Knights Spotlight - Jake Howarth

Ex-Poynton Midfield star Jake Howarth moved to the USA a number of months ago with his Family, he will be playing for Team Cape Cod & Nauset High School in 2012/2013.

He has already played in Tournaments over the Summer and Fall in the US and was lucky enough to play in Harvard Stadium this past weekend.

Name - Jake Howarth

Age - 16

Stick – Evo x with gait ice

Favorite Band – The Wombats

Favorite US College team – Johns Hopkins

Biggest Influence on your Lacrosse Career  - My Dad

Club team US – Team cape cod

High School US – Nauset regional high school

Has it taken time to adapt to the US style of play - It took probably 2 training sessions and then I got into the full flow.

In what ways do you think you have improved since being in the US – My speed coming out of dodges has doubled and I can now shoot on the run really well also my knowledge for the game has grown a lot as it’s just the little things that make some of the biggest differences.

What would you advise people to work on to be successful in the US – Always look for that one extra pass. To always be moving even when your furthest away from the ball. Practice practice and practise. They in a whole aren't as amazing as you all think if we had those chances and the exposure like they do we would be just as good.

What are you aspirations after graduating High School – To go and play college lacrosse and from there I will have to think.

Are you looking forward to representing Knights in 2013 - I am extremely excited not just to play but to have been chosen to play for the team and then still been eligible to play although I'm in the us. I can't wait to get back with the lads and destroy some American teams.

Jake will play for Knights at the Gait Cup and Bison Brawl next summer.

Good luck for the 2013 Lacrosse season from everyone at Knights!

Manchester Sports Awards 2012

http://www.englishlacrosse.co.uk/lacrosse-talk/young-england-player-5844/

Congratulations Jake!

Knights Recruitment

Congratulations to Jake Weddell who has committed to play Lacrosse at Onondaga Community College, NY, USA in Jan 2013, all the best from everyone at Knights.

Onondaga CC have been the NJCAA champions for the last 4 years and started the Careers of players like Sid Smith and Cody Jamieson.

Check back for more Knights Recruits in the future!

Manchester Sports Awards - "Sports Achiever of the Year"

Congratulations to Jake Weddell who has been shortlisted for the "Sports Achiever of the Year" as part of the Manchester Sports Awards on the 5th October 2012, he is in the final 3!

Jake from Manchester Wacs Lacrosse Club also played on the 2011 Knights Squad and for England U19 this summer in Finland at the U19 World Championships

http://www.manchester.gov.uk/sportsawards

Good luck from everyone at Knights.

Check back for the result and pictures of the Awards Evening.

Fundraiser - Sainsburys (Cheadle)

Knights Lacrosse Fundraiser at Sainsbury's (Cheadle).

A huge thank you from all the players and parents to Judi Ridings for setting this up for us, we really appreciate it and it was very kind of you.

Also a big thanks to Emily Baythorpe who took part, you where a big help!

The players and parents took part in a Bag Pack at Sainsburys (Cheadle) raising £900.01 (4 euros and 50 cents and 100 Nectar points) Thanks to everyone that took part you did a great job!

Thanks to all the staff at Sainsburys Cheadle.



English Knights @Strength and Performance (Stockport)!




Kids nowadays call it getting Hench! but Strength and Conditioning is a big part of being an Elite Athlete and the Knights where put through their paces by the good people down at Strength & Performance in Stockport!

Mostly attended by the 2013 Knights a few of the 2011 team also attended, with Coach Vav also going Beast Mode!

S & P Coaches Sean and Zoran worked with our Elite Athlete's on Athletic fundamentals, strength, speed and power as well as pushing them to see how they worked individually and as a team. The lads worked through Movement drills, pull up's, press up's, box jumps and medicine ball throws to then work on what the S&P guys call a finisher which is 6 sets of prowler runs, band pull a parts, crunches and sled drags which pushed the team to their limit and saw both leaders and competitors emerge!!!

Well done to the boys for attending, sounded like a great session!

http://www.strengthandperformance.co.uk/contact_us.html

Thanks to Coach Vav for setting this up for the boys and a big thank you to Strength and Performance for making this night so challenging for the lads and making our athlete's better!

Knights Lacrosse to return to US in 2013

The English Knights Elite Lacrosse club will return to the USA in 2013, we will be attending The Gait Cup @Gettysburg (27th - 30th July 2013) & The Bison Brawl @ Bucknell (1st - 3rd July 2013).

Brand new team, brand new talent!

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