Registration is now closed for most age groups.
We still have a few openings for the following player divisions:
U15 girls (girls born in 1993 and 1994)
U13 girls (girls born in 1995 and 1996)
U11 girls (girls born in 1997 and 1998)
If you are interested and belong in one of the above categories, please click on “register” and
enter your information.
The Difference between Rhode Island Youth Lacrosse (NRILAX)
and the Cumberland Youth Lacrosse Association (CYLAX):
The vision of the Northern Rhode Island Youth Lacrosse Association founding fathers was to provide every town in the Northern Rhode Island region with its own youth lacrosse organization, similar to what currently exists in most towns with other youth sports. We are pleased that Cumberland is the first town in the Northern Rhode Island Region to establish its own town based organization. CYLAX is not a subsidiary of NRILAX. CYLAX is a separate association and corporation. Both CYLAX and NRILAX are individual non-profit corporations and have separate state and federal tax ID numbers, pending 501(c)3 registrations, financials, checking accounts, reserve capital accounts, boards of directors and bylaws.
Basically, if you reside in Cumberland (the 02864 zip code) then you will be a member of CYLAX. If you reside within any other town within the Northern Rhode Island region (which extends into MA) then you will be a member of NRILAX.
NRILAX and CYLAX will share one website. This reduces administration tasks. Since we operate 100% on volunteers and no one receives any salary or compensation, we must utilize our volunteer base wisely and efficiently.
As for players, the change from one NRI organization to two groups (NRILAX and CYLAX) will be seamless. We still need to work out some details however team rosters will be assembled the same as in the past. For starters, everyone will visit the www.nrilacrosse.org website to register. The first question asked during registration will be your zip code. Those with the 02864 Cumberland zip code will be registered as members of the CYLAX. Players from all other towns will be NRILAX members. When assembling the rosters we will start, as we always have, by establishing a team in each age group for both boys and girls from Cumberland utilizing the CYLAX players. If needed, we will then fill in any extra slots on those CYLAX teams with a few NRILAX kids. This is exactly as we have done in the past. All “White” and “Red” teams over the past few years have been basically Cumberland kids with the remaining few slots filled by kids from surrounding towns. The Cumberland kid component of each White and red team has always been well over 85%. Will the CYLAX teams have different jerseys? I don’t know. We’ll have to decide. Will the kids from NRI who are placed onto the CYLAX White and Red teams be considered CYLAX or NRI kids? I don’t know. We’ll have to decide. As you can see, there are details to work out but we are heading in the right direction. BOTTOM LINE: ALL KIDS IN NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND WILL STILL PLAY LACROSSE, AND MOST ON THE SAME TEAMS AND WITH THE SAME FELLOW PLAYERS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN PLAYING WITH IN THE PAST! No worries. However, if you have suggestions or want to be a part of the decision making process, we encourage you to attend the meetings.
USED EQUIPMENT BULLETIN BOARD
Purchasing new lacrosse equipment for a new player who just wants to try lacrosse can be a costly commitment. By providing an online used equipment trading/selling bulletin board, we hope to be able to bring together those who have extra equipment with those looking to purchase equipment at reduced prices.
