Philippines Lacrosse Association

The Philippines Lacrosse Association (PLA), also known as Philippines Lacrosse, is the governing body of lacrosse in the Philippines and is an associate member of World Lacrosse. The PLA was established on September 2012.[1] It organizes the country's men's national team.

Philippines Lacrosse Association
SportLacrosse
JurisdictionNational
AbbreviationPLA
Founded2012 (2012)
AffiliationWorld Lacrosse
Affiliation date2014
HeadquartersBacolod, Philippines
PresidentRon Garcia
CoachKirk Ventriquattro
Official website
www.philippineslacrosse.org

Lacrosse was officially introduced in the Philippines in September 2013, when the PLA outreach director Justin Manjares and President Ron Garcia met with Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) and the Philippine Sports Commission (PSA) regarding the lacrosse body's agenda and talked about promoting the sport with the guidance of the POC and PSC.[2]

The Philippines Lacrosse Association became the 50th member of World Lacrosse as voted on February 17, 2014 when the international organization was still known as the Federation of International Lacrosse. [3]

It is yet to be a member of the Asia-Pacific Lacrosse Union as of 2018.[4]

References
  1. "Philippines Becomes FIL's 50th Member". Federation of International Lacrosse. 27 February 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  2. "Justin Manjares: Selling lacrosse to basketball-crazy Filipinos". The FilAm. 10 June 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  3. "Philippines Becomes FIL's 50th Member". Federation of International Lacrosse. 27 February 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  4. Witmer, Brian (27 June 2018). "GREY – 2018 World Championships Pool Preview #11". Lacrosse All Stars. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
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