The lacrosse competition at The World Games 2025 starts in just seven days’ time featuring Great Britain and to mark the occasion England and GB player Minty Loxton has been telling the British Lacrosse Instagram channel that she’s excited to take part in the competition for the first time.
“I'm really excited,” Loxton said, “to play some teams I've never played before in a high-level competition and to put in all the practice that we've had all over the field in terms of preparation, recovery, and performance.”
It’s been a whirlwind few years for the 23-year-old who picked up her first European title with England in 2024 and has very quickly become a vital player for both England and Great Britain.
Loxton recently returned from injury to compete at this year’s The Fly competition, meaning her preparation for The World Games has been slightly different from others in the Great Britain squad.
“I'd say my preparation has probably been different from most other members of the squad,” she said, “I was out with an injury for about six months. So it was a lot of rehabilitation and a lot of getting back to full fitness so I could go ahead. I've been back for about two months and have been building since I got back this summer and I'm so excited to put it all together now on the pitch.”
Having made her return at The Fly Sixes Lacrosse League 2025 where she helped her Hustle team to a second place finish playing the sixes version of lacrosse, Loxton described how excited she is about the Olympic format of the game.
“I love sixes so much,” Loxton said, “I think the sixes game is so speedy, it's so fast. It's a great spectator sport and, of course, being included in the Olympics has given everyone another goal, another drive to reach.
“It's helped us as a squad, and I think you can see it, to reach another level which is great. And as an individual, I love the sixes format, the speediness, seeing both sides of the ball is great. Seeing different levels that you wouldn't see in the traditional 10-a-side game. It's all go, go, go!”
In terms of a highlight from her short but action-packed Great Britain career so far, Loxton references last year’s Canada Super Sixes event that saw GB defeat their hosts in their own back-yard.
“My highlight would definitely be our overtime win against Canada in October. We were out at the Canada Super Sixes - some of the squad went there and some of the squad went to Indianapolis for a tournament called the American Experience.
“We had some really competitive matches. Sixes always feels competitive in my eyes, which I really enjoy because of the shot clock, because of the fast pace, but these were close games. And that overtime win was definitely a good thing.”
Loxton and Great Britain begin their The World Games campaign at 7:30am (UK) on 7 August in Chengdu against hosts China in Group A.
For more information about the competition, click HERE.