News -15 August 2009

RON ALAIMO CUP DAY & PAST PLAYERS DAY

Saturday 22nd Aug 2009

The Ron Alaimo Cup is always an important day for Malvern and Surrey Park and this years no exception, come to the town hall and watch our State Leagueand Division 3 teams take on Surrey Park. Catch up with some long lost friend and best of all have a great time.

Division 3 at the town hall at 1.00pm prior to the state league game 2:30pm on the 22nd August

CLUB REBATE ENDING SOON SERIES

A reminder to members that the Club earnings from sales of Leaseplan NLL games finished at the end of August, buying tickets before the end of August mean Malvern will receive a 10% rebate for each ticket sold, so make sure that you fill out the order form below with the Malvern code MAL09 to ensure that money comes back.

Tickets Now Available, don’t forget the Club code MAL09 when you make a booking.

In September, Ticketek take over the sale of tickets to the general public, the price of tickets will remain the same.

END OF SEASON SPIT ROAST NIGHT

Gus Campbell has decided that he wants to show us what he can do behind the big bbq spit roast and will have some of the best meats marinating in only the best sauces and juices for everyone to taste. My Sources have told me he was the best spit roast BBQer at Malvern for the last 20 years running, so im assured it will be good.

So come down for some good meat and salads (for you vegetarians) along with the best chilled beer and other beverages at the town hall for one of the last times in 2009.

Costs: $10 for one, or a special family deal for $30

Saturday, August 29, 2009 at 7:00pm

Its a PRE PAID event so make sure you get your payments in

FEES STILL OUTSTANDING

We are well into the playing season and fast approaching the finals. There are a number of Club members who have not yet paid their fees. The Club requires these funds to operate and at this stage there is a significant amount outstanding, close to $9,000. The fees are:

$245 Seniors
$180 Under 18
$160 Under 16
$130 Under 14
$130 Under 12

Fees can be paid to the Treasurer, David Gerrard, or a Committee member. Alternatively a cheque or money order can be sent to the Club’s address:

Malvern Lacrosse Club

PO Box 313
Malvern Vic 3144

SENIOR PRESENTATION NIGHT

After a few years off ,The Malvern Lacrosse Club are having a Senior Presentation night dinner . Come down and celebrate a successful 2009 season with everyone at the South Oakleigh Club on the 2nd of October 2009 the night will start at 7pm.

The venue is located at
1 Victor Road
Bentleigh East

Tickets are available at a cost of $40 per person and includes a 2 course meal and live band, drinks will be at bar prices.

Awards presented will include
State League – Best and Fairest, Reddaway Medal and Coaches Award
Division 1- Best and Fairest, Runner Up Best and Fairest and Coaches Award
Division 3- Best And Fairest, Runner Up Best and Fairest and Coaches Award

Other Awards on the evening include
Presidents Award, Best Club person and more.

There is Also some whispers that the tradition of old vote count down for Reddaway Medal like the brownlow through out the night, leading to the final rounds votes beng read out before the medal awarded.
The date is locked in so make sure you pen it in to your diary 2nd October and make sure we all get down and have a great time, share some stories from the year and wrap up the season with some drinks and good times.

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

The club has a selection of merchandise for sale which is available from the clubrooms

Hoddie Tops	$30 available from Medium to XXL
T-Shirts	$15 available from Medium to XXXL
Winter Jackets	$45 one only Medium

U12-U16 Gear
Arm Pads	$40
Junior Gloves	sizes 8″ and 12″ $40
STX Sticks	$45

15th August 2009

State League: vs Camberwell 9-17

State League ventured to Camberwell with a hint of finals in the air and came home well and truly defeated by a team much more experienced and organised than us on the day.

Sometimes during the season, us as Coach’s and supporters have to realise that a lot of our kids are just that, and while the future should be bright “with a lot of hard work” we will have lots of ups and downs that always come with such a young side.

I do believe we are on the right track with our young team and the 7 wins already this year and talk of finals is a big step up from last year.

As a first year Coach, this year has been a huge learning curve for me personally and l will take the blame when it goes wrong as it did last Saturday. We all must learn to play and respect each other to be successful and this is the Coach’s responsibility to reinforce this.

Contested ground balls and passing under pressure are our biggest weakness at this point and while its easy to say just go out and stick your head over it, when your turn comes a lot of the time we are boys playing men and we need to remember that in the short term.

Ron Aliamo cup against Surry Park this week and another chance for us to pit ourselves against a top 2 side. Will be great to see all the past players and a chance for us to shake up a top team.

Go Malvern

Rubber

Division 1: vs Chadstone 3-18

The top 4 teams in Division 1 this year (Williamstown, Chadstone, Surrey Park & Eltham) are in a leauge of their own.
Fourth place Eltham is on 235 points whilst Malvern, best of the rest in 5th place, is on 62 points.

Four of the last five games have seen Malvern defeated at the hands of one of the top four teams.
This week we again started at a dissadvantage with only 12 players against Chadstone’s full bench.

Dave Gerard was required to umpire & Robbie Chamberlain was out after last weeks shoulder injury against Williamstown.
Brad & the defence team again had their work cut out trying to block Chadstone’s attacks.
Adam Barnes covered plenty of ground all day and worked hard at both ends of the field. This was duely noted by the umpires.
Cam Scott also played hard all day and encouraged the rest of the team to keep fighting.
Zac Ansell always puts in a big effort and was ever eager to get back into the game.
Early in the first quarter we lost Mez & Jake for a short period due to minor injuries but managed to hold Chaddy to 5 goals gaining 1 for Malvern.

The second quarter saw Chaddy lift their game and Malvern failed to score whilst Chaddy added another 6 goals to their tally.
By quarter 3 you would expect Malvern to be slowing down with only 2 on the bench but this was our best quarter. We managed another goal and only let Chaddy get 3 past the keeper.

The final quarter was again a good one for Malvern with our third goal and Chaddy only managing 4 for the quarter.
Once again Malvern players received quite a few penalty calls some no doubt due to frustration in trying to block Chadstone attackers and trying to improve Malvern’s score.

Next week we play Altona away for the penultimate home & away game.
We defeated them 14 to 9 last time around so should have a good chance for a win next Saturday.

Quarter by quarter
Q1 Malvern 1 Chaddy 5
Q2 Malvern 1 Chaddy 11
Q3 Malvern 2 Chaddy 14
Q4 Malvern 3 Chaddy 18

Goal Scorers
Mez Clough – 1
Jake Coleman – 1
Callum Gerard – 1

Best on ground for Malvern
3 pts Adam Barnes
2 pts Mez Clough
1 pt Brendon Farrell

Division 3: vs Chadstone 17-5

Under 18′s: vs Chadstone

Under 16′s: vs Chadstone 17-2

Under 14′s: BYE

Under 12 Blacks: vs Chadstone Red 7-19

Both U12 teams ventured to Chadstone this week and with no U14′s we had all available U12′s on board. Taylah and Dylan were a welcome addition to the Blacks. With Lachlan taking a bullet in the shoulder early in the game Dylan volunteered to pull on the goalie gear for the first half. This had Chadstone on the back foot early with Dylan making some awesome saves. With great passing and team work our goal scorers this week were Chaps 3, Kaleb 2, Tom 1 and first gamer Chris 1. Our usual ground ball kings of Aaron , Rohan and Nathan continued to run rings around the opposition when the ball hit the deck. Maddie showed some impressive speed when she gets her long legs moving. Now, with the difficulty of keeping Paige off the field the challenge is to find a good match up. We found a Chadstone player with the same build and set Paige the task of running with her. With one week to go we will be working hard to help Jenna secure her elusive first goal. It will be great to get a crowd on Saturday morning at the town Hall as both Malvern teams take the field for the last time in 09.

Under 12 Reds: vs Chadstone Gold 12-10

CLUB EVENTS FOR YOUR DIARIES

Sat 29th August:	End of Season Club Night
September:	Lacrosse Finals
October:	Junior Presentation Day
Fri 2nd October:	Senior Presentation Night

NEWS FROM LACROSSE VICTORIA

POSITIONS AVAILABLE FOR PLAYERS, COACHES & MANAGERS FORALA INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 Event: ALA Indoor Lacrosse Championship 2009

Dates: 19th October – 24th October 2009
Venue: Puckhandlers & Hisense Arena,
Melbourne Victoria

All coaches, managers and players intending to trial for selection, are required to complete this Application Form and return to,

Email:   secretary@lacrossevictoria.com.au ; or
Fax:      9926 1393
Due By:   21 August 2009

Indoor Coach Manager Application Form

Indoor Senior Men Player Application Form Indoor

Indoor U15 Boys Player Application Form Indoor

Indoor Senior Women Player Application Form

LACROSSE VICTORIA’S ANNUAL PRESENTATION NIGHT

Venue: Life Saving Victoria—Sandridge Beach 200 The Boulevard, Port Melbourne

Date: 25th September 2009
RSVP: 18th September 2009
Time: 5.30pm
arrival. 6pm start
Cost: $64.00 per person—all clubs will be allocated a table of 10 Dress: Semi Formal

Each club is required to have 10 people attend

SECOND OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN A CLUB COACH CERTIFICATE

Only 20 places available – the first 20 successfully graduated in May

DATES: Mondays 24th and 31st August; starts 7pm both nights (a 6 hour course).

VEUE: MCC Clubrooms

COST: $25 which includes the Manual.

The balance of the course cost is met by Lacrosse Victoria. LV encourages each Club to contribute the $25 part of the cost.

Individuals can also apply.

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: Thursday 22 August.

Send applications to the Lacrosse Office.

THIS WEEK’S GAMES

9:30am	U12 Black	Chadstone Gold	HOME
9:30am	U12 Red	Camberwell Buzz	HOME
9:30am	U14	Surrey Park	AWAY
11:00am	U16	Altona	AWAY
11:00am	U18	Camberwell	AWAY
2:30pm	Div 3	Surrey Park	HOME
2:30pm	Div 1	Altona	AWAY
2:30pm	State League	Surrey Park	HOME

FIXTURES FOR REST OF SEASON

2009 Fixtures and Events

MALVERN LACROSSE 2009 CLUB GUIDE

Here is a link to an online version of the Malvern Lacrosse 2009 Club Guide. (6.4mb)

It contains information about Club Contact Details, History of the Club, Codes of Conducts, Opposition Ground Locations and Basic Rules of the Game so new Parents and Spectators can follow.