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Fizz Fashion Show - One for the ladies! - 15th March Poynton Sports Club 7.30pm

Race Night - One for all the family! - 30th March Poynton Sports Club 7.30pm

Junior Awards Night - Poynton Sports Club - 20th April Poynton Sports Club 7.30pm

Senior Awards Dinner - 27th April

I would like to take the opportunity to explain a bit further the proposed Christmas Senior fixture which has been scheduled for Bank Holiday Tuesday 27 th December with an 11:15am face off. The match “The Lost Blackbirds Trophy” will be played between 2 teams of Poynton players, (present and past) especially those currently away at University plus a few invited guests. Anyone who is aged 16 or over is very welcome to play and two balanced sides will be picked from those who want to play. One team will be managed by Jon Holmes and the other by myself. Unfortunately due to old injuries and recent operations, neither Jon or I are allowed to play on medical advice.

The concept of the game is to honour and remember those ‘Blackbirds’ that were still actively involved with Poynton Lacrosse Club when they sadly passed away. The club has organised for a trophy to be played for and “The Lost Blackbirds Trophy” will become an annual event to be played at Christmas weather permitting but if postponed will be held towards the end of the season. To begin with there will be 4 names on the new trophy and although the names of some may not be known to you all thought it might be interesting to give you a bit of a brief background on the 4 Lost Blackbirds whose names will be engraved on the Trophy

Jack Wilkinson (Passed away 1991) – Jack is the reason we have Lacrosse at Poynton as he was one of the key members who negotiated the move from Offerton to Poynton. Without Jack Poynton Lacrosse may never have existed which given the way we have grown is almost unthinkable. Jack was also president of the International Lacrosse Federation which at the time was probably the highest accolade in World Lacrosse and was also part of the governing bodies of English Lacrosse the ELA and NEMLA. Jack despite his world role always retained his interest in and passion for Poynton Lacrosse and was a regular spectator at most Poynton matches and active committee member until he passed away.

Sean Johnson ( Passed away 2001) – Without doubt this was the greatest tragedy to hit Poynton Lacrosse. Sean was only 15 at the time he passed away and was representing Poynton in the World Youth Games in London when he suddenly collapsed with no one near him and tragically did not recover. Sean was a member of the junior squad that contained players such as current 1 st captains Andy Worrall and Sam Davidson. It was so sad that we never got to see Sean’s full potential as a player but I am quite sure he would have been another one from a great junior team who made the grade at senior level as he was considered to be one of the best junior prospects at that time.

George Matthews (Passed away 2010) – George was another stalwart of the club and one of the original Offerton players who came to Poynton. George was both a great attack player and goalkeeper. Most juniors who came into senior Lacrosse were greeted by George with the words don’t shoot at the goal shoot at me and I will finish it off. We remember thinking this guy is crazy but did what we were told and were amazed at what he did as he virtually saved our shot and then flicked past the keeper. In goal he also used Bubble Wrap as additional padding and you could hear the pops as he saved shots. George was another who stayed with the club when his playing days were over and took on roles such as Membership Secretary and Treasurer and was another regular spectator at most Poynton matches.

Adam ‘Jibber’ Kendrick (Passed away 2011) – Sadly we lost Adam earlier this year and was another one who tragically was too young to be taken from us. Adam by his own admission was never the greatest of Lacrosse players but was the type of person that every club needs. Jibber as he was fondly known was happy to be involved and would do what he could to help anybody out and turn out for any team he was asked to play for. He was so proud to have played a handful of 1 st games but was just as happy playing for the ‘B’ and had a season as Captain of the ‘Mighty ‘B’. When he stopped playing Adam was often seen at matches with his camera and has captured many of us in full flow. Not only was Adam a great Lacrosse Club member he was also proud to be a member of Poynton Sports Club.

Although the game will be in memory of all ‘The Lost Blackbirds’, this years’ game will be dedicated to Adam, as we lost him this year. It is hoped that Adam’s wife Gill will honour us by presenting the trophy to the winning team. Hopefully we won’t be adding too many names to the Trophy in the near future but it is important that the Poynton Lacrosse Family stick together and remember those who sadly are no longer with us. Please, please support the game if you can and get in touch with any ex players that you know and see if they want to play or come down and watch and have a beer or two after the game. Please let me know if you can play.

Cheers

JP

PS: If you would like to play in the ‘Lost Blackbirds Trophy’ please contact me by e-mail at : john@3parrys.co.uk

Join us for our Mexican themed fancy dress disco on Saturday 19th November. Tickets just £5 from Andy Worrall, Sam Davidson and James Shaw.

Our Annual General Meeting will take place on Tuesday 13th September at 8.10pm.

All club members are welcome and it would be great to see any Senior players and Junior parents at the meeting. Please come along if you can!

Agenda:

Members present & apologies for absence.

Minutes of the AGM dated 15th October 2010.

Secretaries Report

Finance Managers Report

Chairmans Report.

To elect Officers for the year 2011 / 2012.

Any Other Business.

J. Farmer
Hon. Sec.
30 th August 2011

 

We are delighted to announce that Poynton Lacrosse Club Junior Section has been selected by Waitrose as one of three local organisations for the month of December to benefit from their 'Community Matters' initiative. This is a fantastic opportunity for the Club to raise some much-needed funds for junior development and equipment purchases.

We Need Your Help! - Every time you shop at the new Waitrose store in Poynton village you will be given a green token which you can deposit in the Poynton Lacrosse Club box at the store exit. At the end of December, tokens are counted and this month's Community Fund for will be shared between the three causes relative to the number of tokens collected.

Please can we ask everybody to support this fantastic initiative which really could benefit our club enormously. Please bear in mind that you will receive a token EVERY TIME you shop at Waitrose, so please do all you can to support the scheme.

May we also take this opportunity to thank Waitrose for their very kind support of our Club.

Visit the Waitrose Poynton Branch webpage here

Simon Crowther
Under 12's Coach