Leeds Men's Lacrosse Club

Leeds Mens lacrosse have won the Yorkshire Shield to complete a fantastic treble winning season.

On a lovely sunny day at Adel, 8 teams competed for the chance to win the Yorkshire Shield. With the teams split over 2 groups, the final would be contested bewteen the teams which topped each group.

The day did not get off to a fantastic start, with leeds Lacrosse losing to Leeds Met A by a scoreline of 2-1. However, with a strong Newcastle team beating Leeds Met in the next game, Leeds still had a chance of winning the group if they could beat Newcastle by a large scoreline. And that they did. A very strong performance saw Leeds beat Newcastle 7-2 and mean that they were to play in the final against Sheffield Steelers for a chance to lift the Shield.

By half-time in the final, Leeds led Steelers 4-1. In the second half a stong Steelers fight back saw them get to within 1 goal. They the chance to level in the dying seconds but came up short and Leeds were crowned victors with a scoreline of 5-4.

A big thank you to the organiser Gareth Cornelius, Leeds Womens Lacrosse for their excellent hosting, the referees, and for all the teams who turned up

Final placings

1) Leeds
2) Sheffield Steelers U19s
3) Newcastle
4) Hull
5) Leeds Met A
6) Leeds Met B
7) Nottingham Trent
8) Leeds Uni