This artifact is a PMAA Lacrosse champions sweater.<\/p>\r\n
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Edith McDermott wrote this about the Pitt Meadows Athletic Association (PMAA) and Lacrosse in her History of Pitt Meadows:<\/p>\r\n
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“At a meeting held on January 28, 1938, a provisional board of directors was appointed to arrange the formation of the Pitt Meadows Athletic Association with the object of having a park and playground. Those on the committee were Hugh Campbell, W.J. Park, J.S. McCabe, Jack Prevost, W.T. McArthur, and George McMyn. Stan Sharpe was the secretary. Bylaws containing 49 clauses were drawn up and the organization was duly registered under the “Societies Act”… Land adjoining the hall property was purchased from F.V. Harris at $200 per acre. The Pitt Meadows Council gave a grant of $300 with certain instructions to the association. A small portion of the property was already cleared and a lacrosse box was built for about $140 – for lacrosse was the then popular game; $253 was paid for equipment; $500 was a down payment on the property, and the P.M.AA. was well on its way… The club won the B.C. Lacrosse Provincial Intermediate championship in 1940… In January 1946…the primary object for the year was the hard surfacing of the lacrosse box… In January 1947 … the Lacrosse box was dismantled.”<\/p>","SEO_LINK":"pmaa-lacrosse-champions-sweater","VIDEO_LINK":"","SOUNDCLOUD_LINK":"","IMG1":"1718922707_main_pmaa-lacrosse-champions-sweater_1.jpg","IMG2":"","IMG3":"","IMG4":"","IMG5":"","IMG6":"","IMG7":"","IMG1_THUMB":"1718922707_thumb_pmaa-lacrosse-champions-sweater_1.jpg","IMG2_THUMB":"","IMG3_THUMB":"","IMG4_THUMB":"","IMG5_THUMB":"","IMG6_THUMB":"","IMG7_THUMB":""}X
PMAA Lacrosse Champions Sweater
This artifact is a PMAA Lacrosse champions sweater.
Edith McDermott wrote this about the Pitt Meadows Athletic Association (PMAA) and Lacrosse in her History of Pitt Meadows:
“At a meeting held on January 28, 1938, a provisional board of directors was appointed to arrange the formation of the Pitt Meadows Athletic Association with the object of having a park and playground. Those on the committee were Hugh Campbell, W.J. Park, J.S. McCabe, Jack Prevost, W.T. McArthur, and George McMyn. Stan Sharpe was the secretary. Bylaws containing 49 clauses were drawn up and the organization was duly registered under the “Societies Act”… Land adjoining the hall property was purchased from F.V. Harris at $200 per acre. The Pitt Meadows Council gave a grant of $300 with certain instructions to the association. A small portion of the property was already cleared and a lacrosse box was built for about $140 – for lacrosse was the then popular game; $253 was paid for equipment; $500 was a down payment on the property, and the P.M.AA. was well on its way… The club won the B.C. Lacrosse Provincial Intermediate championship in 1940… In January 1946…the primary object for the year was the hard surfacing of the lacrosse box… In January 1947 … the Lacrosse box was dismantled.”
Details:
Latitude: 49.2292022670977
Longitude: -122.68794221735
Direct Link: https://www.pittmeadowsmuseum.com/locations/pmaa-lacrosse-champions-sweater
