The Fly Sixes Lacrosse 2024 | Tickets on sale!

Tickets for The Fly Sixes Lacrosse 2024 are on general sale from today with prices starting from just £5 plus booking fee.

2024 will mark the fourth edition of The Fly which showcases some of the best players in the UK and further afield playing the Olympic Sixes version of lacrosse.

Single day tickets are available for each of the four match days (11 May, 18 May, 1 June, 2 June) with match day 1 taking place at the Manchester Regional Arena and match days 2, 3, and 4 hosted at Rosslyn Park FC once again.

A The Fly 2024 Tournament Pass is available for those wanting to see every single minute of action during this year’s competition with pass holders able to access all four match days for one price, saving themselves up to £7.50*.

Single day concessions tickets and a The Fly 2024 Tournament Pass (concessions) are available for students, 16–18-year-olds, people aged 60+, and Blue Light Card holders; please note, concessions ticket holders may be asked to show proof of eligibility when they arrive at the venue.

Junior tickets are available for just £5 for a single day ticket for those who are aged 15 and under**.

England Lacrosse members are eligible for a 10% discount on all ticket prices and proof of membership will be required at the venue.

Ticket Prices

Adults | £12.50
Concessions | £8
Junior | £5
The Fly 2024 Tournament Pass | £42.50
The Fly 2024 Tournament Pass (concessions) | £28

Please note, a booking fee per ticket is applicable for all tickets purchased.

*Compared to buying four separate full price adult tickets.

**Junior ticket holders must be accompanied by an adult to The Fly 2024.

For more information about The Fly, click HERE.

England Lacrosse announces new partnership opportunities

England Lacrosse is delighted to announce a brand new set of partnership opportunities allowing external companies and organisations to get involved in England Lacrosse-run events.

With the news that lacrosse is now an Olympic sport and will be featured at the LA 2028 Olympic Games in five years, there has never been a better moment to get involved in lacrosse and partner with England Lacrosse.

And with a category of partnership to suit every need and budget, this could be your opportunity to immerse yourself in one of the fastest growing sports in the world.

Two of England Lacrosse’s flagship events, the National Schools Lacrosse Championships and The Fly, are searching for partners for their 2024 iterations and beyond.

The National Schools Lacrosse Championships is an annual four-day competition that brings together some of the country’s best lacrosse-playing school teams across multiple age groups.

It is more than just a lacrosse competition, however, it is a platform for creating unforgettable memories that become a cherished and enduring part of each player’s personal lacrosse story.

As an England Lacrosse partner, you would help us to continue to create memories that will last a lifetime.

Our three partnership options for the National Schools Lacrosse Championships are:

Event Partner - £10,000 + VAT

• Pitch-side branding

• Team welcome pack

• Winners’ medals

• Event programme

• Loud speaker announcements

• 5,000 footfall over four days

Vendors - £1,650 incl. VAT (four day attendance) or £412.50 incl. VAT (per day of attendance)

• Dedicated space in vendor village

• 3,000 female lacrosse players in attendance over four days

• Three age groups ranging from under-13 to under-19

• 2,000 spectators over four days

Digital Partner - £2,000 + VAT

• Website/social promotion

  • 36,000 unique website visits during event

  • 14,000-strong engaged social community

• Competition results app

  • 5,000-strong database

• Email distribution

  • 8,000-strong database

The Fly is the world’s first Sixes Lacrosse league showcasing the brand new Olympic version of the sport and bringing together the best lacrosse players in the UK and further afield.

With a men’s and women’s competition running concurrently and featuring eight teams in total, The Fly provides an elite level playing experience for the Olympic format of the sport.

Now heading into its fourth year, The Fly is looking for partners to join them on the next stage of their journey as England Lacrosse remains committed to promoting the growth of Sixes Lacrosse and providing an exceptional platform for players to showcase their skills.

Our four partnership options for The Fly are:

Event Partner - £10,000 + VAT

• Affiliation with an exciting new Olympic sport

• On-site branding opportunities

Media Partner - £5,000 + VAT

• Streaming/broadcast advertising opportunities

• Online branding opportunities

Stall Holder - £500 + VAT per day

• Over 2,000 spectators across four days

• Engaged lacrosse and sports fans

• Young, health conscious audience

Fan Zone Partner - £500 + VAT per day

• Interactive fan zone

  • Set up booths or activities for attendees - games, contests, product displays etc.

For more information about the competition and the partnership opportunities on offer at both the National Schools Lacrosse Championships and The Fly, click HERE.

The Fly issues open invitation to tender streaming

The Fly is delighted to issue an invitation to tender for a production company for The Fly 2024, the latest edition of the first Sixes Lacrosse competition in the world.

The tender includes providing high-quality live streaming of The Fly 2024, graphics to support the live stream, multi-camera coverage, creation of highlights/on-demand content among other things.

We are looking to form a productive and meaningful working relationship with a successful company that is innovative, forward-thinking, and reliable who can help us to cement The Fly as the premier lacrosse competition in the world with a high-quality look and feel, while providing a value for money product.

Showcasing the version of lacrosse that will be on show at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, The Fly is the premier lacrosse competition in the UK, featuring elite athletes from the UK and around the world.

With three incredible seasons already under our belts and with Sixes Lacrosse officially confirmed to be played at LA28, we’re looking to partner with a high-quality production company to co-ordinate our live streaming output during the three-weekend competition next year.

The Fly features eight teams (four men’s and four women’s) from four franchises (Forge, Hustle, Swift, Rise) and pits them against each other over the course of three competition days in summer.

The league culminates in a grand final to determine who wins The Fly title in both the men’s and women’s competitions.

Please note, the deadline for submission of interest is 16 December 2023.

For more information about The Fly, click HERE.

To view the tender document in full, please see the presentation below.

Torz Anderson and Danny Hilditch Pick Up Golden Stick Award at The Fly

Swift’s Torz Anderson and Danny Hilditch were each presented with the coveted Golden Stick award on Sunday after the conclusion of The Fly.

The Golden Stick is awarded to the man and woman who scored the most goals throughout Finals Weekend.

Highly decorated England international, Torz Anderson, picked up the women’s award after scoring 17 goals across The Fly’s two-day Finals Weekend, seven of which were scored under pressure in her team’s 21-16 win over Rise in the women’s final.

While promising England U20 player, who scored nine goals in six games as England won the 2019 U20 ELF Men’s Lacrosse European Championship, Danny Hilditch won the men’s Golden Stick award after scoring 19 goals across the weekend, despite his Swift team losing the momentum they had from Opening Weekend and finishing fourth.

The other award handed out upon the conclusion of The Fly was Goalie of the Tournament, which went to Swift’s Katie Greenwood in the women’s competition and Hustle’s Hal Dwobeng in the men’s.

Two All-Star teams will be released later this week, featuring the best 12 players from the men’s and women’s tournaments.

Swift (w) and Rise (m) Win Inaugural Edition of The Fly

Swift (w) and Rise (m) claimed victories in their respective final matches at The Fly to take home the inaugural women’s and men’s titles on Sunday afternoon.

After a morning session that had seen Rise (w) and Hustle (m) complete their weekends with wins in the 3rd place play-off games (14-9 v Hustle (w) and 11-10 v Swift (m)), the afternoon belonged to the finals at The Fly.

Swift (w), who were looking to maintain their 100% tournament record, took on Forge (w) in their final where eventual Golden Stick winner and England international, Torz Anderson, scored seven as her Swift team proved too much for Forge, who employed some innovative tactics.

As he had done on Opening Weekend, Forge Head Coach, Conor Dockery, left a player in the attacking half and utilised the pinpoint clearing of goalie Emilie Chandler to pick up multiple quick transition goals, Chandler finishing the game with four assists.

The tactic worked and the game was finely balanced going into the final quarter with Swift holding a slender 15-13 lead.

Swift came out strong after the quarter break and set about taking the game away from Forge with a mix of fine goalkeeping and deadeye shooting.

They scored seven goals in this final quarter, conceding only three in reply, to win the game and take home the trophy.

Meanwhile, in the men’s final, Rise (m) competed against surprise package Forge (m) for the right to call themselves The Fly 2021 champions.

In a tense affair that would be won by a single goal, Forge started the better and settled into the match, taking their scoring chances, forcing mistakes from Rise and goalie Tim Blower carried on his top form from the semi-final the day before in making multiple saves.

Forge led 5-3 midway through Q2 but Rise’s options and potency in attack always allowed them to keep touch and eventually they began to find their rhythm.

Ryan Hunns, added to the Rise roster for Finals Weekend, demonstrated his pure class scoring two outrageous one-handed goals on his weaker right side and was a threat throughout tallying four goals.

As has been clear in the Sixes game throughout the Championship, the role of goalie has been crucial to team success and the Men’s Final was no different.

Rise ‘keeper Will Baxter made stop after stop, closing down angles, and forcing the Forge attack to be perfect with their shots to hit the target.

At the other end, another of Rise’s group of attackmen, Will Prescott, scored three in quick succession to drive Rise ahead and open up a small lead heading into the final minutes.

But Forge refused to roll over - Dan Watson (5G) and Ben Page-Laycock (3G) chipped away at the Rise lead and with a minute to go the advantage had been closed to just a single goal at 13-12.

Rise ran down the clock on their final possession giving Forge seven seconds to take the game into overtime but a Hail Mary from Tom Hallam on the buzzer sailed wide, and Rise were crowned inaugural men’s champions of The Fly.

The Fly to Take Place this Weekend!

England Lacrosse’s national sixes event, The Fly, will have its first day of fixtures this Saturday (17 July), featuring four men’s and four women’s teams (Hustle, Rise, Forge, Swift).

The Fly, taking place at Lilleshall National Sports Centre, will be one of the first events in the world to adopt the brand new, and proposed Olympic, version of lacrosse and comes just a few weeks after World Lacrosse unveiled their World Sixes identity. 

Each of the eight teams in The Fly is jam-packed full of international stars from all over the UK and they will compete in a round robin on Saturday to determine their places in a knockout weekend in August. 

Unfortunately, due to the coronavirus pandemic, this year’s competition will be played behind closed doors with a view to being open to fans next year.

However, fear not as both weekends of The Fly will be streamed live on YouTube (more details to follow).

On Saturday (17 July), there will be two pitches with every game on pitch one being streamed, meaning every team will be featured at least once across the day.

Then, on the second weekend (7 & 8 August), every single game will be streamed live for lacrosse lovers all over the world; there really is no excuse for missing one of the first forays into this exciting new format of the game!

If, for some reason, you can’t watch the live stream, you’ll also be able to keep up to date with all things The Fly over on their social media channels (Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter).

The playing squads, Head Coaches, Assistant Coaches, officials, and playing schedule have been announced ahead of Saturday and can be found on The Fly’s very own dedicated website HERE. 

The Fly is sure to be a fantastic event, highlighting some of the best talent in the UK, playing one of the newest and most exciting formats of the game!

It's time to let fly! The Fly launches

Show up Speed up Step up - Can you keep up? Welcome to the Fly

We are extremely excited to announce the launch of The Fly as the identity for our new National 6 a-side event showcasing lacrosse at the highest level.

The Fly, utilising the new fast and innovative 6s format, will be a pioneering elite level competition featuring the new Olympic-proposed version of the sport.

The Fly emphasises the speed of our sport, putting its unique qualities at the heart of the identity and in particular, epitomising the non-stop, high tempo nature of the 6s game.

Not only does the The Fly represent the fast-paced feel of lacrosse, the name and bold symbol represents its aspirational nature in looking forward to the future, looking ahead to Olympic aspirations for the sport, and looking at what can be possible when the sport is able to let Fly.

The striking orange colour of The Fly takes inspiration from the colour of our lacrosse goals; symbolising the feeling of our players and coaches all focused towards one common goal in achieving success.

The Fly will have the needs and ambitions of its players at its core, allowing our elite athletes to pursue the sport at the highest level while also offering a vision for our youngest players to fulfil their dreams.

GB Lacrosse will take to the field for the first time in a World 6s Championship at the 2022 World Games and The Fly will provide the platform and profile for our top talent to express themselves playing the proposed Olympic format.

The Fly features side-by-side men’s and women’s competitions, giving our athletes absolute equality in profile and performance, bringing together the best players and coaches from across the sport.

The Fly has already engaged with the UK’s top players and coaches through an extensive application and recruitment process, and we can’t wait to share with you all the talent on show this summer.

The best way to keep up with The Fly is across The Fly’s social media channels for first look updates.

England Lacrosse’s Playground to Podium strategy had previously set out plans for a national event to give our athletes a high-profile, high-performance environment, while creating a unique, identifiable flagship brand for the sport to engage with a growing lacrosse market.

Following consultation with key stakeholders and the formation of an event working group with representation from across the sections of the game, The Fly has been developed to meet the objectives of the strategy and signals a significant step forward in helping the sport move to the next level and meet our aspirational goals.