ReLax Lacrosse Club

Team Contacts: Jeannette Wake 206.937.1538 and Ingrid Martens 206.932-1382

Merge 2000

Timeline....Seattle,WA....

Dec 31, 1999 11:39pm It�s dark and raining out. The dawn of a new millennium approaches. You think to yourself, �Will the stock market crash? Will my cable go out? Will waste management be a thing of the past?� Fear grips you like an angry monkey. You ponder, �What will happen in the year 2000?�

Jan 14, 2000 7:43pm OK, so nothing happened. Not anything, not anywhere. All that worrying for nothing. But lo, what�s this? Something did need a Y2K upgrade and it was your lacrosse team. In January of 2000, members of the Laxon Lacrosse Club and the Redhook Lacrosse Club voted to a trial merge of the two entities. What emerged from this vote was a stronger, more committed and enthusiastic team dedicated to the development of its own skills AND the development of growing lacrosse in the Northwest.

ReLax

Laxon and Redhook were the 2^nd and 3^rd teams to sprout out of the mud in the Northwest. Between these two teams they combine over 10 years of club playing lacrosse. Both teams have had great successes individually over the years. In 1998, Redhook handed the Seattle Women�s team it�s only club loss of the year at the PNLA tournament and were narrowly defeated by them in the final. In 1999, Laxon proudly brought home the division II title from the Western States tournament.

As a merged team, ReLax boasts players who have attended such schools as Syracuse U., Univ. of Pittsburgh, Berkeley, Johns Hopkins, Univ. of Vermont, Ohio Wesleyan, William and Mary College, and locally at UW, Western Washington Univ., Whitman, and UPS. We are also home to a world cup player, a Canadian National team member, and a former Olympian! We have trained outside athletes from ultimate frisbee, field hockey, soccer, and rowing. Members of the squad have been consistent attendees at the national tournament, playing with both the northwest team and outside regional teams as well.

Seven of our members are NW Lacrosse Development members, including the league Vice President/Scheduler and the Director of Referees. We are actively involved in the governing and development of this league and have a hand in all issues relating to women�s lacrosse in the northwest. Many of our members are rated lacrosse referees (7) and many (10) have coached lacrosse at all levels, from college teams down to middle school teams.

Our players are a unique but cohesive group of women. Some women have played for over 10 years and some have just picked it up in the last couple of years. We have moms on the team, and players who are practically still kids themselves. The core members of this team remain fiercely competitive and committed to improving game skills and concepts. But we are also committed to having fun. Our Redhook brewery sponsorship enables us in this commitment! We welcome new players to come join us at a practice or the pub sometime. We are committed to growing lacrosse as a sport, and in light of this we support the league in developing a B Team for new players to learn skills. So whatever you�re playing ability, give us a call to join the best new team of the millennium!