England Lacrosse is excited to announce the 20-player University Aspire Programme squad heading to Portugal this weekend to compete in the 2024 Lisboa Cup.

Taking place on 22 & 23 June at the Estádio Universitário de Lisboa in Lisbon, Portugal, the Lisboa Cup is one of the “best summer lacrosse tournaments in Europe” and features both a men’s and a women’s division.

The England Lacrosse University Aspire Programme squad will take part in the men’s division alongside Italia Heritage, Sawusa, York Vikings, Brno Ravens, Portugal, and Madrid Osos.

The tournament marks the end of the first year of the England Lacrosse University Aspire Programme that aims to identify athletes who started playing lacrosse at university or have developed their game at university to a point where they show the athletic potential to progress in to the England Lacrosse Performance Programme.

Plans are already in place for next year’s Programme, complete with an expansion to include a women’s squad, with players being identified via coach assessment days held regionally in late October.

Successful players are then invited to attend several squad training sessions throughout the year where they receive specialist coaching and personalised actions plans to help develop their technical and tactical skills.

Once the training sessions are completed, players are selected from the wider Programme for an annual tour, such as the one to Lisbon this weekend with squad players able to remain as part of the University Aspire Programme squad beyond graduation from university.

England Lacrosse University Aspire Programme 2024 Lisboa Cup Squad

Samson Chirwa (Bournemouth University)
Carter Clothier (University of Bristol)
Vincent Cugno (Loughborough University)
Eric Epps (University of Southampton)
Benjamin Filer (University of Portsmouth)
Oliver Grayson (Nottingham Trent University)
Rob MacLennan (Cambridge University)
George Mayson (University of Surrey)
George Medd (Durham University)
Will Monks (Cardiff University)
Jack O'Mahoney (University of Bath)
Sean Paton (University of Plymouth)
Joe Poland (Bournemouth University)
Lucas Sayers (University of Southampton)
Vihan Senadheera (University of Bristol)
James Stansbury (University of Plymouth)
Tom Stansfield (University of Southampton)
Jacob Stevenson (University of Plymouth)
George Tidy (University of Plymouth)
Oliver Travis (University of Nottingham)

Lisboa Cup Schedule

Saturday 22 June (round robin)

Sunday 23 June (placement & finals)