2010/2011 NEW SEASON TRAINING CONTINUES THIS SUNDAY at 10.30am.
Dear Parents of existing and new Junior Lacrosse Players,
We are off to a great start for the new season and welcome all the new members who joined this weekend!
We have secured a strong coaching platform for the Reigate Dragonflies to build on, after a very successful first year of girls and ladies team sport, we now look forward to the first fixtures later this month.
Seniors now train on Monday nights starting in a week’s time on the 13th. Please Contact Suzie Taylor to register your interest- number below.
We are delighted to have secured a great programme of fixtures for the coming months, culminating in a repeat of the highly successful Southern Tournament, which for 2011 has already attracted even more Clubs than those who attended last year.
We have also secured an exceptional team of skilled coaches for players at every level to develop their fitness, stick skills and enjoy quality team based sport, whilst making new friends for the coming season.
Juniors’ training starts this coming Sunday the 5th of September at the Priory Cricket Club Ground at 10.30am to meet the highly experienced coaching team and
catch up with team mates and meet new members. Equipment for 1st time players is available, but please ensure that any one you are bringing along for the first time brings a mouth guard.
For the 2010/ 2011 season we have put the focus strongly on ensuring players get a real feeling of being part of a team and for the first time will have sections for the U11 - 12s, U13s and U14-15s, so please do ask any of your school friends along who would enjoy coming to this training session to do so. We have a structure to assist players of all lacrosse experience from the first time player to those with lots of match experience.
For this season we are offering to freeze club fees to the 2009 prices for the first two weeks of this season, prior to the proposed increase for the 2011 season, so please do get your subs in ASAP. For details please do see the web site and I have enclosed a membership form with a recent Email.
Players can see the new team kits details and personalised hoodies on the day.I have also sent out a kit order form for those members who want to take advantage of the special MKK launch prices we have secured from the supplier.
For Sunday can I ask all parents to spend a few minutes at 10.30 drop off giving your Childs details to the club officials and have a quick cup of tea with us as we ensure we have an up to date record of those attending for the new season.
Again to make Sunday as slick as possible, could I ask you to Email to let us know you are coming to the first training session so we have a good idea of the age groups we will be running ahead of the day. See you on Sunday.
John Hodgkinson,
Chonell Roy 0770 6191 751 (Memberships)
John Hodgkinson 07840 607366 (Fixtures)
Susie Taylor 07973 567 491 (Seniors)
Ray Wood 07877 337 364 (Coaches)
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DRAGONFLIES MAKE WAVES!
The Dragonflies lacrosse Club held a tournament in the glorious sunshine last weekend, with their U14 Purple team coming away as champions in their age group.
The competition, held at the Old Reigations Ground, was attended by nine different teams and more than 100 girls.
In the tournament Cobham emerged as winners over Brooklands (Manchester) in the U12s section with Reigate finishing in 3rd place.
In the U14 section Reigate entered two teams with Dragonflies Purple victorious over Guildford and Dragonflies White ending in 4th spot.
Guildford proved tough opposition in the final, but sound defence and Goals from Ella Hodgkinson, Kristan Roy and Ellie Ballard saw Reigate Home.
The Reigate Dragonflies were only established in July last year but already have more than 60 members and we can only see the sport gaining more interest in the coming year.
"Our Aim is grow the club and we have had an amazing response. We hope to expand our ladies side next year as there seem to be a lot of ladies interested in playing next year".
HOODIES A number of members have not collected their hoodies, please do so asap.
STICKERS. We have some club stickers for sale. £1 Al proceeds to club funds.
RECYCLING DO NOT FORGET TO KEEP YOU OLD CARTRIDGES/PHONES/TESCO VOUCHERS ETC. WE CAN TURN THEM INTO CASH! RW contacts email
RESULTS FROM LAST SEASON
SENIOR
V SEVENOAKS H lost 9-19
V SEVENOAKS A lost 6-10
V CRANBROOK A Lost 8-13
V KENT UNIV H conceded by Kent
V CRANBROOK H conceded by Cranbrook
V KENT UNIV A conceded by Kent
INVICTA TOURNAMENT 3RD PLACE
JUNIOR
V STOWE A won 5-4V STOWE A drew 4-4
v COBHAM H won 16-6V CRANBROOK A lost 5-12
V SEVENOAKS A lost 1-11
V COBHAM U13 lost 9-12
V COBHAM U15 won 7-6
V CRANBROOK U15 lost 13-16
V TASIS u13 won 17-1
Ray Remembers! 1929
Well, I am repeating this as 1929 was a good year. On 20th February Reigate beat Surbiton 11-2 at home and then the next day beat King’s College of H & S S 9-3 away. Just a few days later on Feb 25th South with 2 Reigate players beat Midlands 5-4 at Malvern. Straker and Whitehead were the 2 Reigate players. On March 4th South beat North 4-3 at Aigburth and then went on to beat West 11-2 at Merton on March 9th South were Territorial Champions that year. On March 7th Reigate beat Byfleet 9-3. Another satisfactory season was almost over!Do not forget that although the Dragonflies are new, we have a proud heritage . The Reigate Ladies were an awesome team!
Ray Remembers!
1929 . On 20th February Reigate beat Surbiton 11-2 at home and then the next day beat King’s College of H & S S 9-3 away.
Just a few days later on Feb 25th South with 2 Reigate players beat Midlands 5-4 at Malvern. Straker and Whitehead were the 2 Reigate players. On March 4th South beat North 4-3 at Aigburth and then went on to beat West 11-2 at Merton on March 9th South were Territorial Champions that year . On March 7th Reigate beat Byfleet 9-3. Another satisfactory season was almost over!
RAY REMEMBERS The Archives. With all this snow, it take me back 30 years, when I was captain of Buckhurst Hill (Essex), to a match we played when 6ins of snow had fallen prior to a game we had against a university team from the US. To save the game, we got the groundsman to run the tractor over the pitch dragging a chain harrow . This compressed the snow, but lightly brushed the surface and gave enough texture to take a stud. We then chipped out the markings and the game was on. Not perfect, An orange ball stood out against the snow. The yanks beat us on the pitch, but not in the bar!
Ray Remembers- The Archives
In the 30’s international matches were played at the end of the season over a period of about a month . England led by Reigate’s Val Straker beat Scotland in Manchester on 19th March 12-6 and then went to Belfast to play Ireland on 1st April, again winning 19-0. Reigate’s M Whitehead scored 4 goals . Finally they played Wales on 9th April. The Irish match was the first ever international match in Belfast. Only a small lacrosse population in Ireland , but by 1939 , they could claim to be the 2nd best team in world behind England. Lacrosse died in Ireland , but just recently some efforts have been made to start the game at Queens University , Belfast. In South , Lacrosse has a foothold again.
