Anyone Can Play
Lane Cove FC had another fantastic grand final win on Tuesday night at Blackman Park!
One of our O35s 6-aside teams beat SFC Alpha 7-2 and went through the entire season undefeated with 11 wins, only 1 draw and a goal difference of 62-11.
A big congratulations to this successful team!
Last night one of our Lane Cove teams won the grand final of the mixed all age 6-aside competition at Blackman Park!
This team is comprised of individuals from our WAA, MAA and O35s. It also contains some very important Board members – the President, Treasurer and Secretary of Lane Cove FC.
Thank you to Northern Suburbs Football Association who organised this Summer tournament and congratulations to the successful Lane Cove team!
LCFC would like to give a big congratulations to Evan from the U11 dev squad in 2017, who has won the 1500m at Nationals with a record time! This achievement sets Evan up well for full pitch in 2018 with the U12s!
At the Lane Cove FC AGM held Monday, 20 November 2017, the 2018 Board was elected.
The 10 new Board Directors are:
Thank you to all Board Directors for taking on this volunteer position to help grow and improve our community club!
We would also like to thank the outgoing 2017 Committee Members for their valuable contributions. These include Byron Harris, Nick Stathakis, Amy Clarke, Aizaz Syed and very importantly Mick Hone, who served on the committee for 21 years.
A group of seven year-olds who call themselves the Benfica Rockets, gathered at a residence in Lane Cove along with their support staff to watch the Socceroos in that crucial must-win FIFA World Cup qualifier in mid-November. The Rockets are a popular football team representing Lane Cove Football Club with great enthusiasm and panache in the local U8s competition.
The Rockets have played together for three years; starting their careers in the U6s. It has been three years of tears, laughter, laces coming undone, wins, losses that have felt like wins and post-game treats. The support staff around them aka parents and grandparents, have formed friendships that will stand the test of time and embody the true spirit of what a community like Lane Cove is all about. It is also testament to the very important role team sports play in a community.
For the Socceroos and especially coach Ange, the 3-1 defeat of Honduras was the culmination of a long and arduous journey taking 22 games to qualify over two-and-a-half years despite only losing twice, which says something about how difficult it is to qualify for the best sporting competition in the world.
The match itself had everything. The nerves were jangling after an agonising first half where the Socceroos didn’t seem to be going anywhere despite having a lion’s share of the ball. When the second half got underway however, the game came alive with a very direct approach to goal resulting in a free kick smashed into the back of the net by Australian captain Jedinak. This really got the party started and two penalty kicks later, Jedi had a hat-trick and we are well and truly on the plane to Russia. The Rockets were in fine voice prompting a neighbour or two to pop over and join in the action!
Huge thanks to Lara, Jen, Lucy, Sean, Joey and Em from SBS for putting on a great night.
On November 4 2017 LCFC representatives attended the annual NSFA presidents dinner at the Kirribilli Club.
2017 WAA Division 1 Player Matilda Vaughan won second place in the overall WAA Div 1 Golden Boot Award. A big congratulations on this wonderful achievement.
Please see photo of Matilda and LCFC President Francis Child.
4 teams (U8, U9, U10 and U12) represented Lane Cove FC at the Sydney International Cup (SIC) at Narrabeen over the long weekend in October. It is a well organised and fun event with some very tough competition. All teams seemed to have a great time!
At the opening ceremony, each team nominated a player to enter the juggling competition – to lift the ball with their feet, and keep it off the ground over 15-30m (depending on the age group) before delivering it into a bucket. It’s not as easy as it sounds yet our nominated players did us proud!
After each match, the opposition coach rated our goal keeper and nominated one of our players as the Most Valuable Player (MVP), along with the Ref’s records of the goal scorers. Each age group was awarded MVP, Golden Boot (for highest goal scorer) and Golden Glove (best goal keeper). We are proud to say one of our U8 kids won the Golden Glove for the entire U8 age group.
While the football was fun, it’s often the time between games that are most memorable for the kids. Beach trips and sock soccer (in the gymnasium on the wooden floors wearing socks) seemed to be the favourites. Although one family did nip off to grab a haircut and a new car between games!
We recently purchased some brand new Lane Cove FC Banners which were kindly organised by parents from our development squad teams and members of the development squad committee.
The banners were in action for the first time at the Sydney International Cup at Narrabeen just a couple of weeks ago!
Lane Cove Football Club would not run without the assistance of a great many volunteers. It is time to step back and thank these hardworking individuals who made the 2017 season possible.
All our volunteers (from under 6s through to over 45s) have taken time out of their personal lives to assist and improve your own or your child’s football experience. While it is not always smooth sailing, it is safe to say that these people have done the best they can.
We apologise if anyone is incorrectly or is not listed in the below list – only registered coaches and managers that were listed in the system are acknowledged below. If you are not listed but feel you should be – thank you too!
So, THANK YOU again, we couldn’t have done it without you:
Team Volunteers –
U6 Leopards
Coach: Jason Bernal
2nd Coach: Michael Stojanovic
Assistant Coach: David Tucker
Manager: Kristie Christian
Assistant Manager: Karen Prowse
U6 Panthers
Coach: Sean O’Grady
Assistant Coach: David Hourigan
Manager: Euan Sinclair
U6 Pumas
Coach: Rob Balcombe
2nd Coach: Peter Nixon
Assistant Coach: Mike Whiteford
Manager: Kristin van Barnevald
Assistant Manager: Anna and Andrew Condell
U6 Jaguars
Coach: Isaac Saunders
Manager: Tamara Goodwin
Assistant Manager: Gina O’Neill
U6 Lions
Coach: Paul Mead
Assistant Coach: Joshua Bateson
Manager: Chris Arnold
U6 Tigers
Coach: Peter Luke
2nd Coach: Preston Shu
Manager: Alf Conlon
U7 Rockets
Coach: Luke Haigh
Assistant Coach: Gary Stretton
Assistant Manager: Connie Merlino
U7 Scorchers
Coach: David Irvine
Assistant Coach: Jason Yu
Manager: Camilla Israel
2nd Manager: Caroline Marsh
U7 Blasts
Coach: Lachie Brooks
Assistant Coach: Jeremy Segal
Manager: Anna Wardley
Assistant Manager: Catherine Morton
U7 Fireballs
Coach: Lachlan Rovers
Manager: Simon Travers
U8 Lane Covesters
Manager: Damian Beasley
U8 Barcelona
Coach: Mike Savage
Manager: Andrew Bull
U8 Benfica
Coach: Brett Jager
Assistant Coach: Kathrik Reddy
Manager: Mark Rimmer
U8 Madrid
Coach: Thomas Prescott
Assistant Coach: David Hourigan
Manager: Kerry Hepworth
U8 Milan
Coach: James Morley
Manager: Kalliopi Dasou
U8 Monaco
Assistant Coach: Brett Couston
Manager: Anna Maria Stillone
2nd Manager/Assistant Coach: Chris Burton
U8 Munich
Coach: David Cunningham
Manager: Mio Ishioka
U8 Flames
Manager: Josh and Diane Nelson
Assistant Manager: Alana Payne
U9 Galaxy
Manager: Greg Mifsud
U9 Mavericks
Manager: Grant Carlson
U9 Jupiter
Manager: Mark Hazell
U9 Stars
Coach: Isaac Saunders
Manager: Chris Spence
U9 Firebolts
Manager: Frank Meijer
U9 Comets
Coach: Jason Yu
Manager: Katrina Hunter
U9 Asteroids
Coach: Rhett Scott
Manager: Helen Scott
U9 Meteors
Coach: Paul Ettema
Manager: Nina Ardill
U10 Thunder
Manager: Matthew Bennie
U10 Storms
Coach: Karenza Rayment
Manager: Madelene Cheah
U10 Assassins
Manager: Lee Davey
U10 Lightning
Coach: Dominic Milligan
Manager: Matt Dunham
Assistant Manager: Elisa Aldridge
U10 Girls
Coach: Adam Keppie
Assistant Coach: Peter Luke
Manager: April Butler
U11 Golden Dragons
Manager: Andrew Roughan
U11 Phoenix
Coach: Damian Beasley
Manager: Denise Nehme
U11 All Stars
Manager: Cassie Buono
U11 Pythons
Manager: Narelle Ffrost
U11 Girls
Manager: Marianne Power
U12A
Manager: David Linke
U12B
Coach: Joshua Ferraz
Assistant Coach: Jarrod Parchi
Manager: Mark Sneddon
U13A
Manager: Katie Schliebs
Assistant Manager: Louise Lane
U13B
Coach: Amy Clarke
Assistant Coach: Guy Tristram
Manager: Illya Shackell
U14A
Coach/Manager: Tom Reich
U14B
Coach: Paul Clift
Manager: Peter Bayliss
U14C
Coach: Rayann Darwiche
Assistant Coach: Marc Ring
Manager: Yogesh Verma
U14 Girls
Coach: Hamish Fitzsimons
Manager: Lyn Wells
U15A
Coach: Craig Liddell
Manager: Kate Antonini
U16A
Coach: Matt Oliver
Assistant Coach: Tom Mcfadyen
2nd Coach: Steve Prescott
Manager: Johanna Haire
U18A
Coach: Steve Prescott
Manager: Roslyn Carberry
WAA A
Coach: Michael Almond
Manager: Thalia Child
WAA B
Coach: Jackson Almond
Manager: Lexie Racine
WAA C
Coach: Vigita Soh
Manager: Jasmin Papikian
MAA PL
Coach: Jason Barnes
Assistant Coach: Shane Ruscheinsky
Manager: George Ioannou
Assistant Manager: Byron Harris
MAA 3A
Manager: Nick Legrand
MAA 3B
Manager: Samuel Wilkie
Assistant Manager: Josh Wilkie
MAA 5
Manager: Christian Grantham
Assistant Manager: Jared Pierre
MAA 6
Manager: Cameron Woodbury
MO35 1
Coach Firsts: Darren Thompson
Coach Reserves: Jono Younger
Manager Firsts: Matt McClernon
2nd Manager: Paul Wilson
Manager Reserves: Phil Narezzi
MO35 2
Coach Firsts: Victor Jago
Coach Reserves: Joh Lynch
Manager Firsts: Max Cappetta
Manager Reserves: Phil Hyde
MO45
Coach: Gregg Dwyer
Assistant Coach: Iain Barnfield
Manager: Paul Greene
Assistant Manager: Nick Stathakis
Committee Volunteers –
President
Francis Child
Vice-President
Steve Prescott
Treasurer
Ben Easaw
Secretary
Eliza Macgregor
Ordinary Members
Nick Stathakis
Thalia Child
Mick Hone
Amy Clarke
Aizaz Syed
Alex White
Byron Harris
Development Squad Committee Volunteers –
Hamish Fitzsimons
Kali Lawrie
Alastair Wright
Rob White
Lee Whittaker
Lane Cove FC, a community club playing in the Northern Suburbs Football Association region, with over 900 registered players, is seeking a coach for its premier league squad for the 2018 season. With first-class facilities at its home ground at Blackman Park, featuring two full-size artificial pitches the Club offers a challenging but friendly environment. We are seeking a coach who has as a minimum a “C” Licence with FFA and who is keen to take on the challenge of building a squad for now and the future. We are looking for someone who can build the trust of the players, improve their technical ability and bring the best out of them on the pitch. The club has a regular entry in the FFA Cup qualifying rounds. The Club will pay a fee for the service in line with market rates. If interested please contact Francis Child, LCFC President on 0416 113200 or apply via email at admin@lcfc.com.au
