There are many different ways to be involved with Team Canada's 2010 Quest for Gold! And for all of those who want to be a part of this special journey we thank you and are grateful for your interest and commitment!

TEAM CANADA 2010 FUNDRAISING PROGAMS

1. CLUB/ASSOCIATION PROGRAM

This program is designed to recognize all those clubs and centres around Canada who have been such a large part of the development of each of these players. Whether the association itself or an individual/corporation representing the association want to contribute, this program involves a direct recognition of the grass roots level of lacrosse.

2. FRIENDS & FAMILY

This program is for every lacrosse family or fan out there who would like a direct connection to one of the players representing Canada in 2010. This personalized program allows individuals to feel directly link themselves to one of the Canadian players and their journey to 2010.

3. SHOOT FOR GOLD

This program is for everyone who is proud of the Team Canada victory in 2006 and looks to re-defend in 2010. The only way to receive a special piece of 2010 Team Canada apparel, Shoot for the Gold sets you away from the rest.

Team Canada 2010 has started its journey to Manchester with the goal of bringing home the Gold once again! Stay on top of their progress and support your favourite Canadian players on the 2010 squad by joining the FREE, Team Canada 2010 FAN CLUB!

Team Canada 2010 Fan Club REGISTRATION DETAILS:

For NO COST you can have insider access to all news surrounding Team Canada. Be on the inside edge by receiving any press releases, roster announcements, event announcements, pictures, etc before the rest of the public!

REGISTRATION PAGE COMING SOON!

Alumni Program

The sport of lacrosse has roots that run deep in Canada. It is this history and the relationships that are created within the sport that allow for lacrosse to continue to grow. We wanted to recognize this with a program specifically created for those who have been a part of this game and its progress forward.

TEAM CANADA ALUMNI PROGRAM seeks to recognize and bring together all those individuals who have played with, been involved with or were connected to the National Program. Membership is FREE OF CHARGE and it will grant you special early notice to all the happenings of the 2010 Program, access to special events and give you an inside ear to the scoop around our quest to bring home the gold once again in Manchester.


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An Open Letter from Johnny Mouradian, Team Canada Lacrosse 2010 General Manager,

Dear National Team Alumni:

Lacrosse was introduced in England in 1967 and spread to Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. It was an Olympic sport in 1904 at St. Louis and in 1908 at London. Only three countries, Canada, England, and the United States, were represented and Canada won both gold medals. Gold medals again in 1978 and 2006!

It was a demonstration sport at the Olympics in 1928, 1932, and 1948, and an exhibition tournament was held at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1980. The world championships were reintroduced in 1967 however the 1974 world games at Melbourne set the stage for the current four year format. Currently there are 24 (FIL) Federation of International Lacrosse countries and nine associate countries. And you helped it grow!

Team Canada will be defending the Gold Medal at that World Field Lacrosse Championships at Manchester, England July 10-24, 2010. In preparation, our National Team tryout camp is Oct 9-12 at St. Mike’s College in Toronto. As part of the camp, we travel by bus to Orchard Park, New York on Sunday Oct 11th for two scrimmages against Notre Dame University.

Time to connect! Please join us for the bus trip on Sunday, bring your family and friends. Load up your cooler, we’ll tailgate, let’s enjoy the day together and connect to Team Canada players and their parents, coaches, staff and management. On Sunday, the bus will be leaving the Harbor Castle Hotel in Toronto at 7am and have a stop or two for picks up along the way (locations TBD) the bus trip cost is absorbed by Team Canada, however a donation would be appreciated.

Please respond either way by Tues Oct 6th, obviously from a geographic perspective this limits the number of you. However, this is the first step to connecting National Team Alumni to all future National Teams. Please forward to every Canadian National Team player, coach, manager, equipment manager and have then respond so we can build the data base.

Also want to introduce Dean French the Executive Director for the National Team and Stu Brown our Assistant General Manager and let everyone know that Mike French and Bob Allan our on the National Team Board of Directors. Also copied on this email are the current Team Canada coaching staff and management team. Head Coach Dave Huntley and Assistant Coaches Chris Sanderson, Randy Mearns and Jeff Gombar along with our Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) Competition Committee Member Steve Govett all played for previous Canadian National Teams. Dave, Randy and Jeff were on the coaching staff for the World Championship Canadian Team in 2006, Steve was a key volunteer and Chris was the all World Goaltender in 1998 and 2006. Paul Stewart worked with Dave this summer with the Toronto Nationals is our video coach and Jaime McMillan is our Team Canada Admin.