Strathblane Primary - Scottish Pop Stars 2023

Pupils in P6 & P7 at Strathblane Primary School in Glasgow enjoy their Wednesday after-school lacrosse club - which is run each week by Mrs Bairner the school’s lacrosse leader.

Two teams were selected to represent the school at the Scottish Central Region Pop Lacrosse Tournament back in March 2023, with both teams winning all of their matches in the Overs and Unders category.   

The Unders Team then went on to compete at the National Finals, where they were successful in becoming Scottish National Champions & qualifying for the Great Britain Pop Lacrosse Schools Finals at Keele University in June 2023.  [2023 was the first time the GB tournament had been run since the pandemic, with Strathblane being defending champions from 2019].

Ahead of the GB Finals, The Lacrosse Foundation were pleased to approve a grant of £1200 to provide new pop equipment (sticks, balls and goals) for use both at the tournament and at the school sessions, as their current equipment was old and worn out. This grant also funded two sets of team uniforms - one set of personalised ’Team Scotland' tops for the British Championships; and one set for the school to use in the future qualifying tournaments. 

After getting through to the play-offs in the Plate competition, Strathblane beat Mellor 8-4 in the semi-finals, and then over-powered Bowden Primary School 8-3 to become the Great Britain Pop Lacrosse Plate winners 2023.

Congratulations to all the team & to the school.  Keep enjoying your lacrosse !

(photo shows them after becoming Scottish National Champions).