First Nations Lacrosse Association
| First Nations Lacrosse Association FNLA | |
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| Sport | Lacrosse |
| Jurisdiction | Regional |
| Founded | 1983 |
| Affiliation | Federation of International Lacrosse |
| Affiliation date | 1987 |
| Headquarters | Cornwall, Ontario |
| President | Bob Burr |
| Men's coach | Rich Kilgour (WILC 2015)[1] |
| Women's coach | Regy Thorpe (U19 World Championship 2015)[2] |
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First Nations Lacrosse Association (formerly Iroquois Lacrosse Association) is the governing body of lacrosse in First Nations.
Nationals
Iroquois Nationals are the national team representing the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. First recognized by the Federation of International Lacrosse as a full member nation in 1987, the Nationals competed in their first tournament at the 1990 FIL World Lacrosse Championships, finishing fifth.[3]
Leagues
- Can-Am Senior B Lacrosse League, founded in 1969 as North American Lacrosse Association,[4] was organized beginning in 1978. League winners compete for the Presidents Cup, the Senior B championship of North America. Can-Am teams have won the championship five times (1994, 1996, 2000, 2010, 2014).
- Formed in 1994, the Three Nations Senior Lacrosse League is a Senior B box lacrosse league. TNSLL teams compete for the Presidents Cup, winning the championship on five occasions (1994, 1995, 1997, 2011, 2012).
- First Nations Junior B Lacrosse League is a box lacrosse league formed in 2014 with the restructuring of the Canadian Lacrosse Association. Four teams competed in the inaugural season. In 2015 the league merged with the Montreal Junior Lacrosse League to form a seven-team league. The FNLA league winner earns a spot in the Founders Cup, the national championship of Junior B lacrosse in Canada.
Competitions
- Can-Am Senior B Lacrosse League (Senior B)
- Three Nations Senior Lacrosse League (Senior B)
- First Nations Junior B Lacrosse League (Junior B)
WILC 2015
The Iroquois Nationals will host the 2015 FIL World Indoor Lacrosse Championships for the first time in the tournament’s history. The event will take place on Haudenosaunee Territories at Tsha’Hon’nonyen’dakhwa’ Onondaga Nation Arena and the Carrier Dome near Syracuse, as well as the First Niagara Center in Buffalo September 18-27, 2015.
References
- ↑ "Iroquois Nationals Name GM And Coaching Staff For 2015 Worlds". Iroquois Nationals. 23 December 2014.
- ↑ "Haudenosaunee Nation U19 Women’s Lacrosse Roster Set". Federation of International Lacrosse. 24 April 2015.
- ↑ "World Event History". Federation of International Lacrosse. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ↑ "About Can-Am". Can-Am Lacrosse. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
External links
- Iroquois Nationals
- @FirstNationsLax Twitter