Islanders to host Thomas Haydon Day

by Owen Munro

The lacrosse community will pay tribute to a former player and coach at the inaugural Thomas Haydon Day on Saturday at the Ladner. The Ladner native and Delta firefighter lost his battle with pancreatic cancer last October at the age of 36.

Now an evening of events in his honour has been centered around a B.C. Junior “A” Lacrosse League regular season game between the Delta Islanders and Burnaby Lakers at 7 p.m.

An hour-long alumni game will get underway at 4:30 p.m. It will feature a number of players who came through the organization as well as Haydon’s family, lifelong friends, and teammates.

Players committed to the game include Jason Northey, Jim Nishiyama, Harry Bining, Gary Bining, Trent Smalley, Greg Guichon, Adam Haydon, Andrew McBride, Russell Marynowski, Adam Smith, Cody Blake, Matt Zinn, Scott Boyle, Dave Yee and Jamie Bates.