Lacrosse SA is the peak body for lacrosse in South Australia, managing competitions for Women and Men, and Girls and Boys from age 8.
The main field lacrosse season runs from April to September, but there are other competitions as well - Indoor Contact, Indoor "Sof-crosse", pre-season competitions and University and High School competitions.
You can find the name of Club Secretaries on the contacts page.
Lacrosse! Play it, live it, love it!
Congratulations to Westminster School for winning the senior division and St Michael's College for winning the junior division of the Girls' High School Lacrosse Competitions.
Westminster rounded off a dominant season by winning 15-6 against a young Cabra team in their first season in this competition.
St Michael's rebounded from last week's defeat to newcomers Marymount, after a tight first half, beating them 12-8 in the junior final.
Walford defeated St Peter's Girls to claim third place in the senior division, while in the Saints' Derby in the junior division, SPGS White defeated SPGS Blue for bronze.
Many thanks to all schools for your support of the High School Competition. Thanks also to the umpires for their excellent work in their crucial roles, and to the coaches and staff who volunteered their time at trainings and match days. The standard of play for the competition has grown year on year, and hope to see continued growth in numbers and standard of school lacrosse in the years to come! If you would like to discuss with me further opportunities and pathways for lacrosse at your school, please do not hesitate to contact Luke Oswald.
Thanks also goes to Luke for organising and running the competition.
Congratulations to Rostrevor College on winning both the senior and junior divisions of the Boys' High School Competition.
The junior team defeated Immanuel 14-6, while the senior team were pushed for most of the game by the Immanuel Scrags before running away in the last quarter to win an entertaining contest 12-7.
The level of improvement shown by all players was remarkable and hope all participants enjoyed the opportunity to play lacrosse.
Many thanks to all schools for your support of the High School Competition, to the referees for ensuring games were well officiated and under control, and to the coaches and staff who volunteered their time at trainings and match days.
Luke Oswald
Director of Development, Lacrosse SA
As a volunteer at your club, you will require a South Australian Police Check. If you do not currently have a police check - please click on 'more' for instructions on how to obtain one.
Click on 'more' for newsletter #2 regarding the Aussie Sharks.
Newsletter #1 attached.
Go you Sharks!
Sue Morgan
Administration & Marketing Manger
AUSTRALIAN MEN'S LACROSSE TEAM 2014
A new free Play by the Rules online training course is now available.
The course features two modules - 'Child Protection' and 'Harassment and Discrimination' - which replace all of the previous online training courses. The course is succinct, user-friendly and features the latest interactive technology, including case studies, practical scenarios and a quiz. It is suitable for coaches, administrators, officials, players, parents and spectators.
ALA Director of High Performance Paul Mollison, together with Head Coach Glenn Meredith, is pleased to announce the following appointments for the Australian Men’s Team 2014.
Manager John Keesing
Finance Manager Karen Meredith
Marketing Manager Sue Morgan
Assistant Coach Chris Baker
Assistant Coach Peter Brown
Assistant Coach Murray Keen
Medical Officer/Physiotherapist Rick Tillotson
Team Analyst Rod Ansell
Team Statistician Phil Ackland
The Australian Team will complete for the FIL 2014 World Championship, 10 – 19 July, to be held in Denver USA. http://www.filacrosse.com
For more information regarding the Coaching and Management personnel click on more.
LSA Director of Coaching Lynton Arscott is seeking aplications for
U/18 Boy's Coach for the National Championships, July 8th-14th, Adelaide and
U/15 Girl's Coaches for the National Tournament, October 1st-7th, Melbourne
Coaching & Management forms are available in the Info, Forms & Downloads section under LSA forms
For more information contact Lynton Arscott at coachingdirector@lacrossesa.com.au
You are invited to attend the first ORS club development seminar for 2012 on Sunday February 26 (10-1pm) at AAMI Stadium.
Interactive workshops will cover understanding and developing club ‘culture’, how clubs are meeting the latest Child Safe legislation requirements and planning ideas to help your club become a STARCLUB.
For more details please click on more for a flyer or go to http://forms.bizgate.sa.gov.au/recsport/conference/ to register.
Week 2 :
Girls:
Senior Section: Walford 6 drew Cabra 6; Westminster 22 def St Peter’s Girls 0
Junior Section: St Michael’s 12 def Marymount 4; St Peter’s White 11 def St Peter’s Blue 9
Boys:
Senior Section: Rostrevor 7 def Immanuel 4
Junior Section: Rostrevor 9 def Immanuel 3
Week 1 :
Girls’ Senior Division: Cabra 9 def St Peter’s Girls 8; Westminster 12 def Walford 0.
Girls’ Junior Division: Marymount 8 def St Peter’s Girls White 4; St Peter’s Girls Blue def St Michael’s on forfeit
Please find attached an open letter, by Graham Sharpe the ALA Director of Officiating, inviting expressions of interest for people to be involved with a new national body for the development and management of umpiring in Australia, under the auspices of the ALA.
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Please provide feedback and contacts to Graham so that this very important area can be acted on as soon as possible.
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Vivienne Parker-White
Director of Administration
ALA
www.lacrosse.com.au
vivienne.j@hotkey.net.au
LSA Director of Coaching Lynton Arscott is pleased to announce the apppointment of Cath Conaghty to the position of Head Coach for the Senior Women's State Team which will compete in the ALA National Championships in Perth, 10th - 13th October.
Have you seen the LSA facebook page? Look forward to a flurry of likes!
Please note that the ALA Board has ratified the appointment of the Team Manager to the Australian Women's Team 2013.
ALA is very pleased to announce that Kate Simpson has been appoint to this role.
Please see the ALA website www.lacrosse.com.au for further information.
Vivienne Parker-White
Director of Administration
ALA
vivienne.j@hotkey.net.au
Interested in playing Lacrosse at college in the US. Jacksonville Division I women's team is looking for Overseas players.
For information & links please click on more.
"We are a PE and Sport specific recruitment agency from the UK and are currently seeking a Head of Lacrosse for a prestigious Independent (fee paying) School in the UK. The candidates will teach PE but ultimately take charge of Lacrosse, a sport which the school places a great deal of importance. The position will start in September 2012
Many thanks to the 81 people who took the time to respond to our recent survey of the lacrosse community regarding its understanding and perceptions of the governance of Lacrosse SA.
The results of this survey, the Club survey and Board self evaluation have assisted the Board in the current governance review project.
The results of the Community are attached. Thanks once again if you were a responder!
With support from the Office for Recreation and Sport we have been undertaking a Governance Review which has included an update of the LSA Strategic Plan.
The framework for the plan including "Strategic Platforms" and Key Objectives under those platforms has been agreed on folloing input from the Board, the Clubs, and the Lacrosse community.
There is further work to be done, but the framework is attached for your Play it! Live It! Love It! interest.
The ALA Rules for Season 2012 are now on the ALA website. The Rules have been amended to include the Variations introduced by the FIL in 2011, and shall be the Rules used in all Australian National Competitions as of this date.
ALan Chiron
Referee in Chief (Men’s) ALA
ALA is proud to announce the appointment of Max Madonia as Head Coach of the Australian Women’s Team 2013.
The team will compete for the FIL 2013 Women’s World Cup, to be held in Oshawa Ontario, 11 – 20 July 2013.
The Australian Women’s team has a first class history on the world stage with a Silver Medal in 2009 after the narrowest of margins, 8-7 to USA. In 2005, under the helm of Max, they also secured a coveted Gold Medal, defeating USA 14 – 7.
ALA wishes to inform Member Associations, Umpires, TD's and players that the revised 2011-2014 Women's Rule Book has been edited and is now available on the FIL website at www.filacrosse.com/?fileid=rules.
All of the clarifications and changes to Rule 3 & 25, Manufacturers Specifications are in blue. The Table of Contents has also changed some due to lengthy editing.
These changes take effect immediately.
Please Note: The Debeer "Gripper Pocket" will be legal for FIL play until January 1, 2013.
Sports Coach and Sports Official online magazines are available on the Australian Sports Commission (ASC) website. The magazines provide valuable information for coaches and officials of all sports on areas including sports science, roles and responsibilities, nutrition, psychology and planning, and feature new technology as well as profiles of successful coaches and officials.
As you may have heard LSA, with the support of the Office for Recreation and Sport is undergoing a review of its Strategic Plan and Board Structure.
As part of this review an assessment of achievements of the current Strategic Plan was undertaken by the Board and is attached here for your interest.
Club Leaders are attending a forum this Monday 21/11/2011 at Lacrosse SA Headquarters where a further assesment of where we are at and where we should be going will be undertaken. Got some ideas? Contact your Club Secretary or President.
