Jack Crosby Novice Tournament
Thursday, July 7, 2022 to Sunday, July 10, 2022
Congratulations to our 2022 Medal Winners!
Tier 1 Gold: Ridge Meadows | Tier 1 Silver: Port Coquitlam | Tier 1 Bronze: Semiahmoo | Most Sportsmanlike Team: Port Coquitlam
Tier 2 Gold: Saanich | Tier 2 Silver: Nanaimo | Tier 2 Bronze: Surrey | Most Sportsmanlike Team: Saanich
Tier 3 Gold: Chilliwack | Tier 3 Silver: Coquitlam | Tier 3 Bronze: Ridge Meadows | Most Sportsmanlike Team: Ridge Meadows
Burnaby Minor Lacrosse Club would like to thank all 15 teams for attending a sunny weekend in Burnaby for the tournament.
The level of competition was outstanding!
Welcome to the 2022 Jack Crosby Novice Tournament
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Since 1964, Jack served as president of The Burnaby Minor Lacrosse Club and volunteered countless hours over 55 years to develop and build the sport of lacrosse both here in Burnaby and throughout BC and Canada. Jack organized and ran several teams in Burnaby for many years. This included Intermediate and Senior, as well as a PeeWee team. As a general manager, his teams Burnaby Cablevision (1977-1979) and the Burnaby Lakers (1998 & 2000) won Minto Cup Championships. The Cablevision teams remain one of the only teams from out of province to capture the Minto when played in Ontario and remain the last BC team to win three consecutive Minto Cups.
In 1984, the Jack Crosby Novice All-Star Tournament was founded, much to his chagrin, as Jack did not want the tournament named after him.
Jack's leadership in developing the sport of lacrosse has been recognized in many ways over the years. Among his honours, Jack was named "Mr. Lacrosse" by the BCLA; was an inaugural inductee to the Burnaby Sports Hall of Fame; was inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1980; and was honoured with the Lester B. Pearson Award for outstanding achievement by the Canadian Lacrosse Association in 1981. After his passing in 2008, the BCLA created the Jack Crosby Endowment Fund.
Jack's spirit, and the spirit of Lacrosse, lives on every year when hundreds of novice players from across Canada take to the wooden floor of the Bill Copeland Arena. We wish all our teams, players, and families the very best in competition all weekend long.
