Beaches Lacrosse held annual Jammer Tournament over the Easter weekend

By Jack Skinner

THE BEACHES Lacrosse

Jammer Tournament took place on the Easter Weekend.

Named in memory of Jamieson Kuhlmann, a 15-yearold Beach resident who tragically passed away in May of 2008 while playing lacrosse for the Toronto Beaches, the tournament was played on April 8 and 9.

Three divisions took part in this year’s tournament.

The U-13 teams played the Saturday, followed by the U-15 teams who played on Sunday and the U-17 teams who played on both Saturday and Sunday

All games took place at the Cherry Beach sports fields named West Field, and Kuhlmann Field in honour of Jamieson.

Many teams outside of Toronto participated in this year’s tournament. Teams including Six Nations, Peterborough, Mimico, Hamilton, Oakville, Whitby, Orangeville, and the hometown team, The Toronto Beaches, took part.

There were only playoffs for the U-17 teams. The Beaches 2 team finished in sixth place, but Beaches 1 beat fifth place Mimico 7-4 to take the third place overall spot in the Jammer tournament playoffs.

The U-17 Orangeville Northmen cruised through the tournament with their 5-0 round-robin record prior to the playoff championship game against Six Nations. Orangeville already had a previous win against Six Nations earlier in the tournament by a score of 6-2. In the championship game, the Six Nations team put up a battle against Orangeville but the Northmen won the U-17 game 7-6.

Orangeville dominated the tournament in all three age divisions, going undefeated in each of them.