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The 1976 SA State Team

The 1976 SA State Team - Source: Lacrosse SA

(Helen Keane (Manager), Jo Cooke, Paula Stockham, Pam Withers, Mary Herbert, Helen Rogers, Vicki Ingham, Chris Meridith. Rae Martin, Pam Chambers, Ann Gorman, Barb Mattson (Captain/Coach), Judy Window (Vice Capt), Noni Macmichael, Janine Flavel, Di Hoban).

  • Australia’s next national team was selected in 1977 and toured USA, winning 6 of 14 matches.


  • Soft lacrosse was established in 1979, in which a soft ball was used and no checking permitted; desirable factors encouraging parents to allow their children to take up lacrosse.

 

  • With two types of lacrosse being played – soft and field lacrosse – there was a push for one overarching administrative body.

SA players who represented Australia in the 1970s were:

  • Jean Bain,
  • Barb Mattson,
  • Anne Fowler,
  • Meredith Fowler,
  • Meryl Howie,
  • Helen Brown,
  • Kay O’Loughlin,
  • Deb Walker,
  • Pam Withers,
  • Janine Flavel,
  • Ann Gorman,
  • Mary Herbert,
  • Helen Rogers,
  • Di Hoban,
  • Lucy Gastaldo,
  • Judy Batchelor,
  • Wendy Higginson,
  • Vicki Edwards and,
  • Gerry Phyllis.