Newcastle upon Tyne Lacrosse Club

By -Sour

As the season approaches, a statement has been released by the MPC (the body that manages men's lacrosse for the ELA) and the league saying that the proposed restructure of the league system will be going ahead.

This restructure will bring all first teams into one ladder, with the A, Extra A, B and C teams in another. It's thought that this will  encourage new clubs to appear by making their trip to the top shorter.

What this means to The Knights is that we'll have to go to Hull again. Here's how the North Premier Leagues look at present:

Premiership One (10 Teams)
Stockport
Heaton Mersey
Cheadle
Wilmslow
Manchester Waconians
Rochdale
Timperley
Brooklands
Mellor
Sheffield University

Premiership Two (8 Teams)
Nottingham
Boardman & Eccles
Sheffield Steelers
Norbury
Ashton-U-Lyne
Cheadle Hulme
Poynton
Stopfordians

Premiership Three (8 Teams)
Leeds
Oldham
Liverpool
Newcastle
Heaton Mersey Guild
Hull
York
Chester

Few of the teams in Prem3 are an unknown quantity to us, and I think we stand a decent chance of putting in a few upsets....only 6 weeks to go!