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team were kids that didn’t play before I started it.”
Players bring a variety of backgrounds and experience. Two of the best young Thai players today learned about the team on Facebook. “Social media is a strong backbone
in getting it together,” Nerngchamnong said. “If I started it five or 10 years prior, I don’t think I’d have been able to do it.” Nerngchamnong wants people in Thailand to see lacrosse. He stages games twice a week at Arena 10 in the heart of Bangkok. “Since it’s centralized, everyone can
pass it,” he said. “We gained four or five guys who were just having dinner nearby.” Nerngchamnong also has bought weekly two-minute TV spots to promote Thai lacrosse. In October, Bangkok will host Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia in “Singha Battles in Bangkok 2013” at IMPACT Arena as Thailand defends the Singha Trophy. Getting Thai youth and women
involved in the sport, Nerngchamnong said, has proven to be more difficult. “I spent a whole year trying to get kids
but the parents are so protective,” he said. “We need to move from the top down and use the national team as the icon to get kids excited. We have an unorthodox way of growing lacrosse.” Nerngchamnong introduced lacrosse to Singapore in 2011 and to Malaysia in 2012 in an effort to expand the Asian Pacific Lacrosse Union. “For us to grow the game, we need to
have local competition to play against,” Nerngchamnong said. “That’s what created Singapore and Malaysia. We’re not like the European counties that can drive to play each other. I pretty much tailor-made my competitor.” Hayes had hoped Bangkok could showcase its growth by hosting the 2018 FIL World Championship before England won the bid. “He’s amazing,” Hayes said of Nerngchamnong. “The guy’s a dynamo.” LM
Nerngchamnong, 30, founded the Thailand Lacrosse Association in 2010. He was the only Thai lacrosse player at the time.
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