Alberta Summer Games


The ALA is excited to share information on box lacrosse participation in the 2023 Alberta Summer Games. The Games, delayed from this year due to the pandemic, will be held in Okotoks and Black Diamond July 20-23. There will be eight U15 co-ed teams from eight zones across the province. The eight zones are:

  • Zone 1 - Sunny South
  • Zone 2 - Big Country
  • Zone 3 - Calgary
  • Zone 4 - Parkland
  • Zone 5 - Black Gold/Yellowhead
  • Zone 6 - Edmonton
  • Zone 7 - North Eastern
  • Zone 8 - Peace Country

Zone Map

Each zone has a representative that will work with the ALA to implement the box lacrosse program. The Zone Representatives are:

ZONE

NAME

CONTACT

Zone 1

 Mike Materi

president@southernalbertalacrosse.com 

Zone 2

Wade Bowley

president@calgarylacrosse.com 

Zone 3

Wade Bowley

president@calgarylacrosse.com 

Zone 4

Kim Smyth

centralalbertalacrosse@gmail.com 

Zone 5

Anne-Lise Hobday

executivedirector@gelc.ab.ca 

Zone 6

Anne-Lise Hobday

executivedirector@gelc.ab.ca 

Zone 7

Mike Groves

groverslax@yahoo.com 

Zone 8

Miranda McCarthy

gplacrossepresident@outlook.com 

Starting for the 2023 games, the program will aim to follow the following format and timeline across all zones:

November-December 2022

  • ALA to post program information.
  • ALA to post Head Coach positions.

January 2023 

  • Appoint Head Coaches for each team. Head Coach selection will be made by the Zone Representative with input from the ALA Technical Team.
  • ALA to post Assistant Coach positions.

February

  • Appoint Assistant Coaches for each team. Assistant Coach selection will be made by the Head Coach of the team and the Zone Representative.
  • Determine program dates and locations. Dates and locations will be determined by the team coaches and Zone Representative.
ZONE HEAD COACH ASSISTANT COACH ASSISTANT COACH ASSISTANT COACH
Zone 1  Cody Firth  Chris Kukucha  Ethan Redpath  Cary Kish
Zone 2  Al Houghton   Gary Playsted     
Zone 3  Jason Montgomery   Owen Ritchie  Eric Contreras  Angus Jenkins
Zone 4  Zac Coubrough  JP Sola    
Zone 5  Jared Poole      
Zone 6  Gord Uddin   Ameer Jaber  Chase Carlson  
Zone 7  Sam Chaisson  Dusten Todd    
Zone 8  Kory Hoover Brian McCartney  Ben Radtke  Carla Mcnee

March-April 2023

  • Tryouts and Team Selections. There will be two tryouts in each zone. Teams will be selected by the team coaches with input from the Zone Representative.
ZONE TRYOUT DATE TRYOUT LOCATION REGISTRATION LINK

Zone 1

April 22, 5:30-7pm

April 28, 6:30-8pm

Coaldale

https://app.teamlinkt.com/register/go/sala/30168

Zone 2

April 21-23 

Calgary

https://linktr.ee/calgarylax 

Zone 3

April 21-23

Calgary

https://linktr.ee/calgarylax 

Zone 4

April 29, 10am-12pm

April 30, 2:30-4:30pm

May 3, 6:30-8:30pm

Red Deer

Blackfalds

Innisfail 

centralalbertalacrosse.com/content/alberta-summer-games

Zone 5

April 29-30

Edmonton

http://GELC.rampregistrations.com

Zone 6

TBC

Edmonton 

 

Zone 7

April 30

Cold Lake 

wheatlandlacrosse.com

Zone 8

April 21, 6-8pm

April 22, 3-5pm

Wembley

https://www.rampregistrations.com/public/participantreg?v3=cbd4f15a19

May-July 2023- We are currently at this stage 

  • Training camps and practices.

July 2023

 

For more information on the updated Alberta Summer Games program and what to expect, stay tuned to albertalacrosse.com/content/alberta-summer-games.