLA; Presidents Cup at Washington College in
February; the National Draw Amateur Championships held in New Jersey in
June; All Star Express, the recruiting event of the year that began with
2 teams in 1993 (190 teams in 2003) and the seven-a-side Turkey Shoot
at Thanksgiving.
Quickstix
is based in the Chesapeake Bay region of Maryland. We offer an instructional
base to keep the ”fun in fundamentals” for both the athletes
and their parents.
- Recognizing
that field hockey had no feeder program to the high schools, Quickstix-
with financial assistance from the Annapolis Optimist- began hockey
in 1989. From the first day – 124 girls showed up – the
program is now administered by Anne Arundel County Rec & Parks and
boasts over 60 teams.
- Recognizing
that summer play should not be restricted to high school girls, Quickstix,
with moral support from Franklin Chaney and the Anne Arundel County
Rec & Parks Department, offered lacrosse to middle school athletes.
In 1987, 142 middle school girls showed up at Weems Whelan to play Summerstix.
- Recognizing
that there was inadequate coverage of girls youth sports, Quickstix
published a quarterly newsletter, “Scoop” and mailed it
to over 1000 girls for several years in the early 90’s. In the
wake of the electronic wave, the Scoop was transferred to www.quickstix.com
- the first site dedicated to girls and the sport of lacrosse. The cost
to develop and now maintain that site is funded by seasonal league play.
- Recognizing
that high school freshman girls had not experienced a tryout process
– Quickstix offered a “Fresh Start” clinic for freshman
girls only. This 4-hour event that included athletes from all over the
state, with members of the US national team as coaches, paved the way
for many to complete a successful tryout for their high school. Has
been held in the gym at Annapolis HS.
- Recognizing
that the “officials” of the game – those serving as
coaches and umpires – were ill prepared to do their job effectively-
Quickstix offered the Synergy Seminar. In this workshop format, incredible
speakers and coaches offered their expertise in an interactive forum
that helped prepare those in attendance to make it happen with their
team. (Administered now by womenslacrosse.com)
To
check on the current status of Quickstix initiatives, please visit www.womenslacrosse.com.
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