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.

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.

If you haven't already, please sign up for the website. Squad lists, Alumni lists, committee details, etc. are all generated from user profiles, so if you don't sign up, you won't show up in the squad list!

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

Mehmet Noyan (2) Exeter
Brian Hoffman (3) Hertford
Brian Goodman (6) Worcester
Dave Howie (9) St John's
Nick Milburn (10) Pembroke
Brett Wilkinson (11) University
Dave Longworth (16) St Catherine's
Edward Salter (Captain) (19) University
Ash Rust (20) Exeter
Jason Shell (21) Brasenose
Solomon Pomerantz (30) St Hugh's
Peter Cay (32) St Edmund Hall
Tim Jenkins (33) Brasenose
Ed Crammond (34) Corpus Christi
James Paget (40) Brasenose
James Smith (59) Keble

Welcome, one and all, to the new Oxford Lacrosse website. For several years the OULC site has been badly maintained and provided very little useful information. Hopefully, this new site will encourage club members to visit it more regularly and keep the content up-to-date.

If you have any suggestions about what might make the site better, please get in touch with me and I'll do my best to incorporate any new ideas.

James