Dear England Lacrosse fans,

I hope you and your families are well and coping with the current national emergency.

At the moment, we are all, quite rightly, focused on keeping ourselves and loved ones safe and England Lacrosse encourage you to follow our government's advice to combat the COVID-19 outbreak.

With an eye to the coming months, I wanted to reach out to you in this time of uncertainty and provide you with some reassurance about the future of lacrosse.

The England Lacrosse leadership team have been holding daily calls and monitoring the coronavirus and the impact it will have on lacrosse activity.

As far as is possible, we are focused on ensuring postponement and not cancellation.

However, it is inevitable that the 2019/20 lacrosse season, both internationally and domestically, will be severely affected.

We are working with European and World Lacrosse to provide information on international events and, with our key volunteers in the Regional Associations, on our domestic competitions and we will inform you as decisions about these are made.

I have been in regular communication with Sport England and other government agencies with regard to their support for National Governing Bodies and community club sport to make sure that the provision for sport to start again once the coronavirus measures have been lifted is in place.

I want to reassure you all that lacrosse activity will be able to start again, as soon as it is permissible and safe to do so.

Thank you for your support for lacrosse; keep active and most importantly please stay safe and well.

Regards,

Mark Coups (England Lacrosse CEO)