Western Lacrosse Association
| Western Lacrosse Association | |
| Founded | 1932 |
| Teams | 7 teams |
| country |
 Canada
|
| master | Victoria shamrocks |
| Homepage | TheBoxRocks.com |
The Western Lacrosse Association ( WLA ) is an amateur league of Senior Men A in indoor lacrosse , which is directed by the Canadian Lacrosse Association. The league consists of 7 teams, all of which are located in British Columbia . The winner of the season competes against the master of the Major Series Lacrosse at the Mann Cup every September of that year . The championship takes place annually alternately in Ontario and British Columbia.
The level of the league is comparatively high, as the majority of the players play in the National Lacrosse League in the WLA's off-season .
The teams
The league consists of the following teams:
| team |
| Burnaby Lakers |
| Coquitlam Adanacs |
| Langley Thunder |
| Maple Ridge Burrards |
| Nanaimo Timbermen |
| New Westminster Salmonbellies |
| Victoria shamrocks |
League history
- Boxing lacrosse has been established in Australia by the British Columbia Amateur Lacrosse Association since March 4, 1932
- 1932–1933: Senior Box Lacrosse League ( umbrella organization: BCALA )
- 1934–1967: Inter-City Lacrosse League (ICLL)
- 1968: National Lacrosse Association (Western Division)
- since 1969: Western Lacrosse Association
Teams history
New Westminster Salmonbellies
- 1888–1931: Founded on May 12, 1888 as a field lacrosse club
- 1932–1950: New Westminster Salmonbellies ( merged with New Westminster Adanacs )
- 1951–1951: New Westminster Commandos
- 1952-1953: New Westminster Salmonacs
- 1954–1954: New Westminster Royals
- 1955-1958: New Westminster Salmonbellies
- 1959-1966: New Westminster O'Keefes
- since 1967: New Westminster Salmonbellies
Maple Ridge Burrards
- 1937-1937: Vancouver Burrard Olympics
- 1938-1949: Vancouver Burrards
- 1950–1950: Vancouver Burrard Westerns ( merged with Richmond Farmers )
- 1951-1951: Vancouver Combines
- 1952–1958: Vancouver Pilseners
- 1959-1969: Vancouver Carings
- 1970–1993: Vancouver Burrards ( taken over by Surrey )
- 1994–1995: Surrey Burrards ( taken over by Maple Ridge )
- since 1996: Maple Ridge Burrards
Victoria shamrocks
- 1950–1982: Victoria Shamrocks
- 1983-1993: Victoria Payless
- since 1994: Victoria Shamrocks
Coquitlam Adanacs
- 1965–1967: Coquitlam Adanacs ( taken over from Portland )
- 1968–1968: Portland Adanacs ( taken over by Coquitlam )
- since 1969: Coquitlam Adanacs
Burnaby Lakers
- 1986–1989: Richmond Outlaws ( taken over by Burnaby )
- since 1990: Burnaby Lakers
Langley Thunder
- 1994–1999: North Shore Indians ( acquired from Kelowna )
- 2000–2001: Okanagan Thunder ( taken over by North Vancouver )
- 2002–2003: North Shore Thunder ( taken over by Langley )
- since 2004: Langley Thunder
Nanaimo Timbermen
- since 2005: Nanaimo Timbermen