Yesterday evening at Blackman Park, hardworking Lane Cove Members Aidan (aged 11) and Tallin (aged 9) with the assistance of their parents, ran a successful BBQ/Canteen! 

Regardless of the unpredictable Sydney weather they served up a delicious sausage sizzle as well as cold drinks and icy poles.

Aidan and Tallin will be running the BBQ/Canteen every Tuesday evening at Blackman Park throughout the 6-a-side tournament!

So whether you are a player or a spectator, bring down some extra change and you won't go hungry or thirsty.

 

NSFA held their annual President's Dinner on Saturday the 5th of November at the Kirribilli Club.

At the event, Lane Cove Football Club was represented by a number of guests including the LCFC President, Francis Child, and Kaylar Michaelian and his wife Janet Michaelian who were invited as LCFC's major sponsor Hyecorp.

LCFC were fortunate enough to receive a number of awards on the night, representing the strong and successful club that we aim to be:

• MAA Premier League Player, Robbie Kerr, was awarded the NSFA Mens All Age Premier League Golden Boot Award as well as the NSFA Mens All Age Premier League Overall Player of the Year Award.
• WAA Division 1 Player, Belinda Kayser, won the NSFA Womens All Age Division 1 Overall Player of the Year Award.
• Vice President and Juniors Coordinator of the Club, Steve Prescott, won an NSFA President's Award for his years of contribution towards Lane Cove Football Club. Steve has served on the committee for many years, played in the O35s and O45s teams, coached a number of junior teams and spent more time putting up and taking down nets at Blackman Park/Pottery Green than nearly anyone else in the Club!

LCFC would like to congratulate Robbie, Belinda and Steve on their outstanding achievements.

Kaylar Michaelian (Hyecorp Sponsor), Robbie Kerr (LCFC MAAPL Player), Belinda Kayser (LCFC WAA Div 1 Player) & Francis Child (LCFC President)

Congratulations to Brenton Boswell & Cameron Woodbury who will both receive a free LCFC Registration for the 2017 football season!

Brenton has 2 children who played in the junior competition this year and Cameron plays in the mens all age competition.

The LCFC Committee would like to thank all respondents of the 2016 LCFC Survey. 

Your responses will help us build a better club for the future!

As of the 30th of September 2016 NSFA have appointed a new Chief Executive Officer!

Please join us in welcoming Malcolm Waldock to the CEO role.

For more information from NSFA regarding the new CEO please click here.

This week we received an email from member of the LCFC community, Peter Zelas, who recently travelled to Malawi. LCFC donated all our old jerseys for Peter to gift to the children he was visiting. 

Peter's email reads:

"This email is to express my appreciation to the Lane Cove Soccer Club for their generosity, and to let you know that I have been to Blantyre in Malawi, and the shirts are now the proud possessions of young children who have grown up in the most difficult of circumstances. The shirts will remain on the premises for children to use whenever they are playing soccer, a national sport. The children’s faces just lit up when the shirts came out of the box I had been carrying them in. What they are especially so excited about is the number on the shirt.

The “Club” is a refuge for children who are referred there by police, wandering the streets, from social workers or who have been thrown out from their home etc. Some live there permanently, others may go home in the evening if circumstances allow. The organisation is part of the Retrak organisation, which you can view online.

So please convey my thanks to the Lane Cove Soccer Club, much appreciated."

Thank you Peter for your generosity! We are happy to see that LCFC can make a difference to these childrens lives.   

Last week Lane Cove's fantastic coaches of the U7 Scorchers were gifted signed jerseys by each player in the team, as organised by their manager. The Scorchers enjoyed a great 2016 season and we look forward to seeing these dedicated players and parents back next year! Thank you to all coaches and managers that volunteered this season. 

Thank you to everyone who came down and enjoyed the LCFC Club Day at Blackman park on Saturday. It was great to see our players presented their 2016 trophies, enjoying the jumping castles, feasting on the sausage sizzle and having a kick around on the astro-turf. We look forward to a successful 2017 season and hope everyone has a happy and safe off-season.  

The weather forecast tomorrow looks like it should be clear by 9am, so Club Day & Kit Return 2016 will still take place at Blackman Park!

Trophies and team photos will be presented to all teams from U6-U18s and all kit/equipment is returned. So please make sure you have given back your shirt and any other Lane Cove equipment to your team manager so they can hand it all back in on the day.

There will be 2 jumping castles set up on the artificial pitches, as well as goals set up across the grounds. Parents and kids are encouraged to bring a football to enjoy a final kick-around for the season! The BBQ will be fired up for breakfast and/or brunch!

Timetable/Schedule for the Day

§  9.30am                         Trophy presentations for U6 and U7 Teams

§  10.00am                       Trophy presentations for U8 and U9 Teams

§  10.30am                       Trophy presentations for U10 and U11 Teams

§  11.00am                       Trophy presentations for U12, U13 and U14 Teams

§  11.30am                       Trophy presentations for U15, U16 and U18 Teams
 

Unwanted Boot Collection

If you have any football boots that you will no longer be using and would like to donate them to charity then please bring them along to Club Day where they will be collected.

Kit Returns  

For all team Coaches and Managers, shirt and kit return will be available all day until 12:00pm. Therefore please ensure you return all of the equipment issued to you at the beginning of the season. Please note on the return bags the name of the team, number of shirts, balls, bibs etc. If there are any missing shirts, please can you include the name of the person holding the shirt and the number.

Finally, we look forward to seeing you all this Saturday, 3^rd September 2016 to celebrate the end of another successful season. We look forward to another in 2017!

LCFC would also like to extend our thanks to all the kids, supporters, parents and coaches & managers for a fun 2016 season.  

NSFA are offering to all U8 ,U9 & U10 teams the opportunity to play Summer Football in a 5 v 5 non-competition format at Blackman Oval, Charles Bean and Mills Park.

Time Frame for this age group will be:

• Blackman Oval, Lane Cove Kick off times will be between 4-6pm.
• Mills Park, Asquith kick off times will be  5 & 6pm.
• Charles Bean kick off times will be between 6 & 7pm.

The kick off time will be determined by the number of teams entered to play.

Referees will be provided for the games. Balls will be provided by the Referee of the game. NSFA Summer Football shirts can be purchased for your team – order form attached to the Team Nomination form.

All Team nomination forms and managers instructions can be found on the website: https://nsfc.com.au.

PLEASE NOTE:

Any surplus made from the NSFA Summer football will be distributed back to NSFA clubs, in proportion to the number of teams entered (from that club) into the competition. Please indicate on your Team Nomination form your club and enter your Clubs details when registering your team to play.

For any further information, please contact Marcia Allman via email: admin@nsfa.asn.au or phone (02) 9449 4933.

Trials for the 2017 combined St Michaels FC, Lane Cove FC Development squads (including Diamond League/Girls DIV 1) will be held on the following dates:

Thursday, 17 November AND Thursday, 24 November 2016 – players need to attend BOTH days!!

• 3:45pm to 5:15pm for u8, u9, u10 & u10G
• 5:00pm to 6:30pm for u11, u11G u12, u12G, u13, u13G & u14G

NOTE: All age groups are 2017 age groups, G signifies Girls only team, other teams are mixed.

Please click the following link to enrol: https://tas.currinda.com/register/event/1458.

WHAT ARE DEVELOPMENT SQUADS?

• The clubs run combined squads for the stronger and more enthusiastic players who want to develop their skills.
• Teams practice on Astroturf, 2x per week starting in February with a dedicated professional coach from SoccerKickStart, junior coaching providers to the A-League’s Western Sydney Wanderers.

WHO DOES DEVELOPMENT SQUADS?

• Girls Teams (10G, 11G, 12G, 14G) and mixed Boys/Girls teams U8-U13.
• If you think there is interest in another group, please let us know by contacting the club.
• The top development teams are normally very strong and competing in division 1 against other Academy/Development teams. Some age groups may have multiple teams, in these cases the second team might not be in division 1, but is made up of players that are with good and fairly similar skills that want to improve their soccer by having top level coaching. The top level u10G-u14G Girls teams in 2017 compete in Diamond League, the NSFA’s division 1 girls competition. We also aim to have other girls Development squads in other age groups and would like to have more than 1 girls development squad in age groups where the player interest is there.

COST

We expect to finalise the cost for 2017 at less than $999 in addition to club rego. This covers the professional coaching (two training sessions per week plus game day, close to 100 hours), the astroturf field hire, and the training kit. Any queries please email admin@lcfc.com.au.