News

The Aussie Indoor Lacrosse Team are playing a practice match before heading to Prague for the 2011 World Indoor Lacrosse Championships. Don't miss out on this as this will be their one and only game in Australia.

Tickets are $5.00 each to help the team get to Prague. These guys have got Aussie pride riding on their shoulders so let's come on out and show them the love!

When: Sunday 17 April at 2.00pm

Where: Puckhandlers Arena, 1 Blake St, Reservoir

Season 2011 is about to kick off and clubs are busy finalising preparations. One more thing we need to take care of is providing referees for each match. Of course, our referees must be qualified and duly accredited by ALRA or Camberwell will be fined.

ALRA are conducting a Club Referee Accreditation course next month. The course is to be held in two sessions over two weeks. Upon successful completion of the course, participants will be conferred two-year club referee accreditation.

Lacrosse Victoria is urgently seeking a Head Coach and a Manager for the Senior Women's team who are competing in the Senior Nationals in Adelaide from 10-16 July 2011.

The Head Coach will be responsible for the Selection Trials in May and Team Trainings from June to July. Unless a coach is appointed for this team, they will be unable to participate in the tournament.

CLC is inviting players, families, and friends (over 18 of course) to join the Punters Club. Entry fee has been reduced to $50 per member, equivalent to $2 per betting week. Betting weekends starts on 28^th May and ends 12^th November. Bets will be placed on www.sportsbet.com.auand will be emailed to Punters Club members every week. Punters will be rotated per week.

State League

State League Mens and Womens games were played at Albert Park on both the grass field and the synthetic ground.

This author departed Melbourne in sunny and warm conditions on Saturday morning with the car thermometer reading a balmy 27 degrees. Shorts and T shirts were the order of the day.

Lacrosse Victoria is trialling a new programme for girls U11 called VICLAX. The programme will be integrated into the women’s fixture. It is in the style of AUSKICK where players from all clubs come together in groups regardless of club. Players are rotated through stations of different activities where they will be professionally coached in different skills. A short game will be played afterwards.

Under 13

Score: Camberwell 1 - Williamstown 9

The first game started at 11am in Altona. CLC had a full team. The improvement in our game was obvious as the girls made passes, defended, and placed themselves on the field. Thanks to the preseason training given by the club at MILL, the girls’ confidence and game skills were outstanding.

Experienced girls are mentoring our new recruits and the pairing up of players really helped keep the game moving. Compared to last season when Williamstown were winning 18-nil, our defensive skills were terrific this year.

Just a week to go before the Australian Lacrosse Classic kicks off. A lot of clubs are expected to troop to Warrnambool for the games.

LV is making it easier for clubs planning to hire buses for the trip. The association has corporate accounts with Budget, Hertz, and Europcar. This means cheaper mini van hires. 12 & 24 seater buses are available for hire but the 24-seaters can only be driven by drivers with the appropriate licence.

Note that clubs cannot book directly with these hire companies. All bookings must be done through Lacrosse Victoria.

LV have announced the fixture for the State League matches on Saturday, 9 April. Camberwell will play Surrey Park on the synthetic surface.

The schedule for the other teams are as follows:

Women's

• 1:00pm: Altona/Caulfield vs Newport
• 2:15pm: Williamstown vs Footscray

Men's

As announced in a previous news bulletin, two Camberwell players have made the Australian Indoor Lacrosse team. Travis Gathercole and Clinton Lander will be part of the Australian side in the World Indoor Lacrosse Championships this May.

Our two players are trying to raise funds to offset the expenditure needed to play in the world championships. They are selling T-shirts specially designed for this event. The T-shirts are available in black or yellow and in sizes XL, L, Medium, and so on. Bigger sizes can be arranged.