A team from Berkhamsted School have been crowned champions at the 2025 National Schools Lacrosse Championships.
The tournament, renowned as the pinnacle of the lacrosse calendar in the UK, was held in Aldershot from March 8 to 11.
Berkhamsted stormed to victory in the under 13 age group on the final day of the competition.
Despite this being the under 13 team’s first time at the National Schools Championships, Berkhamsted took to it straight away with an emphatic performance in the pool stages, winning all four games, scoring 23 and conceding none.
Wins against North London Collegiate (6-0), Benenden (2-0), Godstowe (8-0), and Godolphin (7-0), put Berkhamsted in pole position to be competing for silverware come the end of the day.
However, they were really tested in their first knockout match against St Pauls, with a 2-2 scoreline seeing them advance on the ‘first goal scored’ rule.
This would be by far the closest any opposition team would come to stopping Berkhamsted’s run. An 8-1 quarter-final win against Claremont Fan Court was then followed by an equally impressive 6-1 semi-final victory over Birkenhead.
Berkhamsted defeated Guildford High 6-2 in the final, rounding off a superb day of lacrosse that saw them dominate the competition from start to finish.
The success comes weeks after the school was listed as the seventh best in the country for sport by School Sport Magazine.
Tom Pierce, Berkhamsted School’s director of sport, said: “With results spanning more than 20 different sports and over 120 events, we’re so proud of our talented athletes and dedicated teachers who make this possible.”
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