Queen's Park Arena will be the venue for the B.C. Intermediate provincial lacrosse championships this weekend.
New Westminster must be considered the favourite in the A division, having won the regular season convincingly with a 21-3-0 record.
In the B division, New Westminster, runnerup to North Division winner Coquitlam, both with 15-3-0 records, should be the frontrunners in the other category.
The provincials kick off today (Friday) with New West taking on Port Coquitlam at 9 a.m.
The intermediate A Salmonbellies play the night game at 8 p.m. against their crosstown nemesis from Coquitlam.
A full slate of A and B games run Saturday and Sunday, with the first game starting at 9 a.m. and the last match scheduled to begin at 4: 30 p.m.
The medal games will take place all day on the B.C. Day holiday Monday, beginning with the B division consolation final at 8: 30 a.m.
The gold-medal finals kick off in the afternoon, with the B final set for 3 p.m. and the A final to follow at 5: 30 p.m.
NATIONAL JAMBOREE IN ONTARIO
The B.C. peewee and bantam boys' teams will be back East in Whitby, Ont. for the annual Commissioners national lacrosse championship jamboree, running from July 31 to Aug. 6.
Nicholas Hannay, Erik Maas and William Malcolm will represent New Westminster on the peewee provincial squad,.
Royal City runners Nolan Duncan, Max Gerhardt, Nathan Macedo, Ryan Wilkinson and goalie Laiton Manuel dominate the boys' bantam B.C. team.
JUNIOR B PROVINCIALS THIS WEEK
The provincial junior B lacrosse championships will be hosted by Kamloops this weekend.
League champion Port Moody Thunder will represent the Lower Mainland against Thompson/Okanagan champion Kelowna Raiders and Vancouver Island representative Cowichan Valley Thunder. The host Kamloops Venom will round out the four-team tourney July 29 and 30.
