Founders Cup

For the golf tournament, see LPGA Founders Cup.

Founders Cup Trophy

2006 Founders Cup Logo

The Founders' Cup is the championship trophy of Canada's Junior "B" lacrosse leagues. The custodial duties of this trophy fall upon the Lacrosse Canada (LC). The national champions are determined through a round robin format with a play-down for the final.

History

The original Founders Cup was inaugurated in 1972 by the CLA in honour of "the founders of organized lacrosse," especially "The Father of Organized Lacrosse", William George Beers of Montreal, Quebec. Dr. Beers wrote the first rulebook of the sport and was key to the organizing the National Lacrosse Association in 1867, the forerunner of the CLA. ^[1]

Competitive leagues

• Alberta - Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League
• British Columbia - Pacific Northwest Junior Lacrosse League, Thompson Okanagan Junior Lacrosse League, West Coast Junior Lacrosse League
• First Nations - First Nations Junior B Lacrosse League
• Manitoba - Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League
• Nova Scotia - East Coast Junior Lacrosse League
• Ontario - Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League
• Quebec - Fédération de crosse du Québec, Ontario Junior C Lacrosse League
• Saskatchewan - Prairie Gold Lacrosse League, Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League

Founders' Cup Champions

Year Champion Finalist Third Host Castrol Cup era 1964 Guelph Mohawks (ON) 1965 Huntsville Teen Towners (ON) Ottawa (ON) 1966 New Westminster Athletics (BC) 1967 Elora Mohawks (ON) 1968 Elora Mohawks (ON) 1969 Vancouver Grandview (BC) 1970 Whitby Transporters (ON) 1971 Victoria McDonalds (BC) Founders Cup era 1972 Long Branch PCO's* (ON) 1973 NOTL Warriors (ON) 1974 Whitby Transporters (ON) 1975 Windsor Warlocks (ON) Esquimalt (BC) North Glenora Blues (AB) Edmonton, AB 1976 Elora Mohawks (ON) Burnaby (BC) Windsor Warlocks (ON) Windsor, ON 1977 Scarborough Saints (ON) Quebec (QC) St. John's, NL 1978 Point Edward Pacers (ON) Quebec (QC) 1979 Point Edward Pacers (ON) 1980 Enoch Tomahawks (AB) Toronto Beaches (ON) Owen Sound Signmen (ON) Baie-Comeau, QC 1981 NOTL Warriors (ON) 1982 Owen Sound Signmen (ON) Delta Islanders (BC) (13-10) [2] Port Coquitlam, BC 1983 Point Edward Pacers (ON) Calgary, AB. 1984 Point Edward Pacers (ON) Scarborough Saints (ON) Huntsville, ON 1985 Scarborough Saints (ON) 1986 Mississauga Tomahawks (ON) Alberta (AB) Akwesasne Eagles Dartmouth, NS 1987 Kitchener-Waterloo Braves (ON) Mississauga Tomahawks (ON) Huntsville Hawks (ON) Kitchener, ON 1988 Kitchener-Waterloo Braves (ON) Sarnia, ON 1989 Orangeville Northmen (ON) 1990 Orangeville Northmen (ON) Port Coquitlam Saints (BC) Esquimalt Legion Esquimalt, BC

(*) denotes in 1972, the Founders Cup was awarded to the Junior "C" Champion instead of the Junior "B" Champion.

Year	Gold Medal Game				Bronze Medal Game
	Champions	Score	Finalists		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1991	Huntsville Hawks OJBLL
1992 Scarborough, ON	Scarborough Saints OJBLL - Host	9-5	Orillia Kings OJBLL
1993 Winnipeg, MB	Owen Sound Flying Dutchmen [3] OJBLL	15-13	Orillia Kings OJBLL
1994 Orillia, Ontario	Orillia Kings OJBLL
1995 St. Catharines, ON	Orillia Kings OJBLL
1996	Spartan Warriors OJBLL		Orillia Kings OJBLL
1997 Etobicoke, ON	Six Nations Red Rebels [4] OJBLL	11-9OT	Orillia Kings OJBLL		Iroquois Nationals [5] ILA	11-4	Mimico Mountaineers OJBLL - Host
1998 Akwesasne	Clarington Green Gaels [6] OJBLL	13-6	Iroquois Nationals ILA - Host		Six Nations Red Rebels OJBLL	12-10	Edmonton Miners RMLL
1999 Milton, ON	Edmonton Miners RMLL	13-10	Milton Mavericks OJBLL - Host		Clarington Green Gaels OJBLL	10-8	Elora Mohawks OJBLL
2000 Clarington, ON	Clarington Green Gaels OJBLL - Host	8-6	Iroquois Nationals ILA		Elora Mohawks OJBLL	18-1	Calgary Mountaineers RMLL
2001 Edmonton, AB	Wallaceburg Red Devils OJBLL	10-5	Edmonton Miners RMLL - Host		Scarborough Saints OJBLL	11-10OT	Delta Islanders WCJLL
2002 Georgetown, ON	Clarington Green Gaels OJBLL	7-6	St. Catharines Spartans OJBLL		Edmonton Miners RMLL	9-7OT	Halton Hills Bulldogs OJBLL - Host
2003 Port Coquitlam, BC	Barrie Tornado OJBLL	16-8	Coquitlam Adanacs WCJLL		Prince George Posse TOJLL	13-11OT	Port Coquitlam Saints WCJLL - Host
2004 Elora, ON	Clarington Green Gaels OJBLL	11-8	Elora Mohawks OJBLL - Host		Edmonton Warriors RMLL	15-9	Manitoba Buffalo RMLL
2005 Saskatoon, SK	Elora Mohawks OJBLL	11-2	Edmonton Warriors RMLL		Kamloops Rattlers TOJLL	6-4	Calgary Shamrocks RMLL
2006 Windsor, ON	Oakville Buzz OJBLL	10-4	Windsor AKO Fratmen OJBLL - Host		Calgary Shamrocks RMLL	14-4	Iroquois Nationals ILA
2007 Kamloops, BC	Six Nations Rebels OJBLL	8-2	Coquitlam Adanacs WCJLL		Calgary Shamrocks RMLL	6-5	Calgary Mountaineers RMLL
2008 Guelph, ON	Six Nations Rebels OJBLL	8-7	Guelph Regals OJBLL - Host		Iroquois Nationals FNLA	5-3	Port Coquitlam Saints WCJLL
2009 Edmonton, AB	Calgary Mountaineers [7] RMLL	8-4	Clarington Green Gaels OJBLL		Edmonton Warriors RMLL - Host	7-6	Red Deer Rampage RMLL
2010 Etobicoke, ON	Halton Hills Bulldogs [8] OJBLL	4-32OT	Mimico Mountaineers OJBLL - Host		Kamloops Venom TOJLL	8-3	Calgary Mountaineers RMLL
2011 Saskatoon, SK	Six Nations Rebels [9] OJBLL	14-11	Calgary Mountaineers RMLL		Saskatchewan SWAT PGLL - Host	15-7	Manitoba Gryphons RMLL
2012 Hagersville, ON	Six Nations Rebels [10] OJBLL - Host	8-7	Akwesasne Indians OJBLL		Calgary Mountaineers RMLL	17-11	Onondaga Redhawks ILA
2013 Winnipeg, MB	Six Nations Rebels [11] OJBLL	16-12	Calgary Mountaineers RMLL		Onondaga Redhawks ILA	14-9	Team Nova Scotia
2014 Halifax, NS	Six Nations Rebels [12] OJBLL	14-7	Seneca WarChiefs INJBLL		Team Nova Scotia Host	11-4	Manitoba Blizzard RMLL
2015 Calgary, AB	Akwesasne Indians [13] OJBLL	9-6OT	Seneca WarChiefs FNJBLL		Calgary Mountaineers RMLL - Host	9-6	Coquitlam Adanacs WCJLL
2016 Orangeville, ON	Orangeville Northmen [14] OJBLL - Host	11-6	Clarington Green Gaels OJBLL		Seneca WarChiefs FNJBLL	17-8	Calgary Chill RMLL
2017 Saskatoon, SK	Orangeville Northmen [15] OJBLL	18-7	Red Deer Rampage RMLL		Seneca WarChiefs FNJBLL	15-8	Manitoba Blizzard RMLL
2018 Akwesasne	Elora Mohawks [16] OJBLL	9-5	Seneca WarChiefs FNJBLL		Coquitlam Adanacs BCJT1LL	9-8	Manitoba Blizzard RMLL
2019 Winnipeg, MB	Calgary Shamrocks RMLL	16-15	Six Nations Rebels OJBLL		Coquitlam Adanacs BCJT1LL	7-4	Manitoba Blizzard RMLL - Host
2022 Brampton, ON	Nepean Knights OJBLL	7-6	Coquitlam Adanacs BCJT1LL		Edmonton Warriors RMLL	12-11	Brampton Excelsiors OBJLL - Host
2023 Port Coquitlam, BC	Edmonton Warriors RMLL	9-7	Akwesasne Thunder OJBLL		Port Coquitlam Saints BCJT1LL - Host	12-8	Onondaga Redhawks FNJBLL
2024 Hamilton, ON	Elora Mohawks OJBLL	10-1	Hamilton Bengals OJBLL - Host		Onondaga Redhawks FNJBLL	11-3	Victoria Shamrocks BCJT1LL
2025 Calgary, AB	Kahnawake Hunters OJBLL	9-4	Coquitlam Adanacs BCJT1LL		Calgary Shamrocks RMLL - Host	9-7	Mountainview Mavericks RMLL

References

1. "History | CLA Founders' Cup".
2. "About the Owen Sound Northstars Jr B Lacrosse Team". www.northstarsjrblax.com. Archived from the original on 2014-03-14.
3. "Owen Sound 25th Anniversary Dutchmen News Centre News". www.bayshorebroadcasting.ca. Archived from the original on 2018-08-27.
4. "All Aboriginal team wins national championship".
5. "Challenge leads to bronze (Iroquois Lacrosse Association). - Free Online Library".
6. "1998 Clarington Green Gaels headed to the Hall of Fame".
7. "Clarington Green Gaels shocked in Founders final".
8. "Founders Cup for Kevin Jenkins".
9. "On Pointstreak Sports Technologies".
10. "Hail to the Champions: Six Nations Rebels Win Record Fifth Founders Cup Lacrosse Title in All-First Nations Final". Indian Country Today. 20 August 2012.
11. "Six Nations Rebels Three-peat!". 28 August 2013.
12. "Six Nations Rebels enjoy fourth straight Founders Cup win". Brantford Expositer. 27 August 2014.
13. "Founders Cup Goes to Akwesasne". 26 August 2015.
14. "Jr B Northmen claim Founders Cup". Orangeville Citizen. 25 August 2016.
15. "Orangeville Northmen repeat as 2017 Founders Cup champions". Orangeville Banner. 20 August 2017.
16. "Founders Cup wraps up in Akwesasne with win by Elora".

External links

• Founders' Cup
• Founders' Cup modern history by Vernon Tigers