Footscray Lacrosse Club Inc
Club in Maribyrnong

Support and enhance the sport of Lacrosse. Produce innovative and close pathways for participation for all Victorians, in the sport of Lacrosse. For our sport to govern successfully, we need a keen group of people to nominate for positions on these Advisory Groups. This gives people the chance to support the sport, get an insight into the running of Lacrosse and can act as an introduction for taking on a position on the Board in the future, if desired. We understand that everyone is brief of spare time. Prosperous applicants will have the following skills: Talking with lacrosse legend, Henry Williams. Their best ever placing is second which they achieved in 1992 and 1996. Willie Klan got the start in goal and played three quarters while making two saves and allowing impartial one goal. Sowers looked like Wayne Gretzky from behind the net, commanding the X and distributing passes with precision behind drawing double teams. His prowess around the net left fans in the crowd in awe. The Association comprised two teams, Williams town and the YWCA and the beginning coaching session saw 30 girls in attendance. The beginning official match of the Association was played at Lauriston Girls School in Malvern. Lacrosse Victoria is currently accepting interest in sponsorship for the current season and major events. Native American ball games often involved hundreds of players. Customary lacrosse games were sometimes major events that could end abundant days. The game began with the ball being hit against the refs head and the two sides rushing to capture it. Because of the important number of players involved, these games generally tended to involve a massive mob of players swarming the ball and slowly moving across the field. Each of these cities have State League competitions for both men and women, which lure overseas players (the majority from the United States) who are hosted by local clubs to assist strengthen their teams as healthy as thrive junior lacrosse programs. The majority of teams, both senior and junior, in lacrosse competition throughout Australia are club teams, with a small scanty schools and university teams that participate in club competition. Interstate competition, a legacy from the time when Australia consisted of its partition colonies, is a feature of many sports in Australia, lacrosse being no exception. Behind four years, however, a lack of urge from South Australia and Victoria due to the increasing cost of participating the ALLstyle competition saw the national championship revert to the customary carnival format in 2008. The success of the inaugural event has led to the club national championships returning in 2009 with an expanded format, involving the premiers of the three major lacrosse playing states, plus a savage card entry from one of those states to create a last four formats. Despite having only a trivial fraction of the playing pool of other countries, Australia have won two senior women's world championships (in 1986 and in 2005), as well as the inaugural Lower 19 world championship in 1995.

The pioneer of lacrosse in Australia was a Canadian, Lamb ton L. He came to the Victorian goldfields as a fourteen year worn with his family in 1853 but it was not until 1875 that he was moved to revive his early boyhood memories of lacrosse. Behind watching the football last between Carlton and Melbourne in that year it occurred to him that lacrosse was a superior game. The History of Men's Lacrosse in Victoria is a fascinating read, and can be downloaded here. The Association comprised two teams, Williams town and the YWCA and the beginning coaching session saw 30 girls in attendance. The inaugural President was an English woman, Miss Nell Rawlins, who played with the YWCA. The trophy was named behind Captain James Fearon of Williams town, who was renowned as a staunch and liberal supporter of lacrosse. The first official match of the Association was played at Lauriston Girls School in Malvern.