MEET THE TEAMS MAKING HISTORY AT THE FIRST EVER WOMEN'S BOX LACROSSE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

In an historic moment for lacrosse, ten women’s teams will compete in Utica, New York to play for the title of the first ever Women’s Box World Champion. Countries including the USA, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong and Germany will be fighting it out in the competition which runs concurrently with the more established men’s tournament. Familiar faces are likely to grace the indoor arena, including 2022 Field World Champion, Charlotte North (USA), bronze medal winning goalkeeper for the same competition, Katie Greenwood (England), and possibly one of the most well-known and powerful female players in the world, Dana Dobbie (Canada).

Due to women’s box lacrosse still being in its infancy, as well as being a vastly different discipline to women’s field or Sixes, this tournament will see athletes with a number of international caps already under their belt compete with and against players who have only ever played lacrosse at club level. With preparations for the Olympics in 2028 underway and a summer filled with three other international tournaments, it is no wonder that more current national team field and Sixes players are choosing not to take part in the Indoor World Championships.

Pleasantly this leaves room for new players to take centre stage who are excellent domestic field players but have not had the chance to play at international level. A number of these names are in the squads announced by England Lacrosse and Ireland Lacrosse, and I hope you’ll join me in wishing the teams flying out to the USA the best of luck as they make [her]story this September.