Pupils in P6 & P7 at Strathblane Primary School in Glasgow enjoy their Wednesday after-school lacrosse club - which is run each week by Mrs Bairner the school’s lacrosse leader.

Two teams were selected to represent the school at the Scottish Central Region Pop Lacrosse Tournament back in March 2023, with both teams winning all of their matches in the Overs and Unders category.   

The Unders Team then went on to compete at the National Finals, where they were successful in becoming Scottish National Champions & qualifying for the Great Britain Pop Lacrosse Schools Finals at Keele University in June 2023.  [2023 was the first time the GB tournament had been run since the pandemic, with Strathblane being defending champions from 2019].

Ahead of the GB Finals, The Lacrosse Foundation were pleased to approve a grant of £1200 to provide new pop equipment (sticks, balls and goals) for use both at the tournament and at the school sessions, as their current equipment was old and worn out. This grant also funded two sets of team uniforms - one set of personalised ’Team Scotland' tops for the British Championships; and one set for the school to use in the future qualifying tournaments. 

After getting through to the play-offs in the Plate competition, Strathblane beat Mellor 8-4 in the semi-finals, and then over-powered Bowden Primary School 8-3 to become the Great Britain Pop Lacrosse Plate winners 2023.

Congratulations to all the team & to the school.  Keep enjoying your lacrosse !

(photo shows them after becoming Scottish National Champions).   

·       Do you have experience managing finances OR managing volunteers and leading meetings?

·       Are you able to plan ahead?

·       Are you willing to volunteer some of your time to help us grow the game of lacrosse?

If so, it would be great to have you join us at The Lacrosse Foundation - bringing your enthusiasm & skills to help support our trustee board.

We are looking for 2 new trustees: a Treasurer and a Deputy Chair.

• The Treasurer will help us administer our accounts, manage payments on a regular basis and help us with our financial planning

• The Deputy Chair will help support our chair with planning board meetings, providing leadership to the board and aid succession planning.

Please click here to view the full role description for treasurer, and here to view the full role description for deputy chair.

If you are interested in either of these roles, please email info@thelacrossefoundation.co.uk with a little bit about yourself and what you think you could bring to either role and we’ll be in touch.

·       Do you have experience of creating content on social media & other digital channels?

·       Are you an effective communicator both verbally and in writing?

·       Are you willing to volunteer a small amount of time to help us grow the game of lacrosse?

If so, it would be great to have you join us at The Lacrosse Foundation - bringing your enthusiasm & creative skills to help support our Comms team.

We are looking for a volunteer to help us create content for our social media, website, and newsletter.

Please click here to view the full role description.

If you’d like to help us, please email comms@thelacrossefoundation.co.uk with a little bit about yourself and what you think you could bring to this role and we’ll be in touch.

As part of our efforts to raise awareness of The Lacrosse Foundation, we approached Joe Burnett who creates the regular ‘At The Face’ podcast [“the UK’s favourite lacrosse podcast”] to produce a series of three episodes highlighting some examples of how our larger grants have been deployed to help develop lacrosse at a grass roots level.

These are easy to listen to, and readily accessible – ideal for a trip on the bus or train, a walk in the fresh air, or when you’re having an easy day lounging around ?

Ahead of the series of three ‘Grant-recipients’ podcasts, was an introduction to TLF:

#0 - Episode 16 (May 2021) - an overview of TLF with our Chair Rob Collinge

 The three ‘Grant-recipient’ podcasts are:

#1 – Episode 27 (Dec 2021) – introducing lacrosse to a new area with Border City’s Dan Clements

#2 – Episode 34 (Apr 2022) – deploying lacrosse into FE (Further Education) Colleges with Helen Amos

 #3 - Episode 50 (April 2023) - setting up a new Junior Lacrosse Club with Richmond's Rob Arnott  

This latest episode of the 'At The Face' podcast has recently been released, and features Rob Arnott (former Trustee of TLF; co-founder of Richmond Junior LC and SE Lacrosse Development).

Go on, give them a listen

We are delighted to partner with Joe and ‘At The Face’ in this alternative means to promote both The Lacrosse Foundation, and those individuals who are aiming to develop the game of lacrosse in Great Britain.