Back in the 1870’s, an exhibition tour showcasing Lacrosse around the UK was organized by Dr William George Beers. It prompted various Lacrosse clubs to spring up around the country. Since then there has only been marginal growth, but as the popularity of the game currently spreads around the globe, it does so too within the UK. Although women’s lacrosse has been played in UK private schools for a long…
The second tournament of the European Lacrosse League took place this weekend with the Wolves, Custodes, and Deutschland Adler all tying in the tournament with a 2-1 record. Only the Pietro Filipi team lost each game they played. Game one saw Deutschland defeated the last tournament winner, the Wolves, by a score of 13-12. Jamie Plunkett and Pavel Dosley had two goals each for the winning team. Tomas Cekal made…
In the UK, Lacrosse is still very much a niche sport. Building a successful University team is an uphill task, with the game is still in its infancy, most of the new recruits have little to no previous experience in the game, with the exception of the occasional North American import, and are trained from the ground up. The BUCS (British Universities and Colleges Sports) league begins next Wednesday with…
After the news yesterday of the United States indoor lacrosse team not participating in the 2914 Bowhunter Cup, which was to take place this Saturday, the event itself has been cancelled. The Iroquois team announced they would split their roster in two for the game, but obviously it is not feasible. The game was announced just less than a month ago and it was promoted to be a game between…
If you follow American indoor lacrosse, there is earth-shattering news almost every single day. Not all of it positive and not all of it is made public. There are so many things going on behind the scenes that no one ever finds out. One of those things might be why there is no Team USA in the Bowhunter Cup this year. It was reported earlier today that there is no…
According to the IroquoisNationals.com website and confirmed by In Lacrosse We Trust sources, the United States national indoor lacrosse team has dropped out of the Bowhunter Cup. The annual event between the US team and the Iroquois team was set to take place this Saturday at HSBC Arena, the home of the NLL’s Buffalo Bandits. Instead it will be the Iroquois team split in two and play against each other….
The European Lacrosse League kicked off their 2014 season this weekend with the Radotin Wolves taking a victory in the first tournament. The defending champions have a much different roster this season, adding former Custodes star Radek Skala. In the first game Skala led the Wolves against his old team as they won 13-9. Skala scored five times while Tomas Jeck scored three. Jakub Mares and Philip Hladky combined for…
For the first time, US Lacrosse is heading up the staff and player selection of a team that will represent the United States in the 2015 Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) World Indoor Championship. Tony Resch has been named head coach and will be assisted by Adam Mueller and Chris Schiller. Jimmy Butler will serve as general manager, Tim Soudan as assistant general manager, and Mike Fox as equipment manager….
Moments that will stand out to me are seeing a packed stadium for the final game between the U.S. and Canada, Uganda becoming the first team from Africa to compete in the championships (and securing a pair of wins), along with Israel coming together and playing tremendously despite everything that must have been on the players’ minds amidst what was happening back home. One (and possibly only) negative was pace…
After an exciting week filled with a showcase of international skills, and a growing love for the sport of lacrosse, we end with Canada as our world champion, and a few other dedicated and capable teams following. Immense talent and drive was diaplayed by the top five teams, and their players deserve some recognition. The top five coming out of the FIL tournament were Canada¸ USA, Iroquois Nationals, Australia, and…