It鈥檚 an ideal week to be a fan of lacrosse in 麻豆传媒映画and across the Lower Mainland.
For the first time in association history, the 麻豆传媒映画Minor Lacrosse Association (VMLA) will play host to the bantam provincial championships, a four-day tourney that plays out July 16 to 20 at the Killarney, Kitsilano, and Trout Lake arenas.
麻豆传媒映画will be fielding three teams in the tournament, playing in the A2, B and C divisions.
鈥淲e are excited and honoured to host this celebration of box lacrosse in our hometown. This tournament will bring together the very best of bantam age box lacrosse athletes from across B.C. to Vancouver,鈥� said VMLA president Regina Villanueva in a news release. 鈥淥ur lacrosse community is looking forward to hosting and celebrating Canada鈥檚 national summer sport.鈥�
Vancouver鈥檚 A2 team opens up play on July 16 against Saanich. Game time is set for 10:15 a.m. at Trout Lake arena. The C team takes on Cowichan Valley at Killarney arena at 10:15 a.m. as well, while the B Club hosts North Okanagan at 11:45 a.m. at the Kitsilano arena.
The action comes to a close on July 18, with gold medal games slated for 8:45 a.m., 10:45 a.m. and 12:45 p.m., for the C, B and A2 pools respectively.
鈥淗osting the bantam-age provincials provides our community with the opportunity to attract local athletes and fans to watch an excellent calibre of box lacrosse,鈥� Villanueva said.
A complete tournament schedule can be found online at www.bclacrosse.com or .
Meanwhile, the under-19 Men's Lacrosse World Championships kicked off Thursday, July 7 in Coquitlam, with Team Canada dropping its tourney opener to the U.S. by a score of 12-5.
Canada got its goals from Tanner Cook, Tre Leclaire, Ethan Walker and Ben French. The Canucks will look to get into the win column Saturday, when the team plays host to England. Game time is 7:30 p.m. at Percy Perry Stadium.
The 14-nation tourney, which features six new entries this year from Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, 听Israel, Mexico and Ireland, runs until July 16 Coquitlam's Town Centre Park.
For info, see www.2016worldlax.com.听
