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World Lacrosse Welcomes Panama Lacrosse As Its 66th Member-National Governing Body
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 22, 2020
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, USA — World Lacrosse today welcomed Panama Lacrosse as the newest member-National Governing Body with the International Federation. With the addition of Panama Lacrosse, membership in World Lacrosse now stands at 66 National Governing Bodies around the world.
“We are all very excited to welcome Panama Lacrosse to the World Lacrosse family,” said Bob DeMarco, World Lacrosse Board of Directors Member and Development Director. “Panama becomes the 17th member from the Pan-American Region and we are thrilled to be part of their growth.”
The President and CEO of Panama Lacrosse is Ryland Huyghue.
The sport of lacrosse continues to be one of the fastest-growing sports in the world, and membership in World Lacrosse has increased by more than 240 percent since 2002. In the last 10 months alone, in addition to Panama, World Lacrosse has welcomed new member-National Governing Bodies from Ghana, Barbados and Lithuania.
In 2019, World Lacrosse hosted its largest-ever Women’s U19 World Championship (22 teams; nine competing for the first time) and Men’s Indoor World Championship (20 teams; four competing for the first time). The organization also continued expanding the educational resources and services provided to its members and opened its first-ever headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
In November 2018, World Lacrosse gained Provisional Recognition from the International Olympic Committee. The President of World Lacrosse is Sue Redfern of England and the Chief Executive Officer is Jim Scherr of the United States.
Media Contact: Darryl Seibel
Email: dseibel@worldlacrosse.sport
Grass Roots Team Development
After-school lacrosse training sessions:
- Kings College, Ancon, Panama
- Knightsbridge Schools, Veracruz, Panama
- International School of Panama, Panama City, Panama
- The Metropolitan School of Panama, Panama City, Panama
- Balboa Academy, Ciudad del Saber, Panama, Panama
- The Pan-American School Club de Golf Panama, Panama City
- Colegio de Panama, El Colegio de Panama
- Colegio Saint Mary de Panama, Panama City, Panama
- Colegio Javier Ancón, Panamá, Panama,
- Crossroads Christian Academy Omar Torrijos-Herrera, Panama City
These are some of the schools that we are currently introducing our lacrosse programs to both league development and after-school lacrosse programs. We will form a high school lacrosse league (boys and girls), participate in the under-19 boys’/girls’ world championships in 2020, and form a men’s and women’s national team to compete in the next World Championship in 2022. These teams will compete in qualifiers to earn sports in the World Championships.
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