PMLA registration opens

Peterborough Minor Lacrosse Association registration is now open for the 2019 seasons for spring field lacrosse and house league and rep box lacrosse, the PMLA announced in a press release.

Parents can register their child online 24/7 from the links found at www.ptbolacrosse.com. Parents are encouraged to register early to avoid a $50 price increase effective March 1.

Each new player registered with the PMLA for the first time will receive a free stick. Sticks can be picked up at one of the in-person registration dates held at the Kenner Collegiate library on Jan. 27 from 9 to 11 a.m.; Feb. 24 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; March 5 from 6 to 8 p.m. (note: $50 price increase in effect).

Registration fees are Soft Lax $100 ($150 effective March 1); junior/senior paperweight $155 ($205 effective March 1); boys tyke through midget $250 ($300 effective March 1); girls only division tyke through bantam $180 ($230 effective March 1); girls midget rep only) $250 ($300 effective March 1). New players are encouraged to visit one of the PMLA’s Try Lacrosse Open House events being held at Thomas A. Stewart Secondary School on Jan. 16 and 23 from 6 to 8:45 p.m. Participants are asked to bring a helmet and running shoes and the PMLA will provide sticks, balls, as well as some on-floor instruction from experienced coaches.

Starting Jan. 30, the PMLA will also be providing a five-week Skills and Drills session at

TASSS for paperweight and tyke aged players to get additional floor time and instruction prior to the start of the season and rep team tryouts. Information on how to register is available on the PMLA website.

Field lacrosse tryouts will be held at the Hastings Field House beginning with novice and peewee tryouts on Feb. 11, and the bantam and midget tryouts beginning on Feb. 13. All players must be registered and paid in full prior to attending tryouts. A list of tryout times is on the association’s website.

Details on boys and girls box rep tryouts will be announced shortly.