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News - 27 May 2008

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 Round 7 was another big weekend at the Lacrosse Club, you’re getting pretty used to the spiel by now, so just read on.
 
Coming up this weekend is our Past Players Day and Alaimo Cup Match.  President Norm has put the word out, now it’s up to you to come along on Saturday for more good Malvern hospitality and camaraderie.  After State League, plan to stay around in the Clubrooms for a while: There’ll be introduction of our State League Players by the Coach, and then when our Div 2 and Div 3 teams arrive back we’ll have recaps of the day’s games from the Junior and Senior Coaches — so you can skip having to read this drivel next week.

New shipment of Hoodies and Jackets available at the Clubrooms this Saturday — no need to say more.
 
This weekend some of our young girls and guys will be getting another extra work-out, as several of the by-now usual suspects are involved in playing in the Down Under Cup Womens and Mens Tournaments at Footscray Hockey Centre from Friday till Monday, interleaved with their normal Club games.  The Tournament is hosting college-age visiting teams from USA and Japan, playing against Victorian women’s teams and U19 Aussie and U18 Kangas Vic squads.  The schedule is available on the Lacrosse Victoria website and SportingPulse if you’re interested in more details.
 
A number of Malvern juniors are interested in news of the Southern Crosse U15’s team formation for the U15 National Tournament in Perth in October.  The process of appointing the Head Coach is progressing.  It is expected that when the Coaching position is decided, openings will also exist for other Team roles, including Assistant Coach and Team Manager.  Regardless of who is appointed to the Coach position, if you may be interested in one of these roles in the Team (possibly depending on your son’s selection), please speak to Graeme Minniece to indicate your interest.
 
As I’ll be travelling to Canada for the Championships and then to the US with Josh afterwards, there’s an upcoming vacancy for someone else to take over this role of Weekly News Editor from Round 11 (21 June) onwards.  The pay’s not great, but the other rewards are there for a suitably motivated individual.  There’s no discrimination on age or gender or any other grounds, just need to be sufficiently Black-and-Red-eyed. 
 
If we can get a DVD player to work, this Thursday Night we’ll be showing last night’s Syracuse vs Johns Hopkins NCAA Lacrosse Final in the Clubrooms after training.  That’ll be after junior training for the homeless waifs, and after seniors for the homeless men.
 
Best of luck for good results in your games this weekend.  Go Malvern!!
 
Best regards,
Mike

 

Alaimo Cup - Ron Alaimo

Ron played U12, U14, U16, Div1 & State League (was A grade then) for Malvern. He represented Vic in both Colts & Seniors. He represented Australia as both a player and a referee. Ron also played Div 1 & State League for Surrey Park. He did an enormous amount of work at both Clubs. At Malvern, besides all the time he spent coaching Junior teams, he had a stint as Secretary and Treasurer and only just before he died he was elected President of the Club. He was also a Life Member of Malvern. At Surrey, he was also a tireless worker, as well as being Secretary of the Club. He was the Manager of a number of State Junior Teams and also after retiring as a player managed the State League team at Malvern. Besides his 2 grandsons Michael & Caleb who both play at Malvern, Ron had 3 daughters Terri, Sue and Kate who all represented Victoria at Junior and Senior levels and Terri also represented Australia at Senior level. There is a lot more I could write about Ron, but I know his great love was the Juniors, and I know he would be happy with what is happening with our Juniors at Malvern. Finally, you only have to mention his name to people around the Club to realize how well he was thought of by everyone who came into contact with him. He was a special person to know and it is fitting that the two Clubs compete for this Trophy named in his honour.

Graeme Minniece

Picture of the week: Plenty of smiles, job well done, off to the showers, after last week’s State League double-overtime win over Caulfield

State League celebrates win against Caulfield 2008 

Left to right (players): Ryan Scanlan, Jake Coleman, Paddy McGrath, James Moloney (spirit knees??), Ollie Johnson, Nick Lopes, Billy Exton. Photo: Debbie Milner.

Mens Round 7: 24th May 2008

State League: bye; Sunday practice match vs U19 Aussies and U18 Kangas

Mike Naughton wrote:

State League players had the pleasure of spending a sunny Saturday afternoon heckling their Divvy 2 clubmates and bagging the umps at the Town Hall, after battling it out in the Malvern mud a week before.  They stood at the Clubrooms end, not wanting to walk too far and over-extend themselves, giving Joffa Joy in goals their deepest condolences and sympathies if ever the ball made it into his net, and then for the other quarters, Guido, Trav and Shannon provided them plenty of on-field entertainment as they bamboozled the Footscray goalie mostly, but sometimes themselves too.  Up in the middle, Rowan, AJ, Billy, Squeaker, Joey, etc ran the Footscray middies ragged.

On Sunday morning Malvern hosted the weekly practice session for the U19 Aussie and U18 Kangas teams.  To add some variety to the Aussie teams trainings, they’ve been teeing up to play against whichever State League team has a bye.  Malvern fielded a combined Seniors team, so Brad as the Aussie U19 Assistant Coach had the rare opportunity of coaching against Malvern, and likewise Josh playing against the rest of his Black and Red teammates.  From all reports, this was the best Club team that’s turned out to play them on the Sunday, which is a credit to the Malvern guys who turned out.  Special dedication was shown by a small, hard core of individuals who maintained an overnight vigil in the Clubrooms, when the hour reached the point that they decided it wasn’t worth their while going home, as they just had to come back again pretty soon again anyway. 
The Malvern crew caught the Aussie youngsters napping in the first half, jumping out to a 7-2 lead — Rob Chamberlain (usually the Aussie U19’s fitness Coach) was a stand-out, but the attack line of Joffa, Trav and Shannon also caused the defenders lots of trouble.  In the second half the Aussies tightened up their defence and got their fast breaks going to overhaul Malvern toward the end.

The lure of the sausages and onions cooking out front of the Clubrooms ensured proceedings didn’t run overtime — special thanks to Sandie Benson and helpers for putting on a very popular BBQ — when the food was ready, it was all sold out in about 5 minutes flat!!

 

 

Division 2: vs Footscray  28-6

 
Zac Ansell wrote:
 

Today in Division 2 we played against Footscray, for the first time since the 2007 Grand Final.  We scored AJ, Rowan and Travis from State League.  Overall the game was a good one, in which,like the two previous weeks, we dominated.  Beating them 28-6 was a good win, and it was very encouraging having the State League team come and support us.  

 

Division 3: vs Melb Uni  28-0

Portly, sun-tanned Danny Keisler wrote:

 

U18: vs Willy 5-15

 Asst Coach Paddy McGrath and ghost writer Romy Ansell wrote:
Malvern’s U18’s had a hard fought game against a resilient Williamstown.  Although the game started out close, a fitter and more ball-hungry Willy proved to be too much, running away with the game after the first quarter to record a 15 to 5 win.  The boys were short on numbers, having only 9 players until half time, but were able to hold the opposition within their double digits.  A great effort was shown from Jake “Malekai” Coleman in the face-offs and through the midfield.  Other stand-out players on the day included Mez “Gazelle” Clough in the defence and midfield lines, and Rowan “Rowboat” Anglicas in the midfield and attack lines.  All round support was given throughout the game, but  stick skills and laziness cost us in the end. 
With Surrey Park next week a lot of work needs to be done if we plan on being victorious.

 

 

U16: vs MCC  20-0

Coach Marty wrote:

What a difference a few weeks make.  The whole team has increased their workload.  Defence: Much improved over the last couple of weeks.  Looking at the score you would think it was an easy game; the pressure that was put on the opposition all over the ground was really good.  Midfield: Still improving; the number of face-offs won has improved over the last couple of weeks.  Talk between midfield, and positioning during and after centre ball has been drawn still requires work.  Forward Line: Not set as yet, still moving players around to find the right balance.  48 shots on goal —- 20 scored.  Man-up players: still too quick trying to convert; no problem holding the ball in attack after a turnover. 
Everyone worked hard for this result / Just have to keep going / The hard tests are yet to come.

 

 

U14: vs  Altona  10-12

Coach Josh wrote:

In the first vs second game, Malvern came off second best.  Poor stick skills, decision making and a hint of overconfidence led to our first loss of the year, 12-10.   Sam Anglicas led all scorers with 5 goals and Michael Petritsch had 2 goals and 3 assists.  Toby Exton played the first half in goals before coming out and leading the last quarter charge, and James Butler worked hard running more midfield than normal due to our shorter than normal bench.  Down by as many as 5 in the third quarter, we started to get the ball out of the middle and scored a few early in the last term, but it was too little too late we were left rueing the many wasted opportunities.

 

U12 Black: bye

 

U12 Red: vs Knox  — walkover; scratch game 5-5

Team Manager Joe Maher wrote:

Knox turned up late and short of players, but we lent them a couple of ours, so we could still have a scratch game.  George Kapis, Jordy Campbell and Alex Kofler-Rogers all scored goals for the Reds.  Dana Stroyovna ran well through the midfield and made a couple of good assists.  Jordy played well for both teams, showing us what we can aim for with a few more years of experience. 
We have a bye this week, an opportunity to watch the U12 Blacks (at Chaddy) or U14’s (at home) in action.  Look forward to our next game against Caulfield on 7th June.

 

 

Uniforms and Team Equipment. 

Uniforms have been left lying around after games on several occasions now.  Team Managers in particular, but also Players and Everyone connected with Club Teams needs to take note: more care and attention is needed to ensure that equipment, clothing and gear are all kept accounted for.  Uniforms should be kept in their team bags, not taken home by players; each Team can decide their own washing rotation arrangements, but Team Managers must keep track of who has the uniforms from week to week, and make sure those who take them know to wash them inside out, and not to tumble-dry them hot, so as to keep the numbers and lettering from being damaged.


Overdue Fees:

2008 Fees are now several weeks overdue for any Players who have yet to pay Dave Gerrard.  A reminder list of names will be posted in the Clubrooms after this weekend.  Don’t make excuses, bring your money, find Dave, get paid up, so Dave doesn’t have to chase people up individually.  Fees are posted up in the Clubrooms.  Senior Fees are $245 for the Season; they start at $80 for a single game.  Juniors are $120 for U12/U14, $150 for U16, $180 for U18’s.

Chocolates Fundraiser. 

In order to keep up our Finances this year, we’ll be having a Chocolate Drive Fundraiser for all Junior and Senior players.  A prize will be given to the person selling the most boxes.  A box will be distributed to each player at next week’s training or 7th June games, with monies to be returned on or before 28th June.  Those who prefer not to sell or buy chocolates can return their box unsold and make an equivalent donation instead, or make their donation up front next week.

Volunteers needed to help with Junior Trivia Night. 

Joe Maher and James Garrett are heading up the organising and running of the Junior Trivia Night.  This Event is traditionally run by a team of leading young members of the Club.  If you’d like to be involved, let James or Joe know, since a good team will make for a highly successful and great fun night.

 

CLUB EVENTS FOR YOUR DIARIES


Sat  31st May:  Alaimo Cup Match and Past Players Day — State League and U18’s both playing at Home vs Surrey Park.
Sat 19th Jul:  Junior Trivia Night

Sat 2nd Aug:  Senior Trivia Night

Thu 7th Aug:  Last Week of Regular Season Junior Pie Night

Sat 23rd Aug:

  Open Mic Entertainment Night
Sun 14th Sep:  Season Close — Presentation Day and AGM

 

 

Under 16s MCC 24 May 2008 

Happy U16’s after Saturday’s MCC game.  Photo: Heike Barker.

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