The Fly Sixes Lacrosse League is set to welcome 150 local school children to Blackheath Rugby Club tomorrow (Friday 16 May) as part of a community skills festival ahead of the opening weekend of The Fly’s 2025 season.

Teams from schools in Bromley and Greenwich, featuring a mix of children who have experience of POP lacrosse and some who have never picked up a stick before, will be attending the session on Friday.

Several stars of The Fly 2025, including Ben Page-Laycock and Minty Loxton, will be in attendance to lead the session alongside community lacrosse champion Mike Barrett where participants will learn the basics of lacrosse through seven dedicated skills stations.

The aim of the festival is to give children in the local area the opportunity to play lacrosse and be introduced to the sixes Olympic version of the sport that the whole world will be watching at LA28.

This skills festival is all part of The Fly’s commitment to promoting and expanding the knowledge of Sixes Lacrosse within the local community and will be followed up with a sister event on Friday 30 May in Manchester before The Fly’s 2025 Finals Weekend at the Manchester Regional Arena.

Following the festival at Blackheath Rugby Club on Friday, attendees will be invited to come and watch The Fly’s opening matches on Saturday or Sunday.

The Fly Sixes Lacrosse League is the world’s first National Lacrosse League featuring the six-a-side version of the sport and was founded in 2021.

Since its first season four years ago, the competition has gone from strength to strength featuring the best players in the UK and featuring 10 nationalities in 2025.

For more information about The Fly Sixes Lacrosse League, follow them on Instagram HERE or head to their website HERE.