AT THE FACE

In Episode 16 we face off with Rob Collinge from The Lacrosse Foundation. Rob has been around the game a long time and its was really enjoyable to hear some of his older stories as well as giving us the low down on what The Lacrosse Foundation has planned for the future.

In this episode we talk all things BUCS and NCAA lacrosse with Cole Palmby. Cole has recently finished a dissertation comparing the two, their strengths and their weaknesses.  Thanks to Cole for coming on the show and sharing his findings with us. 

This episode we catch up with Matt and Tilly from the Rainbow Rexes lacrosse club. The Rexes burst onto the lacrosse scene in 2018 and although only 3 years old, have managed to achieve more than a lot of lacrosse clubs do in double that time. We discuss inclusion in lacrosse and take a look at what the club has been up to for the last 3 years, not to mention what they have planned for the future.

Episode 13 we bring back two old friends of the show Dave and Sam to discuss Dave's idea that we need a national league. Do we need a national league? is the sport ready for it? take a listen then give your 2 pence on social media.

Today we ask the big man himself Phil Collier what he thinks about the new 6's version of the game we are hoping to show the world.  Some people have openly shared their disgust with the version saying its not lacrosse, others see it as a great opportunity. We talk to Phil to get his take on it. This is the last episode of 2020 and season 1, thanks to everyone for showing their support for th...

Episode 11 we talk diversity in lacrosse. The BLM movement has made waves this year and sport is playing a big part in making sure people understand the meaning of equality.  Dave Abini takes a look at the game in the UK and gives us his opinion on how inclusive the sport is. Special thanks to Dave for doing the episode, I struggled to find people to go on record and represent the BAME community....

I loved every minute of this episode, As a coach I feel goal keepers in lacrosse and probably most other sports get ignored, sounds harsh but they do, and we're all fine with it! Coaches don't know what to do with them, short sticks want to do nothing but pepper them, if they get a warm up they've done well and lets face it once we've given them out 2minutes of goal keeping kno...

This Episode we catch up with welsh attacking Duo Sophy SOCO Coombes Roberts and Iona Dryden. I loved recording this episode, the girls are full of energy and really do bounce off each other. They had some really interesting answers to my questions and it was great to hear what Wales Lacrosse is getting up to. 

Episode 8 we stay with Pete Wilson as he talks about how he like very few others has managed to make a career out of coaching lacrosse in the UK, Pete explains how he has effectively merged a number of positions to secure himself everybody's dream job. The other half of this episode focuses around mental health in sport. I feel very privileged to have got the opportunity to speak with Pete on...

Episode 7 we catch up with Pete Wilson, Pete has played Lacrosse for most of his life as one of the few people who has played since primary. He coaches on a number of different levels, mens, women's, school, university and with that has a very deep knowledge of the game. In this episode we discuss a lot about the west region and how Lacrosse is developing out there. Huge thanks to Pete for fa...

This episode we catch up with Sam Perry, co founder of Southern Box Lacrosse. Sam goes into some detail for us about what they've been doing recently and why Box has been picking up so much attention. 

In this episode we catch up with Claire Faram. Claire has played for England senior women's team for nearly a decade now and has a huge amount of knowledge about the women's game from grass roots all the way up to the international stage. We discuss a large amount of topics specific to the women's game and lacrosse in general. thanks to Claire for being the first to do an episode of...

In this Episode we talk with Rob Ingham Clark. Rob has one of the busiest lacrosse CV's going, his day job is head lacrosse at Stowe school, in his spare time he helps run the Camden Capybaras and to relax he coaches the England unis team and heads over to Luxemburg to help coach their national programme, amongst others.

In episode 3 we carry on our conversation with Sam and discuss his current role as Head of lacrosse at NTU . As on of the few full time lacrosse coaches in the country, Sam explains how his programme runs and how his role is having an effect on the programme and his opinion of the uni game in general. We also discuss how a mens Super League would or wouldn't work in the UK. Why hasn't th...

In episode 2 we faceoff with Sam Patterson, England LSM and NTU head of Lacrosse, Sam has played the game for decades and has some amazing knowledge and opinions ranging from the domestic game where he started and continues to play with Stockport LC in Manchester, all the way up to international level with over a decade of representing the 3 lions.  I really enjoyed talking with Sam, I feel his di...

We caught up with Rob Gooch, SEMLA President for the first episode of At The Face. Rob discusses everything from how he got into lacrosse to the league restructure he brought in in his first year. The committee members at SEMLA do an outstanding job and are all volunteers, it was nice to speak with Rob and hear some of the issues SEMLA face as an organisation but also his opinion on the future of...