Sport | Box lacrosse |
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Inaugural season | 1986 |
Commissioner | Frazer MacDonald |
No. of teams | 10 |
Country | Canada |
Most recent champion(s) | Delta Islanders (2019) |
Official website | BCJT1LL |
The British Columbia Junior Tier 1 Lacrosse League, or BCJT1LL is a Junior B box lacrosse league based in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada, sanctioned by the British Columbia Lacrosse Association. The league champion competes for the British Columbia Junior B Provincial Championship. Teams have competed for the Founders Cup, a national tournament which determines the Canadian Junior B lacrosse champion.
The league was known as the BC Intermediate A League until the end of 2017. At the beginning of the 2018 season, 17 & 18 year old lacrosse was merged with Junior B, expanding the bracket to the age brackets used by the rest of the Canadian Lacrosse Association.
Team | Established |
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Burnaby Lakers | 1990 |
Coquitlam Adanacs | 1990 |
Delta Islanders | 1986 |
Langley Thunder | 2004 |
Nanaimo Timbermen | 2018 |
New Westminster Salmonbellies | 1990 |
Port Coquitlam Saints | 1986 |
Richmond Roadrunners | 2018 |
Ridge Meadows Burrards | 1994 |
Victoria Shamrocks | 2018 |
Year | Regular Season | Playoffs | BC Tier 1 Provincials | Founders Cup result |
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1986 | Edmonton Goldbar | South Vancouver Killarney | ||
1987 | South Vancouver-Killarney | South Vancouver Killarney | South Vancouver Killarney | |
1988 | Langley Knights | |||
1989 | Esquimalt Legion | |||
1990 | New Westminster Salmonbellies | Port Coquitlam Saints | Port Coquitlam Saints - Silver | |
1991 | Delta Islanders | Port Coquitlam Saints | ||
1992 | ||||
1993 | Langley Knights | |||
1994 | Langley Knights | |||
1995 | Richmond Roadrunners | Richmond Roadrunners | ||
1996 | Vancouver Burrards | |||
1997 | ||||
1998 | ||||
1999 | Delta Islanders | |||
2000 | New Westminster Salmonbellies | |||
2001 | Delta Islanders | |||
2002 | Coquitlam Adanacs | |||
2003 | Delta Islanders | Coquitlam Adanacs | Coquitlam Adanacs - Silver | |
2004 | Coquitlam Adanacs | Coquitlam Adanacs | ||
2005 | Coquitlam Adanacs | |||
2006 | Coquitlam Adanacs | |||
2007 | Coquitlam Adanacs | Coquitlam Adanacs | Coquitlam Adanacs - Silver | |
2008 | Port Coquitlam Saints | |||
2009 | Coquitlam Adanacs | Port Moody Thunder | ||
2010 | New Westminster Salmonbellies | New Westminster Salmonbellies | ||
2011 | Port Moody Thunder | Port Moody Thunder | ||
2012 | Delta Islanders | Delta Islanders | ||
2013 | Coquitlam Adanacs | Delta Islanders [1] | ||
2014 | Delta Islanders | Delta Islanders | ||
2015 | Coquitlam Adanacs | New Westminster Salmonbellies [2] | Coquitlam Adanacs - 4th Place | |
2016 | New Westminster Salmonbellies | Coquitlam Adanacs | Coquitlam Adanacs - Gold | |
2017 | Coquitlam Adanacs | Coquitlam Adanacs | BCJT1LL vs TOJLL | Coquitlam Adanacs - Gold |
2018 | Victoria Shamrocks | Victoria Shamrocks | Victoria Shamrocks - Vernon Tigers declined Provincials berth [3] | Coquitlam Adanacs - Bronze |
2019 | Coquitlam Adanacs | Delta Islanders [4] | Victoria Shamrocks def. South Okanagan Flames 27-10 (2-game aggregate) | Coquitlam Adanacs - TBD |
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