2013 Clearwater Lobster Trap Tournament

2013 Clearwater Lobster Trap Tournament

 

Schedule

For a printable version of the schedule please click HERE
 

Friday - June 28th, 2013 - Shannon Park Arena

Game #	Time	Away Team	Vs.	Home Team
1	9:00am - 10:30am	Dartmouth/ES	vs	Halifax NW
2	10:30am - 12:00pm	Bedford	vs	NS Bantam
3	12:30pm - 2:00pm	Fundy	vs	Dartmouth/ES
4	2:00pm - 3:30pm	Halifax NW	vs	Bedford
5	3:30pm - 5:00pm	NS Bantams	vs	Fundy
Opening Ceremony	5:00pm - 5:30pm	N/A		N/A
6	5:30pm - 7:00pm	Dartmouth/ES	vs	Bedford
7	7:00pm - 8:30pm	Halifax NW	vs	Fundy

 

Saturday - June 29th, 2013 - Shannon Park Arena

Game #	Time	Away Team	Vs.	Home Team
8	8:30am - 10:00am	NS Bantam	vs	Halifax NW
9	10:00am - 11:30am	Bedford	vs	Fundy
10	11:30am - 1:00pm	Dartmouth/ES	vs	NS Bantam
11	1:00pm - 2:30pm	Fundy	vs	Halifax NW
12	2:30pm - 4:00pm	Dartmouth/ES	vs	Bedford
13	4:00pm - 5:30pm	5th Place	vs	4th Place
Tail Gate Party	5:30pm - 7:00pm	N/A		N/A
Exhibition Game	7:00pm - 9:00pm	Founders	vs	NS Privateers

 

Sunday - June 30th, 2013 - Shannon Park Arena

Game #	Time	Away Team	Vs.	Home Team
Semi Final #1	9:00am - 10:00am	1st	vs	Winner of Game #13
Semi Final #2	10:30am - 11:30am	2nd	vs	3rd
Masters Game	11:30am - 1:30pm
Final	1:30pm - 3:00pm	Winner of Semi #1	vs	Winner of Semi #2

 

A short History of the Lobster Trap

What a remarkable 40 years we have had with lacrosse in Nova Scotia! Great growth and tremendous opportunity for everyone—to pick up a stick and play.
 
One very important element over the past 40 years has been the Lobster Trap Midget Lacrosse Tournament. You would be hard pressed to find a true lacrosse fan that has not been involved or touched in some way by the annual affair that offers competition, camaraderie and a taste of renowned Maritime hospitality.
 
It all started 40 years ago during the spring of 1973, when Wayne Finck invited the Rexdale, Ontario Midgets to Halifax to partake in a planned four-team tournament. Rexdale was one of several teams that had hosted Wayne’s midget team on a ten-day trip the year before. Now the idea was to return the hospitality. Word quickly spread throughout southern Ontario and by July, eight teams were on the way east! In addition to four local teams, squads from St. Catherines (2), Peterborough, Rexdale, Windsor, Nepean, and Whitby (2) gathered in Canada’s best hospitality town to play lacrosse.
 
The local lacrosse community rallied around the event and the President of Lacrosse Nova Scotia at the time, John Barr, arranged with PetroFina (the forerunner of PetroCanada) to donate the championship trophy. The result was the creation of the Lobster Trap, which continues to be one of the most unique awards in all of sport. The Lobster Trap was competed for annually well into the eighties but as lacrosse waned in Nova Scotia so did the tournament. Following the 1985 competition, the tournament was only played a few times during the next 19 years. The beautifully crafted Lobster Trap rested in several spots, among them the basement and stairwell at Sport Nova Scotia! In 2004, Wayne Finck found the trophy and had it refurbished and placed on display.
 
In July 2004, just as lacrosse had experienced a resurgence in Nova Scotia over the previous ten years – so did the Lobster Trap Tournament! The tournament committee headed by Bob Friesen worked diligently to restore the legacy of the Lobster Trap to its former stature as one of the Nova Scotia’s premier sporting events.
 
During 2012, LNSS forged a partnership with a new sponsor, Clearwater Seafoods Limited – one of the premier international providers of wild seafood (and most importantly LOBSTER!). This year we will be rededicating our trophy with an additional plaque honouring our new partnership.
Wayne Finck is now a Nova Scotia Hall of Fame inductee—and the Lobster Trap Legacy is only one of the reasons for that!
 
Come and join us in 2013 for the 40th Anniversary of the Lobster Trap!!
 
Mike Hayes
President
 
Lacrosse Nova Scotia Society