Eltham Lacrosse Club

Please note the Eltham Lacrosse Club’s Annual General Meeting will be
held on Monday the 28th of November at the Eltham Lacrosse Clubrooms
at 7.30 pm.

Considering a position…

Please note nominations have been received for President, Secretary,
Senior Men’s Director, Junior Director, Vice President…

Feel free to nominate for one of these positions or consider another.

Junior Presentation Night is booked for Friday 21st October at the Montmorency Petrie Park Hall keep the day free and more information will follow over the next few weeks.

Senior Presentation Night will be held at the Rosanna Golf Club, 54 Cleveland Avenue, Lower Plenty, on Saturday 22nd October. More details on Facebook – Eltham Lacrosse Club Presentation NIght. Email Brad through president@elthamlax.com to book your ticket.

 Contact Duncan Below:

The celebration of women’s lacrosse at Eltham was a great success. The event was informal with some formality, speakers briefly touched on our history but more importantly told of fun times with team mates, premierships and funny moments at end of season trips.

Special thanks to Di Gent for acting as our bar maid for the day,and for the wonderful ELC celebration cake.Kerri Wallace for the yummy dessert of sticky date pudding. Both ladies generously donated their time and effort. They are certainly typical of many members at ELC and the “family” feel we have at the club.

Narelle D’Alberto and Belinda Douglas worked together from many photos handed to them by players and past players. The scanned images allowed us to see the rolling pictures on the screen, stimulating more memories and laughter.

Many of our past players are now mothers and it was great to see so many babes and young children with them, our social rooms work so well in that environment with “kids corner” and all, so  their presence just enhanced the day.

Later in the day Bob & Meg Russell attended, after duties at Malvern Lacrosse Club where our State League was playing for the Russell Cup. I am sure the glint in their eye showed the pride they must feel at these events, Bob as a co-founder of our club in the early 60′s and Meg his amazing supportive wife over the many years that Bob has been involved.

Thanks again,  hopefully the Ladies Luncheon can be factored in as a regular annual event on a suitable date each year in a similar fashion to the “Club Day” which seems to attract more of the past male players.
Approximately 35 past and present players came down to the clubrooms to reminise about the ‘good ole days’ and talk about the exciting future of women’s lacrosse. Some notable attendees: Garry & Debbie Carter, Jacqui & Zoe Armstrong, Bree (nee McGillivray) and baby daughter, Mary Montague, Beth Trewern and daughters with Marg Cobern. Melanie Grindlay & children with Lyn Brown, Tina Fenech & children with Marianne Webster, Denise Spiteri & Rebecca with baby Harry, Liz Fleming & Charlotte, Katie and Anne Faulks, Julie B. now Julie Evans plus many current and past players.

Without the dedication from past and present players and families, continous club and team committment and the investment into the future of our senior and girls lacrosse teams there would be no women’s lacrosse at Eltham. We thank all involved in making Eltham Lacrosse Club a strong, competitive, fun environment for girls/women to play sport.

SAVE THE DATE - 3 September  19:30 - 23:30

Who wants to win $2000? Yep….$2000 this year!

Tickets are $35 each

Each ticket includes Beer and Wine from 7pm to 9pm

Contact Duncan for your chance to win.

Invitation to all girls and senior women players, past and present.

Come on down to the clubrooms this Saturday and celebrate with us.

Although we will be celebrating seasons/teams/players past, we also need to celebrate the renewed energy and performance of the womens and girls teams over the past couple of seasons, especially THIS 2011 SEASON.

The focussed recruitment of girls via our various recruitment practices, including the Annual Primary School Competition has been rewarded with junior teams in Girls U/13, U/15 & U/17 entering the competition this year. The girls have been competitive throughout the season and all play with the Eltham spirit we admire so much.

Our senior womens team took on a big task by deciding to move up into the A grade competition in 2011, taking the long range view of what was best for the club, and our juniors going forward. This move meant that in the early part of the season we suffered some big losses. Coach Danni Norman has been pleased with move and the positivity of the team, reflected by their efforts in the second half of the season where games have been spirited and fought well. In the second half of the season games showed a narrowing in the margin in the goals for and against, indicative of our improvement at this higher level.

So well done to all past and present players, coaches, club ref’s, managers and supporters.

Please take an opportunity to meet with many of your team mates and celebrate the past 30 seasons.  Be at the ELC social rooms from 12 to 3 pm on Saturday 13th August. (There will be photos galore and guest speakers covering the past three decades)

Please go to the Facebook Events page for Eltham Lacrosse and register your attendance, contact Narelle D’Alberto or Kendrea. all interested parties must register no later than thursday 11th August, for catering purposes.

$20 per person, 2 courses, celebration cake and drinks available at bar prices.

Team photo’s are organised for this coming Wednesday July 27 for the Girls and Women, and Thursday July 28 for Boys and Men.

All players, coaches and team managers are requested to attend the photo sessions, even if you are not interested in purchasing a photo or package (prices as outlined in this week’s newsletter).

Many of you would already have received a photo order envelope from your Team Manager. Could you please bring this completed envelope together with cash or cheque in the envelope and hand it to the photographer on the night. Spare envelopes will be available on the night if you don’t have one.

All players should wear their playing shorts/skirt, black socks, and a black T-Shirt to wear under their playing tops. Please bring your lacrosse gear/sticks as required. Coaches and team managers are required to wear an Eltham related shirt or jacket.

Photos will be taken according to the following schedule, (you are required at the clubrooms at least 15 minutes prior to your team’s nominated photo shoot time).

Wednesday – July 27
5:45 U 13 Girls
6:00 U 15 Girls
6:15 U 17 Girls
6:30 Junior Girls and Senior Women Combined Photo
6:45pm Senior Women

Thursday – July 28
5:30 U 12 Russell
5:45 U 12 Durham
6:00 U14 Boys
6:15 U 16 Boys
6:30 U18 Boys
6:45 Senior Men

TEAM MANAGERS/COACHES, COULD YOU PLEASE BRING ALONG YOUR TEAM’S PLAYING TOPS FOR THE PHOTO SHOOT.

On Saturday 13th August the Women are organising a luncheon to celebrate Eltham’s 30th year in the Women’s Lacrosse Tournament. This is a great chance for the women and girls of Eltham to get together. New players, young players current player and past players are welcome to come along and talk lacrosse. Specific details are to followed so keep an eye out.

We are hoping to put together a slide show of photo’s. So if you have anything that you would like to include please get your photo’s to Belinda Douglas before the 5th of August.

Team photographs have been booked for Wednesday 27th and Thursday 28th July.
We will advise everyone of specific times allocated for team photos shortly. Wednesday is reserved for the Girls’s and Women’s Photos and Thursday the Boys and Men’s team photos will be taken. This week you will be given an envelope in which you can place the money for photographs that you may wish to order. Please remember to bring the envelope with you on photo night.

In celebration of the 30th successive year of Women’s Lacrosse at Eltham we are hoping to hold a luncheon for past female players on Saturday August 13th. More information on the day will follow soon. STAY TUNED.