Cheshire’s Gawsworth secured a second successive Championship title at the 2024 National Pop Lacrosse Championships with a 10-4 victory over Greater Manchester’s Mellor in Birmingham last month.

Bowdon claimed third place after a dramatic 9-8 over-time victory in the third place play-off after the scores had finished 6-6 at full-time.

In the Plate competition, St John’s defeated Brooklands 8-4 to secure the title while Scotland’s Killearn beat Stanton St Q 7-2 to finish third.

Taking place at Birmingham City University (BCU) on Wednesday 26 June, the 2024 National Pop Lacrosse Championships marked the end of the pop lacrosse season after regional competitions around the country left just 16 teams to compete at the National Championships.

Teams were split into four groups of four with each team playing each other once to determine which teams would compete for the Championship title and which teams would compete for the Plate title.

Pop lacrosse is the form of lacrosse played in primary schools and is a non-contact version of the game which uses inexpensive plastic-headed sticks and large, softer lacrosse balls. The game is usually played as a five-a-side mixed game with no goal-keepers and is fast-paced and fun to play.

The hosting of the 2024 edition of the competition at BCU continues England Lacrosse’s hugely successful partnership with the midlands university that includes Director of Sport at BCU Mark Jeffreys sitting on the EL Board of Directors and assistance with our injury study work over the past few years.

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2024 National Pop Lacrosse Championships Results

Championship

Final | Gawsworth 10-4 Mellor

3rd/4th Play-Off | Bowdon 9-8 Perry Hall AET (6-6 at full time)

Semi-Final 1 | Bowdon 6-11 Mellor
Semi-Final 2 | Gawsworth 10-6 Perry Hall

Quarter-Final 1 | Bowdon 6-5 Holy Trinity
Quarter-Final 2 | Mellor 8-6 Poverest
Quarter-Final 3 | Gawsworth 8-3 St James
Quarter-Final 4 | All Farthing 4-5 Perry Hall

Plate

Final | Brooklands 4-8 St John’s

3rd/4th Play-Off | Stanton St Q 2-7 Killearn

Semi-Final 1 | Stanton St Q 1-6 Brooklands
Semi-Final 2 | Killearn 6-7 St Johns

Quarter-Final 1 | Stanton St Q 8-2 Bunny C of E
Quarter-Final 2 | Milnthorpe 4-7 Brooklands
Quarter-Final 3 | Killearn 12-5 St Gabriel’s
Quarter-Final 4 | St John’s 6-0 St Thomas

Pool 1