Over 100 young players join The Fly for Manchester skills festival

We welcomed over 100 young players to Cheadle Hulme Lacrosse Club on Friday as part of a community skills festival ahead of the conclusion of our 2025 season.

Boys and girls from the Greater Manchester area who play at U10 to U15 level joined several stars of The Fly 2025, including British Lacrosse and Swift men’s Head Coach Ravi K. Sitlani, England player William Baxter (Swift), and Swift Team Manager Lyndon Stewart, for the skills festival.

Attendees had the opportunity to play the Olympic six-a-side version of lacrosse that is played at The Fly and be coached by some of the best in the UK.

Four skills stations were set-up with attendees rotating through defending/goalkeeping, shooting, ground balls, and transition sessions before playing some matches later in the day.

The Manchester skills festival follows a hugely successful version held at Blackheath Rugby Club before the opening weekend of The Fly 2025 that saw 150 school children from the Bromley and Greenwich areas of London take part in several skills stations throughout the day.

The aim of both festivals was to give children in the local area the opportunity to play lacrosse and be introduced to the sixes Olympic version of the sport that the whole world will be watching at LA28.

This skills festival is all part of The Fly’s commitment to promoting and expanding the knowledge of Sixes Lacrosse within the local community.