Hunters Cup Field Lacrosse Fundraiser Tournament

Good day!

The 15th annual Hunters Cup happened this past Saturday and it had many firsts. It was a challenge leading up to it but everything worked out in the end.
Ridge Meadows Burrards Association came up huge with helping out with the field a week before the tournament. Richard Bonner, Toomaj Tahamtanzadeh, Shayne Bennett and Kevin Miotto helped prepare the field the days before.
Currently we don’t have a final tally on how much we raised. Should be +$4000. We were missing the P**n Squad team there. Will hopefully know in a few days. All proceeds go to our good friend Chris Lesanko. Chris relies on our annual donation for his rehabilitation costs each year. We hope he can come join us sometime soon in the future. Chris lives in Regina.

Burnaby Fire Department are your 2023 Hunters Cup Champs! They came in ready to play after winning gold at the World Fire & Police Games just over a month ago. They have been in the finals many times but could never beat the Beer Hunters or the P**n Squad in the past. They went undefeated all day and beat the defending champs 7-3. Tournament MVP was Colton Porter. Porter had a strong tournament and came out big in the finals scoring 4 goals. He led the entire day with 6 goals.

This years Service Award went to Will Lockwood. He can always be found at the lacrosse fields, coaching multiple teams including Team BC. Thanks Will for all your hard work!

Whalley Ballers participated in their first hunters cup. It was a learning experience for them and we hope they come back in the future.
There were 7 teams who participated in the tournament. Surrey Fire, Beer Hunters, Burnaby Fire, Whalley Ballers, Tri City Eclipse, Antikis, & Washington. We had a World Fire & Police Games Gold Medal there, as well as the Ross Cup and the BC Sixes Championship Trophy there as well.

Some of the stand out players were: Matt Beers, Ben Davies, Brodie Gillespie, David Bigley, Dan McQuade, Brenan Shea, Alex Millin, Dean Stewart, Alexander Schreck, Joe Finnell, Jake Wider, Cliff Smith, Reese Callies, Anthony Buono, Joel McCready, Tyler Codron, Garrett Billings, Patrick O’Meara, Shawn Williams, Alex Bodin, Coady Adamson, Pat Butler, James Rahe, Nick Jones & Ian Poole.

Big thanks to the volunteers and refs. Chelsea Hay, Jenna Jones, Tiffany McNabb?, Christie Hay, Jennifer Foulds, Robyn Ryan, Kim Susheski, Ashley Da Silva, Beer Hunters, Brayden McIntosh, Jordan Ditchfield, Kerry Susheski. This doesn’t happen without all your help!
Referees: Nick Thomas, Nick Dos Santos, Perry McCulloch, and Dave Schmirler did an amazing job. Probably the first time we had real refs for the whole tournament.

Huge thank you to the sponsors and other volunteers this year: Lacrosse Experts - Steve Neufeld, Cottage Springs, Kanaka Liquor Store, Ridge Meadows Burrards, Gerry Van Beek, Kinectiv Sport & Health - Dr. Bryson Chow, X-Treme Threads - Connor Clough, Chris Hay, Sam Cook, New Westminster Sr A Salmonbellies, City of Pitt Meadows, Russ Heard, Darkside Creative, Victory Trophies, Ben Davies, Matt Morehouse, Joe Finnell, Matt Codron, Chris Lesanko, Papa Leo’s (Pitt Meadows), Trevor Scheffel & Nice Life.

See you at Hunters Cup 16!

Thanks Cottage Springs!

Vikings are coming in fresh. No one knows what to expect from these guys. They just added a past Hunters Cup MVP and Champ so they’ll have some great leadership for the tournament.

Last roster for the 7 teams. Surrey Fire is a regular in this tournament. So they’ll have a good idea of what needs to be done to win this tourney.

Surrey Fire is a regular in this tournament so they will know what needs to be done to try and win this tourney.

Beer Hunters Roster for HC15. Ready to defend their championship. They will have a strong chance to repeat. Beer Hunters started in 2001 and have been going strong ever since. The Hunters Cup is a day to celebrate the players from the past, present and future, while raising money for our friend Chris Lesanko.

Tri City Eclipse is making it back to the Hunters Cup after a year off. They have many players who have played in this tournament in the past. Happy to have them back!

Antikis have participated in every Hunters Cup since 2010. They have won the Cup before and know what it takes to make it through the day.

Western Washington University Lacrosse team is coming up to the north for their second appearance for the Hunters Cup. We don’t know what to expect from these guys?

Whalley Ballers 1st Hunters Cup. Expect them to come out running. Probably the Beer Hunters best rivalries. They play each other at 835am.

Burnaby Fire Lacrosse Team

POST #2: Now for the lacrosse part of the day. This year we had 6 teams. Alumni Bishops/Beer Hunters, Defending champs P**n Squad, Burnaby Fire, Beer Hunters, Antikis, & Surrey Fire. The round robin saw BFD & P**n going undefeated in their groups, advancing them directly to the semi finals. Every team seemed like they had a chance to advance to the Semi’s. The first round had the Beer Hunters and Alumni team advance. Beer Hunters played the P**n Squad beating them in sudden death overtime. Burnaby came out strong against the Alumni team and cruised to the finals. Setting up the finals vs the Host Beer Hunters. Both teams had not won a Hunters Cup since changing it to the tournament format in 2016. Beer Hunters were already warm after just playing the game before the finals, they came out flying on offence which gave them a quick lead. BFD kept trying to come back but couldn’t catch the eventual Hunters Cup champions. Tournament MVP went to Shayne Bennett. He dominated the defensive end and played like he was still in his 20s. His warm up/stretches at the field the day before paid off.
Other notable players of the day were: BFDs: Colton Porter, Tyler Codron, Tyson Kirkness, Jordan McBride, Craig Smith. SFDs: Garrett Billings, Mike Krgovich, Shawn Williams. Alumni Bishops/Hunters: Clay Miller, Dean Stewart, Cam Bateman. Antikis: Brad Rennie, Will Lockwood, Russ Heard, Trevor Andres. P**n Squads: Jackson Decker, Kevin Neufeld, Drew Belgrave, Christian Del Bianco (pretty sure he played 8/11 games). Beer Hunters: Vinny Ricci, Steve McKinlay, Shayne Bennett, Max Dailly, Patrick Shoemay, Gordy Bowden, Steve Neufeld.
Looking for to 2023s tournament!
Take care everyone

POST #1: Hunters Cup 14 was another success! 32 Degrees, no clouds. We reached our goal! Raising $7000
for Chris Lesanko’s Rehabilitation Fund. Your Champions were the Beer Hunters! This years Service Award went to Brad Rennie. 2019 we started to recognize one member of the lacrosse community each year for their contribution in the their community. Rennie is an executive/coach with the Ridge Meadows Burrards and is also a member of Ridge Meadows Search and Rescue. Thanks Brad!
We always have many people and businesses who help make these tournaments a success. Chelsea Hay, thank you SO much for working the entire day and staying up until 130am the night before preparing for the day! Could never enjoy the day as much as I do without you doing what you do. Beer Hunters, thanks for reffing, score keeping, setting up and taking down, this event runs smooth because of all of you guys. Many other people to thank: Jenna Jones, Kimberly Susheski, Robyn Ryan, Christie and Kevin Hay, Chris Hay, Lexxus Williams, Russ Heard, Alex Millin, Mike Kilby, Toomaj Tahamtanzadeh, Jen Foulds, Randy Mellish, Jamie Beers, Shayne Bennett, Todd MacNeil, Mitch Warnock, Shane Bigalow, Shane Budnick, Jordan Ditchfield, Gerry Van Beek, Justin & Peter Tellis, Dan Wise, David Bigley, Sean Middleton, Andrew Guindon, Jarrett Doorman, Trevor Scheffel, Steve & Kevin Neufeld, Scott Jones, Cam Bergman, Third Family, Scott Hansson, Garrett Billings, Austin Dalgarno, Glenn Po***ck, Chris Reed, Shaun Dhaliwal. Hope I didn’t miss anyone. Special thanks to Matt Grzebinski, some how he was able to ref all 11 games of the tournament. Nick Thomas helped recruit Matt.
Businesses who helped with donating items/prizes included: Villages Pizza (Edmonds St), Cottage Springs, Kanaka & Maple Ridge Liquor Store, Quilted Treasures, Wrecpac, POCO Building Supplies, Lacrosse Experts, McElhanney Ltd, BCLA (Deb Heard), Charles Best High School (Kelly Fridge), City of Port Coquitlam (Sheryl Savage), COKO Custom Designs, John B Pub, Victory Trophies, Burnaby Fire Department Local 323, & Prairie Gold Lacrosse League.
Huge thank you to Trident Projects Ltd. - Rich Cambrey for the generous donation!

BEER HUNTERS ARE YOUR HC14 CHAMPIONS! Beating Burnaby Fire Department in the finals. Taking today off to organize and rest. Hoping to have the results of the fundraiser by Monday or Tuesday. Thanks to everyone who volunteered, supported and participated in our annual event! We have a strong feeling it was very successful. Shoutouts and results to follow.

Early thank you to everyone who helps out with this fundraiser. Especially to my wife .d.hay she’s probably still up getting everything ready for tomorrow/today. Thanks Chels❤️ couldn’t do this without you

The 6th and final team. Here are your defending champions! The team known as P**n Squad have won many Hunters Cups. 2016, 2018, 2019, & last years. They are going to have another strong chance of winning this years cup.

What would this tournament be without some alumni playing in it? Bishops/Beer Hunter Alumni are joining up to try to win its first championship in over a decade.

Huge shoutout to Thanks Trevor and ! They have supported our fundraiser for the past 2 years now.

Your host team. Beer Hunters were established in 2001. They have raised $50000 over the past 13 years from hosting this event. They have yet to win the Hunters Cup since the tournament format was introduced. But they are always a favourite to win.

Third team announcement! Surrey Fire Department is participating for the 2nd time in this tournament. Welcome back!

Check out this link https://gofund.me/ce81ce1e

Second team announcement for 2022 Hunters Cup. The Antikis were the HC champions in 2017.

First team announcement for this years Hunters Cup tournament

Got some prizes donated by https://wrecpac.com

14th Hunters Cup! Come watch some of the best lacrosse players play in a one day tournament. Many teams have current, former, and future NLL, WLA, Jr. A and college lacrosse players. The Coquitlam Beer Hunters host this tournament each year to raise funds for our friend Chris Lesanko to help cover the annual costs of his rehabilitation since a fluke accident happened leaving Chris paralyzed from the neck down with no movement or feeling. Last year we raised $8000 for him. All proceeds go towards his rehabilitation. This is a family event. Many prizes, etc..

Check out part 1 of 2 on Lacrosse Link with Stephen Stamp. Talking about Chris Lesanko’s story and how the Beer Hunters help raise money for Chris’ Rehabilitation each year.
Check out link:

https://youtu.be/rCgA8831uO4

Chris Lesanko part 1 Stamper chats with Chris Lesanko, Steve hay and Matt Beers about tragedy to triumph and The First Steps Wellness Center. The Special Edition Rundown is co-ho...

Lacrosse community lost another person that was a huge influence on many Coquitlam Adanacs lives. Check out attached link. https://www.tricitynews.com/local-sports/andre-a-giant-in-coquitlam-lacrosse-4949125?fbclid=IwAR3zU-Vxz1Vf1jvxRbvCke-v3SHYmU9CdWi0nFMQBIMwEGc-QB45D7SXXJw

POST #3/3: The 50/50 pot was our biggest ever, thanks to Robyn Ryan! She should be a salesperson if she decides not to teach. Bishop’s Alum Aaron Coatta won the $430 pot and donated the entire amount back to the fundraiser.

This years Service Award went to Peter Tellis. Peter lives and breathes lacrosse. He’s known as the “Leader” of the Beer Hunters. This club only exists because of him. He just spent the summer coaching the Jr. As and he’s always helping out with his kids teams. Thanks for everything you do for lacrosse and your community!

Tentative date for next years tournament: September 9th & 10th.
Forgot to thank impact canopy for donating a pop up tent a few years ago.

POST #2: This tournament would crumble if my wife Chelsea Hay wasn’t there to run the registration, prizes, tickets, and many more parts that I forget about. Her friends Jenna Jones, Robyn Ryan and Kim Susheski are there every year to help out and make her day enjoyable. Rose Nickel helped run our family, flying in from Ontario multiple years just to help out. Randy and Connor Clough from Xtreme Threads were a HUGE help getting ready for the tourney. They lent me many supplies and donated prizes and balls plus they also lent me their cargo trailer. This saved me many hours of work. Thanks so much!

Special thanks to so many people. Usually the same people every year, Christie Hay, Jen Foulds, Toomaj Tahamtanzadeh, Nick Thomas, Joe Smith, Jordan Ditchfield, Shayne Bennett, Jordan Magnuson, Reid Reinholdt, Bill Sinclair, Steve Mckinlay, Hofseth Brothers, Scott Jansen, Dan Wise, Mike Kilby, Sam Cook, The Third Family, Chris and Monica Hay, David Bigley, Kevin Neufeld, Trevor Scheffel, Richard Fraser, Russ Heard, BCLA, John B Pub, The City of Port Coquitlam, Shaun Dhaliwal, Kevin Miotto, Victory Trophies, Alex and Greg Bodin, Aidan Milburn, Glenn Po***ck, Charles Best High School/ David Jones, Chris Lesanko, Peter Tellis, Jimmy Southall, and of course the Beer Hunters current and past players.

We receive many donations and deals each year, this year had tons of support: Red Truck Beer, Cottage Springs Vodka, Lacrosse Experts/Steve Neufeld, Xtreme Threads, COKO Custom Designs, Alex Bohl, Villages Pizza/Edmonds Street, Provincial Spirts, Logan Schuss, Bishops University/ Drew Po***ck, Inlet Seafoods, Prairie Gold Lacrosse, White Peaks Tea, Boychuk Mortgages, Burnaby Fire Local 323, Quilted Treasures, Randy Mellish, Tim and Shannon Hamm, and Yellow Dog. Hopefully I didn’t miss any volunteers or people/companies who donated and supported.

POST #1: Finally have an update on this years Hunters Cup Field Lacrosse Fundraiser Tournament. Wanted to make sure everything was in order before making an announcement. The 13th Hunters Cup ended being our most successful fundraiser yet! $9500 raised for Chris Lesanko’s Rehabilitation Fund. Beating our previous highest amount of $8000 back in 2018. This years tournament was probably the most stressful one we have put on. Speed bumps constantly happening, COVID ramping up, weather almost forcing the city to shut down the fields, etc.

Last year we had to cancel the tournament so we decided to have a Go Fundme account instead. We raised $5500 for Chris. Smaller amount than usual but better then nothing and much easier than hosting a tournament. Since we didn’t have any games to pick an MVP in 2020, we chose to give it to a person named Bennett Babchishin, he generously donated $2000 last year.

Lacrosse tournament results. Many of the usual teams participated in this years tournament, defending champs P**n Squad, Burnaby Fire Department, Antikis, Alumni Beer Hunters, Adanacs, and your host club the Beer Hunters. This year is the 20th anniversary of the Beer Hunters Field Lacrosse Club. So many of its alumni came to the field to celebrate the achievement of 20 years. The Semi Finals saw the P**n Squad play BFD and Beer Hunters vs The Adanacs. Finals had the NLL star lineup of the P**n Squad against the Solid team of the Beer Hunters. All of these playoff games were recorded by Keith Gagne/ BC Sports TV. P**n Squad came out strong and won the Hunters Cup. MVP went to Long pole Eli Salama. He was dominate all tourney, playing defence and scoring 2 goals in the finals. Too many names to name the all but here is a list of some of the stand out players:
Colton Porter, Tyler Codron, Brett Mydske, Dave Nadalin, Matt Beers, Tim Campeau, Shayne Bennett, Jarrett Davis, Kyle Middleton, Mitch Beaureg, Brendan Shea, Zach Hartman, Alex Millin, Brad Rennie, Will Lockwood, Russ Heard, Graydon Bradley, Connor Robinson, Curtis Dickson, Robert Church, Christian Del Bianco, Logan Schuss, Reid Reinholdt, Will Clayton, Kevin Chelczynski, Alex Bodin, and Steve Neufeld.

Hunters Cup has finally hit YouTube! HC13 can be viewed on the links below. Thank you to .tv and for making this possible! Semi-finals: Beer Hunters vs Adanacs https://youtu.be/uwdAj2rahoI and Burnaby Fire vs P**n Squad https://youtu.be/zqHakSN7u34 FINALS to come later.

UPDATE TO COME! Fundraiser and tournament was a huge success! Did another day or 2 to sort all the final details. Thanks to everyone who came out and supported this event!

Huge thank you to Randy and Connor Clough! Helping me keep everything dry for the night with their cargo trailer.

P**N SQUAD ROSTER:
Brett Steele
Christian Del Bianco
Connor Robinson
Curtis Dickson
Eli McLaughlin
Eli Salama
Jeremy Serraglio
Justin Salt
Keegan Bal
Kevin Neufeld
Logan Schuss
Nathan Klein
Pearse Rogan
Quinn Stewart
Richard Lachlan
Riley Lowen
Robert Church
Sam Goodman
Scott Donaldson
Scott Jones
Steven Zuccaro
Tyler Garrison

BURNABY FIRE DEPARTMENT:
Andrew Guidon
Ben Davies
Brett Anderson
Brett Mydske
Colton Porter
Craig Smith
Dave Nadalin
Derek Cousins
Jeff Cornwall
Joel McCready
Kevin Olson
Matt Beers
Matt Delmonico
Mike Kilby
Mike Tebbutt
Rory Graham
Ross Manson
Shaun Dhaliwal
Steve Hay
Tyler Codron
Will Patterson

ALUMNI BEER HUNTERS:
Aaron Davis
Andrew Polkinghome
Anthony Kalinich
Chad Hanson
Curtis Olliffe
Evan Lovestead
Glenn Po***ck
Greg Hinman
Hudson Ducommun
Jake Patterson
Jarret Doorman
Jarrett Davis
Jimmy Southall
Jordan Ditchfield
Justin Tellis
Kyle Middleton
Mack Rope
Mark Philip
Morgan Jones
Pat McAloney
Ryan Ishakawa
Shayne Bennett
Stan Cognito
Tim Campeau

BEER HUNTERS ROSTER:
Aaron Coatta
Aidan Milburn
Aidan Murphy
Alex Bodin
Alex Bohl
Bayne Bosquet
Bobby Kidd
Brendan Murray
Brian Gillis
Coady Adamson
Colton Dow
Conner Stroup
Dean Fairall
Erik Forsselius
Ethan Ticehurst
Garret Winter
Gordy Bowden
Jalen Chaster
John Hofseth
Jordan Magnuson
Justin DaSilva
Kevin Chelczynski
Mackenzie Dailly
Nick Jones
Patrick Shoemay
Pete Mcfetridge
Reid Reinholdt
Robert Hofseth
Ryan Sarazin
Sean Robinson
Spencer Ma
Spencer Stevens
Steve Mckinlay
Steven Neufeld
Thomas Semple
Toomaj Tahamtanzadeh
Vinny Ricci
Will Clayton

ANTIKIS ROSTER:
Adam Dickson
Blair Bradley
Blair Goodman
Brad Rennie
Brian Bradley
Brian Brommer
Gerry Van Beek
Graydon Bradley
Kerry Susheski
Randy Mellish
Russ Heard
Ryan Heard
Ryan Keller
Tod Olson
Troy Dickson
Tyrion Lannister
Vince Critchley
Warren Goss
Warren Goss
Will Lockwood

ADANACS ROSTER:
ALEX MILLIN
AUSITN NIX
BEN AGNES
BEN MILLER
BRAD O'HARA
BRENDAN SHEA
CODY GARRISON
CONNOR CLOUGH
DEAN STEWART
JEFF FRANSEN
KALUP GEORGE
KYLE PETERSON
LEIGH KINAKIN
MITCH BEAUREG
PADDY ATKINSO
QUINTON PAVAN
ZACH HARTMANN