England set to get Men's European Championship campaign underway

England Men begin their 2025 European Championship campaign on Friday morning (10am CET/9am BST) against Bulgaria, taking to the field for the first time in the competition since gold medal success in the 2016 edition nine years ago.

Due to the postponement and then cancellation of the full 2020 Championship, this year’s tournament in Wroclaw, Poland is the long awaited return for the championship with England back to retain a title won at the last four Men’s Euros going back to 2004.

The standard and breadth of competition in Europe has boomed since then though and England are under no illusions that the 2025 tournament will pose the biggest challenge yet, with Head Coach Sam Patterson calling it ‘the toughest European tournament ever’ with countries also competing for one of seven coveted spots at the 2027 World Championship in Japan.

The 24-team tournament features five groups, with England drawn against Netherlands, Latvia, Finland and newcomers Bulgaria in Group A.

The Top 12 teams will qualify for the Championship stage, with England going in search of a 1st place finish in the group to secure a direct route through the quarter finals.

All matches can be watched on YouTube HERE and follow the tournament and stats on Pointbench HERE

You can also of course follow the team’s progress right here across the England Lacrosse website and social media for match updates, reports, interviews and extra content throughout the Championship.

England Group A Schedule

Friday 11 July - BULGARIA - 10:00 CET/09:00 BST
Saturday 12 July - NETHERLANDS - 15:50 CET/14:50 BST
Sunday 13 July - LATVIA - 15:40 CET/14:40 BST
Monday 14 July - FINLAND - 16:30 CET/15:30 BST

England Men’s European Lacrosse Championship Squad

Goal
William Baxter (Poynton LC)
Simon Bellamy  (Brock University)

Defence
Nick DeCaprio (Camden LC)
Grady Jackson-Fayle (Stockport LC)
Tom Hallam (Mellor LC)
Josh Poke (Mellor LC)
Luca Schurink (Stockport LC)
Matthew Tatton (Brooklands LC)

Face off
Daniel Madeley (Rochdale LC)
Mac Moreland (Salisbury College)

Midfield
Tim Collins (Brooklands LC)
Dan Flisk (Stockport LC)
Danny Hilditch (Stockport LC)
Edward Loveland (Timperley LC)
Cam Major (Mellor LC)
Tom Roper (Hillcroft LC)
Alex Russell (Poynton LC)
William Shirt (Cheadle LC)

Attack
Drew Bickerton (Mellor LC)
Blair Pachereva (Brooklands LC)
William Prescott (Spencer LC)
Daniel Watson (Spencer LC)

North team complete three-peat at 2025 North v South Box Lacrosse Series

North squad photo at the 2025 North v South box lacrosse series

The North men’s team secured a third title in a row at the 2025 North v South Box Lacrosse Series over the weekend after a 10-5 win over the South team.

Ryan Hunns and Matt Marsh each scored a hat-trick for the North team, with further goals from Ollie Allsop, Will Allsop, Tom Bracegirdle, and Dave Groves seeing them go unbeaten in the three 2025 series games.

The women’s competition, that had players split across two teams regardless of geography, saw a series victory for Washington All-Stars against B-Oxford Blaze after a final day 6-5 win.

Rosie Bathurst and Claudia Lane scored two each alongside single goals from Jane Lee-Whitehead and Monks.

And in the two-game men’s B series, the North team eventually claimed the title on goals scored after each team won one and lost one.

A 7-5 win for the South team on day one was followed by a 6-3 North team victory on day two, meaning the North claimed the title after scoring one more goal than the South (11-10).

The entire 2025 North v South Box Lacrosse Series was streamed on Lacrosse Live UK’s YouTube channel HERE.

Main Men’s Series

Game 1 | North 7-6 South (1-1, 1-3, 4-5, 7-6)

North scorers | Hunns (2G, 1A), Marsh (2G), Bracegirdle (1G, 1A), Edwards (1G), Trinh (1G), W Allsop (1A)
South scorers | Page-Laycock (2G), Walker (2G), Murray (1G)

Game 2 | North 15-3 South (4-1, 9-1, 10-2, 15-3)

North scorers | Hunns (4G, 1A), O Allsop (2G, 2A), Martin (3G), Bracegirdle (2G), Marsh (2G), W Allsop (1G), Groves (1G), Edwards (1A).
South scorers | Page-Laycock (2G), Walker (1G, 1A), MacDougall (1A), Thomas (1A).

Game 3 | North 10-5 South (2-1, 4-3, 6-4, 10-5)

North scorers | Hunns (3G, 2A), Marsh (3G), Trinh (3A), O Allsop (1G, 1A), W Allsop (1G), Bracegirdle (1G), Groves (1G), Martin (1A).
South scorers | Thomas (2G, 1A), Walker (2G), Macqueen (1G), Nichols-Cook (1A), O’Mahoney (1A).

Women’s Series

Game 1 | Washington All-Stars 7-4 B-Oxford Blaze (4-0, 6-0, 7-4, 7-4)

Washington All-Stars | Reynard (2G, 1A), Bathurst (2G), Lane (1G), Lee-Whitehead (1G), Monks (1G), Jones (1A), Podger (1A), Russell (1A).
B-Oxford Blaze scorers | Keane (2G), Grimes (1G), Kabani (1G).

Game 2 | Washington All-Stars 6-5 B-Oxford Blaze (2-1, 4-2, 6-4, 6-5)

Washington All-Stars scorers | Bathurst (2G, 1A), Lee-Whitehead (1G,2A), Lane (2G), Akintoye (1G).
B-Oxford Blaze | Kabani (3G), Keane (2G), Prettyman (1A).

Men’s B Series

Game 1 | North B 5-7 South B (2-3, 2-4, 3-5, 5-7)

North B scorers | Jefferies (1G, 2A), C Bland (2G), Holt (1G), Morley (1G).
South B scorers | Rodberg (1G, 2A), Farrer (2G), Dawson (1G, 1A), Lynch (1G, 1A), Anaya (1G), Milner (1G).

Game 2 | North B 6-3 South B (1-0, 2-1, 4-2, 6-3)

North B scorers | Jefferies (4G), C Bland (1G), Smith (1G).
South B scorers | Farrer (1G), Haxton (1G), Rodberg (1G), Deans (1A).

England's Sofia Best to coach on 2025 Summer Triple Arrow Camps

Sofia Best playing at 2024 World Lacrosse Box Championships

Triple Arrow Camps has announced that England box player Sofia Best will be a coach at the upcoming 2025 Triple Arrow Summer Camp at St Swithun’s School, Winchester, taking place on Wednesday 30 and Thursday 31 July.

Best will arrive at St Swithun’s School off the back of leading the England Lacrosse Aspire Programme teams to victory as a coach at the United World Games in Austria earlier this month.

She also has experience coaching at Triple Arrow Camps before after joining camps over the past couple of years.

Having played for England at the 2024 World Lacrosse Box Championships in Utica, USA, last year where she was an integral part of the team as they finished fifth, Best comes to Triple Arrow Camps with some serious playing experience despite being just 19 years old.

Outside of lacrosse, Best will begin her university studies at Manhattan University in New York City next month after being awarded a scholarship to play Division 1 lacrosse and study over the next four years, no small feat for a player outside of North America!

A defender by trade, Best will have an all-round coaching focus alongside the other coaches at the St Swithun’s School Triple Arrow Camp at the end of July.

Prices for the St Swithun’s School Camp start at £167.50.

England Lacrosse in conversation with Official Partner Innov8

England U20 men's players celebrate

Ahead of the 2025 World Lacrosse U20 Men's Championship in Korea in August, England captain Joachim Ruby sat down with Carl Maher, Managing Director and Founder of England Lacrosse Official Partner and Headline Sponsor of the England U20 Men's Programme, Innov8.

In the first part of the series on how business can learn from sport and vice versa, Joachim and Carl discuss "trusting the process."

Watch part 1 of the new series on the England Lacrosse YouTube channel below with more videos dropping each week.

England Lacrosse University Aspire teams compete in Lisboa Cup

England Lacrosse University Aspire women's squad at Lisboa Cup

The England Lacrosse University Aspire Programme men’s and women’s teams finished eighth and fifth respectively at the 2025 Lisboa Cup in Lisbon, Portugal, this weekend.

The women’s team played five games over the course of the competition, picking up one win, while the men played six, winning two.

With teams taking part from all over the world, including Spain, Portugal, England, and the USA, the quality of lacrosse on show at the Lisboa Cup was high and the two England University Aspire teams learned a great deal from playing in such a competitive tournament.

The Lisboa Cup acts as the culmination of the 2024/2025 University Aspire Programme season that has seen talented university athletes from all over the country train throughout the year with England Lacrosse coaches, honing their skills with a view to potentially progressing to the England Lacrosse Perform Programme.

Last year’s University Aspire Programme cohort also ended their season with a trip to compete in the Lisboa Cup with the one men’s team finishing fourth overall.

This year’s Programme is the first edition to include a women’s section and the Lisboa Cup was their first competitive opportunity to show how far they’ve progressed as athletes over the year.

For more information about the 2025 Lisboa Cup, click HERE.

Applications for the 2025/2026 University Aspire Programme will open later this year with more information available HERE.

Women’s Competition

  1. Beer Pressure

  2. Hawks

  3. Spain

  4. Sawusa Stripes

  5. USA All Stars Stripes

  6. Portugal Development Team

  7. Sawusa Stars

  8. England University Aspire

  9. USA All Stars Stars

  10. BSI Owls

Women’s Results

Day 1

England University Aspire 5-8 Portugal Development Team
Sawusa Stars 4-5 England University Aspire
England University Aspire 0-12 Beer Pressure
USA All Stars Stripes 10-1 England University Aspire

Day 2

England University Aspire 5-11 Sawusa Stars

Men’s Competition

  1. Sawusa Stars

  2. Sawusa Stripes

  3. Leicester City

  4. Lisboa Gladiators

  5. England University Aspire

  6. Beer Pressure

Men’s Results

Day 1

Lisboa Gladiators 2-1 England University Aspire
England University Aspire 6-6 Sawusa Stripes
Sawsusa Stars 5-0 England University Aspire
Leicester City 1-0 England University Aspire
England University Aspire 4-3 Beer Pressure

Day 2

England University Aspire 5-4 Beer Pressure

UK Coaching Awards 2025: It's time to nominate an incredible coach!

Nominations Open for the UK Coaching Awards 2025

Nominations are now open for the UK Coaching Awards 2025, offering the perfect opportunity to celebrate the coaches who are making a real difference in communities across the UK.

Whether they’re inspiring young athletes, championing inclusivity, or leading the way in sustainability, these awards recognise the incredible impact of coaches at every level.

This year introduces a brand-new Green Award, honouring coaches and organisations who are embedding sustainability into their practice, an important step as we look to the future of sport and physical activity.

The UK Coaching Awards are the most prestigious celebration of coaching excellence in the UK. They highlight the dedication, passion, and transformative power of coaches who go above and beyond to enrich lives and communities.  

Last year’s winners include Hannah Vines, recognised for her child-first approach in rowing, and John Shedden, who received the Lifetime Achievement Award for his pioneering work in Snowsports coaching.

There are 10 award categories in total: Community Coach of the Year (Children and Young People), Community Coach of the Year (Adults), Young Coach of the Year, Change a Life Award, Talent Development Coach of the Year, High Performance Coach of the Year, Online Coach of the Year, Inclusive Coaching Award, Coach Education and Development Practitioner of the Year, and the new Green Award.

Mark Gannon, CEO of UK Coaching, encourages everyone to get involved:

“The UK Coaching Awards are my favourite part of the year. They give us the chance to hear powerful stories of coaches going above and beyond to make sport inclusive, accessible, and life changing. If a coach has helped you, your club, or your community, this is your chance to say thank you.”

Nominations close on Tuesday 2 September 2025, with the High-Performance category remaining open until Thursday 11 September. All entries will be reviewed through an independent and impartial judging process.

Nominate your coaching hero today at https://www.ukcoaching.org/campaigns/our-awards/

Register your interest in England Lacrosse Officiating Conference

Official with hand outstretched

England Lacrosse is looking for officials to register their interest in a possible upcoming Officiating Conference with details to be confirmed in due course based on the results of the survey below.

The Conference would be an opportunity for officials all over the country to network, share best practice, and take part in workshops.

Provisional dates for the Conference are either Saturday 20 or Sunday 21 September 2025.

To register your interest in the Officiating Conference, click the button below.

If you have any questions about the Conference, please contact Brin Kenyon on [email protected].

England's Emily Nalls to feature in WLL All-Star match

England defender Emily Nalls has been named as part of Team Izzy who will take on Team North in the first ever Women’s Lacrosse League (WLL) All-Star Game in Kansas City, USA, tomorrow morning (5 July).

Nalls comes into this game after helping her California Palms team finish third in the inaugural WLL season earlier this year.

She first pulled on the England jersey during the 2022 World Lacrosse Women’s Championship in Maryland, USA, where she helped secure an historic third-place finish.

At college, Nalls played and started in all 88 games during her college career at North Carolina, graduating as one of the best in the programme’s history and holding the programme record for single-game ground balls; she won a national championship with the Tar Heels in 2022.

She once again featured for England at the 2025 Home Internationals Series in Largs, Scotland, in April.

The WLL All-Star Game is part of the 2025 All-Star Weekend that will also see a huge clash between the men’s PLL Eastern and Western Conference All-Stars on Saturday (5 July).

The WLL is the women’s arm of the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL), the brainchild of lacrosse legend Paul Rabil.

2025 All-Star Weekend Schedule (UK times)

Saturday 5 July

1am | WLL All-Star Game
6pm | PLL All-Star Game

Coaches

Head Coach | Jen Adams
Assistant Coach | Dana Dobbie

Players

Madison Ahearn | A
Livy Rosenzweig | A
Sydni Black | A
Erin Coykendall | A
Sam Apuzzo | A
Izzy Scane | A
Ally Kennedy | M
Marie McCool | M
Ellie Masera | M
Fallon Vaughn | M
Ally Mastroianni | M
Cassidy Spilis | M
Sam Smith | M
Emily Nalls | D
Courtney Taylor | D
Kayla Wood | D
Kady Glynn | GK
Delaney Sweitzer | GK

University Aspire Programme head to Lisboa Cup this weekend

The England Lacrosse University Aspire Programme heads to Lisbon, Portugal this weekend to take part in the annual Lisboa Cup with two teams on show.

Starting on Saturday 5 July, the men’s team will take on Lisboa Gladiators, SaWUSA Stars, Leicester City, and Beer Pressure with the women’s team playing Portugal Development Team, SaWUSA Stars, Beer Pressure, and USA All Starts Stripes in the group stage.

Play-in and semi-final matches will follow on Saturday before placement games and finals on Sunday.

The Lisboa Cup acts as the culmination of the 2024/2025 University Aspire Programme season that has seen talented university athletes from all over the country train throughout the year with England Lacrosse coaches, honing their skills with a view to potentially progressing to the England Lacrosse Perform Programme.

Last year’s University Aspire Programme cohort also ended their season with a trip to compete in the Lisboa Cup with the one men’s team finishing fourth overall.

This year’s Programme is the first edition to include a women’s section and the Lisboa Cup is their first competitive opportunity to show how far they’ve progressed as athletes over the year.

For more information about the 2025 Lisboa Cup, click HERE.

Applications for the 2025/2026 University Aspire Programme will open later this year with more information available HERE.

Men’s Squad

Oscar Brooks-Feller
James Burch
Matt Church
Connor Elson
Eric Epps
Patrick Fielder
Benjamin Filer
David Finn
Monty Gartside
Oliver Grayson
Ben Hordern
Matthew Johnson
Archie Jones
Senan Marshall
George Mayson
George Medd
Jack Mercer
Sean Paton
Lucas Sayers
Charlie Smith
Jacob Stevenson
Ruben Nathanael Prosper Vogt

Coaches:

Glenn Humphreys
Joe Longley

Women’ Squad

Kalli Coburn
Imogen Day
Marija Derbenova
Katie Eglington
Natasha Gage
Charlotte Goforth
Tessa Harrison
Lilyella Hart
Alice Houlden
Melissa Kent
Emily Lakin
Melodie Larvor
Lucy Mayers
Tabby Newton
Leonie Rowe
Libby Sheehy-Jenkins
Darcie Sloggett
Emily Watkins
Pippa Willis
Dyane Koane Wong

Coaches:

Cecelia Bartley
Helen Amos

From the playgrounds of Oxford to the Olympic podium | BBC Radio Oxford

Oxford City player with ball in stick

On Friday 27 June, BBC Radio Oxford broadcast a special five-minute segment about Oxford City Lacrosse Club and their recent successful partnership with primary schools in the area on their Friday Night Sport show.

Read the full transcript below or listen to the piece HERE.

Presenter: The Olympics is often where I find out more about those niche sports you don't tend to usually hear about, like speed climbing, BMXing, canoe slalom.

One sport that is making a comeback for 2028 is lacrosse. Most think of it as an American sport, but here in Oxfordshire, Oxford City Lacrosse Club are trying to train up the next generation of players.

Annabel: My name is Annabel Campbell and I am the President of Oxford City Lacrosse Club. There's a lot of lacrosse in Oxford. Both universities have got good, strong teams.

It was really important, being a university town, that we could get organic growth. So we have a junior section, but we needed to try and drum up more local players to come. And that was really what came behind us starting to do some outreach. And I worked with the university students to bring young coaches in so that they got experience as coaches. And one of those schools loved it. And they came back and said, could we bring it into the West Oxfordshire primary schools?

Presenter: Students from five primary schools took up three pitches at Matthew Arnold School. They're whizzing around with their plastic lacrosse sticks, flying all over the place to try and score. There are cheers and smiles on faces, so I have to ask the students, did they actually enjoy it?

Holly: I'm Holly and I'm 11 years old. I haven't played lacrosse before. It's really fun and I would love to do it as a sport, but it's very tiring sometimes.

Harry: My name is Harry and I'm 10 years old. It sounds a bit weird, like, using sticks and balls to throw in big goals and then, like, yeah, there's a lot of rules you have to remember. Like rugby, you just have to kick a ball as far as you can, but this, there's a circle you can't go in, you can't go out, a bunch of stuff.

Presenter: So is this a sport, Harry, that you think you're going to do at school? Would you like to do it more regularly?

Harry: Yeah, maybe, because, like, for this kind of sport, like, you have to get really good at it to actually, like, score a couple of goals.

Presenter: Do you want to do this outside of school, like as a hobby, like a new sport to try?

Harry: Not really, because I just don't really think it's, like, the sport that I would like to do. Like, some other people, yeah, because there's someone here coaching us who plays for England.

Presenter: As Harry mentioned, Oxfordshire is home to an England under-20s player, showing everyone just how far you can go in lacrosse.

Talia: Hi, I'm Talia, I'm 20, I'm from Buckland, and I'm currently part of the England development team. I was lucky, I was introduced to it from school, and then from there, loved the sport, and then started playing club at Oxford City. It's a very teamwork sport, which I love, and it's very tactical, which is always fun.

It's so good to see it with such young players, and, like, seeing them enjoy the sport, and try something new, like, they're all, like, so excited that it's something so different to what they're used to, and they all seem to have loved it. I've seen some amazing players. I've been really impressed, yeah.

Presenter: Let's be honest, lacrosse can be seen as an expensive sport. So how have these schools gone about getting equipment, training coaches? That's where the partnership with Oxford City Lacrosse Club comes in.

Annabel: Worked with England Lacrosse for them to train the teachers within the school, because for me, that's going to give it longevity, and we can keep working with them. And then we were very lucky, we put together a little partnership with The Lacrosse Foundation, and with Centurion Lacrosse, which are two clubs, but they both have grants that they're able to give.

Presenter: This is the first time a lacrosse partnership between state schools and a community club has taken place in Oxford. Matthew Arnold School played host for this mini-tournament, and Head of PE Mr East was on hand to say where the secondary school fits into all of this.

Mr East: From our point of view as a secondary school, our main objective is to get young people in our community being active and playing sport. And I think, as Head of PE, our responsibility in the community is to be that central hub for the primary schools. This is the first of the pilot, which is really exciting, and lacrosse has been excellent, and it's been a really successful afternoon.

Presenter: With the Olympics coming up, why is it important for state schools in Oxfordshire to buck the trend, and offer students a chance to try sports that are often dominated by private schools? I'll let Mr East and Talia answer that one.

Talia: It's great to see it being introduced into more state schools, as it's the aim to get as many people playing as possible, and then developing more and more players. The more talent you have, the better it is for the sport as a whole, and the enjoyment of the sport in general, by making it more inclusive for everyone, it just really grows the game, which is what we all want.

Mr East: People who are in sport and love sport understand that POP lacrosse, for example, or kwik cricket, versions that they're coming out with are crucial for state schools to be able to access, to get funding to, and then to have the opportunity to play, and then brilliant clubs like Oxford City that then offer the next steps. It's all about that pathway. They can enjoy it at school, but where's the pathway? There needs to be a club and a route out. So if we can build those, any sport can be for anyone.

Presenter: That's the plan. It's all about creating and solidifying that pathway in a niche sport, which Annabel from Oxford City Lacrosse Club puts perfectly.

Annabel: This is why we do what we do, to be able to start that link from the playground, for want of a better word, to the podium.

For more information about Oxford City Lacrosse Club and how to get involved, head to their website HERE.

England's Annie Mather to coach on 2025 Summer Triple Arrow Camps

Annie Mather celebrating a goal

Triple Arrow Camps has announced that former England U20 player Annie Mather will be a Coach at the upcoming 2025 Triple Arrow Summer Camp at Haberdashers’ School, Elstree, taking place on Tuesday 29 and Wednesday 30 July.

Mather comes to Triple Arrow Camps with huge pedigree as a player after several years with the England U20 team where she helped them to a European title in 2022 and a sixth-place finish at the World Championship last year.

Outside of England duty, Mather is a part of the hugely successful Exeter University team, led by England women’s Head Coach Mike Molster, that narrowly finished second to the University of Nottingham on BUCS Big Wednesday earlier this year.

An incredible attacking force on the lacrosse pitch, Mather will have an all-round coaching focus alongside the other coaches at the Haberdashers’ School Triple Arrow Camp at the end of July.

Prices for the Haberdashers’ School Camp start at £167.50.

Three in a row for Gawsworth School at National POP Lacrosse Championship

National POP Lacrosse Championship winners - Gawsworth

Gawsworth Primary School cemented their place at the top of the pop lacrosse tree by winning the 2025 National POP Lacrosse Championship and making it a third consecutive national title.

The Cheshire based school went unbeaten throughout the competition, defeating Killearn School from Glasgow 8-3 in the Championship final at Fenton Manor Sports Complex in Stoke on Thursday 26 June.

They had earlier beaten Springfield School in the quarter-final and Bowdon Prep in the semi-final to make the final, while Killearn were victorious against St James in the Last 8 and Bowdon Church in the Last 4.

The two Bowdon schools then also faced off for the 3/4 play off with Bowdon Prep taking the honours.

In the Plate competition, last year’s Championship runners up Mellor returned this year with silverware after beating Perry Hall 7-6 in the Plate final.

Pop lacrosse is the form of lacrosse played in primary schools and is a non-contact version of the game which uses inexpensive plastic-headed sticks and large, softer lacrosse balls. The game is usually played as a five-or six a-side mixed game with no goal-keepers and is fast-paced and fun to play.

The 16 competing teams that had made their way to the Championships through their regional qualifying competitions were split into four groups of four for pool play, with the top two of each group moving through to compete for the Championship title and the third and fourth place sides going on to the Plate competition.

The pool standings and scores from all of the knockout fixtures can be found below.

More information on pop lacrosse and how to get it started in your school can be found HERE

National POP Lacrosse Championship Plate Winners - MELLOR

2025 National Pop Lacrosse Championships Results

Championship Competition

Final | Gawsworth 8-3 Killearn

3rd/4th Play-Off | Bowdon Prep 7-2 Bowdon Church

Semi-Final 1 | Killearn 9-4 Bowdon Church
Semi-Final 2 | Gawsworth 7-4 Bowdon Prep

Quarter-Final 1 | Bowdon Prep 4-3 Sparsholt
Quarter-Final 2 | Gawsworth 12-8 Springfield
Quarter-Final 3 | St James 0-3 Killearn
Quarter-Final 4 | Strathblane - Bowdon Church

Plate Competition

Final | Mellor 7-6 Perry Hall

3rd/4th Play-Off | Redhill 7-3 Holy Trinity

Semi-Final 1 | Perry Hall 7-4 Holy Trinity
Semi-Final 2 | Mellor 10-5 Redhill

Quarter-Final 1 | Perry Hall 9-3 Bridgewater
Quarter-Final 2 | Holy Trinity 5-2 Stanton St Quinton
Quarter-Final 3 | Mellor 12-0 Pownall Green
Quarter-Final 4 | Poverest - Redhill

Pool 1

  1. Bowdon - 15pts

  2. Springfield- 8pts

  3. Perry Hall - 8pts

  4. Stanton St Quinton - 3pts

Pool 2

  1. Gawsworth - 15pts

  2. Killearn - 11pts

  3. Poverest - 7pts

  4. Bridgewater - 3pts

Pool 3

  1. St James RC - 15pts

  2. Bowdon Church - 11pts

  3. Mellor - 7pts

  4. Redhill - 3pts

Pool 4

  1. Strathblane - 12pts

  2. Sparsholt - 11pts

  3. Holy Trinity - 8pts

  4. Pownall Green- 3pts

5pts for a win, 2 points for a draw, 1 point for a loss

2026 Women's World Championship line-up complete

The 16-team line-up for next year’s 2026 World Lacrosse Women’s Championship was completed over the weekend as the Pan-American Women’s Lacrosse Championship came to a conclusion in Florida, USA.

Fifth-place finishers Argentina joined fourth-placed Puerto Rico, as well as respective bronze, silver, and gold medal winners Haudenosaunee, Canada, and USA as the five Pan-American qualifiers to join the 11 already qualified teams from the Europe and Asia-Pacific regions.

USA claimed the Pan-American title with a 21-11 win over Canada with Haudenosaunee finishing third after a 12-10 victory over Puerto Rico meaning all four teams qualified for next year’s World Championship in Tokyo, Japan.

Argentina snatched the final Pan-American spot at the World Championship after a 16-8 win over Mexico in the fifth-place game.

Those five teams join the other 11 qualified teams, including Japan, Australia, Czechia, England, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Phillipines, Scotland, Chinese Taipei, and Wales.

England head into next year’s World Championship as the third best team in the world after winning the bronze medal at the 2022 edition of the competition and the best team in Europe after securing an eighth Euros title in Portugal last year.

The 2026 World Lacrosse Women’s Championship will take place from 24 July to 2 August and for more information about the tournament, click HERE.

2026 World Lacrosse Women’s Championship Line-Up

Japan (Host, Asia-Pacific)
Argentina (Pan-American)
Australia (Asia-Pacific)
Canada (Pan-American)
Czechia (Europe)
England (Europe)
Germany (Europe)
Haudenosaunee (Pan-American)
Ireland (Europe)
Israel (Europe)
Philippines (Asia-Pacific)
Puerto Rico (Pan-American)
Scotland (Europe)
Chinese Taipei (Asia-Pacific)
United States (Pan-American)
Wales (Europe)

10 English players selected as part of British Lacrosse's World Games squad

Dylan Whittington with stick in hand in front of goal

10 English players have been selected as part of British Lacrosse’s squad heading to Chengdu, China in August for The World Games 2025.

Some of England’s brightest stars will join with British Lacrosse in two months, including 2024 Euros winners Emilie Chandler, Emily Gray, Cece Green, Minty Loxton, Anna Neville, Emma Oakley, Emma Savage, Dylan Whittington, and Liv Wimpenny.

Lauren Hart, who featured for England at the Home Internationals Series earlier this year, has also been selected and means English players make up over 83% of the squad.

Taking place from 7-11 August, the lacrosse competition will see eight teams, including Great Britain, China, USA, Canada, Australia, Czechia, Japan, and Ireland, battle it out to be crowned the 2025 title-winners.

The tournament features the Olympic sixes version of the sport that will be on show at LA28 in just three years’ time.

For more information about British Lacrosse, click HERE, and for more information about The World Games, click HERE.

British Lacrosse Squad

Emilie Chandler
Chess Gray
Emily Gray
Cece Green
Lauren Hart
Minty Loxton
Anna Neville
Emma Oakley
Lottie Robertson
Emma Savage
Dylan Whittington
Liv Wimpenny

ITS invests in England U20 Men's Programme

England Lacrosse and ITS logo graphic

ITS backs England U20 Men's Lacrosse on the road to South Korea

England Lacrosse is proud to welcome ITS as the latest official partner of the England U20 Men’s Programme for 2025.

A fast-growing force in digital infrastructure, ITS builds and operates the UK’s largest dedicated business-grade local access fibre network — delivering the connectivity that powers everything from high street names like Starbucks and Asda, to hospitals, universities, and sports venues including Loftus Road, the home of Queens Park Rangers, and Everton’s new ground, Hill Dickinson Stadium. ITS also supports major public events, such as broadcasting the BBC’s Eurovision coverage to global audiences.

Now, they’re backing the future of English lacrosse.

As part of their commitment, ITS has invested to help the young lions squad as they prepare for the 2025 World Lacrosse U20 Men’s Championship in South Korea this August — supporting those who are representing their country on the international stage.

Their investment is a statement of belief in the talent, ambition, and potential of our young players — and in the values our sport represents.

Throughout the build-up and tournament, you’ll see ITS featured across England Lacrosse content, including behind-the-scenes interviews and coverage from South Korea.

To find out more about ITS and how their fibre networks are driving the UK's digital future, visit www.itstechnologygroup.com.

England representative teams shine at United World Games

England Lacrosse representative team lift the trophy at The United World Games

England Lacrosse representative teams finished first, second, and third at the 2025 United World Games in Klagenfurt, Austria yesterday after three days of Sixes Lacrosse competition.

England Lacrosse 1 took the title with a close 14-11 victory over England Lacrosse 3 in the final and England Lacrosse 2 claimed the bronze medal with a 19-8 win over USA All-Stars White earlier in the day.

Made up from talented young players in the England Lacrosse Aspire Programme, the final day wins meant that, aside from when playing against other England teams, the three England representative teams didn’t lose a match during the competition.

The team scored a whopping 325 goals in their 14 matches while conceding just 55 goals against non-England teams to take the top three spots in the inaugural lacrosse competition at The United World Games.

2025 marked the first time England teams had taken part in the multi-sport competition that also showcases tennis, basketball, volleyball, field hockey, rugby, floorball, football, ice hockey, handball, and ball hockey alongside lacrosse.

Holding its first edition 20 years ago in 2005, the United World Games is an annual event that aims to give young athletes the opportunity to play their sport against other nations with an added Olympic flair.

For more information about the United World Games, click HERE.

England Lacrosse Results

Friday 20 June

Group A

England Lacrosse 1 22-3 German Team
England Lacrosse 3 23-5 USA All-Star Blue
England Lacrosse 1 23-4 Hessen
England Lacrosse 1 14-15 England Lacrosse 3

Group B

England Lacrosse 2 27-1 Young Eagles
England Lacrosse 2 24-8 Germany Young Talents

Saturday 21 June

Group A

England Lacrosse 3 18-6 German Tean
England Lacrosse 1 23-2 USA All-Stars Blue
England Lacrosse 3 28-5 Hessen

Group B

England Lacrosse 2 21-6 USA All-Stars White

Semi-Finals

England Lacrosse 3 22-7 USA All-Stars White
England Lacrosse 1 13-8 England Lacrosse 2

Sunday 22 June

3rd Place Play-Off

England Lacrosse 2 19-8 USA All-Stars White

Final

England Lacrosse 1 14-11 England Lacrosse 3

England Lacrosse celebrates Olympic Day

British Lacrosse player battles against USA player

England Lacrosse is excited to be celebrating the annual Olympic Day on Monday 23 June, a day which allows Olympians and those involved in the Olympic movement to reflect on the values of the Olympic Games.

The theme for 2025 is ‘Your plus 1” with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) asking everyone to pick a plus 1 and move with them.

Whether it’s a friend, a sibling, or a teammate, movement is not only better when shared, it's a lot more fun.

The general idea of Olympic Day is simple: it’s a day which allows athletes of the past and present to share their memories of competing at an Olympic Games, as countries around the globe hold activities to promote the values of how sport can make the world a better place.

Alongside athletes sharing their memories on social media, the main worldwide event connected to Olympic Day is known as the Olympic Day run, usually held between 17-24 June, that takes in 1.5k, 5km, and 10km runs facilitated by National Olympic Committees.

Team GB will be getting involved in Olympic Day this year as well with an exciting partnership with junior parkrun and the Daily Mile for an action packed weekend of activity featuring some famous faces.

Three-time Olympic champion Max Whitlock and Tokyo 2020 Olympian Abigail Irozuru will star in Manchester with other Tokyo 2020 Olympians Anna Hopkin, Kate French, Nekoda Smythe-Davis featuring elsewhere in the country.

Initially proposed by Doctor Gruss at the 41st session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1947, the first Olympic Day was celebrated on 23 June 1948 ahead of that year’s London Olympic Games.

The reason for it being on 23 June each year is to coincide with the founding of the IOC by Pierre de Coubertin on that date in 1894.

It wasn’t until 1978, however, that Olympic Day was added to the Olympic Charter and National Olympic Committees asked to organise events in celebration.

For more information about Olympic Day, click HERE.

England star Katie Greenwood to coach at 2025 Triple Arrow Summer Camp

Katie Greenwood headshot

Triple Arrow Camps has announced that England field and box star Katie Greenwood will be a Lead Coach at the 2025 Triple Arrow Summer Camp at Queen Anne’s School, taking place from Monday 11 to Thursday 14 August.

Greenwood brings a wealth of experience to Triple Arrow Camps having played in three major tournaments with England across two disciplines: she was England’s field goalie at the 2019 ELF Women’s Championship and 2022 World Lacrosse Women’s Championship and appeared in the offence at the 2024 World Lacrosse Box Championships.

An experienced Sixes Lacrosse player, Greenwood is also a part of the British Lacrosse training squad, representing them at the 2022 World Games, and has appeared in two seasons of The Fly Sixes Lacrosse League (2021 & 2024).

Initially a midfielder, the 33-year-old transitioned to the cage during high-school which continued through to college, first at St. Mary’s College before taking a year off during her sophomore year and transferring to Florida Southern.

It was at Florida Southern that Greenwood really honed her goal-keeping skills and was named a two-time NCAA DII All-American and Goalie of the Year.

Following college, and after turning down offers to try out for the American professional women’s league and the USA national side, she began coaching at her old school St. Mary’s College before eventually moving to England.

In 2017, after that year’s World Lacrosse Women’s Championship in England, Greenwood was persuaded by a friend to try out for the England senior national team and since then has never looked back becoming an integral part of the national team set-up and helping to mentor up-and-coming goalies like Emilie Chandler and Dylan Whittington in the process.

Greenwood is the first coach to be announced on the 2025 Triple Arrow Summer Camps programme and will have an all-round coaching focus, although any goalies attending the camp will have the opportunity for one-to-one time with her.

Prices for the Queen Anne’s Camp start from £390 with residential and day places available.

12 English officials heading to Poland for Men's Euros in July

11 English officials have been selected to referee matches at the upcoming 2025 European Men’s Lacrosse Championship in Wroclaw, Poland.

Philip Pearson will be a part of the top team of officials during the competition taking place from 10-19 July, acting as an educator throughout the tournament.

Graham Blyth, Mark Buckley, Dennis Cheng, Craig Davy, Tom Hamey, James Hawksworth, Andy Higginbottom, Emma Jones, Michael Leahy, Ben Lipinski, and Craig Stephens will also feature as match officials as part of a 42-strong group of referees from all over the world.

The 2025 European Men’s Lacrosse Championship will be the first full edition of this competition to take place since 2016 when England brought home the title for the ninth time in Budapest, Hungary.

The announcement of referees for the Euros comes just two weeks after it was revealed that four English officials will participate in The World Games in Chengdu, China, and the 2025 World Lacrosse U20 Men’s Championship in Jeju, Korea, in August.

Oxford City hold inaugural Primary Schools Festival

Children playing pop lacrosse in Oxford

Last week, Oxford City Lacrosse Club held its inaugural Primary Schools Festival with five primary schools in West Oxford participating in a round robin POP Lacrosse tournament at Matthew Arnold School in Cumnor, Oxford.

Over 60 pupils from North Hinksey, Botley, and West Oxford primary schools attended the Festival as Oxford City Lacrosse Club aims to increase participation in lacrosse in the area.

The tournament was the culmination of a huge amount of work conducted by Oxford City in their local area, introducing lacrosse to year five and six pupils at primary schools in West Oxford ahead of the sport making its return to the Olympic Games in LA in 2028.

This is the first time a lacrosse-specific partnership between schools and a community club has taken place in Oxford and, following Oxford City’s work, the five primary schools are now keen to ensure lacrosse becomes a permanent part of the KS2 PE curriculum.

Oxford City Lacrosse Club President Annabel Campbell said:

"What a fantastic sight to see over 60 children playing lacrosse, most for the first time, at the West Oxford Primary Schools Lacrosse Festival at Matthew Arnold School. I could hear cheers and shouts of excitement all afternoon - it demonstrates that lacrosse is an exciting sport and accessible to all.

“There was some real talent on display and I'm hopeful we can develop a West Oxford team to participate in regional and national POP Lacrosse tournaments next year - and who knows, one day we might have Olympic lacrosse players from Oxfordshire!"

Head of PE at Matthew Arnold School, Jake East said:

"Lacrosse has been our first sports partnership with a local community club and it's been a huge success. The children's enjoyment was obvious and I thank all the staff for introducing and coaching a new sport within their PE timetable.

“We're now planning on creating similar festivals, introducing new sports to as many young people as possible, with the support of community clubs. Lacrosse has been a great sport to launch this initiative and we're keen continue and hold a festival every year."