Western Lacrosse Association
The Western Lacrosse Association is a men's Senior A box lacrosse league with seven teams in British Columbia. The playoff championship team each season advances to the play against the Major Series Lacrosse champions for the Mann Cup. The championship is hosted alternately between Ontario and British Columbia each year.
The teams
The league consists of the following teams:| Team |
| Burnaby Lakers |
| Coquitlam Adanacs |
| Langley Thunder |
| Maple Ridge Burrards |
| Nanaimo Timbermen |
| New Westminster Salmonbellies |
| Victoria Shamrocks |
League history
- Box lacrosse adopted by British Columbia Amateur Lacrosse Association on May 4, 1932
- 1932-1933: Senior Box Lacrosse League
- 1934-1967: Inter-City Lacrosse League
- 1968: National Lacrosse Association
- 1969–present: Western Lacrosse Association
Trophies and awards
League championship trophies:- Kilmarnock Trophy
- Commission Rose Bowl
- Ted Fridge Memorial Trophy
- CKNW "TOP DOG" TROPHY
- Stan Shillington Trophy
League champions
Teams in bold = Mann Cup winnerStatistics prior to 2005 by reference of the Canadian Lacrosse Almanac.
Current team history
New Westminster Salmonbellies- 1888–1931 founded on May 12, 1888; played as field lacrosse club
- 1932–1950 New Westminster Salmonbellies
- 1951–1951 New Westminster Commandos
- 1952–1953 New Westminster Salmonacs
- 1954–1954 New Westminster Royals
- 1955–1958 New Westminster Salmonbellies
- 1959–1965 New Westminster O'Keefes
- 1966–present New Westminster Salmonbellies
- 1937–1937 Vancouver Burrard Olympics
- 1938–1949 Vancouver Burrards
- 1950–1950 Vancouver Burrard Westerns
- 1951–1951 Vancouver Combines
- 1952–1958 Vancouver Pilseners
- 1959–1969 Vancouver Carlings
- 1970–1993 Vancouver Burrards
- 1994–1995 Surrey Burrards
- 1996–present Maple Ridge Burrards
- 1950–1982 Victoria Shamrocks
- 1983–1993 Victoria Payless
- 1994–present Victoria Shamrocks
- 1965–1967 Coquitlam Adanacs
- 1968–1968 Portland Adanacs
- 1969–present Coquitlam Adanacs
- 1986–1989 Richmond Outlaws
- 1990–present Burnaby Lakers
- 1994–1999 North Shore Indians
- 2000–2001 Okanagan Thunder
- 2002–2003 North Shore Thunder
- 2004–present Langley Thunder
- 2005–present Nanaimo Timbermen
Defunct teams
the Indians- 1932–1932 North Vancouver Squamish Indians
- 1935–1941 North Shore Indians
- 1945–1945 Indian Arrows
- 1946–1951 North Shore Indians
- 1952–1954 PNE Indians
- 1955–1955 Mount Pleasant Indians
- 1932–1932 Vancouver Athletic Club
- 1933–1933 Vancouver Abbotsford Hotel
- 1933–1941 New Westminster Adanacs
- 1945–1950 New Westminster Adanacs
- 1933–1934 Vancouver St. Helen's Hotel
- 1935–1936 Richmond Farmers
- 1937–1937 Richmond-Homes Combines
- 1938–1941 Richmond Farmers
- 1942–1942 Burrard Drydock 'Wallaces United'
- 1943–1949 Richmond Farmers
- 1950–1950 Richmond-Kerrisdale 'Arkays'
- 1934–1935 Vancouver Province Bluebirds
- 1936–1936 Vancouver Home Gas
- 1942–1942 North Vancouver Ship Repair Yard 'Norvans'
- 1943–1944 Vancouver Army
- 1944–1944 Vancouver HMCS Discovery Navy
- 1951–1954 Nanaimo Native Sons
- 1955–1958 Nanaimo Timbermen
- 1959–1964 Nanaimo Labatts
- 1975–1981 Nanaimo Timbermen
- 1962–1962 Burnaby Norburns