Thu Apr 15 2021 | Press Release | Fuel
COLORADO SPRINGS World Lacrosse is today welcoming the South African Lacrosse Association as the 69th member of the rapidly growing international federation for men’s and women’s lacrosse.
The application for membership from the South African Lacrosse Association (SALA) was approved by the World Lacrosse (WL) Development Committee, Board of Directors and through a vote of delegates representing WL member-National Governing Bodies.
SALA becomes the fourth World Lacrosse member from the Continent of Africa, joining the Ghana Lacrosse Association, Kenya Lacrosse Association and Uganda Lacrosse Association. In the last six months, the Kenya Lacrosse Association and Uganda Lacrosse Association have been elevated to Full Member status within World Lacrosse, which means National Teams from Kenya and Uganda are now eligible to advance to the medal rounds in World Championship competition and the NGBs will have a voting delegate in the annual