JBAA and Ribfest Fundraising

Ribfest has long been one of our cornerstone fundraising events. Our club provides overnight venue security in what has become an annual volunteer opportunity for our senior players. We have opened up a volunteer sign up sheet to make sure we have all shifts covered. If you are a night owl or early bird please help out!

Last year we added another fundraising aspect by partnering with Thunder Rugby and hosting the Blue Saloon VIP tent on the Friday night. For $85 per tickets you can enjoy all you can eat and drink in the comfort of an exclusive area. Last year we sold out so get your tickets early if you are interested!

New this year we have been offered shifts to clean tables and we are counting on our youth parents and players to help out. We get a donation from RibFest for every shift we fill; if we can commit to all shifts then we can raise $4,500! This would go a long way to support our junior teams with tournament fees and gear for coaches.

Contact Kelly (our new Youth and Volunteer Coordinator) to find out how you can sign up and help out.

Summer rugby options!

One of the most common questions we are asked is whether there are any summer youth rugby programs offered by the club.

While we don’t currently have any programs that run for full or half days during the work week, and we don’t have anything suitable for the Minis ages, a couple of our wonderful coaches have made a two options available:

  1. Tuesday Touch at 6 p.m. at Heywood Park with Coach Lisa:

    1. U12 and older age grades - including senior players and curious parents

    2. No previous rugby experience required

    3. Heywood Park is at the corner of Southgate St. & Heywood Ave: https://maps.app.goo.gl/PzMomCPL7QqhqYcz7

  2. Friday Skills at MacDonald Park at 6 p.m. with Coach Brian:

    1. U18 and older

    2. Some rugby knowledge expected (try Tuesdays first if you are first starting out)

    3. MacDonald Park is across the lane from our clubhouse (205 Simcoe)

Please note that while we introduced these as summer youth options, these sessions are open to adults and curious parents as well!

Coach Baylea KidSport Fundraiser

Our Mini's coach Baylea Wilkins is organizing a fundraiser gala to raise funds for KidSport and it's coming up on June 10th. It would be great if we could get JBAA members to buy a ticket and support Baylea and Kidsport.

JBAA partners with KidSport every season to help make sure all kids get to play rugby. They are a very worthy charity and all money raised at the gala will go directly to the Victoria KidSport so stays in our community.