
SENIOR REGIONAL TEAMS
National Senior Regional Tournament 2026
Sunday, 1 March saw some fantastic lacrosse at the Senior Regional tournament, hosted by SWL at St Swithun's School, Winchester. The weather just about held off for us and all games were able to be played as scheduled.
Our A team started with an incredibly competitive game against South East, ultimately losing 8-11 and then a good win against North.
The Bs had an amazing day with wins against both South East and North giving South West the win!
Huge well done to both squads and their fabulous coaches, Kate Nelson-Lee and Maddi Pettifer.
A massive thank you to St Swithun's School for their Airstream trailer supplying much needed hot drinks and snacks, and for their amazing support of both our Senior and Junior programmes during the 2025-26 season - we could not have run these so successfully without you!


We are delighted to announce the South West A and B squads for the Senior Regional tournament 2025-26:
A team:
Izzy Zealley
Harriet Brooks
Caity Patrick
Charlotte Williams
Emma Hawkins
Iona Westwood
Maeve McKenny
Phoebe Smith
Rozy Baynham
Anna Featherstone
Zoe Dickson
Ros Rout
Sarah Butler
Bella Penny
Phoebe Thornett
B team:
Sarah Thomas
Francesca Wilkinson
Holly Mead
Emma Penrose
Iris Hampstead
Sophia Smith
Cressie Cox
Alice Houlden
Grace Collison
Jemima Money-Kyrle
Kitty Spurgeon
Lucy McMillan
Chelsea Nasmyth-Miller
Lauren Amos
Emily Watkins
Abbi Willetts
This season's Senior Regional tournament is being hosted by South West Lacrosse and will take place on Sunday, 1 March 2026 at St Swithun's School, Alresford Road, Winchester SO21 1HA.
Trials for our A and B teams will take place on Sunday, 18 January at The Oxford Academy, Sandy Lane West, Littlemore, Oxford OX4 6JZ between 09.30 and 13.00. Player applications are now open and the application form, which also has more details, can be found here. Please note the deadline is Sunday, 14 December 2025!
National Senior Regional Tournament 2025
The tournament this season is being hosted by North at Moreton Hall School, Weston Rhyn, Oswestry, Shropshire SY11 3EN on Sunday, 16 March 2025
Order of Play
Pitch 1 - A Teams; Pitch 2 - B Teams
10.00 North v South East
12.15 South East v South West
14.30 North v South West
16.15 Presentations
All games will be full games at International Rules (2022-24). Timings will be 4 x 15 minute quarters with 2 minute breaks between quarters 1/2 and 3/4, with 10 minutes at half time.
SWL Senior Regional teams announced
As Bs
Rozy Baynham Emilie Ballard
Katie Birt Rosie Bathurst
Harriet Brookes Amy Bolton
Holly Bureau Grace Collison
Zoe Dickson Kaitlyn Galvin
Issie Edwards Liv Gomarshall
Lauren Hart Iris Hampstead
Emma Hawkins Amelia Hatlapa
Carys Johnson Julia Hind
Ella Malik Georgina Lewis
Maeve McKenny Ellie Mathews
Emily Oram Chelsea Nasmyth--Miller
Loulou Rowlands Caity Patrick
Laura Warren Phoebe Thornett
Eliza Watson Evie Tipping
Iona Westwood Jess Westwood
Charlotte Williams George Wood
Izzy Zealley Jenny Wood
Reserves:
Rosie Shepherd
Stephanie Thorndyke
Emma Penrose
The Senior Regional Tournament this season will be hosted by North over the weekend of 15-16 March 2025 - venue details still to come.
We are running full trials in January and a proposed training day for selected players in March, before the Senior Regional Tournament. We understand that there may be a number of reasons why players might not be able to make it to our trials so we will consider 'paper applications'. However, we stress that we strongly encourage anyone who would like to be considered to come. We have kept the trials commitment as short (and cheap) as we possibly can. All players who want to be considered MUST pay the trials fee, whether they are able to attend in person or not.
If you have any questions regarding the Senior Regional programme, you can reach us on sr.southwestlacrosseuk@gmail.com.
Key dates:
Sunday, 19 January - Senior Regional trials: 09.30 - 13.00 - Oxford Academy, Sandy Lane West, Littlemore, Oxford OX4 6JZ
Sunday, 2 March - training for selected players tbc
15 - 16 March - National Senior Regional tournament (North)
Senior Regional Tournament 2024
Although we were beset with numerous difficulties, we were delighted to send Senior A and B teams to the annual Senior Regional tournament, this year hosted by the South East. Huge congratulations to all those who played - and massive thanks to Charlotte Williams (Wales, SW Senior Regional A, Downe House and general Good Egg) for all her hard work pulling the teams together. We mustn't forget the coaches (Qasim and Heidi) and umpires from the SW who travelled up to help officiate the matches! And the teams were:
As: Harriet Brooks, Holly Bureau, Anna Featherstone, Isla Finlay, Emma Hawkins, Katie Lehovsky, Georgina Lewis, Lauren Lewis, Kitty Marvin, Molly Marvin, Maeve McKenny, Isabelle Michelson, Mia Manson, Phoebe Smith, Laura Warren, Eliza Watson and Charlotte Williams.
Bs: Amy Adams, Erlina Ainsworth, Rebecca Anderson, Amy Bolton, Sian Evans-Evans, Natalie Hazzard, Alice Houlden, Chelsea Nasmyth-Miller, Alice-May Partridge, Vainavi Patel, Ziski Putz, Charlotte Ryan, Rosie Shepherd, Emily Watkins and Jenny Wood.
Senior Regional Tournament 2023
SWL are delighted to be hosting this season's tournament which will take place over the weekend of Saturday and Sunday, 1st and 2nd April at St Swithun's School, Winchester SO21 1HA. Teams from North, South East and South West will play in A and B team competitions and are joined by guest teams from the England U20s squad which is preparing for Euro 2023 later this summer! The order of play can be found in the News section of the website.
Eligibility
England Lacrosse Bye Laws 6.5 - 6.8 set out the eligibility rules for players to participate in Senior Regional representative lacrosse, as follows:
6.5 Birth within the Regional boundary, or
6.6 Bona fide residence for a period of at least six months or in the case of a university, college or school three months for the season in question, or
6.7 Three seasons as a member of the Regional Team, or
6.8 Registered to a club which is registered to that region, or competing in the league system of that region, or has previously
had bona fide residency in that region for a minimum of 3 years.
NB:
(a) No player shall represent more than one County and or Region in the same season
(b) No girl may play for a Senior Region if she is under 18 years at the beginning of the relevant season (generally commencing in September) or still at school at the time of the relevant event, unless selected for their Senior Elite National Squad (England A, Scotland A, Wales A) whereby the individual can choose to play at Senior and/or Junior level for their region
(c) Players must be over 14 years of age to play in senior (open age group) games or Senior County
(d) Any exceptions must be agreed between the regions and referenced for the NLC

