Juniors - Spencer Lacrosse Club

At Spencer Junior Lacrosse we are able to offer:

Scoopers Lacrosse - for 6/7yrs+ boys and girls - having fun and picking up the basic skills common through Lacrosse using 'soft' Pop Lacrosse rules and equipment.

Pop Lacrosse - playing 'non-contact' rules, Pop Lacrosse is a great way for boys and girls to be introduced to the basic skills required to play lacrosse - this element of our Programme is aimed at players of primary school age.

PinBall Lacrosse - for younger players who are ready to step up from Pop Lacrosse. PinBall is open to boys and girls playing limited 'mens' rules Lacrosse.

Field Lacrosse - The field lacrosse group has U12, U14 and U16 divisions and is generally open to both boys and girl's playing 'mens' rules Lacrosse.

Note - The Lacrosse Assocation caps the participation of girls playing 'mens' rules to U14 and at the end of this age grouping we encourage our girl players to join local womens' teams - who, sadly, do not currently have junior sections at Spencer.

We also have events for U18/U19 events and encourage maturing players to continue to play in our senior teams.

Details of our progressive programme can be found on our Junior Events Schedules.

Our Coaching Team

This season we welcome Chris Keough to join our coaching team and act as our Development Officer. Chris played at Hobart captain in his senior year before spending the last two years working in the Peace Corps

The club head coach is Peter Compton. He coordinates the junior programme and has been involved with lacrosse since time began.

Player/coach Liam McGreavy began playing lacrosse in Sheffield where he was introduced to the game by the ELA's current Director of Coaching and gained experience with Nottingham University and England U19's. Liam is the senior 1st team captain.

New Players Welcome

As always, juniors players new to the club or new to Lacrosse are very welcome. Parents please call or email our junior coordinator, Peter Compton so he can give you all the information you need.
Tel: 07714 340582
Email: petercompton@hotmail.co.uk

Membership/permission form can be found on our About Spencer page.

Junior Equipment - Club Policy

For most events players will generally need to wear sports clothing. As with the seniors, most games are played on grass with the occasional game on artificial pitches. Remember to pack spare dry clothing for away games if playing conditions are wet and muddy.

The specific lacrosse equipment of stick, helmet, gloves and padding is provided on a 'loan' basis, payable at the start of the season. The club provided playing shirts for games.

Background Info

Junior lacrosse in southern England has grown over the past few years with more established clubs running junior programmes working closely with local schools.

The English Lacrosse Association has also encouraged clubs bringing in Local Development Officers (LDO's) to work in the schools and encourage lacrosse as a mixed gender PE activity.

Latest Junior News...

All club news can be found in the news archive.

09 Jan 2012
Juniors Spring Programmes
Juniors events Jan-May 2012 for field and pop lacrosse

05 Sept 2011
Juniors Autumn Programme
Juniors events Sept-Dec, including pop lacrosse, plus a look-ahead into 2012

13 July 2011
Talbot come to Town
Exchange programme report and photos

2-11 July 2011
Spencer welcome Talbot Lacrosse
Our friends from the USA arrive in London

Welcome to Junior Lacrosse at Spencer

Our Coaching Team

New Players Welcome

Junior Equipment - Club Policy

Background Info

Latest Junior News...