World Lacrosse Women’s U20 Championship: hosts Hong Kong make winning start

Hong Kong got off to an expected winning start at the World Lacrosse Women’s U20 Championship with an emphatic win over Jamaica, but the city’s head coach warned their next outing against England would be a step up.

The home team won 13-2 at Mong Kok Stadium on Thursday, taking control by half-time with goals from Eloise Bolitho, Anbie Chan and Sophie Beane after Makayla Mitchell’s double had pegged them back.

Bolitho netted three more after the break and Beane scored another two of her own to provide the firepower for Hong Kong.

Next, though, come England, the world No 4 team, on Saturday at Sham Shui Po Sports Ground.

“Against England, our game plan is to play to our standard,” Gemini Fan Tak-kwan, the Hong Kong head coach, said. “Just do the best we can and try to show on the pitch what we did in training.

“We needed to be more disciplined on the defensive end. Offensively, I asked them to help each other out and run more, and they did exactly that, so we were happy with this win.”