Santa Barbara, CA  - The inaugural youth lacrosse program of the Santa Barbara Lacrosse Association has been streamlined to one location that starts on Monday, April 5th. It will be at Mt. View Elementary School, Mondays and Wednesdays for six weeks, 3:30 to 5:00pm. Participants do not need to be students at Mt. View to particpate. Parents may drive their son or daughter in from anywhere. See the Spring 2010 Registration page for more information and to enroll.

A generous $5,000 donation to the SBLA has let us reduce our fees. Enrollment fees have been reduced by up to $75 for each level of registration. Instead of a $195 program fee to receive all gear included with registration it is only $125. for Girls and $100 for Boys (different start-up gear). The $130 "have some gear already" level fee is now only $80. And the $65 "already have almost everything" fee is now only $40.

The original plan to offer an after school program at each of the Goleta Union School District elementary school locations has been stifled a bit by the District policy that doesn't allow outside programs to send information home to parents of students. The SBLA is regrouping and starting the program at Mt. View in reaction to demonstrated interest on the part of Mt. View parents in having their sons and daughters get started right away on learning how to play lacrosse. If your son or daughter attends a different school and you would like to help us spread the word to other parents at that school then please come to Mt. View School and talk to us on Monday or Wednesday afternoon. Or contact SBLA President Rick Lehman by e-mail or by calling (805) 886-1822.

Santa Barbara, CA - The SBYLA will also be offering a boy's lacrosse program this spring. It will parallel the Monday and Wednesday girl's lacrosse after school schedule and be a Saturday morning activity. 

The program fee is TBA due to the cost of boy's lacrosse equipment not worn in girl's lacrosse. This includes a helmet, gloves, shoulder pads and elbow pads. The SBYLA is waiting for a package price on all the equipment. News of the price will be posted here once it is available.

Please use our Spring 2010 Registration page to sign up for the program or to receive more information. Additional questions may be directed to Rick Lehman (President of SBLA) via e-mail.

Santa Barbara, CA - SBYLA youth girl's lacrosse registration is now open.  Go to Spring 2010 Registration to enroll your daughter in this great opportunity. The after school program for 1st - 6th grade girls starts Monday, April 5th, and runs for six weeks on Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:00 to 4:30pm.

Locations

• Brandon Elementary School
• El Camino Elementary School
• Ellwood Elementary School
• Foothill Elementary School
• Hollister Elementary School
• Isla Vista Elementary School
  
• La Patera Elementary School
• Laguna Blanca Lower School
  
• Laguna Blanca Middle School
• Mt. View Elementary School

$195 Registration Fee Includes

• Coaching by UCSB Women's Lacrosse Players
• Youth Stick
• Youth Goggles
• Youth Ball
• Youth Mouthguard
• Youth Reversible Practice Jersey
• Youth Practice Shorts
• Drawstring Back Pack

Santa Barbara, CA - The SBYLA is organizing a youth girl's lacrosse reception at the UCSB Women's Lacrosse double header with UCLA on Friday, March 12th.  Prospective youth girl's lacrosse participants and their parents may attend the game to check out women's lacrosse. No admission will be charged.

UCSB coaches and players will be available to talk about girl's lacrosse and answer questions about the sport. Game times are 7pm & 9pm. UCSB assistant coach and SBYLA program director Donna Nagle will be fully available to the public and the media at a booth under the scoreboard from 6pm to 8pm.

Advance questions may be directed to UCSB head coach Paul Ramsey via e-mail. Click here for a printable flyer to hand out to help us promote the event. The SBYLA inaugural program for girls in 1st through 6th grades starts April 5th.

Santa Barbara, CA - UCSB women's lacrosse coaches Paul Ramsey, Jillian Boyd and Donna Nagle are going to direct a new girl's lacrosse program in Santa Barbara in 2010. Ramsey and Boyd are targeting five elementary school locations to run After School Programs for girls in 1st - 6th grades starting Monday, April 5th. UCSB players will coach the girls.

The program will be similar to one run by Ramsey in Malibu when he was the head coach at Pepperdine University. Two days a week girls will come outside when class is over at their school and receive 90 minutes of fun lacrosse instruction from college players. The registration fee of $195 will include all equipment and practice gear. Scholarships will be available to families unable to afford the full registration fee.

The SBYLA three year plan includes adding a grade a year (7th grade in 2011 and 8th grade in 2012) along with creating competitive cross-town competition among the 3rd grade and older age groups following established U.S. Lacrosse models.

If you would like your daughter's school to be one of our five inaugural locations please contact us.

E-Mail Paul Ramsey or call (805) 636-6772.

Please return to this website for more information as it becomes available.