The city’s men and women both recorded their best-ever finishes at the Hong Kong International Lacrosse Sixes, despite missing out on bronze medals on Monday.
An agonising 10-9 defeat saw the women fall just short against Japan’s JAL Sixes R&D Squad, while the men were well beaten 17-3 by the same club’s men’s team in their third-place play-off at Football Club.
Japan’s Second Era Leaders of Lacrosse (Sell) captured the women’s title, while world No 7 Germany won the men’s championship.
Despite it being a weekday, a crowd gathered at the Hong Kong Football Club to cheer on the home teams, with attendance even higher than during the weekend’s matches.
After losing 16-9 to the same opponents in the group stage, Hong Kong’s women showed clear improvement in their battle for bronze.
Playing with greater pace and focus, they kept the score close throughout, trailing by only one or two goals for most of the contest. The first half ended 6-5 in Japan’s favour.
