Helping make Bangor bigger...

Bangor University is located in North Wales (near to the Menai Bridge crossing to the island of Anglesey), and has had a Lacrosse Club since 2010, typically running one Men’s and one Women’s team. 

Faced with a losing a large number of graduating leavers from June 2021, the club applied to The Lacrosse Foundation to fund some equipment which would help support their recruitment of new freshers to the club, and enable these new members to start playing the game

A TLF grant of £1500 (in August 2021) provided essential protective equipment - five sets of men’s kit [helmet, gloves, & arm-pads], ten pairs of eye goggles, a helmet repair kit, plus five sticks. 

As a result, the club could offer novice players full equipment to be able to experience and learn the game of lacrosse safely, and without having to initially buy their own kit just to be able try it out. For the 2021-22 season the University club were successful in attracting 28 new players – in addition to the 32 returning players from the previous year – enabling the club to continue to grow despite the impacts of the pandemic.

Emily Shoults (Women's Captain):
“The generous grant from The Lacrosse Foundation has been crucial to the continued development of the club – helping to promote safety in all of our matches and training, allowing us to increase participation at practice sessions, and removed the stress about ensuring we have enough men's equipment. From every member of Bangor Lacrosse we thank you so much !”

 Glenn Swain (Men's Captain):
“The new equipment helped the Men's team develop massively this past year. The additions have allowed both teams the opportunity to utilise all equipment in all training sessions throughout the year and the helmets and pads provided meant that new members of the team who didn't own their own kit were still able to compete safely without having to worry about the quality of their equipment meaning they could focus fully on their performance”.