Junior AFL News
The Lane Cove Cats Junior AFL teams are doing us proud both on and off the field. Keep up to date on their news here.
Match Report Grand Final Lane Cove Cats U14YG vs Pittwater Tiger U14YG Sunday 27th September
Grand Final day is the day heroes are made. “Hero”, from the latin of course, “her” – meaning she or female child, “o” meaning oh, isn’t she fabulous. The heroism starts early this day. Armo out of hospital between diagnosis and surgery on a buggered ACL – turns up to...
Match Report Grand Final Lane Cove Cats U11 Ablett vs Pennant Hills U11 Red Sunday 27 September
After an undefeated home-and-away season and a resounding victory over Willoughby Wildcats in the semi-final, Team Ablett travelled to Rofe Park Hornsby Heights to meet Pennant Hills on Sunday for the Sydney Harbour U11 Division 2 Grand-Final. The Cats had...
Match Report Semi-Final: Lane Cove Cats U11 Ablett vs Willoughby Wildcats U11 Black Sunday 30th September
Team Ablett hosted The Willoughby Wildcats at Steve Chisholm Sunday for the first Semi-Final in U11 Division 2. The weather had been marginal during the weekend, but the rain gods reserved the worst of it for the period between about 9:30 and 11:30. When it didn't...
Congratulate our two Grand Finalists for 2020
We have two teams into the Grand Final next week.. The Lane Cove Cats U11 side, who are currently undefeated this year and are at their peak after a big win over Willoughby on Sunday AND The Lane Cove Cats U14YG side who are the first side Girls side to reach a grand...
Match Report Semi Final: Lane Cove Cats U14YG vs Forest Lions U14YG Sunday 20th September 2020
Act 1. It’s a dark and stormy morning. The whatsapp whirrs with weather reports, ground status and lifts required. By-laws are reviewed, team sheets prepared, banners arranged and certificates printed. The nerves are evident early. The first final this team has played...
Match Report Round 9 Lane Cove Cats U10 Selwood vs Willoughby Wildcats U10 Sunday 13th September
The final round of the season found Selwood at the excellent facilities at Gore Park Oval. Willoughby is traditionally a strong footy club, and the boys were expecting a tough game from the Wildcats. This coach knew that if our boys were going to compete we needed a...
Match Report Round 9 Lane Cove Cats Ablett vs Leichhardt Cygnets Sunday 13th September
Team Ablett played its final game of the home-and-away season at a packed Steve Chisholm Oval today against an under-strength and bottom-of-the-table Leichhardt Cygnets. It was going to be tough for the boys to remain focussed and competitive, as we rotated four boys...
Pre-orders now open for 2021 Calendars
Recent restriction on social activities at community sporting clubs means our fundraising activities have been severely hampered. To make maters worse, we currently are not allowed to gather in groups outside of training sessions and schedule games. This rules out...
Match Report Round 9 Lane Cove Cats U14YG vs East Sydney Bulldogs Sunday 13th September 2020
It is under-reported in the national media that Steve Chisholm Oval is exactly the same length as the MCG playing surface and a good five metres longer than that of the SCG. So with the finals beckoning the decision is made to play full length to get the team...
Pre-orders now open for 2021 Calendars
Recent restriction on social activities at community sporting clubs means our fundraising activities have been severely hampered. To make maters worse, we currently are not allowed to gather in groups outside of training sessions and schedule games. This rules out...
Match Report Round 8 Lane Cove Cats Blicavs U9 vs Manly Bomber Mustangs U9 Sunday 6th September 2020
It was a great sight to see all the dads front for the special father’s day game at Blackman Park on Sunday between Team Blicavs and the previously undefeated Manly Bombers Mustangs. Drew and family did an outstanding job making sure all the dads felt welcome...
Match Report Round 8 Lane Cove Cats Selwood U10 vs Balgowlah Suns Blue U10 Sunday 6th September
It was a perfect day for a game of football, the sun was out, the wind was light, and Steve Chisholm oval was full of happy dads enjoying footy on the second most important day of the year (second of course by a considerable distance to Mother’s day). If there was...