Tournament Approval Request Form - Online
New for 2024 - All Head Coaches must complete RESPECT IN SPORT - COACH. Tournament approval in contingent on this certification.
All teams that enter Tournaments (Alberta and Out of Province) are required to submit a Tournament Approval Request Form. Submissions must be approved by the GELC Executive and Office. Please ensure that all of the Bench Staff Credentials (NCCP/Coach Level/Trainer Certification) are filled out accordingly. All Bench Staff must be included. Incomplete Submissions will not be approved.
**Please note, if your team is entering a tournament outside of Alberta, they must fill out an ALA Travel Authorization Request form. A copy of this request form must be submitted to the GELC office: executivedirector@gelc.ab.ca **
Please read below for detailed information on Bench Personnel Certifications:
REGULATION 13 - BENCH PERSONNEL CERTIFICATIONS
13.01 Bench Personnel are considered Coaches and Trainers.
13.02 In all games (including regular league, playoffs, exhibition, tournaments), teams are required to have all bench personnel who meet the LC Minimum Standards. 13.03 All Female-only teams must have one registered female bench personnel registered to the team in RAMP and on the bench as per the ALA Registration System and correlating to the game sheet.
13.04 Bench personnel are determined as per ALA Registration System for each team. Only coaches with required qualifications and certified trainers are permitted on the bench. To be eligible to coach, all coaches must meet the requirements of the LC Minimum Standards as applicable to each discipline of lacrosse.
13.05 Trainers must have the appropriate certification.
Appropriate certification is defined as one of the following:
- Any St. John Ambulance Emergency First Aid course of 8 hours (or more) or equivalent
- Canadian Red Cross Standard First Aid & First Responder
- Canadian Red Cross Sport First Responder and Sport Aid course
- Hockey Canada Safety Program (HCSP)
- An appropriate designation (examples: MD; RN; Physiotherapist, Police Officer; Firefighter, Chiropractor; Registered Massage Therapist).
From the above, please be clear CPR (as a stand-alone certification) is not an equivalency.
13.06 The ALA recognizes only one trainer per team on the bench to address those specific activities (activities which would not include coaching athletes).
13.07 All coaches must be 16 years of age in the year he/she wishes to attend a coaching clinic and coach an ALA sanctioned team.
