Women’s box lacrosse takes flight

“This sport brings women together to make life long friendships,” Ferguson said. “It empowers women in sport to try new things and develop skills they never knew they had. It gives an outlet to have fun on the floor, support mental health and get exercise. This league is all about having fun and bringing women together.”

This season the squad will consist of 22 players and three goalies.

There are also four new players from the 2025 junior Timbermen.

Ferguson said they have a good relationship with the junior female program and like to call up graduating players who may want to transition into the senior ranks.

The Timbermen have some volunteer coaches who help with practices and will help at games but the women’s team is largely self run.

“We practice once a week and we do workouts and dryland training together. We’re learning new things with new rules and different ways to play. We’re meeting new teammates and becoming more of a community. Our volunteer coaches give us some structure to run a practice and they’ll be at as many games as they can. It’s really hard to get a full time coach for a volunteer position.”

Ferguson herself is living her love for the game as both a player and a coach.

“I am currently playing for the Senior Women’s Timbermen, the Arena Lacrosse League in Vancouver and I’m actually going to the Shebox tournament in Prague to play for the Edinbru Scotland Women’s travel team soon. I am also developing my Island Style Lacrosse program for youth female players to try to expose them to high level coaching and tournaments without having to travel to the mainland all the time.”

The women’s season kicks off on April 18 at 6 p.m. at the Nanaimo Ice Centre.

There will be prizes, a raffle and a food truck and admission to the game is free.

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by Dan Marshall

Women’s box lacrosse takes flight

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