Dear Parents and Players,

Read below for lots of information on:

• This weeks schedule
• Hotel Blocks
• Mercury Printing Specialty Store with Helly Hansen, Peter Millar, Vineyard Vines, etc
• GameChanger Tips:  Read how to message your coach directly on the app if you won't be at practice
• Looking for lessons for your daughter?  Read below
• Lightening Protocol
   

Reminder that the Master Calendar is out for the entire fall so you can look ahead anytime.  CLICK HERE to view or go to the Home Page of the website and click on the calendar graphic.  Each teams practice schedule is in their respective GameChanger app.  Reminder if there is a discrepancy the Master Calendar is the one to follow.  

Right now I am still missing the Longhorn Block.  Please click on the links below to secure your reservation.  

North American Lacrosse:  This is a stay and play and the block expires this Friday.  For those of you that have done done one of our Delaware events, this is not an easy location to get hotels so please make sure you book now.  

CLICK HERE FOR 2027 BLOCK

CLICK HERE FOR 2026 BLOCK

All of our other hotel blocks for Terrapin Classic, Pinnacle Lacrosse, Best of Texas and Del Mar Challenge are available by CLICKING HERE.  

CLICK HERE to view a new store with Mercury Printing.  This store has Helly Hansen, Vineyard Vines, Peter Millar and other higher end brands than what you normally would see in a custom spirit store for men, women and youth.  The store closes on September 27th.  *Email: jeff@mercuryprinting.net | Phone: (518) 669-4796 with questions.  

As you know Iron Horse does not have girls lacrosse teams, but I wanted to give you a contact for Katie Chiasson a former Midfielder at Lafayette.  Katie has moved to the area to get her Masters and is friends with one of our alumni.  She is available on Sunday afternoons to do lessons.  Katie can be reached at 603-508-9218.  Please reach out to her directly if you want to schedule something.  

Synching Your Personal Calendar with the GC Calendar:

Click on the cog in the top right where the arrow is pointing and them click on Schedule Sync circled in the bottom.  It will give you the option of how you want it synched...Apple, Google, or copy calendar are your options.  

Messaging on GC:

Here are the directions to message specific people on GC if you have not used that function before:  
Message Custom Groups
1.   Tap on the Messages tab in the GameChanger app
2.  Tap on the box with the pencil in it
3.  Choose the team you want to message
4.  Select which members you want to message, and tap "next"

Please make sure you are messaging your coaches directly in the app if you will be missing practices.  

Unexpectedly we already had a lightening delay this past Saturday.  Read below for the Jesuit/Iron Horse lightening policy.  

Jesuit has two built in lightning detectors (1) on the roof of their concession stand/bathroom bank on the south side of the football stadium which can be seen from the stadium and grass fields and (2) over the home side press box on the stadium field.  If the siren goes off simultaneously a light will begin to flash on top of the buildings which means there is lightning within 10 miles of the facility. The facility will be locked down for a minimum of 30 minutes.  Fans, players and coaches will be required to go to their cars.  No one is permitted to stay inside the athletic facility nor are they allowed to stand outside the gates for their own safety.  Any strike within 10 miles will reset the 30-minute clock on the lightening detectors.  The athletic facility is all clear when the siren blows 3 short blasts and the light stops flashing.   The gates to the facility will be unlocked by Jesuit personnel.  

Please be advised that games/practices may be called by the Referee’s, Jesuit Facility Manager OR Iron Horse  depending on how many minutes are left in the game OR the current radar status.   

EXTREME WEATHER:  In the event of extreme weather, the bathroom banks at south end of the stadium field and the north end of the grass field are to be used as shelter.  

Regards,

Tiffany Surran