BarrowEsky of Booze raffle
We are still in the process of collecting donations for the Esky of Booze, so if you are a senior player and haven’t yet made a donation to the Esky it would be greatly appreciated if you could.
Past Players Day Saturday 4th June
State League will be playing Williamstown on Saturday 4th June and we have scheduled this as our past players day. As always it will be a great day and opportunity to catch up with your former teammates from years gone by. There will be junior games starting at 9.30am, 11.00am and a Div 2 game at 1.00pm prior to State League at 2.30pm. We would dearly love to see you and as many of our former players attend, so please make an effort to return for the day. Also if you can inform any other former players that you might keep in touch with as we may not have them on our database.
We will have the BBQ going and the fridge stocked. To plan a successful day, if you could please notify the club with an email or call so we can arrange for catering on the day.
Jeff Campbell 0403 669 831 president@malvernlacrosse.com
Brendan Farrell 0412 887 871 farrell@creativity.com.au
Rod Ansell 0419 683 407 Rod.Ansell@disney.com
Gus Campbell 0408 850 007 digilithprint@iinet.net.au
Kon Mitsopolous 0403 913 988
Mailing List Problems
It has only recently come to our attention that some people have not been recieving the weekly newsletter due to an issue with the mailing program, this should now be fixed.
For those that have missed the previous newsletters that can be viewed on our website at www.malvernlacrosse.com or through the links below.
12th May 2011
6th May 2011
28th April 2011
15 April 2011
7th April 2011
28th March2011
Fixture and Social Calendar UPDATE
The following link to an Excel spreadsheet has the latest update to the social calendar and to recent changes to the fixture. More changes to come.
Merchandise and Equipment
The Club has a range of junior equipment for sale and new merchandise arriving shortly, this includes T-shirts, 2 styles of beanies, Hoodies, caps, social membership packs, keyrings and now available stubby holders, full details can be seen shortly on the website.
For further enquiries or to place an pre-order if you cannot get to the club please contact Brendon Farrell on 0412 887 871 or email him at farrell@creativity.com.au
Fees Now Due
If you haven’t already done so, it’s time to pay your 2011 fees
| Senior Mens | $300 |
| Senior Womens | $250 |
| U18’s | $200 |
| U16’s | $180 |
| U14’s | $160 |
| U12’s | $160 |
Once your fees are paid in full you can get your free reversible training top, these tops are for all playing members from senior mens and womens through to the Under 12’s.
Fees can be paid at the bar in cash, cheque or via EFTPOS
EFTPOS facility in Clubrooms
We now have available in the clubrooms and EFTPOS facility located behind the bar to help pay for fees, merchandise and amy other purchases.
This Weeks Games
| Sat |
14:30
|
State League
(Lower Eltham Park ) |
Eltham | Vs | Malvern |
|
14:30
|
Division 2
(Lower Eltham Park ) |
Eltham | Vs | Malvern | |
|
1:30
|
Division 3
(Malvern Town Hall) |
Malvern | Vs | Surrey Park | |
|
11:00
|
Under 18
(Malvern Town Hall) |
Malvern – Caulfield | Vs | MHS | |
|
11:00
|
Under 16
(Eric Raven Reserve) |
Chadstone | Vs | Malvern – Caulfield | |
|
9:30
|
Under 14
(Albert Ground) |
MCC | Vs | Malvern | |
|
09:30
|
Under 12 Red
(Malvern Town Hall) |
Malvern Red | Vs | Eltham Russell | |
|
09:30
|
Under 12 Black
(Malvern Town Hall) |
Malvern Black | Vs | Eltham Durham | |
| Sun | B Grade
|
BYE |
State League Report by – Glenn Meredith
Malvern Vs Chadstone.
Result – Win 13 – 5
Came out in the first half with clear attack patterns that we had worked on during the week and was great to see reward for effort with the guys working harder off the ball and l thought the 5-0 score line flattered Chadstone and we should have been further ahead.
Contested ground balls were up and we were scoring some terrific transition goals.
We changed the attack pattern after half time and worked on a couple of other set ups we’ve got and even though they were not as successful as the first half we have learned more about them in a game situations and will make some minor adjustments to them this week however, we still seem to stagnate a little off the ball after half time in games, clearly we need to get fresh legs out there more often and this is a work in progress. 41 shots for 13 is better.
Our defence with the great work of Murray Keen was solid again, we still get a little out of shape and press the ball in wrong areas too far from home or help but another miserly effort from the D was great, clearing was improved but still needs attention.
Overall it was good to get the points and really positive that we kept our heads and focus on the job even when Chadstone appeared to lose theirs. We welcomed to State League Nick Le Guen, it was great to see him in Malvern colours and hopefully he has a terrific time with us in the years ahead.
Huge thanks to Muzza for jumping into the net for us and doing such a great job, you can sell the pad on eBay now Muz.
David Gal arrives from the U.S. on Friday and we look forward to welcoming him to our club and giving us stability in the cage for the rest of the year.
Huge game against Eltham next week!
Bring it on !!!
Division 2
Malvern Vs Williamstown.
Result – Won 19 – 15
Division 3
Malvern Vs Altona.
Result – Win Walkover
B Grade
Malvern Vs MCC.
Result – Loss 7 – 8
The team travelled to Eltham resplendent in their new uniforms and warm up tops.
The new uniforms looked great and inspired the team to once again put in a great performance and show significant improvement from the previous week.
The team welcomed back Sarah Bown from injury and after a good warm up the team took on MCC and had their best game for the year (something you are reading every week because the team is showing huge improvement week by week!).
Romy (4 goals) and Eleanor (2 goals) tried hard in the centre and around the ground all day and kept the team in the game.
Sarah who volunteered for goals, did a great job making some very good saves (the sun didn’t help in the second half!) and forced MCC into many pressured shots. “Bruiser” (Leanne), Jess and Nina shared the defensive duties and played really well forcing MCC into many errors resulting in turn overs.
Our “running machine”, Angela continuously ran hard up and down the ground, took (and won) centres and was so close to scoring her first goal only to be foiled by the MCC goalkeeper.
Donna, Katie, Ally, Maddy, Jess and Nina also worked hard through the midfield and picked up plenty of ground balls and ran the ball into attack as well as playing solid defence when the opposition had the ball.
Maddy, Katie and Ally played their best games for the year and are growing in confidence every week and the improvement they have shown picking up ground balls and running the ball up and down the ground has been significant.
Jaimie played a combination of defence and attack and scored a good goal and her experience is providing some additional stability to the team.
The final part of the game was hectic as the scores were close and both teams had plenty of scoring opportunities, Malvern had the last shot with under 20 seconds remaining on the clock but the shot went wide.
The final score was a loss 8 to 7.
Once again it was great to see the improvement in the players in all aspects of the game (particularly ground balls) and to see the number of supporters make their way out to Eltham and again provide significant support to the team.
I’m sure the team’s first “official” win is not far away!
Under 18’s
Malvern Vs Eltham.
Result – Loss 5 – 7
The U-18’s lost a close game going down 7-5 to Eltham. The game went back and forth with both teams leading at various times. Malvern-Caulfield was able to hold their own for most of the game despite having only 1 substitute on the bench. The defence played very well and Shakti Singh played a strong game for his first as goalie.
Under 16’s
Malvern-Caulfield Vs Footscray.
Result – Loss 5 – 9
We had a couple of late outs (Dillan, Corey and Mikey P) and ended up with just 10 Players including the 3 Under 14 Boys.
We travelled to Footscray who seemed to be a good side but given the fact we had no subs it was going to be tough.
Our boys battled it out all day and started to get a bit tired in the last quarter but still managed to outscore Footscray in the last term.
Darcy and Joe ran hard through the midfield all game and Nick Chapman scored two goals with a couple of nice assists.
The D experimented with a zone defence and were able to shut down Footscray’s scoring opportunities and were well led by Darian Jones in goal and Tim Samoilov.
Great effort all round .
We Lost 9-5 but I am sure with a Full team we will beat them easily next round.
Under 14’s
BYE
Under 12 Red’s
Malvern Vs MCC.
Malvern Reds Vs Camberwell Sting. Result – Won 5 – 3
Malvern Reds Vs Knox. Result –Won 7 – 5
Malvern fronted up to a quick Camberwell side, we got the jump on them early but they caught up. Until we threw the last two goals to get up. Malvern 5 Camberwell 3
In the second game Malvern played Knox. These guys (and girls) were a bigger team who didn’t mind the rough stuff, but that didn’t stop our kids from getting in there and doing what was needed to get the score on the board. Malvern 7 Knox 5
Thanks to the goalies doing a great job in the cage, the midfielders running all day, the defence getting the ball back up our end and the attackers finishing the job, the reds had two good wins.
Under 12 Black’s
Malvern Blacks Vs Knox. Result –Won 6 – 4
Malvern Blacks Vs Camberwell Sting. Result –Draw 3 – 3
Senior State team Tryouts
Senior Men’s State Team trial scheduled for this Sunday, 29 May at MCC, this will now commence at 10.a.m. instead of 9 a.m.
The U15 National Boy’s & Girls tournament
The U15 National Boy’s & Girls tournament will be held in Perth from 2nd- 8 October 2011
At this stage Lacrosse Victoria will be entering 2 girls teams, Fire & Ice & 3 Boy’s teams, Northern Warriors, Southern Cross & Western Metros, however the final number of teams will be determined by the player numbers in these age groups & the number of applicants for the teams
Applications are now being called for the staff for these teams, both Coaches & Managers. Details of these positions can be found in the attached documents. Staff Application forms can be obtained from the Lacrosse Victoria website under downloads.
We would appreciate if clubs would distribute this information to their club members ASAP.
Player applications for these teams will be called for at a later date.
