Please read the following information regarding player tryout registration for the 2026 NL Summer Games in Corner Brook. A link to sign up is included at the bottom of the page. Thank you for being part of the process, and the NLBHA wishes you good luck in your pursuit of representing your region!
Host
Corner Brook
June 6th 4 PM – Male
June 6th 5 PM – Female
June 7th 9 PM – Male
June 7th 10 PM – Female
Western
Deer Lake
June 6th – Times TBD
Central
TBD
Eastern
TBD
Mount Pearl/South
TBD
St. John’s/North
TBD
Avalon
Harbour Grace
June 14th 2 PM – Female
June 14th 3 PM – Male
June 14th 4 PM – Female
Additional Boys Date and Location TBD
Labrador
Churchill Falls
June 6th 11 AM – Female
June 6th 12 PM – Male
June 6th 1:30 PM – Female
June 6th 2:30 PM – Male
Indigenous
TBD
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: IF YOU ARE PART OF A REGISTERED PROGRAM IN THE NLBHA, YOU ARE ALREADY INSURED FOR THIS TRYOUT. IF YOU ARE SIGNING UP WITH NLBHA FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON, YOU MUST SEND AN EMT OF $15 TO treasurer@nlbha.com FOR INSURANCE PURPOSES. Please include player name, region, and “NL Summer Games” in the EMT message.
Please review the division details:
- Male Ball Hockey will take place August 8–11, featuring athletes born in 2012 and 2013.
- Female Ball Hockey will take place August 12–15, featuring athletes born in 2010, 2011, and 2012
Regions as follows:
Host Region
The Host Team is defined on a Games-by-Games basis by SportNL in consultation with the Host Committee; final decision rests with SportNL. For the 2026 NL Games the Host Region is defined by the polygon map linked here. This includes communities such as:
Corner Brook
Steady Brook
Massey Drive
Pasadena
Pinch Gut
Cox’s Cove
Lark Harbour
Gallants
George’s lake
Black duck siding
Mt Moriah
Summerside
meadows
McIvers
Avalon
Generally, all communities on the Avalon Peninsula and Isthmus of Avalon which are not included in the St. John’s/North, Mount Pearl/South and the Host regions, This includes Conception Bay South to Holyrood; the Conception Bay north shore (Conception Harbour to Grates Cove); the Trinity shore (Old Perlican to Blaketown) and up to Arnold’s Cove; the areas surrounding Long Harbour, Whitbourne, and Placentia; the Cape Shore and St. Mary’s Bay up to but excluding Trepassey.
Central
Gambo and west to Hampden, north to Notre Dame Bay and south to the south coast. This includes Bonavista North (Hare Bay, Wesleyville, Musgrave Harbour, Gander Bay); Gander; Fogo Island; Twillingate, Lewisporte; Botwood; Bishop’s Falls; Grand Falls – Windsor south to Harbour Breton; west of Harbour Breton to include François; east of Harbour Breton to (but exclusive of) Pool’s Cove; Springdale and the Baie Verte Peninsula south to Hampden.
Eastern
Northwest of and including Arnold’s Cove including the Bonavista Peninsula, the Burin Peninsula west to Pool’s Cove inclusive; Clarenville and northeast to Gambo but not including Gambo
Labrador
Includes all communities in Labrador.
Mount Pearl / South
Mount Pearl, Paradise, and all communities on the Southern Shore from Bay Bulls to Trepassey Inclusive.
St. John’s / North
St. John’s and Northern Communities including; Cape St. Francis, Bell Island, Torbay, Portugal Cove-St. Philips and Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove
Western
West of Hampden, including all of Northern Peninsula, and all communities west of François excluding the communities listed in the Host Region
Team Indigenous
Includes athletes from the following Aboriginal Nations; Nunatsiavut, Innu, Mi’kmaq and NunatuKavut (Labrador Metis)
