LVL - Old News

January 5, 2007
The net system in Ayer was updated over the holiday break. Please review the new instructions (37KB PDF).
December 5th, 2006
More Monday night session news: The five team bracket has been moved to the top five teams. So six through eight, and nine through 11 will share one gym, while one through five will share the other. Other than that detail everything else will work the same way. Aren't you glad you asked? ;-)
December 1st, 2006
NOTE: Ayer High School is starting at 8:15 now and we must be out of the school by 10:30. Everyone should work together to set up and tear down the nets, so that we can maximize playing time.
November 13th, 2006
Monday night's schedule has been modified! Please check the schedule for the new times and locations!
October 27th, 2006
This year, we play in: Russell Street School (Littleton) from 8:35 (wait in hallway for basketball to finish) Ayer High School (Ayer) from 7:30 (until further notice) The brackets will move back and forth between the schools like we did with the two schools in Littleton.
April 7, 2006
Congratulations to all for another season and to Block Party for taking the Monday night regular season championship. Block Party, PLONK, Lowflyers, Scared Hitless, Reddi-whip, and Floor Skins will be in the playoffs on Monday (April 10 at 7 PM) at the Middle School.
March 14, 2006
Monday night season extended by 2 weeks If there are no cancellations, then the last night of regular play is 4/3 and playoffs is 4/10.
March 13, 2006
There is a new pub in town (Littleton) about two miles west from the gym. It is in the building that was formerly Home Plate on 2A. It is called Chip Shots and is, as you might guess, a golfing themed pub. According to the website they close at 11pm, but we have found that if you get there by 11pm they will serve you until midnight. They have large plasma screens all over the place to watch your favorite sports, and two state of the art golf simulators. Tell them Vanessa sent you!
September 27, 2005
The 2005-2006 season will get underway shortly. The Captains meetings was held on 9/21/2005. (minutes ) There are 9 teams returning on Monday, and 8 teams returning on Wednesday. With new teams we now have 10 teams on Monday and 11 teams on Wednesday, so there is room for additional teams on both nights. There will be one practice week, 10/3 and 10/5, with the regular season to follow. (Monday night's regular season will start 10/24. Captains please use the roster page to update your team roster. I forgot my LVL password.
October 18, 2003
Here is the schedule for the first week. As a reminder: The team refereeing first is responsible for net setup. The team refereeing last is responsible for net breakdown and getting results to Betty by the next day. (Send the scores to Betty at blew@rcn.com. Keep the scoresheets and give them to her at the next session.) Although there are designated setup and breakdown teams, other teams should lend a hand so that we can maximize playing time. SCHEDULE SYNOPSIS FOR Monday, 10/20/03 Week 1 Court 1 Court 2 ------------------------------------------------------------- Russell Street Block Party (setup) Mohicans Y Not Leapless Hitters PLONK (breakdown, report scores) TopSpin Middle School Dig It! (setup) Lowflyers Paper Tigers (breakdown, report scores)
October 13, 2003
Wednesday night starts this week, on October 15th at 8:30. Note there is no longer and Early and Late session, we will be playing in two gyms between 8:30 and 10:30. The Russell Street Gym is where we've been playing all along. The Middle School Gym is in the building on the right as you enter the parking lot from Russell Street. The entrance to the gym is by the side parking lot. SCHEDULE SYNOPSIS FOR Wednesday, 10/15/03 Week 1 Court 1 Court 2 ------------------------------------------------------------- Russell Street The Big Dig (setup) Loose Cannons Midgets NetHeads BLOCKheads (breakdown, report scores) Rally Cats Middle School Wilson (setup) Dirty Dogs "U" (breakdown, report scores)
October 28, 2002
The LVL held a meeting on Monday, October 28 to discuss our options. Attendees were: LVL officers (Jon Levy, Betty Lew, Tom Sweeney, Roger Zee), Bob Manning (KAOS), Mott Meeks (Loose Cannons), and Lynne Swanson (Bump Uglies). We are going to try and find a gym for the spring season (January/February) timeframe. We plan to have a status update by Thanksgiving about these efforts. If anyone knows of gym openings in the area, please send mail to the officers (lvl-officers@newts.org).
LVL 2002-2003 Canceled
We recently received news that the Middle School will be unavailable to us due to the greatly expanded basketball program in Littleton. We have also tried these gyms in the surrounding area without any luck. Acton: Junior High School, Community Education Boxborough: Blanchard Elementary School Devens: Devens Fitness Groton: Lawrence Academy Westford: The Abbot School, Nashoba Valley Technical HS, Westford Academy As a result, we regret that we have to shut down the league this season and work on securing a gym for next year. We also have an opening for President as Jim Mann has resigned because he has moved away from the area. The officers are planning to have a wrap-up meeting on Monday, October 28 at 6 PM for brainstorming at the Russell Street School. If you plan to attend, please let us know ASAP so that we can make the proper arrangements with the school. Thanks!
LVL 2001-2002 Season
May 15, 2002 Here are the Monday night playoffs results held on May 13, 2002. Congratulations to Block Party for winning the tournament and to Y Not for capturing second! Thanks to the referees, Mark Farrington and John O'Brien.
April 25, 2002 Here are the Wednesday night playoffs results held on April 24, 2002. Congratulations to the midgets for winning the tournament and to The Big Dig for capturing second! THANKS to the referees, John O'Brien and Ned Santee. THANKS to my fellow officers (Jim Mann, Roger Zee, Tom Sweeney, and Jon Levy) for their efforts this past year. Also, THANKS Here are the Monday night playoffs results from May 13, 2002.
April 15, 2002 The Wednesday Night Session is complete Congratulations to all for another season and to The Big Dig for taking the regular season championship. The Big Dig, TAZ, midgets, Blockheads, Diablo DawgZ, and Loose Cannons will be in the playoffs on Wednesday (April 24).
March 13, 2002 The Wednesday night season is extended by 3 weeks due to these final vote results: Extend - 9 votes Do not extend - 2 votes Split - 1 vote As a result, the schedule starting next Wednesday (3/20) will return to the regular Wednesday early and late sessions (6:00 - 8:15, 8:15 - 10:30). The rest of the Wednesday night season schedule will be: DATE BRACKETS THAT PLAY ---- ------------------ 3/13 Bracket 1 & 2 (Week 18) 3/14 Bracket 3 & 4 (Week 18) 3/20 Pre-empted by Littleton 3/27 Week 19 4/3 Week 20 4/10 Week 21 4/17 No School 4/24 PLAYOFFS
March 7, 2002 Monday night brackets 3 & 4 play on 3/11 (at 8:30 PM) and Brackets 1 & 2 play 3/18 (at 6 PM). After March 18th all sessions will be back to our normal schedule.
February 28, 2002 We have received notice that we should be returning to our normal schedule starting the week of March 18. Barring any snow days, here's the revised schedule for the rest of the Monday night season: 4-Mar Week 11B 11-Mar Week 12A 18-Mar Week 12B 25-Mar Week 13 1-Apr Week 14 8-Apr Week 15 15-Apr No School 22-Apr Week 16 29-Apr Week 17 6-May Week 18 13-May PLAYOFFS If you have any questions, feel free to send mail to the officers at lvl-officers@newts.org. Thanks!
February 4, 2002 The second part of (Wednesday/Thursday) Week 14 was canceled on Thursday (1/31), so your teams (who played on Wednesday last week) will not be playing this week because we need to get the results from the canceled games before we can schedule. Those teams who were scheduled to play on Thursday last week (1/31) will play this week (2/7) instead.
December 12, 2001 Due to the shortened time periods, we are going to 21-point games until we return to our regular schedule to make it fairer for all teams. Scores start at 4-4 if there is NO gender point differential. If the gender point differential is +1, then 3 additional points are awarded. If the gender point differential is +2, then 7 additional points are awarded. This information will be at the bottom of the scoresheets. Please let your team know. Thanks.
December 3, 2001 Since the gym is not available for the full sessions in December and January the Monday night session has voted to play on Mondays from 8:30 to 10:30. One set of brackets will play each week. This week (12/3) will be the bottom two brackets: Court 1 Court 2 ------------------------------------------------------------- 12/03/01 Mad Dawgs (setup) Ba Da Bing Mohicans Leapless Hitters Dig It! (breakdown, report scores) Ichiban 12/10/01 Y Not (setup) PLONK Ker-PLONK KAOS Block Party (breakdown, report scores) TopSpin Just to keep things interesting, the Wednesday night session has voted to play the two sets of brackets on Wednesday and Thursday night each week from 8:30 - 10:30. The A session is played on Wednesday (12/5) this week, and the B session will play on Thursday (12/6). Court 1 Court 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------- A Session JD's H-Train (setup) BLOCKheads Vert. Challenged Dirty Dogs Lowflyers (breakdown, report scores) Bump Uglies B Session NetHeads (setup) Midgets Loose Cannons TAZ Diablo DawgZ (breakdown, report scores) The Big Dig groan
November 19, 2001 The new LVL Constitution is here (Acrobat-PDF 53K).
October 2, 2002 With the first night of practice under our belt we are under way! A reminder that when Littleton does not have school for holidays (such as October 8th Columbus day) or because of bad weather etc, LVL is also called off. We will attempt to send e-mail out to captains when we learn of any unplanned cancellations, and info will be posted to the web as soon as possible. NOTE: No LVL on Monday October 8th ;-). Rosters should be completed by the third week of play: October 24th for Wednesday and October 29th for Monday. The USAV and LVL waivers must be completed as well as the online form. Dues are also due.
October 1, 2001 Insurance waivers available online.(Acrobat-PDF 20K)
September 20, 2001 We have been informed that the school needs to use the gym next week, so the start of the season will be POSTPONED another week to: 10/1 for Mondays 10/3 for Wednesdays That week will be the practice week. Please notify your teams. Thanks. Team rosters will still need to be finalized by the third week of play: 10/29 for Mondays 10/24 for Wednesdays
September 14, 2001 Due in large part to the events of this week, the LVL has not been able to confirm which teams were returning in order to establish next weeks's schedule. As a result, the 2001-2002 season will be POSTPONED one week. The season will start with one practice week scheduled for: 9/24 for Mondays 9/26 for Wednesdays This will be followed by two weeks of laddering, and then the regular season. (Remember that the Monday night session will not be playing on Columbus Day, October 7)
September 10, 2001 The LVL captain's meeting was held on Monday September 10 at the Russell Street school. Incumbent LVL officers re-elected Strong possibility that LVL will be pre-empted for all of December Schedule: 1 practice week, 18 weeks regular season (including 2 weeks laddering) Dues still collected per person (probably $40 again) Team rosters to be finalized by the third week of regular play (Wed 10/17, Mon 10/22 ) New rule: Allowed to cross into space behind other court as long as you don't make contact with the court. Full text of the minutes available.
Really old news has been moved to a separate page.