Dear Member,

Welcome to this edition of our membership newsletter. The St. Catharines Old Boys Lacrosse Association executive would like to take this opportunity to provide you with information related to our involvement in lacrosse related activities and other noteworthy items.

The St Catharines Old Boys Lacrosse Association held our Annual Picnic at John Schencks Farm in September. Although the weather was somewhat cool and wet, the turnout was excellent and everyone had a great time. The Turkey Raffle was held in November at the Grantham Lions Club and although we were challenged with a conflict of dates with a McNulty family wedding, many of the lacrosse supporters from local groups attended and contributed to a very successful evening. This event raised almost $1500 which helps in our efforts to continue to support local lacrosse groups and individuals.

The issue of membership and dues is once again being reviewed. We currently have 318 active members, most of whom have not paid their dues for 2009. We are the last ‘Old Boys/Alumni’ lacrosse organization in Ontario, and fully intend on continuing the activities and providing the support we have for the past 70+ years. Your $5.00 dues help us to continue to communicate through the three mailings and assist in the promotion and development of lacrosse. Please bring your dues payment to the Dinner on Apr. 24^th, or submit by mail to our treasurer (see below).

We have recently lost members Ted Howe Sr, John Scott, Angie Pastore and Lou Cahill.

This year, we plan on continuing to sponsor the St Catharines Jr A Athletics and the St Catharines Spartan Jr B team. We have several other opportunities to support local lacrosse activities and hope that we will continue to be successful in our fund raising through our 3 main events each year. We will continue to support lacrosse teams and individuals who strive for high level accomplishments, through our fundraising efforts.

This years dinner will be held on Apr 24^th at the Grantham Lions Club and will honour several of our members who have been selected for ‘Life Memberships’ and ‘Honourary Memberships’. The cost of a ticket is still $25. and can be bought from any member fo the executive. The evening is guaranteed to be memorable and we look forward to seeing all of our members and friends. Tickets must be purchased in advance to ensure we have the proper amount of food for everyone.

We recently held our election of our executive and are very happy to announce that Ron Winterbottom Jr is our new President. Our new Vice President is Steve Secord. Treasurer and Secretary are still the same (see below). We also have new members of the executive elected in January, being Jojie Engemann and Al Moore.

Our web site address is http://stcatharineslacrosse.tripod.com. We have posted pictures of the 2008 annual dinner and picnic.

Thanks for your support.

Ted Howe Jr.                                                            

Secretary, St. Catharines Old Boys Lacrosse    

18 Willcher Dr, St. Catharines, ON, L2M 7C8    

905-937-1507,                                                         

ejhow@sympatico.ca    

denis.m.mcnulty@gmail.com