(FCGSL) Fairfax County Girls Softball League
Fall 2008
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Madison High School
Fields 1 & 2
(Louise Archer 3 & 4)

Address: 2500 James Madison Dr.
Vienna VA 22180

Phone Number: (703) 476-5270

Directions:  I-66 to Rt 243 Nutley Rd towards Vienna, Left on Rt. 123 and quick Right on James Madison Dr. to school. Fields are to the right of school and around back.

Map: http://www.fcps.edu/maps/madison.htm

Lights:  
Light box is located down the 1st base line.
Key is in lock box is in the 1st base dugout.
Shed with liner, lime, and rakes is behind 1st base dugout.


Varsity Field




Directions: Take Rt. 66 west to Nutley Street Route 243) exit towards to Vienna. Follow Nutley to Main Street Rt. 123). Turn left on Main Street and then make your first right at the Shell gas station. School is straight back on James Madison Drive.

Parking: Plenty of parking is normally available in the school parking lot. For the JV field or Louise Archer additional spaces are available at Louise Archer Elementary. A small private parking lot (weekends and evenings only) is across the street from the Town Property Yard on Nutley street.

Field Use:

Please provide routine daily maintenance upon completion of use. Game or practice! (see FCGSL Guidelines for daily maintenance.)

An infield sprinkler system is located in foul play near the fence just beyond thirdbase. Two-to-three revolutions under normal field conditions. The JV field has a sprinkler in foul play near the entrance to the thirdbase dugout.

An infield mat-drag, rakes, shovels, liner etc. are located in the VGSL storage shed on the side of the Madison Softball Press Box. Please feel free to borrow the tools but make sure they are returned and the shed is locked after each use.

An electrical outlet is hot on the rightfield light pole for using a pitching machine in the batters cage. There are pitching warmup stations available for both home and visitors.

Please make sure that all trash is picked up in the dugouts and spectator areas.

Problems or Questions: If you notice any field problems please call Jim Collins, Maggie Thompson or John Thompson. Phone numbers provided at right.


Madison HS
Field Contacts


FCGSL
Jim Collins
(703) 471-5442

DC&RS
George Lovelle
(703) 324-5604

Maintenance
Maggie Thompson
(703) 709-4135

VGSL
John Thompson
(703) 709-4135

JMHS
Dir. Student Activites

Cindy Waddell
(703) 319-2362




A key to the VGSL Tool Shed is located in the lock box in the firstbase dugout. Rakes, shovels, liner and supplies are available for use. Please return all borrowed equipment and lock shed after each use.




FCGSL Fields

Link to map/address to school fields



Click on fields above for directions and/or game (use) instructions.

Note: Fields listed above are permitted to FCGSL on a limited basis. Some fields are summer season or fall season use only. Others are permitted only for one-to-two nights per week . While FCGSL may have limited use of the fields ... we still have a vested interest in the fields condition and/or amenities.




At South Lakes, Edison and Madison High Schools you turn field lights on with a key inserted in the access box shown above. There is no need for access to the electrical panel.