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CMLA looking to boost numbers.

“We plan to try and work our
by Jen Halsall
house teams and try and have rep
teams at every level,” he says. For
his summer will be
TCornwall’s year for lacrosse. eager players looking to boost
their skills, the CMLA winter
At least, that’s the hope of Roy skills clinics begin February 4.
Ledoux, the newly-elected
president of the Cornwall Minor The Junior C Celtics, last year’s
Lacrosse Association. provincial champions, will have
an opportunity to take their shot
Ledoux took over as president
at defending the Meredith Cup
in December, and says his first –a feat Ledoux warns is “hard to

priority is getting more kids repeat”.
involved in the game.
But for Ledoux, just seeing
“It’s a well-kept secret,” says players enjoy the game is
Ledoux. “We have to reach out enough.
and make sure people know “You see the kids that start
lacrosse is a viable option for the when they were seven and eight
kids.”
years old and now some of them
Ledoux claims the numbers are twenty-two and twenty-
haven’t progressed since he three,” he says. “Seeing these
stepped down from his last term kids having something they
as president in 2005, but he’s like doing that will open doors

confident the Celtics will pull and opportunities? That’s very Veteran Lacrosse executive Roy Ledoux (left) has returned as President
through. satisfying.” of the Cornwall Minor Lacrosse Association (supplied photo)

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