Australian Lacrosse Association

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The news section has been moved to the top menu, and will still contain details of current happenings.

FIL Men's World Championship 2010

Congratulations to the 2010 Men's Australian Team who won BRONZE in the FIL World Lacrosse Championships. Their 7 goal win over Japan, who finished the round robin stage of the event in 3rd place, one above the Australians, was a result of determination and skill, which saw them retain their 3rd place in world rankings. CONGRATULATIONS AUSTRALIA.

Results for Australia are as follows:

Fri 16 July USA def Australia 21 - 5

Sat 17 July Australia def England 10 - 8 (Full time 8-8. Overtime 2-0)

Sun 18 July Canada def Australia 19 - 5

Mon 18 July Japan def Australia 11 - 9

Tues 19 July Australia def Germany 22 - 4

Wed 20 July Australia def Scotland 19 - 11

Thur 21 July Canada def Australia 15 - 6 (semi-final)

Sat 23 July Australia def Japan 16 - 9 (bronze medal play-off)

Please visit the event website on www.2010worldlacrosse.com for all results.

U15 Boy's and Girls National Tourament:

This event will be held in Adelaide, SA from Saturday 25 Sept - Friday 1 October. For further information, please visit LSA website on lacrossesa.com.au

Australian Men's Indoor Team 2011 staff appointments:

ALA is pleased to announce the following appointments:

Rob MacDougall Assistant Coach

Brent Matthews Assistant Coach

Jane Edwards Financial Coordinator

Jeff Williams Strength and Conditioning Coach

Paul Clough Manager (Operations)

Ric Benedierks welcomes the above individuals to his staff, and looks forward to the coming 10 months of preparation.

U17 Boy's and U19 Men's National Championship results:

Congratulations to the WA U17 team and the Victorian U19 team who are their respective 2010 National Champions. In the U17's, WA d Victoria 21-8 in a resounding victory while Victoria won by the narrowest of margins, 11-10 in the U19's. For all results, please visit the U17 Boy's and U19's Men section of National competition, or visit www.lacrossewa.com.au

Staff positions for U19 Men's World Championship 2012

Please be advised of the following dates in relation to the remaining staff positions for this team:

1 August Positions to be advertised, with PD's available from this date from
ALA Director of Administration, Vivienne Parker-White

September             Closing date for positions

7 Sept - 12 Sept      Applicants shortlisted & Interviews organised

20 - 26 Sept            Interviews held

1 Oct                     Announcement of appointments

Senior National Change of venue and dates

A review of dates and location arrangements, by Lacrosse Victoria, for the 2010 Senior Nationals, has resulted in the following changes to previous information provided:

Dates: Sunday 3^rd – Saturday 9^th October

Location: Melbourne

Lacrosse Victoria extends its apologies to all Member Associations for these changes and will advise the event venue as soon as possible.

After a rigorous and innovative selection process, chaired by Jenny Williams (past Australian player and World Cup 1997 Women's Head Coach), the ALA has much pleasure in announcing that Mark Mangan has been appointed as Head Coach for the U19 Australian Men's Team 2012. For the full media annoucement, please see the U19 Men's 2012 section of Australian Teams.

ALA will shortly be calling for applications for remaining staff positions, as well as providing information regarding squad applications.

Ric Benedierks announced as Head Coach for the Indoor Men's Australian Team 2011

After a rigorous and innovative selection process, chaired by Jenny Williams (past Australian player and World Cup 1997 Women's Head Coach), the ALA has much pleasure in announcing that Ric Benedierks has been appointed as Head Coach for the Indoor Australian Men's Team 2011. For the full media annoucement, please see the Men's Indoor 2011 section of Australian Teams.

Australian Men's Indoor Squad 2011 announced

Please go to Australian Teams, Indoor Men 2011 for a full squad list.

Shooting from the Hip with Australia/Maryland midfielder Adam Sear

Inside Lacrosse has recently interviewed Adam Sear. The following excerpt and photo has been taken from the Inside Lacrosse website. To read more, including hearing an interview with Adam, please the click below.

"There’s no greater honor in sports than representing one’s country in international competition. Adam Sear’s a hard-shooting midfielder who spent the last four years stateside with the Terps, but he’s looking forward to draping himself in the green and yellow of Australia for this summer’s World Games in Manchester, England. IL sits down with Sear to talk about his next great endeavor". http://insidelacrosse.com/news/2010/05/25/inside-lacrosse-june-2010-issue-\shooting-hip-with-australiamaryland-midfielder-adam

For more information, please go to http://www.umterps.com/sports/w-lacros/recaps/053010aad.html

Subscribe for Coaching and Officiating information

New 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.

Sports Coach online magazine has over 220 articles and Sports Official online magazine has over 70 articles. They replace the former Sports Coach and Officiating Australia hard copy magazines. New articles explore topics covered in the free coaching and officiating general principles programs (see coaching and officiating courses in related links below), which will provide extra information for coaches enrolled in these programs. To subscribe for email alerts for the Sports Coach and Sports Official magazines, register on the ASC subscriptions page, at http://www.ausport.gov.au/site_tools/subscribe

Stamp out doping in sport !

The Australian Sports Commission, via the Australia Sports Anti- Doping Authority has launched it's hard-hitting campaign which warns athletes of the risk of cheating through doping. For more information, visit the news section or visit www.asada.gov.au/education/reputation_email.html