Scottish Lacrosse Association (SLA)
Homepage: http://www.scottish-lacrosse.org.uk/
Rules and regulations: http://www.scottish-lacrosse.org.uk/sla-rules.htm
History:
The SLA administers
coaching and umpiring services and
provides a range of advisory services
for all its members.
Background - St Trineans
school team, Edinburgh
HISTORY
The game of Lacrosse
was born of the North American Indian,
christened by the French and adapted
and raised by the Canadians. Rooted
in Native American religion, lacrosse
was often played to resolve conflicts,
to heal the sick, develop strong,
virile men and to give thanks to the
Creator. Contestants played on a field
from one to fifteen miles in length
and games sometimes lasted for days.
The evolution of
the Native American game into modern
lacrosse began in 1636 when Jean de
Brebeuf, a Jesuit missionary, documented
a contest in what is now southeast
Ontario, Canada. At that time, 48
Native American tribes throughout
southern Canada and the United States
played lacrosse. French pioneers began
playing the game avidly in the 1800s.
Canadian dentist, W. George Beers,
standardized the game in 1867 with
the adoption of set field dimensions,
limits to the number of players per
team and other basic rules.
The first women's
lacrosse game was played in 1890 at
St. Leonards School in Scotland. Men
and women's lacrosse were played under
virtually the same rules, with no
protective equipment, until the mid-1930s.
At that time, men's lacrosse began
evolving dramatically, while women's
lacrosse continued to remain true
to the game's original rules. Today,
men's and women's lacrosse remain
two distinct forms of the same game
and are played under different rules.
Current women's rules limit stick
and body contact, and therefore, require
little protective equipment.
Women's lacrosse
rewards agility, quickness and speed,
not brawn. Lacrosse is played with
a stick, the CROSSE, which must be
mastered by the players in order to
CRADLE, catch, throw and scoop up
ground balls. Since stick and body
contact are limited, the game demands
individual and team ingenuity to create
and prevent scoring opportunities.
Scotland Mens Lacrosse
Team - 2002 World Championship Squad
Scotland have announced
their 23 man squad to compete in next
summers World Championships in Perth,
Australia. Heading up the coaching
team will be Phil Collier, John Robinson
and Phil Moore. Phil Collier has previously
been Head Coach of the England team
before taking over the reigns with
Scotland in 1998. He is joined by
John Robinson, the Head Coach at English
Premiership team Waconians, finalists
in last years Flags competition. Phil
Moore will head up the physical preparation
of the team and provide squad leadership
in Australia.
The immediate goal for the team is
an improvement on the 7th place achieved
at the 1998 World Championships. Phil
Collier believes this team is more
than capable of achieving this goal
"This team has a tremendous opportunity
to go further than we did in 1998.
There is tremendous skill and fitness
in all positions and I am looking
forward to working with the players
during the next six months".
Scotland will face
tough games against teams from the
Czech Republic, Germany, Japan, Sweden
and Wales in their division and have
set their sights on making the all
important play-in game, possibly against
the Auld Enemy England, the winner
of which will progress to the semi-finals.
Notes: The
Scotland team was reintroduced to
Mens lacrosse in 1991 following the
tragic events of the Lockerbie air
crash. Many students from Syracuse
University, a major lacrosse force
in the US, were on PanAm flight 103.
Syracuse University visited the area
on a memorial visit and were surprised
they could not play a game of lacrosse
against the Scotland Mens team. This
was resurrected through home scots
and players born of Scottish parent(s).
The grass roots development is also
blossoming under the leadership of
Steve Cummins and the first Anglo-Scots
league was started in the Autumn of
2000 with teams competing from Glasgow,
Edinburgh, Durham and Newcastle.
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