MERRY XMAS FROM ALL AT KNIGHTS LACROSSE

Merry Christmas to all the Knights players (2011, 2013 & 2015) , Coaches, Parents and Friends of the program, we hope you have a great festive period and all the best for 2014!

Thanks to:

Quantiv Ltd

CES Windows

UK Lacrosse

Judith Burns - Accounts

Graph Tex

IL Gear - Casey Vock

Brooklands lacrosse

Wilmslow Lacrosse

Manchester Wacs - Maryanne and Adam

Oaklands Hospital

Bakkavor

Parfets
Mat Edmunds

The Gait Cup

The Bison Brawl

Klein Transportation

Lacrosse Unlimited PA

Thanks for making Knights so successful and for all your support! Long may it continue! 

ET2

Scott

Knights - Billy Kershaw in MGS Magazine!

KNIGHTS 2015 - Billy Kershaw!


http://mgs.org/for-parents/news/latest/916-english-knight-billy-prepares-for-usa

South Manchester Reporter
September 2013

Local boy Billy Kershaw is preparing for the biggest lacrosse games of his life, as he joins England’s finest schoolboy players as they prepare to take on some of the best American high school teams.

Billy Kershaw (14), who lives in Didsbury and is a student at The Manchester Grammar School, was one of just five attackers selected to join the Elite English Knights team as they train for the next two years to take part in the Bison Brawl and the Gait Cup at Gettysburg University in Philadelphia.

As Billy explained: “Fifty of us took part in the trials with 23 selected to join the team. Competition for a place was tough as we were competing against the best players in the country including some from the American School TASIS, who take their lacrosse really seriously, but I’m delighted to have secured mine and can’t wait to go!”

Billy started playing lacrosse when he was just eight years old after he and his mum visited the Didsbury Festival and saw a leaflet about it.

He has since done his own research, delving deep into the sport’s roots: “I completely immersed myself into the research of my new favourite sport. I found out so many interesting facts; it’s the fastest growing sport in America and was actually originally founded by Native Americans more than 3,000 years ago. I knew I had to be a part of that,” added Billy.

Billy has also earned a place on the England Academy’s U15s team as well as being a longstanding member of Manchester Waconians – the only lacrosse club in the city of Manchester which is now more than 100 years old. As well as preparing for his trip across the Atlantic he is also preparing to play with Lancashire U16s in the hotly anticipated East vs West All Stars where the county takes on Cheshire.

Concluded MGS Director of Sport Mark Walmsley: “I am delighted to see one of our students thrive in a sport that he clearly loves.”

Knights 2015 Squad Announced!

I want to thank everyone that attended the trial last weekend, it isnt easy selecting the final squad, especially with the high standard of play. Remember if selected or not you are still in the best 50 players in the country and should be proud of what you have already achieved in Lacrosse.

This and past Knights teams have played at an Elite level and I hope the players selected are proud of being apart of this program and ready to follow the legacy. This is a very strong and talented team and we will aim to improve the players selected over the next two years.

Congratulations to Matt Smith, Jake Parker and Santi Castro who are the first players from Wilmslow, Mellor and the South (TASIS) to be selected for Knights.

I am pleased to announce the 2015 Knights Team below:

Name	Club	Position	Specialist
Jack Burke	Cheadle	Goalie
Hal Dwobeng	Brooklands	Goalie
Adam Fox	Cheadle Hulme	Defense
Dan Walker	Timperley	Defense
Jack Peacock	Poynton	Defense	LSM
Matthew Tatton	Brooklands	Defense
Callum Scholfield	Norbury	Defense
Andy Ashworth	Cheadle Hulme	Midfield
Cian Conway	Wacs	Midfield
Elliott Leonard	Norbury	Midfield
Jake Parker	Mellor	Midfield
James Pomfrett	Stockport	Midfield
Matt Smith	Wilmslow	Midfield
Dan Aspin	Sheffield	Midfield
Sam Wilks	Cheadle Hulme	Midfield
TJ Burgess	Timperley	Midfield
Cam Syme	Cheadle	Midfield
Charles Syme	Cheadle	Midfield	Face off
Santi Castro	Tasis	Attack
Billy Kershaw	Wacs	Attack
Oliver Loveland	Timperley	Attack
Will Cornwall	Wacs	Attack
Ben Page Laycock	Brooklands	Attack

Reserves:

Nick Whitehead	Cheadle	Midfield	Face off
Luke Moloney	Wacs	Attack
Sam Harris	Timperley	Defense	LSM
Tom Edwards	Tasis	Defense
Nathan Edwards	Norbury	Midfield
Edward Hilditch	Stockport	Midfield
Joe Cheetham	Poynton	Midfield
Mike Pomfrett	Stockport	Midfield
Owen Dagnanleach	Norbury	Attack

Knights Try-Outs

                             Thanks to Handcartmedia.com (Jamie Hardie) for the Banners!

                                             

We held the first Knights Lacrosse try outs on Sunday the 8th September, it was attended by 50 of England's brightest Lacrosse talent coming from Manchester, Sheffield and the London area. For past tours the team has been selected by invite only but as the program gets bigger and more popular we want to open up the opportunity to as many players as possible from all over Britain.

It was a very successful day and the sun was shining, the first part of the try out included a 

warm up, footwork and sprint tests, moving on to positional and integrated testing and finishing with 3 games.

My brave heart award of the day goes to Nathan Edwards (above), fearless kid with great skills! see me for your free Knights Snap Back cap!

I was proud to see the talent on show and all the players put in so much effort over the 4 hours, the selection of the team will be out soon and the list will be posted on this site!

Thank you to all the players and parents that attended from everyone at Knights.

A big thank you to Simon & Susan Smith, Lynne Harvey-Burnam & Alison Cara and to all the coaches.

A huge thank you to Wilmslow for their hospitality and hosting the event!

ARE YOU NEXT???

ARE YOU NEXT IN LINE? ARE YOU THE NEXT BIG THING IN ENGLISH LACROSSE?

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8th September 2013 @ Wilmslow Lacrosse Club - KNIGHTS ELITE LACROSSE TRY-OUTS
US Tour 2015.

BE NEXT!!!!!

ONCE A KNIGHT ALWAYS A KNIGHT!
ET2

Knights @ Wilmslow mini Tournament - 11/08/13

The Knights where invited to play in the Wilmslow Mini Tournament involving Wilmslow 1st
team (Premier 1), Norbury and Stoke. All adult teams.

We had a lot of players away on Holiday or attending England Practice, however we still had a great group of talented players and also called up Ryan Sweetman (Brooklands & England U19), Matt Boyd (Cheadle & England U19) and also Coach Rowlinson played in the Norbury game.

We played Wilmslow 1st team first in a very competitive game against an experienced 1st team.
Our Defense started well and limited their chances in the first half, we had limited possessions to begin with but still had some chances but couldn't finish inside!

Tim Collins was matched up against Mike Jordan (not that one) who is a very strong face-off man and after a few possessions Tim started to work him out, by using his speed and skill we began to win possession and this gave us a chance to get back into the game!

Boyd and Sweetman where the engine room in Midfield and really started to step up and create for us!

Goals from Ben Smith, Steve Ewing 2, Ryan Sweetman got us back into the game and we drew level later in the 4th Quarter with 2 goals from Alex Russell.

LSM Josh Turner was his usual self and was all over the field, stripping the ball and carrying up field.

Elliott Hurry made some special saves in the second half and kept it very close.

It was great to see Tig and Joe Baythorpe back playing after their Injuries in the US, they both looked back to their best and you could tell they where enjoying being out there again!

The game finished 6-6, I was very proud of the high level of play shown from the Knights, the team consisted of players from our tour in 2013 and 4 from 2011, we where playing a team that plays in the Premier Division in the UK every week. The players have shown great improvement and had confidence in their own ability!

23 Men!

We then played Norbury in the second game and where too much for them to handle, we won the game by at least 6 goals and looked very impressive!

Goals from Steve Ewing 6, Alex Russell, Greg Rowlinson and a great outside rip from Joe Baythorpe.

Norbury looked frustrated at the end of the game and took a cheap shot running through Steve Ewings pick on the crease, it should have resulted in a penalty and did not go along with the Friendly nature of the tournament!

The Knights really enjoyed getting back together and would like to thank Wilmslow for inviting us to the Tournament.

                                           Goalie - Mike Connor with a pole?

Knights 2015 tour - Try-Outs!

Knights Elite Lacrosse are holding try outs for their next US tour in 2015!

The Invite only try-out is being held on the 8th September 2013 @Wilmslow Lacrosse Club
from 12pm til 4pm!

50 players have been invited from the Manchester, Sheffield and the Southern Areas of the UK!