ENGLAND LACROSSE 2025-26 MEMBERSHIP PACK
Mark Coups, England Lacrosse CEO
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Thanks to you, our members rejoining England Lacrosse this year, and a big welcome those joining us for the first time – Welcome to the lacrosse family! I hope that you are looking forward to a great year of Lacrosse.
Being a member of England Lacrosse means you’re fully connected to the game we all love and part of our Lacrosse community.
We’ve been working hard to get the new season up and running. We are looking forward to working with you to support and develop lacrosse in England as we seek to make the most of Lacrosse being in the LA 28 Olympics.
Your support allows us to assist our lacrosse communities, empowering clubs, schools, universities and volunteers across the country to grow the game in their own localities.
While lacrosse gears up to be seen on the biggest of global platforms, the impact of that visibility begins at home at the community, grassroots level.
We are continuing to strive to create a sport that provides access and opportunity for everyone in a way that best allows them to engage and enjoy the game. Building a sport where everyone can feel they belong.
This is put into practice through the range of events and competitions that are supported by your membership; from our full league programmes around the country to Flags festivals, National Schools, BUCS Lacrosse, mixed leagues, National Club Finals, The Fly and other Sixes events all filling the calendar, there has never been more opportunity to play lacrosse your way.
Step by step, we’re helping to open up access, supporting local growth, and building a sport where everyone can enjoy playing our fantastic game.
This of course is not possible without the continued efforts of you, the members, making it all happen across the country, continually championing our sport at all levels. We will be working hard, again, with all our regions to support you in doing just that.
We’re also building a future ready England Lacrosse, more connected and open to new ideas.
We are putting work into a refreshed website, centred around an improved user experience and our investment into a new Learning Platform through our announced partnership with eCoach will allow us to deliver more consistent, high-quality learning across the country, reducing barriers to entry and supporting people to progress in ways that suit them.
These improvements are part of our commitment to building a connected and capable workforce across the game that is better aligned with the way people develop skills today and values the commitment of our members across the game in coaching, officiating and volunteering.
As we move towards LA 2028 we continue to aim high, delivering quality experiences and promoting excellence from top to bottom, putting the sport in a position to succeed at all levels.
We continue to promote our commitment to Safe Sport and encouraging high standards across the game is central to building an inclusive environment where people feel valued, safe and happy.
We will be celebrating our National Lacrosse Day on Saturday 13th September, a great marker for the start of our season, and I know many clubs across the country take this weekend to promote and celebrate our community.
Thank you to everyone joining the England Lacrosse community, your membership and support does so much for the game. I hope you all enjoy the year ahead, and I look forward to seeing you all out and about during the season.
