History of Phoenix

Phoenix started in 2004 as a group of friends who either saw Lacrosse on TV or heard about it from time to time. They had a huge interest in trying it out themselves. Since no association existed in Twente at the time, they started playing lacrosse casually in parks with themselves. The group kept growing and in 2006 Phoenix officially became an association. Phoenix practiced at the sports field at the Eschemarke. Their first entry into the Dutch lacrosse competition was in 2011-2012, where the Phoenix men joined forces with the Zwolle Wolves. After this season the Zwolle Wolves discontinued and Phoenix also struggled with low membership numbers herself. Therefore, the board at the time decided to move towards the campus of the University of Twente in 2014. The next season (2015-2016) Phoenix saw a surge of growth and grew to 40 members. In the same season, Phoenix had both a men’s and women’s team playing the national competition. In season 2017-2018 Phoenix officially became a student sports association and joined the Union Card. Currently, Phoenix is a lively student sports association at the university which offers more than just lacrosse.

Competition

Phoenix currently has one men’s and one women’s team playing in the national competition. The men’s team is in a combined team with the Ogers from Bergen op Zoom in the second division. They have their sights set on improving their game and becoming champions in their respective divisions. The women’s team is currently playing in the second division and is fighting to be at the top 3 of the division by the end of the year.

Activities

While the main focus of Phoenix is playing Lacrosse, we organize a lot of fun activities for members and non-members as well. Phoenix has a lot of fun committees such as an event committee, Christmas committee, and clothing committee. These committees are responsible for organizing regular activities such as barbecues, pub quizzes, Christmas dinners, and galas.

Tournaments

Outside of the regular competition, the teams of Phoenix joined in international tournaments as well, often teaming up with other associations in the Netherlands. Last year they also joined the G6 tournament in Groningen where teams come together to play sixes for a whole weekend.
A few years back Phoenix had been joining the Kieler Lax Meeting in Kiel together with the Groningen Gladiators for a couple of years, a tournament in Munster and the Lowlands Lacrosse Tournament in Amsterdam. These tournaments offer a great lacrosse experience together with awesome parties.