NOTED OLYMPIAN JOINS LANGLEY JR. A THUNDER
Olympic boxing medalist for Canada - Dale Walters - has joined the Langley Thunder Jr. 'A' Lacrosse Club, President Joe Willmott announced today.
 Walters will focus on civic development of the club, which moved to Langley a year ago, from Surrey.
“I'm looking forward to meeting with civic and business leaders to introduce myself and the Jr. Thunder program. We're building toward hosting a national championship and we'd like Langley to join us in the bid. The Langley Events Centre is a wonderful venue for an awesome sport. It's more exciting than hockey. It's a great sport for speed, agility and toughness,” said Walters.
Walters learned the game as a youngster in Burnaby where he also was introduced to boxing. “But I found lacrosse a little too tough, so I devoted my efforts to boxing,” he reports.
He knows about toughness. Boxing for Canada in the 1984 Olympic Games he won a Bronze medal. Since then he's developed a downtown Vancouver athletic club and lounge and established a boxing-for-fitness program.
Walters has also been involved with a group of businessmen, including others supporting the Thunder Jr. 'A' program, who are exploring ways to re-establish a National Lacrosse League franchise in Vancouver.
Also joining the Thunder Jr. 'A' partnership is mining consultant, Brent Thompson of Vancouver.
The Langley Jr. Thunder will be playing home games on Thursday nights for a 21 game season. Their opponents include: Victoria Shamrocks, Nanaimo Timbermen, Delta Islanders, Burnaby Lakers, New Westminster Salmonbellies, Coquitlam Adanacs, Port Coquitlam Saints.
For more information on the team please contact any of the club officials who are listed in the Thunder Executive and Staff page in the TEAM button on this website.
The Jr. Thunder will be looking for young performers who would like to appear in between period presentations; booster club volunteers; corporate sponsors who want to be associated with the fine young men who play Junior lacrosse; parents of young lacrosse players and businesses that wish to advertise in the club publications.
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Joe introduces his new partners.
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