Inaugural Australian Lacrosse Club Championship

[lukeoz]

Australian Club Championships

Saturday 7 June 2008 @ Finsbury Reserve astroturf, corner Park Avenue & Northgate Street, Woodville North, South Australia (West Torrens LC home ground)

Featuring last year's premiers from the Victorian and South Australian Men's and Women's Lacrosse State Leagues.

Women's Game 6.00pm = Glenelg v Newport

Men's Game to follow = Woodville v Eltham

Prize money Team = $2500, plus MVP Prizes, Door Prizes.

After Party till Late - Tattersalls Hotel, Euro Bar (http://www.myspace.com/eurobartattersalls), 17 Hindley Street, Adelaide



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(Note: West Australian teams were invited this year but declined, but have shown interest for next year)

[NALC24]

this will be good, will it be moving around from state to state , year to year?

[lukeoz]

no idea, we will see how this first one goes i suppose!

[aus_panther]

Great Initiative Luke. I hope Eltham get the best team in and they turn it on in SA!

Prizemoney as well, awesome!

[lukeoz]

not my initiative, but a great one, agreed! go the warriors!

[whistleblower]

So far Elthams team will be close to full strength....but a few missing!

[NALC24]

lets hope that woodville can get there act together and kick a vic

[aus_panther]

Do the Inge's still play for Woodville?

[lukeoz]

Yes, though Pete is usually in attack now, hasn't played midfield for a couple of seasons.

[dedwards]

this will be good, will it be moving around from state to state , year to year?


Only if someone from the other states fork out the cash for sponsorship and prizemoney.

[whistleblower]

Hows the hype in Adelaide for the Big games on Saturday? Should be a ripper time!

Bravo to the Brain child or woman behind it!

I see the teams have been closed to finailsed...I'll try to send through a Roster for both teams!

[whistleblower]

ELTHAM PANTHERS

1 Wayde Kendall
2 Terry Sparks
3 Cale Brooks
4 Dan Hall
5 Nathan Stiglich
6 Darren Nicholas
7 Tim Fry
9 Locko Ross
10 Keith Nyberg
11 Ben Fleming
12 Steve Mackey
13 Steve Colautti
14 Scott Menze
15 Dan Stiglich
16 Andrew Millar
17 Ben Teasdale

Woodville Warriors
WOODVILLE
2 Jesse Whinnen
3 Michael Santi
4 Paul Zammit
5 Craig Schicker (cc)
6 James Inge (cc)
8 Mike Boerma
10 Charles Manning
13 Steven Fisher
14 Matthew Ryan
16 Jarrad Pangrazio
20 Adam Caldwell
21 Luke Oswald
22 Peter Inge (cc)
26 Peter Witcomb (cc)
32 Anthony Feleppa
33 Ben Zammit
34 Jeff Dowling
35 Greg Lazarus

[Dill.Lax36]

no mundell for panthers?
Smack's gonna do a sweet job in goals.
Dont really know any of the Woodville warriors, but obviously their a good side.
Should be a good game for those who are going to watch it.

But i'll put my money down on panthers considering they have a very strong side even if they arent at full strength.

Go panthers!!!

[lukeoz]

Hows the hype in Adelaide for the Big games on Saturday? Should be a ripper time!

Bravo to the Brain child or woman behind it!

I see the teams have been closed to finailsed...I'll try to send through a Roster for both teams!

This event is Courtney Inge (nee Hobbs)'s baby. Let's wish it every success, she has put a lot of money and effort into this thing (as well as Velocity Lacrosse who are also sponsoring the event). To all the lax community in SA, please come out and support this event to ensure its future. Anyone who is interstate, see if you can get a cheap jetstar flight! Hopefully Eltham and Newport can bring along a good crowd.

[snake]

No Mundell for panthers. Eltham is not sending its current state league team. It is sending it's 2007 grand final team (with 2 changes due to player unavailability only) because that is what the event is all about. It is meant to be the 2 premiership teams duking it out for the glory of the Australian Club Champion title.

This will be a great event, so get to the game and support it. If you are in Melb, $200 will get you a return flight. The mens game starts at 8:20pm so you could fly over after your sat arvo game and still make it.

Good luck to all involved.

Go Panthers :)

[cannon]

Good luck to all, especially the event organisers, this is a bold initiative and one that should be supported.

I reckon that whoever wins will be putting a great proportion of the prizemoney across the bar anyway!

Good to see young Whip is CC of the Peckers.

[whistleblower]

Wow nearly 50% of Woodvilles team is either a Captain or an American!

[lukeoz]

Wow nearly 50% of Woodvilles team is either a Captain or an American!

... or Captain America

[Dill.Lax36]

... or Captain America

haha.. good call.

[aus_panther]

Just out curiosity is the championship game going to be on any kind of television in Australia?

We wish!

No, sadly lacrosse is a very small sport in this country. The state championships (Australian Lacrosse League) where the 3 major lacrosse playing states compete against each other have, in the past, been on 'cable' television but this game will certainly not be.

These games are a one off contest between the top club teams from victoria and sth australia (mens and womens). Hopefully it becomes a tradition

[backpackersLAX]

hay guys sounds like a good thing to bring to lacrosse, but only one thing its around the time of the u19's n u17's nationals... good team lists for both should be a ripper game.

[backpackersLAX]

my bad thought said july, ignor my post

[aus_panther]

who are the seppos?

[lukeoz]

who are the seppos?

jeff dowling, mike boerma and greg lazarus are our guest players this season, all from st michael's college in vermont ... plus mark agostinelli who ruptured BOTH his ACLs in a college game earlier this year but decided to come over anyway as he is looking at work opportunities too

[diggity]

Hey just got back from OS. (spain. amazing!!) Whats all this about? What a great idea! Would love to play in this although I think its gonna be a while before we win SL. (Or I even make it). I know Eltham but not too sure on Woodville. Am I right that the inge brothers play there. Are they any good. I assume they are as they won last year but can anyone shed any light on a possible outcome?

[lax.com.au]

woodville got up by 2 over eltham in a tight game.
think the score was 14-12.

didnt see the womens, but i beleive newport are taking home the oversized cheque.

[aus_panther]

Interesting result.

How was the event? and the after party?

[lukeoz]

well, winners are grinners, and i'm a freakin' cheshire cat right now!!

in the women's game, newport beat glenelg 20-16 in overtime, after it was 15-all at full time

the men's game saw woodville beat eltham 13-11 in a thriller of a game

the night was a great advertisement for the concept of a national club championship - close games played top quality and at high intensity ... you could see how much all teams wanted to win, and i think it was despite the prizemoney on offer (but we're happy to take it!)

hope to see this event become a regular fixture on the australian lacrosse calendar, and see some teams from the west come over next time

GO WARRIORS!!

[lukeoz]

score from saturday's men's game

Woodville 3 4 3 3 - 13
Eltham___ 6 2 2 1 - 11

MVP: Peter Inge (Woodville)

Goals:
Woodville: Greg Lazarus 6, Michael Santi 4, Mike Boerma 1, James Inge 1, Peter Inge 1

Eltham: Nathan Stiglich 4-1, Wayde Kendall 2-2, Darren Nicholas 2, Scott Menze 1, Andrew Millar 1, Tim Fry 1

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photos were taken for both games and can be found at www.sasportsimages.com (http://www.sasportsimages.com)

[whistleblower]

Excellent tournament - even if the Panthers didn't pull off the win!

The people that arranged and organised the Championship need a MEDAL!

Well done to the Warriors after being down by 4 goals at one stage.

Looking forward to the rematch!

[laxorgy]

Watched the game.
Very high standard game. While the panthers got done over by the Refs, they had their chances to win the game and all cred to Woodville for coming back and winning. The ALC need to have a look at the game, because games like that will lift the standard of Lax here in Australia.

[dedwards]

Pics of the games are up on:

SA Sports Images (http://www.sasportsimages.com/)

[Jakelax]

this is awesome! for my senior trip im going to make it down there to see some aussie lax, since im considering attending college down there, and still want to play lacrosse.

[dennycrane05]

great concept guys. looking forward to the next one.

just out of curiosity, who declined on behalf of WA? and by WA i mean East Freo?

[lukeoz]

I don't know, I imagine it would have been whoever directs the senior men's teams