Just back in from watching two of our grandboys play in the Provincial Tyke Lacrosse Championships in the Whitby/Oshawa area. The concept they use is interesting having their season culminate in a 10 day Festival with all the teams attending after a season of area play and tournament involvement.
This seasonal play is used by the Provincial Association to rank teams and place then in groups from A to D for equitable playoff opportunity.
For example our boys ( Jagger with Burlington in 'B' and Shayne with Wallaceburg in 'D' ) played in a seeded 4 team round robin in a 16 team division. This preliminary play determined the top two teams to advance to the top 8 single elimination Championship round.
Both boys played their 1/4 finals at the same time in the Iroquois Park Sports Centre in Whitby in different arenas. My conditioning program now includes interval sprints, spectator dodging and leaps and bounds. Wallaceburg knocked out, Burlington a winner in overtime. The latter to lose the semis in overtime the morning of Day Three.
I enjoy attending other sport's events for the obvious family reasons but I also like to see how they organize their play.
The road to gold was a building excitement.
I believe it is time to return to a similar format in Ontario Provincial Championships.
Off to bowl to-day in Exeter, I will get back on the bowls scene when I return from my wayward ways.
Competitive lawn bowling mixed with a twist of life. A skilled exciting game hidden from the masses by its image. Often only takes one roll-up to leave you wondering why you waited.
My Ponder List
- "Now is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end.But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Winston Churchill
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