Message from Jane Claydon, the President of Lacrosse Scotland
By AndyP | October 29, 2009
Welcome to the new season.
I am writing to give you some news about what is going on in Lacrosse Scotland at the moment.
Leagues/ Clubs
The mixed league is now underway with Edinburgh Thistle narrowly beating St Andrew’s University 10-9 in the first match of the season. The first face off of the men’s league will take place shortly between Edinburgh City and Glasgow University in what is sure to be a hotly contested match. Keep a look out for the first league tables being published at the end of November once all teams should have at least one league match under their belts.
The Scottish Mixed Universities Tournament took place on 18th October. Edinburgh University won the tournament with the runners up being St Andrews. Thanks must go to Glasgow University who organised the event.
Rules and Umpiring
Lorna Powell organised a most successful training day for umpires in early October. It was very well attended.
Strategic Plan
I mentioned in the summer that sportscotland require Lacrosse Scotland to under take an audit. This is becoming an increasingly professional task and Sports Scotland is now employing consultants, to help National Governing Bodies undertake this task. Bruce Crawford has been appointed this week as the consultant for Lacrosse Scotland.
The Lacrosse Scotland Board has had three meetings with Calum Wood, our sportscotland Liaison Officer and board members met with Bruce Crawford towards the end of September. Bruce now plans to talk to some groups of the Lacrosse Scotland membership and will start with the Women’s/U19 Squads on 24th October. On 31st October Bertie Salmi will facilitate a similar session with those involved on the League day.
Following on from this, a questionnaire will be prepared and all members of Lacrosse Scotland will be able to express their views. Topics are likely to include Governance, Clubs, League, Subscriptions, Finance, Development, Rules and Umpiring, Volunteers and Coaches, Performance Squads, Fund Raising and Child Protection. Once the information is reviewed it will be consolidated into a report for the working group. The next stage is to draft a strategy, put in place an action plan, a financial plan and finally produce the document.
Dates for your diaries
In April 2010 Scotland will host the Women’s Home Internationals. Further details will be circulated in due course.
In July 2010 the Men’s World Cup will be taking place in Manchester. Further details about the event can be found on the Men’s World Cup website.
Jane Claydon
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