Eltham Lacrosse Club

Teams below. Unfortunately Div 3 have been given a walkover by Altona.

Some great performances last week, especially by some our our junior players!
Keep up the great work fellas, the season is building nicely in all grades.

Dont forget, State League are on Kitchen / Bar duty this week. Please be in the kitchen by 4.30pm ready to help out.

Good luck lads, have a good game on the weekend and as Lance Amstrong said……

“Losers quit when they’re tired. Winners quit when they’ve won”

Sunday 29th May marks another exciting event for women’s and girls celebrating 50 years of lacrosse in Victoria. Eltham Lacrosse Club will be hosting Family day in a homage to the early beginnings of our sport where they use to have picnic days, where people would bring a picnic rug  and the whole family down to lacrosse and make a day of it.

There are lots of things planned for all age groups.

Juniors can step back in time and find out what is like to have a throw with a wooden stick, similar to the ones were originally used to play lacrosse, and take part in fastest shot competition, longest pass and may more.

So why not make a day of it bring your picnic rug and gang to spend a day stepping back in time, while seeing how the modern game is played.

For more details about 50 years family day see below

Eltham Games times are as follows

10am Under 15  Eltham V Williamstown Women
11am Under 13 Eltham V Altona/Chadstone
12:15 Under 17 ELtham V Williamstown Women
2:15pm Seniors Eltham V Footscray

WE NEED YOU

To enable a smooth running for the day, we need lots of volunteers.

Could all junior girls and parents please be down at the club rooms at 8:30am to help with ground set up for the day.

All Senior women to remain after all games are finished for ground pack up.

Canteen

We are also looking for people to help out in the canteen, so you can either email eltham.lax.womans@gmail.com or just pop your head into the kitchen on the day we are always looking for extra help (even if you can only do an hour or so, your time would be greatly appreciated).

Family Day

As Family Day fast approaches our momentum is ever growing in celebrating the 50th Successive Season of Women’s Lacrosse in Victoria.
Family Day is about fun for everyone and we have designed some activities for the day where you can have a go at trying something new.
The following activities will be set-up;

• Longest throw
• Accuracy
• Fastest throw

Points will be earned at each activity and certificates will be awarded in each age group.

We have allocated specific times to each age group (U11, U13, U15) so  everyone will have as much opportunity as possible to have a go at all activities and this includes using a wooden stick!  Please refer to the attached pre-registration form for more details.  The activities will remain set-up during the day so anyone who wants to see how far or fast they can throw can pop over.
And don’t go home too early or you’ll miss the Parents V Kids game!  We have set aside space at 12pm for a quick game of fun and hopefully not too many spills!  Each child must be accompanied by an adult and we’ll make sure everyone gets a run on the field and a chance to score a goal!

For attachments go to LV website http://lacrossevictoria.com.au/news/2011/05/a-reminder-about-family-day,-may-29th

Welcome to Eltham Lacrosse clubs first event for 2011!

• If you think you know how to wrestle
• If you think you’ll look good in a sumo suit
• if you cant wait to see Fenby bash Chuck again

Come down and see if you cant take out the title!

Saturday, May 28 · 7:00pm - 11:30pm
Get down around 7…first fight at 7.30

Hope to see you all there!

Please find below the teams for Saturday – CLUB DAY!!!

Please note that playing times for each game are changed this week due to club day.

After a wonderful luncheon in March filled with stories from the past, laughs, tears and great friends we have been inspired to create a family atmosphere for our next celebration – FAMILY DAY!

Family Day will be held amongst the trees at Eltham Lacrosse Club on Sunday 29th May 2011. The day is set to focus on fun for all the family and after so much frivolity at the Luncheon we would love to have your presence at our next celebration of this year’s milestone.

Please refer to attached flyer for more information, with more details to follow in the coming weeks.

We have also designed a Commemorative T-Shirt for this year and have attached a flyer and order form for this memorabilia – get in fast before they get snapped up!

50th-Tee-Info.doc

50th-Tee-Order-Form.xls

50th-Family-Day-Poster-1.pdf

Club Day

This Saturday is Club Day at Eltham.

This means that we will be celebrating Eltham Lacrosse Club by having all of the boys/mens games at Lower Eltham Park. What a fabulous opportunity for us all to watch every age group play and catch up with friends. After the last games you can then stay for dinner in the clubrooms, Jacqui Butcher and Andrew Caddy are rostered on to provide a scrumptious evening feed. Come down to the club and make this Saturday 21st May – LACROSSE DAY.

As Saturday promises to be a big day, we will need as many hands on deck as possible. Come down and make this a great day for all. If you are available to help out then contact one of the people listed at the bottom of this article.

Games on Saturday
U12 – Webb and Russell - 9.30am v Moreland and Surrey Park
U14 – 9.30am – Eltham v Chadstone
U16 – 11.00am – Eltham – Surrey v MCC
U18 - 11.00am – Eltham v Malvern – Caulfield
State League – 2.30pm – Eltham v  Williamstown
Division 1 – 2.30pm – Eltham v Camberwell
Division 2 - 2.30pm - Eltham v MCC
Division 3 - 2.30pm – Eltham v Moreland
Mens games may be changed as we have 4 games scheduled at the same time (we have 3 grounds) – please look out for an email or check on sporting pulse closer to the weekend.

Women’s Hosting

The Women’s rounds will also be hosted at Eltham this week, on Sunday 22nd May. So, all girl’s and the women’s team will play at home this week. They will also be hosting the following week Sunday 29th May. Anyone who can help to re-mark the grounds or set up in the morning should contact Cadds.  Anyone who can help out with the running of the women’s hosting please contact Amy.

Junior Girls Games
Sunday 22nd May
U13 - 11.00am – Eltham  v Footscray
U15 - 10.00am – Eltham  v  Altona – Chadstone
U17 - 12.00pm – Eltham  v  Newport

Womens Game
2.15pm – Eltham v Williamstown

Teams & Ref’s for Saturday

**State League are playing @ Eric Raven Reserve

Junior Ref’s

U/18′s - Greg Farrelly @ Eltham
U/16′s - Duncan Hillier @ Melbourne High
U//14′s - Scott Mundell @ Caulfield
U/12′s - Glenn Esler @ Caulfield & Ryan Bird @ Moreland

A BIG thanks to all who attended the first referee’s course on Wednesday night. Eltham was very well represented with well over 20 attendees and this will reflect well on our club.

Also well done to all those blokes who have paid their fees, we are 95% there with only a handful of blokes who need to pay before the weekend. Again a great effort and very much appreciated by the committee!

Junior Ref’s for the weekend are as follows.

U/12’s – Trent Delaney & Jeff Gent
U/14’s – Liam Sedgewick
U/16’s – Ryan Bird
U/18’s – Steve Newall

Have a great game on the weekend fella’s

Some big debut’s this week……

John Snr having his first run for the year in Div 3!

Sedgy first hitout for the year and honorary captain for the day!!!

Oh…..and we need a few blokes from State League to run the bar on Saturday arvo. Let me know if you can help out Big Cadd’s and his team.