The Sporting Challenge - Lacrosse

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This week Chris and Jonny discovered that the women's version of Lacrosse wasn't quite the gentle sport they were expecting.

The pair headed over to the idyllic location of Wycombe Abbey School, where England Captain Katy Bennett taught them the skills of the game.

Finally the duo were joined by a couple of team-mates each for the all-important match, with the winner getting their hands on the prized Sporting Challenge trophy.

Click Play above to watch the video and see who tasted victory.

See photos of the boys - and girls - in Lacrosse action.

Comments

1. At 00:22am on 10 Sep 2010, Domesticated Dad wrote:
Having had played Lacrosse almost my entire 40 years of existence (hey I am Canadian) I have to say I was mildly impressed with your skills.

However you really need to learn to slide your hand down your stick when you shoot, it will add many mph to the balls velocity...

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2. At 09:12am on 10 Sep 2010, ITTfan wrote:
I've only played pop lacrosse but I know how difficult it is....Jonny's "tackle" made me laugh out loud! If he hadn't scored in the game, I reckon Chris would have won on skills.

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3. At 5:36pm on 10 Sep 2010, MaddyMoon wrote:
Good for you Jonny, he's now cross about Lacrosse ha ha

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4. At 09:02am on 11 Sep 2010, Hol wrote:
Glad you have been introduced to lacrosse.....I played through school & uni including in goal......fantasic sport; great video as always!

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5. At 09:09am on 11 Sep 2010, ELAINE wrote:
Having only ever read about lacrosse in Enid Blyton books I was fascinated to see this challenge, which is one of the maddest sports ever! I am so glad I never had to play this at school as I would have had someone's eye out! Well done boys.

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6. At 5:41pm on 13 Sep 2010, Bidie In wrote:
Please, Chris and Johnny - release a dvd in aid of Children in Need with all the sporting challenges on it.

They are so funny but interesting too.

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7. At 1:42pm on 14 Sep 2010, Penny Alborough wrote:
My school hockey team were made to also play lacrosse. As it was an East London school and no other local schools played it, we had to play teams from private schools. We used to get soundly beaten every time, but the cream teas and lashings of ginger beer made it worth the humiliation.

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