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Throughout the long, hot summer senior "A" lacrosse clubs in British Columbia and Ontario battle to win their respective provincial championships. The ultimate goal is the right to compete for the right to sip champagne from a beautiful, solid gold trophy .... the Mann Cup. The Mann Cup is one of the oldest and most valuable trophies in Canadian sport. It was donated by Sir Donald Mann, builder of the Canadian Northern Railway, to be used for senior amateur lacrosse championships. Like hockey's Stanley Cup, the Mann Cup began it's tour of duty as a challenge cup. The first recorded winner of the Mann Cup was the Young Torontos in 1910. The following year, however, the Vancouver Athletics earned the right to bring the cup west, where it stayed for the next 15 years. In 1925, the Canadian Lacrosse Association was organized and a uniform set of rules was adopted. The Mann Cup, which had been held by New Westminster for the previous five years, was turned over to the C.L.A. to be used as the Championship Trophy. The national finals would alternate from east to west each year, just as it does today. BUT .... unlike today's game, the Canadian Lacrosse Championship was settled on an open field. It was not until 1932 that the field version of lacrosse gave way to box lacrosse. AND .... it would be a long seven year wait until a BC box lacrosse team would drink champagne from the coveted cup. In 1939, the ADANACs .... the New Westminster Adanacs .... finally brought the cup back to BC. The Coquitlam Adanacs, which were founded in 1965, did not win their first Mann Cup Championship until 2001.... their first Canadian Championship in four appearances |
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