SASKATOON SCORPIONS

hosts of the

                                                                              2005 Canadian National Lacrosse Championships

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan awarded the

2005 CANADIAN NATIONAL LACROSSE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Lacrosse Members, Officials, Coaches

 My name is John Siemens, I am the chairman for this years Field Lacrosse National Championships, the following information is your official invitation and information regarding  attending the U 19 First Nations Trophy and U 16 Alumni Cup National Championships in Saskatoon. To the field chairs please forward this email to all coaches, managers planning to attend.

 The National Field Lacrosse Championships this year will be from Friday September 2^nd – Sunday September 4^th. The official entry deadline for all teams is wishing to participate is July 15^th, complete with payment of $1000.00 per team to the CLA. Earlier confirmation to myself will ensure you rooms at our host hotel. Teams, officials, referees,  CLA representatives  that are flying into Saskatoon and staying at our host hotel “The Radisson” will be provided with transportation to and from the competition fields.  The cost of transportation for teams flying into Saskatoon from the airport and the host hotel are the responsibilities of the participants as per CLA guidelines, we as the host can make these arrangements with enough notification. The hotel page is the 3^rd page.

 We will be having a pre-championship meeting on the evening of Thursday, September 1^st at the host Radisson Hotel for all CLA officials, team officials, coaches and referees.

 We will be having a championship banquet at our host hotel, the date for this event has not be finalized as of yet, it may be held on either in the evening of Friday, September 2^nd  or Sunday, September 4^th, costs have not been determined, the banquet fees must be submitted with the championship entry fees.

 We are looking at having the championship games televised locally with Shaw Cable and televised via satellite across Shaw’s network across Canada.

 We are also considering having a Saskatoon Film Production Company on site to film some games, if enough teams are interested, we could then have them film at least every team once then purchase the DVD from the Film Company. These DVD’s could then be used for coaching purposes, potential scholarship game tape or just keepsakes for the participants and parents. Costs have yet to be determined, this service would only be made available if enough are teams are interested to bring costs down. If this is a service that you intend to use, contact myself via email.

 As in my past emails, hotel rooms  the championship weekend are at a premium as Saskatoon is celebrating Saskatchewan 100^th Centennial and there will be many festivities in the city that weekend, a reminder to coaches / managers / officials, please book your rooms early. I have attached the link to the hotel with contact names and numbers on this email. You may also want to pass this information along to the parents, spectators that are planning to stay in Saskatoon that weekend.

The First Nations Trophy and Alumni Cup championships will be held at the Umea Fields in Saskatoon, all of the fields are within a one block area in the north end of Saskatoon, maps to all fields will be forwarded to you, information will also be available at the hotel.

 We are currently working on upgrading our Scorpions team website, I will forward this website to all as soon as it is complete. The website will have links for both the First Nations Trophy and Alumni Cup. It will be complete with contact names, hotel and  field locations.

It will also be updated throughout the weekend with all stats.

 You can contact me with any questions or concerns that you may have at any time, my email address john.Siemens@sasktel.net

Thank You

Tournament Chairman

John Siemens