Oxford University Lacrosse Club

And so ends another season of Oxford lacrosse. Despite an uncertain start and a mid-season wobble, we managed eventually to turn ourselves into a decent match-winning side. Our new captain has a good basis on which to build as we enter a new league structure.

The AGM was held on the 21st April 2008. The following were elected as the club committee for the forthcoming year:

Claire Strauss - President
Olly Proudfoot - Secretary
Jo Edworthy - Treasurer

Many thanks to the outgoing committee for their work over the last year.

Congratulations to those chosen for the Blues squad:

Jen Ayers
Daisy Barlow
Alex Carruthers (v.c.)
Sophie Caulfeild
Anne Christianson
Vic Crawford
Steph Hardwick
Kate Hobday
Amy Jordan
Tally Lister
Rosie Price
Emma Readman
Els Sobczyk (captain)
Claire Strauss
Leah Templeman
Oli Valner (v.c.)

Congratulations to those chosen for the Swifts squad for Varsity 2008:

Louise Ainley
Lucia Bird
Jo Edworthy
Nikki Emerson
Becky Foden
Georgie Hart
Denise Ho
Emily Horn
Carolyn Martin (captain)
Hannah Meszaros-Martin
Sophia Pilkington-Miksa
Alexa Saller
Cordelia Shackleton
Lavinia Singer
Ellie Stoneham
Beth Stone
Alison Wright

Travelling en-mass to the cold, windy tab homeland a large Oxford squad recorded a dominant league victory over their light blue counterparts. Straight from the off, Oxfords experienced first midfield string ripped into the tabs with Howie netting two without answer in the first five minutes as the pace and skill of the Blues proved too much for the tab midfield. This was to set the tone for the day with Oxford's experienced american trio of Chris, Tie and Ben tormenting the opposition defence and only Cambridge's scotland-hopeful goalie keeping the score respectable.

Saturday saw the men's lacrosse team travel to Birmingham to compete in a midlands BUSA tournament hoping to better their second place finish last year. Things started well with a 5-1 win over Birmingham before stuttering slightly against a fired-up Loughborough side who took an early lead before the blues began to assert their dominance. A string of saves from the Loughborough goalie kept the score 1-1. Next up was a hotly anticipated clash with Cambridge that never lived up to its billing - the dark blues running out comfortable 4-0 victors.

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Welcome to the OULC website, and if you're new, welcome to Oxford. We're currently looking for new players to join our team, so if you're interested get in touch with me or come along to one of the training sessions. Details of when we play are available on the training page.

Men's lacrosse is a Discretionary Blue sport in Oxford. This means that everybody who plays in the Varsity Match (versus Cambridge in March) receives at least a Half-Blue, with up to four people receiving a Full-Blue at the captain's discretion. We are one of the oldest lacrosse clubs in the country, and were the first sport in Oxford to be awarded a Half-Blue, playing our first Varsity Match against Cambridge in 1903.

We are currently in the SEMLA East Division 1. For more information about the league, visit the SEMLA website.

James

Welcome to the Oxford University Women’s Lacrosse Club, one of the highest
achieving clubs at the University, which is awarded a Full Blue. The Women’s
Blues have not only won their Varsity match in the 2007-2008 season, but are
also champions of the BUSA South Premier League and have been semi-finalists in
the BUSA championships for the past three years, placing them among the top four
university teams in the country. The Women’s Second Team (the Swifts) are equally
successful in the Southern First division, beating teams such as Nottingham.

Blues:

Gina Blackwell, St Edmund Hall
Alex Carruthers, University
Rusty Cashman, St Hilda's
Sophie Caulfeild, New
Victoria Crawford, St Anne's
Lizzie Crouch, Lady Margaret Hall
Daisy Fox (Vice-captain), New
Michelle Goulty (Captain), Somerville
Rosie Price, Brasenose
Emma Readman, St Edmund Hall
Eloise Sobczyk (GK), Balliol
Claire Strauss, Trinity
Rachel Turner, Oriel
Oli Valner, St Edmund Hall
Alexandra Willis, Lady Margaret Hall

Swifts:

Jen Ayres, St Edmund Hall
Anair Beverly, New
Claire Blackburn, St Peter's
Becky Blandford, St Cross
Katie Burrows, Christ Church