Manchester Waconians and Tribe Lacrosse (click the pic for a wika link)

A Brief History of Lacrosse-

Lacrosse has its origins with the native tribes of North America where it was used as a means of settling disputes without recourse to war.
The evolution of the Native American game into modern lacrosse began in 1636 when a Jesuit missionary documented a Huron contest in what is now Ontario, Canada.
Lacrosse came to England in 1867 when a group of visiting Iroquois played a demonstration game in front of Queen Victoria at Windsor Great Park. Lacrosse clubs sprang up all over the nation and a governing body, the forerunner of today’s ELA, was formed in 1879. Sadly, since its heydays of the 1920’s and 30’s, lacrosse has declined due to competition from the commercialised winter sports of Soccer and Rugby. The Manchester area remains one of the strongholds of the game in England.

Manchester Waconians Lacrosse Club

• The Warehousemen and Clerks School > October 1855 Founding of the School > Shaw Hall Flixton > 1860 Park Place Ardwick > August 1869 > Cheadle Hulme
• 1911 Formation of The Old Boys of the School Lacrosse Team.
• Founded in 1911 by former pupils of the Foundation School for the Orphans of Warehousemen and Clerks (WACS) now Cheadle Hulme School
• The Club moved to its present location at Parrswood Manchester 20 in 1984 since when all links with the school have been severed and we have become an open club involved with the Manchester community.
• Our ground is shared with Didsbury Cricket Club and Didsbury Greys Hockey team where we enjoy the facilities of 2 grass lacrosse pitches and a clubhouse with changing rooms a lounge and meeting rooms.
• Midweek training takes place on outdoor Astroturf at Manchester Girls High School, and indoors at the Platt Lane Centre

Wacs Today

Manchester Waconians are founder members of the game’s governing body, the English Lacrosse Association (ELA).
We run 4 senior men’s teams playing in divisions 1, 2, 4, and 5 of ELA League North,
Our Junior programme consists of under nineteen boys team and junior teams at under 12, under 14, and under 16.
Our first team has the unique distinction of being ever present in the first, now premier, division of League North since the Club started. We have among our members three current England internationals and several past England players including two England captains, three international referees and the current England team manager.
Whilst the main thrust of our club at present is at junior level we feel the presence of elite players willing to coach and pass on their experience and expertise provides exciting motivation for children learning lacrosse.