Looking For Field Lacrosse Coaches!

We are always looking for great coaches!  If you are interested in joining our coaching staff for the upcoming 2019/20 Field Lacrosse season, please complete our coaching application and send to headcoach@minorbellies.com.

Provincial

Congratulations to our Pee Wee A1 boys, Pee Wee A Girls, Bantam A girls, Bantam B girls, Bantam A1 boys and Midget girls for qualifying to compete at the  BC Box Lacrosse Provincial Championships!  Good luck in the games!

Playdowns

Good luck to all our teams as they compete in playdowns and vye for spots in their divisions at the Provincial Championship Tournaments!

Hyack Parade

The Hyack Parade is Saturday, May 25th!  Put on your Minor Bellie jersey and participate in the parade by walking behind the Senior Salmonbellie vehicles!  Meet at 8th St. and Ednburgh St. area at 10:30 am on May 25th!

FOUND

Helmet and one glove left at QPA following the Dorothy Robertson Memorial Tournament on May 12th.  Please email dorothyrobertson@minorbellies.com to claim.

Minor Lacrosse Night

Season Begins April 8

Good luck to all our box lacrosse teams as they begin the games of the 2019 box lacrosse season!

Manager's Meeting

The box lacrosse Managers Meeting will be held on April 4th from 7:00 - 8:15 pm in the Breakaway Room upstairs in the north end of QPA.  Please plan to attend if you are managing a team this box lacrosse season.  Our scheduler will be sharing important information for the season, and we will be handing out referee cheques that night which you will need the following week. 

Coaches Meeting

The box lacrosse Coaches Meeting will be held on April 3rd from 7:00 - 8:30 pm in the Breakaway Room upstairs in the north end of QPA.  Please plan to attend if you are coaching a team this box lacrosse season!

Pink Shirt Day

Today is Pink Shirt Day.
The New Westminster Minor Lacrosse Association (NWMLA) would like to remind its members, including all players, parents, guardians and volunteers, of the impact bullying can have on young people.
NWMLA volunteers are instructed to immediately address any bullying behaviour they witness, or are made aware of, if the safety or well-being of people involved is at risk. All incidents will be reported to the NWMLA board of directors to address consequences.
The following information is from the Pink Shirt Day website:
WHAT IS BULLYING?
Bullying is a form of aggression where there is a power imbalance; the person doing the bullying has power over the person being victimized. In additional to any physical trauma incurred, bullying can result in serious emotional problems, including anxiety, low self-esteem, or depression.
BULLYING VS HARASSMENT
Bullying and harassment are similar, yet different:
 Harassment is similar to bullying because someone hurts another person through cruel, offensive and insulting behaviours.
 Harassment is different from bullying in that it is a form of discrimination.
WHAT IS DISCRIMINATION?
Discrimination is treating someone differently or poorly based on certain characteristics or differences. Bullying turns into harassment when the behaviour goes against Canada’s Human Rights Laws and focuses on treating people differently because of:
 Age
 Race (skin colour, facial features)
 Ethnicity (culture, where they live, how they live, how they dress)
 Religion (religious beliefs)
 Sex Sexual orientation (if they are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or heterosexual)
 Family status (if they are from a single parent family, adopted family, step family, foster family, non-biological gay or lesbian parent family)
 Marital status (if they are single, legally married, common-law spouse, widowed, or divorced)
 Physical and mental disability (if they have a mental illness, learning disability, use a wheelchair)