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On Aug 3-6 2006, Midget Lacrosse Teams from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Alberta came together for the annual Lacrosse Nova Scotia Lobster Trap Tournament. Hosted by the Dartmouth Bandits at the Shannon Park Arena since 1973 when Peterborough won the first twelve-team competition, this Lacrosse tournament is the longest running lacrosse event in the Maritimes.

During the spring of 1973, 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, Whitby (2) gathered in Canada’s best hospitality town to play lacrosse.

The local lacrosse community rallied around the event. The president of Lacrosse Nova Scotia in 1973, John Barr, arranged with Petro Fina (the forerunner of Petro Canada) 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 faded in Nova Scotia so did the tournament. Following the last competition in 1985, 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.

The tournament was then resumed in July 2004 after a hiatus of 19 years. As Lacrosse has returned to Nova Scotia – so has the Lobster Trap Tournament! In 2005, a 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. For more information including the dates and times of the 2007 version of the Lobster Trap 2-5 Aug please visit www.lacrossens.ca for registration forms and contact info.

Records are few and far between. If you know the missing tournament champions, please help us complete the records and you can win a free weekend pass to the tournament.
Past champions are:
1973   Peterborough, Ont
1974   Peterborough, Ont
1975    Southern Etobicoke Lacrosse Association Raiders (SELA Raiders)
1976   Hamilton
1977   Erindale
1978   Peterborough, Ont
1979   Erindale
1980   ?
1981   ?
1982   St John defeated Spryfield in final game. Wayne Finck referee
1983   ?
1984   ?
1985   ?
1996   Capitol District Lacrosse (Fredericton, NB)
2004   Dartmouth Bandits
2005   Calgary Axemen, (Calgary, AB)
2006   Dartmouth Bandits (Dartmouth, NS)
2007    Fundy Riptide (NB)
2008    Edmonton Wizards (Edmonton, AB)


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