World lacrosse legacy in ruins(London FP)
Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 10:09 pmWorld lacrosse legacy in ruins
Fri, December 15, 2006
Hopes for fields, cash and goodwill are replaced by broken deals, legal action, bad feelings.
By RANDY RICHMOND, FREE PRESS REPORTER
Ron Schroeyens, owner of The PA Shop, which specializes in audio, lighting and special effects, is waiting for money owed after supplying equipment for the World Lacrosse Championships in London in the summer. His company is owed about $10,000. "When it came time to get paid, they just kept stalling," Schroeyens said. (SUE REEVE, The London Free Press)
The 2006 World Lacrosse Championships were supposed to leave a legacy of lacrosse fields for London, money for local business owners and goodwill about the sport all around.
For the whole story:
http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/News/Local/2006/12/15/2805414-sun.html
I guess that they should have had a little more oversight...