22nd Annual BC Masters Tournament

The Cowichan River Rats hosted the 2009 BC Masters Tournament this year in Duncan and Chemainus on Vancouver Island.

There was lots of great ball played and some real tight games fought on the floor over the three day tourney.

Results will be coming out soon.

2009 Masters Championship Results
2009 Masters Championship - Photos

2008 Championship Results - Ladner
2007 Championship Results - Prince George

 

2009 Masters Annual General Meeting

There were a few key motions passed at this years Annual General Meeting and other conversations brought forward to further consolidate the view of where we want the Masters division to go in the future.

The first of two major motions passed was to lower the Masters minimum age to 30. The rational behind this is to allow for more players to participate and hopefully grow the league while also hoping to shorten the gap from when a player leaves Junior and can't play Senior ball to when they can play Masters. The divisions will now be Grand Masters as it was of 45 or older while Masters, both Division 1 and 2 will be 30 years or older.

The second motion passed was to add to the League Agreement under Article five which states that any player signing a Senior 'A' or 'B' card is not eligible for Masters. Added this year is the addition of any player signing a Senior 'C' card and playing any single game in 'A' or 'B' will only be allowed to play Masters Division 1 lacrosse.

Lastly the Okanagan Masters Club has confirmed next years tournament will be a go in Vernon for 2010 as well as the North Shore Cowboys and South Fraser Stickmen will host the 2011 tournament in Vancouver with Burnaby as the proposed location.

2008 League Agreement

 

Cowboys Dominate 1st Annual South Fraser Beach Battle

The South Fraser Stickmen hosted their first ever South Fraser Beach Battle tournament in May of this year at Centenial Arena in White Rock.

The fast paced venue presented some wild action for the Division 2 Masters teams as the North Shore Cowboys continued to dominate Masters lacrosse and go undefeated in the tournament by going 4-0. The host team Stickmen finished second with one win, one tie and two losses, both at the hands of the Cowboys.

The shoot out after the games had Port Moody's runner winning in a tie breaker while Stickmen's goalie Paul Sparrow won the goal tender portion of the shoot out for highest save percentage.

2009 Results

 

 

North Shore Cowboys Host 3rd Annual Ice Breaker

The competition was fierce again this year in both Division 1 and 2 action on the floor. In Division 1 it was a rematch of last years gold medal game with the Ladner Pioneers once again defeating the Langley Knights this time 9-5. Again it was MVP Ross Frehlick's putting on a strong performance for the Ladner Pioneers.

Earlier in the day in Division 2 lacrosse it was a battle of two new teams featuring the second North Shore Cowboys team losing out to the Vancouver Justice 9-3

In the other Bronze medal games it was the North Shore Cowboys Division 1 team defeating the Surrey Firefighters 10-8. Earlier the Port Moody Masters gained control in the third period to defeat the South Fraser Stickmen 5-3 in Division 2 ball.

2009 Results
2008 Results and Pictures