BC LACROSSE ASSOCIATION

ZONE 6 BOX LACROSSE REPORT

FROM THE MINOR DIRECTORATE MEETING HELD MARCH 1, 2008

Provincial Championships 2008

Provincials locations are as follows for 2008:

– Peewee                      July 23 to 27^th                Chilliwack – all levels

- Bantam                       July 9 to 13^th                 Campbell River – all levels

            - Midget                        July 16 to 20^th                Coquitlam – A1 and A2

            - Midget                        July 17 to 20^th                               Terrace – B and C

- Female                       July 17 to 20^th                Port Coquitlam – all levels

Form 100’s will be due at the BCLA office by June 12^th, 2008.    Any wildcard games that may be necessary will be on the Island this year.

Pete Frey who is the vice chair of the minor directorate and in charge of Provincials will be contacting Sport Team Accommodations to block book rooms for teams attending Provincials at the above locations.  He will be contacting the conveners (Paula that’s you) for advice on the best places to stay, etc.

Provincial Championships dates have been set for 2009

– Peewee                      July 8 to 12^th                

- Bantam                       July 15 to 19^th               

            - Midget                        July 22 to 26^th

            - Female                       July 16 to 19^th               

Miscellaneous

·         The distribution of the 20,000 brochures in Coquitlam/Poco/Port Moody went very well and they generated a lot of new registrations in those areas.  They are very pleased with the results.

·         Please ensure you get all player releases or age down applications to the commission for approval prior to April 22^nd – this is the date the Provincial registrar must have the list by.

·         Zone 2 – Okanagan is tiering their leagues this year.

·         Reminder by the BCLA registrar that Association registrars must provide a list of their C team players to their commissioners by May 7^th.

·         Reminder to all Associations to submit award nominations this year – you can nominate someone outside your Association as well.  Also, please put forward a name for the Pepsi Player.  Not sure where the winner will be announced – might be the Whistler AGM.

·         Commissioners packages will be ready soon and Tim will be receiving copies for distribution to all commissioners in the league.

·         Of interest to Nanaimo - A motion was passed to allow a maximum team size of 25 players in the Junior Female division.

·         The Richmond and Vancouver Killarney minor associations submitted a request to be allowed to amalgamate their players this year due to falling numbers in both Associations.  They were also proposing to dissolve their single associations and reform as a joint association in 2009.  The proposal was approved by the Lower Mainland Commission.  After much deliberation, the proposal was denied by the Minor Directorate for a variety of reasons, partially because they had not done enough ground work in contacting their players to determine if they were in favor of amalgamating and that declining numbers in itself is not a good enough reason. 

Next Minor Directorate meeting is Saturday, April 26, 2008.