On Saturday 22nd October, 2011 Rendcomb College Lacrosse Team departed for its first overseas tour to Hannover, Germany. The 16 player team consisted of a mix of female students aged 14 to 18 years olds, many of them Gloucestershire residents.

The first game was scheduled against Black Pearl Lacrosse team who are based in Hamburg. This game was the first of four games scheduled to be played on Astroturf and under floodlights, a new experience for the majority of the team. Rendcomb won the game 8-4 with Megan Mulhall scoring 5 and Cerys Davies being awarded MVP.

Our second game was against Hannover and another new experience for the majority of the team as we played International rules and had three referees. The score at half time was 3-1 to Hannover, after half time we equalised and soon took the lead with inspirational goals from Megan Mulhall and Bliss McFarlane. Holly Phelps, Andrea Haas, Barley Spurway and Lauren Kraven were a great defence unit at the back, with critical saves being made by Lucy Kernon in the final few minutes and the equalising goal being scored by Delia Rich in the last minute for the game to finish 8 - 8. Andrea Hass was nominated as MVP for this game for her excellent all round performance.

The third game took us back to Hamburg to play the Hamburg Warriors Lacrosse Club. We had been informed that this team was on a par with the Hannover team so with some in trepidation we arrived at their club ready to play another night time game. After a long warm up to rid ourselves of the 3 hour journey we played a solid first half but we were 2 goals down at half time with the score being 5-3. In the second half we went on to produce a fantastic display of lacrosse with Bliss McFarlane leading the attack and producing the best individual performance of the tour scoring 5 second half gaols and ensuring we won the game by the score of 13-7. Megan Mulhall scored 5 goals with Holly Phelps scored an amazing free position goal and Rozy Baynham and Cerys Davies adding to the score sheet. Barley Spurway also played exceptionally well in defence closing down the opposition at any given moment, especially in the second half, unsurprisingly Bliss McFarlane was MVP for this game.

Our final match of the tour matched us against Hamburg Rising Stars. The expectation of this game was that their team would not be quite as strong as the others we had played, so this enabled the coaching staff to give key responsibilities to less experienced players to see if they could marshal the team. Olivia Witts and Barley Spurway stepped up to the challenge of leading the attack and defence and they both showed great leadership with Olivia receiving MVP. The final score was 12-7 to us with Delia Rich scoring 3 and Maria Highlands scoring her first ever goal. The attitude and ability showed by this less experienced team is excellent news for lacrosse at Rendcomb College for the next few years.

All the touring team want to thank the Hannover and Hamburg Lacrosse clubs for all their kindness in hosting the tour and to send a big thank you to all those parents, supporters and Sponsors who made this tour possible.