2015 U19 Women’s World Field Lacrosse Championship Team
There have been some big moments for Canadian Lacrosse at the international level. Canada has hosted major events many times, beginning with our Centennial Celebration in 1967. In 1978 Canada pulled off what most fans consider to be a miracle defeating the USA to grab the Gold Medal in Men’s Field Lacrosse. The Men would win 2 more World Field Championships in 2006 and 2014. They are 5 time Gold Medalists in World Box Lacrosse heading into this year’s World Tournament.
Canada would hold the first ever World Indoor Lacrosse Championships in 2003. And there is another chapter that needs to be told.
In Scotland in 2015 a Women’s U19 field Team was able to do something no other Canadian team was able to accomplish. They brought Gold Medals home for Canada.
We have assembled Head Coach Scott Teeter and players Erica Evans and Megan Kinna to share the amazing tale of how the team persevered through the difficult early stages to gain a chance to play for the Gold. They met the USA in front of a Scottish crowd that were waving Canadian flags given to them by our team officials. The rest is history and It is good to listen to!
About the Canadian Lacrosse Foundation
The Canadian Lacrosse Foundation (CLF) is a charitable organization established in 1996 to administer and grow an endowment fund that is used to develop and execute charitable activities within the lacrosse community. The primary purpose of the Foundation can be summarized as follows- (a) To advance the public understanding of the role of lacrosse in the history and cultural development of Canada;(b) To educate and instruct lacrosse coaches and officials on the rules of the game and player development;(c) To provide lacrosse programs in order to support the physical, mental and emotional well-being of aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities and troubled youth; and(d) To receive or maintain a fund or funds and to apply all or part of the principal and income therefrom, from time to time, to qualified donees under the Income Tax Act (Canada).
For more information, please contact:
Jim Calder
Director
Canadian Lacrosse Foundation
Email: james.calder2@sympatico.ca