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England women and British Lacrosse men remained unbeaten as they stormed to victory at the inaugural Nations Cups last weekend in Dresden, Germany.
In the box lacrosse competition, England won one and lost one of their two Nations Cup games which took place as part of the first ever Germany Lacrosse Convention.
In a delayed first game due to lightning, the England women select squad, made up of players from the wider England senior training and U23 squads, took on a good Czech Republic side, beating them fairly comfortably in the end 16-9, with Julie Wise scoring four and Alice Ripper and Ella Cohen scoring hat-tricks.
On the Saturday, they then played Germany, blowing them away in a 16-1 victory that saw Julie Wise score a massive six goals with Germany scoring their only goal of the game in the final quarter.
Finally, England women played Czech Republic for a second time in what would be a much closer contest than on the first day of the competition.
England were able to come out on top once again in a one goal game winning 11-10 with the help of four goals from Ella Cohen.
As they continue their preparations for the European Box Lacrosse Championship in Hanover, Germany, this summer, the England box lacrosse team were unlucky to lose their First Nations Cup match 11-8 to Czech Republic.
They started slowly, losing the first quarter 4-0 before winning the second quarter 4-3 and then drawing the final two quarters 2-2. Elliot Leonard and Jamie Powell were the stand-out performers with two goals each.
In their second and final game of the Cup against Poland, England put in a perfect showing, defeating the Eastern European side 12-2, thanks in part to four goals from Dave Groves and braces from Elliot Leonard and Pete Wilson.
And in the men’s Nations Cup, British Lacrosse proved too strong for all the competition as they defeated Germany 19-12 and blew away Poland 26-9 before beating Switzerland 16-7 and Hong Kong 18-11.
They then matched up against Hong Kong once more in the final, again coming out winners 18-10.
Alex Russell (11), Ryan Hunns (8), and Zac Guy (8) were the big scorers for British Lacrosse as they claimed the first ever Nations Cup title.
England box lacrosse
England 8-11 Czech Republic - Dave Groves, Elliot Leonard (2), Sam Perry, Dan Watson, Jamie Powell (2), Pete Wilson
England 12-2 Poland - Cai Jefferies, Dave Groves (4), Pete Wilson (2), Ming Trinh, Sam Perry, Elliot Leonard (2), Jamie Powell
England women
England 16-9 Czech Republic - Laura Beaman (2), Alice Ripper (3), Ella Cohen (3), Julie Wise (4), Sofia Wise (2), Emma Brown, Anna Neville
Germany 1-16 England - Julie Wise (6), Emma Brown, Sofia Wise (2), Anna Neville, Minty Loxton-Barnard (2), Cece Green (2), Alice Ripper, Izzy Brand
England 11-10 Czech Republic - Sofia Wise (2), Minty Loxton-Barnard (2), Ella Cohen (4), Izzy Brand, Alice Ripper (2)
British Lacrosse men
Germany 12-19 Great Britain - Alex Russell (4), Ryan Hunns, Ryan Sweetman (3), Zac Guy (4), Jamie Powell, Tomos Rosser (2), Luke Mills (2), Mike Pomfret, Tom Bracegirdle
Great Britain 26-9 Poland - Ryan Hunns (5), Alex Russell (6), Tomos Rosser (2), Tom Bracegirdle (2), Mike Pomfret (2), Dan Watson (3), Zac Guy (4), Ben Page-Laycock, Ryan Sweetman
Great Britain 16-7 Switzerland - Dan Watson (4), Mike Pomfret, Ben Page-Laycock (2), Ryan Sweetman (3), Jamie Powell (2), Alex Russell, Ryan Hunns (2), Luke Mills
Hong Kong 11-18 Great Britain - data not available
Great Britain 18-10 Hong Kong (Final) - data not available