U19 Field Lacrosse tryouts are beginning! Dates and times are below. All tryouts will be held at Creditview FIelds:

Thursday, August 27th - 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Monday, August 31st - 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Tuesday, Sept 1st - 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM

If you can not make it on the 27th please advise Wendy Bennett-Costante: boxrep@bramptonlacrosse.ca

Please bring your $20.00 tryout fee to the first tryout you attend.  

Please come prepared to sign an OLA field card - if under 18 your parent must sign.  If you are 18 as of the date that you sign then no need for the parents.  Please bring a photocopy of your birth certificate, in case we didn't get a pre-print back for you; some that we should have received are missing.

The schedule is tentatively set as follows, with all games being on Sundays:

Week 1 - Sept 13 - in Oshawa (games at 9:00 and 1:00)
Week 2  - Sept 20 - in Peterborough (games at 9:00 and 1:00)
Week 3 - Sept 27 - in Niagara (games at 9:00 and 1:00)
Week 4 - Oct 4 - in Hamilton (games at 2:30 and 6:00)
Week 5 - Oct 18 - in Oshawa (games at 9:00 and 1:00)
Week 6 - Oct 25 - in Orangeville (game times depend on how you are ranked with 1st place getting a bye to the Provincials)
Week 7 - Nov 1 - in Mississauga (again game times would depend on where you end up - only 1st to 4th place teams would play)

In Lacrosse,
Rick Webster, Craig Cowan and Clint Nickerson
BMLA U-19 Coaches

Brampton had 4 boys from the Brampton Minor Lacrosse Association representing them at the Canadian Box Lacrosse Championship held in Whitby this past week. The Championship was held at the Peewee and Bantam level and pitted Provincial teams from across Canada against each other in a round robin tournament for a whole week. 

Each Brampton boy played on a Gold medal winning team and all were a valuable contributors to the success of their teams.

Zachary Rex played goal for the Bantam Ontario team that won Gold in the "A" Canadian Championship. Zachary won 4 games and had one shut out, he also shared goal-tending duties in the Championship game against BC.

Jeffrey Teat played for the Peewee Ontario team that won Gold in the "A" Canadian Championship, top team in Canada. Jeffrey contributed 8 goals and 6 assists for his team and had a goal in the Championship game against BC. Jeffrey was a force on offence and more than once used his powerful shot to good use.

Connor McClelland played for the Peewee Ontario team along with Jeffrey. Connor had 8 goals and 4 assists during the week, he scored a goal and added an assist in the Championship game. Connor was very successful on both ends of the floor and had many loose ball wins.

Tyrus Rehanek played for the Peewee Quebec team that won the "B" Canadian Championship, fifth place in Canada. Tyrus lead his team with 12 goals and 8 assists and had a goal and two assists in the "B" Championship game against New Brunswick. Tyrus finished 5th in both overall points and goal scorers in the Canadian Peewee leader boards.

All the boys had a great experience and represented the BMLA and the city of Brampton with energy, respect and leadership.

Picture: Back - Zachary Rex, Front - Tyrus Rehanek, Left - Connor McClelland, Right - Jeffrey Teat

The Brampton Minor Lacrosse Association is entering a team in the U16 Fall Field Lacrosse League. This is a competitive Field Lacrosse program for young adults born in 1994, 1995 and 1996.

The regular season dates are:
Saturday, Sept 5th
Saturday, Sept 12th
Saturday, Sept 19th
Saturday, Sept 26th
Saturday, Oct 3rd

Championships will be held Saturday Oct 10th, and Sunday October 11th, 2009

Next tryout is Sunday, August 23rd at 9:00 AM at the Creditview Lacrosse Fields. Check back to the website for further tryout dates. Tryout cost is an one time fee of $5. 

For more info, please contact fieldrep@bramptonlacrosse.ca

The Brampton Pee Wee 2's repeated their success from last year by winning Gold at the OLA Provincials for the 2nd year in a row. After a slow start with a loss to Wallaceburg 8 to 2, and a 5 to 5 tie with Six Nations, the Pee Wee 2's turned it around in their 3rd game of the round robin, crushing Brantford 11 to 2 allowing them to advance to the quarter finals.

The quarter finals saw Brampton up against Orangeville with whom they had a 1 and 1 record during regular season. A determined Brampton team defeated Orangeville 8 to 7. The semis saw Brampton come up against Cornwall, who had defeated them in the Caledon tournament by a score of 10 to 5. Brampton exacted their revenge by defeating Cornwall 7 to 5 advancing them to the finals.

The opponents in the finals was Sudbury, who the Pee Wee 2's previously met in the Huntsville tournament drawing a 6 to 6 tie. The Brampton Pee Wee 2's came out strong and handled Sudbury easily with an 8 to 2 victory. The Provincial Gold win ended the Pee Wee 2 Excelsior's season with a record of 21-3-3.

With their success at Novice 1 and Pee Wee 2 earning them back to back Gold at the Provincials, it is a very good bet that members of this team will be competing at the A level next year as Pee Wee 1's. With the Pee Wee A Provincials hosted by the Brampton Minor Lacrosse Association during the weekend of August 14th to 16th, 2009, the boys can go and watch the level of competition at the Pee Wee A level.

Pictured below are the members of the Brampton Excelsiors Pee Wee 2 Gold team:

Front Row: Thomas Kittner, Garrett Hofland*

Second Row: Michael Harris*, Ethan MacKinnon*, Daniel Patrick, James "Jimmy" Whiteford*, Jason "J Walks" Walker*, Daniel Morgan*

Thrid Row: Ethan Gavin, Brett Barry, Riley Curtis*, Jake Boudreau*, Justin "Sunshine" Stevens*, Brendon Labrador, Daniel Gravelle, Andy "Snider" Borgatti* (N AP), Andrew "Real Deal" McKiel*, Max Yarranton

Back Row: Coaches Chris Curtis*, Brad Beaumont*, Tom Patrick, Gary Walker*, Manager Cindy McKiel* (not pictured)

(* denotes back to back 2008/2009 Provincial Champions)

Brampton Minor Lacrosse Association held their annual recreation league Tournament of Champions over the weekend of July 17 - 19. The tournament serves as playoffs for the ten-week program. Twenty-nine teams participated in divisions from peanut to intermediate (4 - 21 years). The finals were held at Century Gardens arenas.

Peanut and Try Us Auto Paperweight divisions participated in round robin fun games, with all participants receiving medals.

In the Tyke Division, Justine Blainey Wellness Centre Purple Crunch defeated Black Stealth 7 - 6 with 1:17 left in overtime. Noah O’Campo scored 3 times, Daris Fraser 2, Cooper Bertrand and Lucas Ferreira 1 each, with assists by Michael Young with 2, Lucas Ferreira, Josh Ferreira, Leon Ku and O’Campo with 1 each. Stealth scoring by Brayden Guy and Jesse Sim with 2 each and singles by Joshua Booker and Alexander Tingay. Assists came from Tingay with 3, Guy, Joel Dieleman and JP Soares.

The consolation game had the Maroon Rockets with a 12 – 5 win over Melgor Trophies Route 22 Sportswear Green Sidewinders. Scoring for the Rockets were Ethan Haines, Fraser MacKenzie and Owen Porter with 3 each. Singles were had by Thomas Marysh, Riley Delill and Kyle McCartney. MacKenzie had 2 assists and one each by Liam Humble, Porter, McCartney, Kyle Sterritt and Matthew Moncrieffe. The Sidewinders had goals from Jordan Frasca with 3, Caleb Slinger and Kyle Marion. Assists came from Frasca with 2 and Darcy McClure.

Novice Division gold game had Brampton Comfort Inn Blue Dragons with a 5 – 0 win over Sportswear Alliance Yellow Scorpions, despite a strong effort by Scorpions netminder Eric VanZeumeren. Owen Ufkes scored 3 times, with singles from Cameron Lavoie and Nicholas Kondo. Patrick Irons earned the shut out.

In the consolation game, the Black Stealth beat Colony Ford Lincoln Sales Ltd. Red Inferno 8 – 6, with goals by Evan Czata with 3, Liam Matle with 2, Jayden Geerlinks, Cole Montgomery and Andrew Cassels with 1 each. Scoring for the Inferno were Jeff Gouveia, Will McMullen and Braden Handley with 2 each. Assists by Gouveia and Noah DeMelo.

The gold game in Peewee Division was a real nail-biter, with Future Stars Black Stealth coming out on top of Becker Signs Red Inferno in a 9 – 8 win. Both goalies made numerous saves. Scoring for the Stealth were Liam Holl with 3, Connor Parkes with 2 and singles by Zach McMahan, Justin Mederios, Matthew Salesio and William Walsh. McMahan had 2 assists. Michael Woods had 4 goals for the Inferno, while Roy Tennant had 2 and Scott Edwards and Jonathan Hutton had 1 each. Assists came from Hutton with 2 and singles by Edwards, Owen Beveridge, Karlee Lussier, Kyle Kimberley and Kieran Nagasuye.

In the Consolation game, Max’s Diner Orange Flames beat Sports Unlimited Purple Crunch 7 – 6 in another hotly contested game. Flames scoring by Jake Hardie-Dawkins, Jack LeClerc, Sammi Mitri, Christian Mitri, Andrew Koutsaris, John Konieczny, Ian Gougeon and Logan Gaulton, Assists came from C. Mitri, Konieczny and Gougeon. Crunch had 2 goals each from Graham Thompson and Brett Fraser with singles coming from Nathen St.Germaine and Callum Burke. Assists by Burke, Keil Boucher, and Arie Dieleman.

Austin Imber scored 4 times and Sean Chappell once for Becker Signs Maroon Rockets in a 5 – 3 effort over the Yellow Scorpions in the gold medal Bantam game. Assists came from Parker Reilly with 2, Spencer Veldhoen and Ryan Diamantopoulos with 1 each. The Scorpions Ryan Gavin had 3 goals and Michael Curtis had an assist.

In the consolation game, Blue Dragons goalie Tyler Everett and National Sports Black Stealth goalie Zachary Fleury kept the score to a minimum as the Dragons pulled out a double over time win, despite having a player in the penalty box. Dean Dieleman scored the overtime winner with Nathen Folan picking up the other goal. Alex Scarlato scored for the Stealth in the 2 – 1 game.

In Midget gold action, E. Archdekin Plumbing and Heating Ltd. Maroon Rockets beat the Red Inferno 9 – 8 in another close game. Scoring for the Rockets were Zack Noddle with 4, Anthony Pereira with 2, Caleb Beishuizen, Steven Burke and Matt Smith with 1 each. Assists by Alan Trimble and Beishuizen with 2 each, Joel McGrath, Burke, Noddle and Kevin Thompson with 1 apiece. Matthew Clearwater-Mills scored 3 times, Bryan Stackhouse twice, Michael Pike, Darren Walton and Keegan Letourneau once each for the Inferno, with 2 assists apiece for Clearwater-Mills, Pike and Walton. Singles from Letourneau, Roberto Aurilio and Colton Wallace.

Kody Bennett scored the overtime winner for McClelland Insurance Brokers Ltd. Yellow Scorpions in the 4 – 3 consolation game. Other scoring by Rae Birch, Bennett and Jeff Robinson, with assists from Michael Hume with 2, Robinson and Bennett. Knecht Landscape Purple Crunch had goals from Theo Solate. Ben VanderGriendt and Jarvis Keating, with Keating picking up the lone assist.

The gold Intermediate game saw the Red Inferno come out on top with a 10 – 6 win over Harrow Sports Maroon Rockets. Scoring for the Inferno were Mike Broekema with 3, Ryan Broekema and Greg Sikkema with 2 each, singles from Jake Bell, Richard Bowyer and Brandon Armstrong. Assists came from Sikkema with 2, M. Broekema, R. Broekema and Jerimiah West with 1 each. Daniel Pattison and Sean Tuckey scored twice each for the Rockets with singles from Jeff Nixon and Brandon Mol. Assists came from David Holloway with 3, Tuckey with 2, Pattison, Nixon, Mol and Jeffrey Mock with 1 each.

RJ Yorke scored the overtime winner in the Intermediate consolation game for Galcur Consulting Purple Crunch. David VanderGriendt scored the other 3 goals. Assisting were Chris Martin, Jordan Hassefras, Travis McInnes and Matt Shipman. The Yellow Scorpions got all 3 goals from Eric Burley with an assist from Mark French.

Prior to the Midget consolation game, a special presentation was held celebrating the lacrosse life of Cameron Crichton. Cameron’s family presented Lukas Knecht with the first annual Cameron Crichton Memorial award for displaying self-discipline, devotion and team play along with respect for the game and all involved. Cameron was 18 years old when he was killed in a tragic car accident one Sunday morning in 2006 as he drove to work at his new summer job. The award commemorates Cameron’s love of lacrosse and the benefits he received from playing the game.

In the annual Milton Mavericks Invitational Tournament held July 11th-12th, the Brampton Excelsiors Bantam 2 Box Lacrosse team stepped out in style, placing 1st among five teams in the 4-game round robin play and then capturing the Silver medal in a hard-fought championship game against Brantford Posse.

Well done team!

The following two teams won medals at the 2009 OMFLL Field Provincial Championships that were held in Brampton May 22nd to the 24th:

Novice 2 team won a Bronze in the Novice "B" division! The Team was sponsored by The Box Lacrosse Store.

The Peewee 1 team won Silver in the Peewee "A" division! The team was sponsored by Cole's Automotive.

Congratulations to both teams!

It is with great excitement that we write to you about Toronto’s newest pro sports franchise– The Toronto Nationals Lacrosse Club. The Toronto Nationals are proud to be the first Canadian team within Major League Lacrosse (MLL).  This development promises to keep many of our Canadian and Iroquois National team members (2006 World Champions) close to home and playing in front of a home town crowd.

The inaugural Toronto Nationals lacrosse team will be led on-field by long time NLL and Team Canada coach, Dave Huntley. The roster of players will feature a combination of Canadian and Iroquois talent such as Brodie Merrill, Colin Doyle, Jeff Zywicki, Brett Bucktooth, Dan Dawson, Craig Point and many more. Canadian lacrosse fans will be able to see this incredible roster play together six times over the 2009 summer from the comforts of BMO Field in Toronto, ON.

We hope you will be a Toronto Nationals Ambassador and become a part of this movement to launch a celebrated version of our game. We have built a Season Ticket Plan that aims to not only sell tickets but bolster the development of the lacrosse associations in Ontario. Your participation and support will benefit our sport at many levels.

Yours In Lacrosse,

Stuart Brown
President and General Manager
Toronto Nationals Lacrosse Club
905-845-5110
sbrown@nationalslacrosse.com

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The BMLA is actively seeking a Coach for an Intermediate Rep team.  We currently have floortime available, but require a coach before we can begin.  Zone play begins first week in May.  If interested, please contact the Box Rep coordinator at boxrep@bramptonlacrosse.ca as soon as possible. Thank you.

Players can find applications for the 2009 Team Ontario Field Lacrosse teams below:

Click HERE for the U16 Team Ontario Field Lacrosse Application

Click HERE for the U19 Team Ontario Field Lacrosse Application

We have a new look for the BMLA webiste. Overall functionality remains, however you will find that sections are laid out a bit more logically and information should be easier to locate. We hope you enjoy this small face-lift!

The University of Guelph Gryphons won the 23rd Baggataway Cup and the 2008 Canadian University Field Lacrosse Association Championship in a 14-9 victory over the McGill University Redmen.

The former Excelsiors and coach that should be congratulated for their win are (from left to right):

Kyle Brown, Paul Ryan, Patrick Lloyd, Coach Reg Ewles, Mike Gillian, Gary Muzzin, Derek Silva