Grassroots Rugby Foundation - Victoria/Esquimalt

We're excited to be partnering with James Bay Athletic Association for the James Bay Kids Rugby Summer Camp! ☀️

Registration is open now at www.grassrootsrugby.ca/programs

Join us for a fun-filled camp in Cowichan! 🏉

Registration is open now: www.grassrootsrugby.ca/programs

We hope to see you there!

🧡✨ Happy Indigenous Peoples Day!🧡✨

Today, we celebrate the rich cultures, histories, and contributions of Indigenous peoples across Turtle Island. BC Grassroots Rugby Foundation is committed to supporting Indigenous youth, fostering community, and honoring the spirit of unity and resilience that rugby brings.

Join us in recognizing and uplifting Indigenous voices, traditions, and stories. Today, we shine a spotlight on a few of the countless community builders and caretakers who work for the betterment of the communities we love dearly. Let's continue to build a future where every young person feels seen, valued, and empowered.🌟

🏉 Join us for an exciting summer event! 🏉

UVIC Vikes Women's Rugby and BC Grassroots Rugby are excited to partner for the Vancouver Island Girls* Rugby Academy, from June 19 - August 14, 2024. Participants will improve their both tactical and technical skills with training from experienced rugby players and coaches. All experience levels are welcome!

To get started with registration, scan the QR code in the poster below or visit www.vikesrec.ca/high-performance

Hope to see you there!

Here is our schedule for this week! This is our final week and we have a reduced schedule, due to some extra work we need to complete before summer's end! All of our Pop Up and Plays are free to attend, and open to all ages! Just show up at the listed place at the listed time :)

Still want to get out and enjoy the sun in these final days of summer? Well why not come out and join us for some beach rugby! It's a great distraction, and lots of fun! Hope to see you out there 😊

This is our schedule for the week of August 16th to 22nd! All events are Pop Up and Plays (except our UVIC Girls camp on Tuesday evenings) and no registration is required! Simply show up and play 🙂

Details for UVIC Girls camp are below if you are interested:

Vancouver Island Girls Rugby Academy - Combining on-field rugby skills and functional movement skills (speed and agility) to help local female athletes get back to rugby safely and achieve their goals!

Registration is $100, and please contact Brittany Waters at [email protected]

Happening Tuesday's 6:30pm - 8:30pm @ Wallace Field, University of Victoria

Are you looking for something fun and active for your kid this weekend? Well, we have the perfect event for you! We are hosting some beach rugby at both Willows Beach and Cadboro Bay, 11am – 2pm on Saturday, August 14th. There will be fun, sun, and most importantly rugby! No registration is required, all ages are welcome, and you can drop in anytime. Hope to see you out there 🙂

This is our schedule for the week of August 9th to 15th! All events are Pop Up and Plays (except our UVIC Girls camp on Tuesday evenings) and no registration is required! Simply show up and play 🙂

Details for UVIC Girls camp are below if you are interested:

Vancouver Island Girls Rugby Academy - Combining on-field rugby skills and functional movement skills (speed and agility) to help local female athletes get back to rugby safely and achieve their goals!

Registration is $100, and please contact Brittany Waters at [email protected]

Happening Tuesday's 6:30pm - 8:30pm @ Wallace Field, University of Victoria

Are you looking for something fun and active for your kid this weekend? Well, we have the perfect event for you! We are hosting some beach rugby at both Willows Beach and Cadboro Bay, 11am – 2pm on Saturday, August 7th. There will be fun, sun, and most importantly rugby! No registration is required, and you can drop in anytime. Hope to see you out there 🙂

This is our schedule for the week of August 2nd to 8th! All events are Pop Up and Plays (except our UVIC Girls camp on Tuesday evenings) and no registration is required! Simply show up and play 🙂

Details for UVIC Girls camp are below if you are interested:

Vancouver Island Girls Rugby Academy - Combining on-field rugby skills and functional movement skills (speed and agility) to help local female athletes get back to rugby safely and achieve their goals!

Registration is $100, and please contact Brittany Waters at [email protected]

Happening Tuesday's 6:30pm - 8:30pm @ Wallace Field, University of Victoria

We have a silent auction coming up this Sunday! All proceeds go towards funding our wonderful organization! Details are included in the linked post:

Going once, going twice... SOLD!

We are hosting a Silent Auction August 1st to the 14th! We have many wonderful items available (including a signed Olympic Men's 7s Jersey and a trip to Hornby Island)! There are a total of 9 items available for auction, all generously donated by our staff and supporters! A big thank you to those people :)

All proceeds from this auction will go towards furthering our mission of spreading rugby to children across BC and growing the game! Help support a great cause and check it out!

There are no pictures yet, but you are welcome to check out our item descriptions below!

https://www.32auctions.com/grf-2021-silent-auction

If you want to help support us in other ways, you can always donate on our website!

Our Weekly blog and update is here! Check it out for information on how our other teams are doing :)

Our weekly update is here! Another great week for our team, even better than the last! Keeping that momentum moving 👏

Have a look at our weekly blog for a more in depth read:

https://grassrootsrugby.ca/our-blog/bc-grassroots-rugby

Are you looking for something fun and active for your kid this weekend? Well, we have the perfect event for you! We are hosting some beach rugby at both Willows Beach and Cadboro Bay, 11am – 2pm on Saturday, July 31st. There will be fun, sun, and most importantly rugby! No registration is required, and you can drop in anytime. Hope to see you out there :)

Going once, going twice... SOLD!!!🤩

Excited to announce we’re hosting an online silent auction!!

We’ve got some amazing prizes up for grabs so you won’t wanna miss this!
Be on the lookout this week for more details👀

This is our schedule for the week of July 26th to August 1st! All events are Pop Up and Plays (except our UVIC Girls camp on Tuesday evenings) and no registration is required! Simply show up and play 🙂

EDIT: Tuesday, 10am - 12pm at Centennial Square is actually at Centennial Park in Saanich. Apologies for the mix up :)

Details for UVIC Girls camp are below if you are interested:

Vancouver Island Girls Rugby Academy - Combining on-field rugby skills and functional movement skills (speed and agility) to help local female athletes get back to rugby safely and achieve their goals!

Registration is $100, and please contact Brittany Waters at [email protected]

Happening Tuesday's 6:30pm - 8:30pm @ Wallace Field, University of Victoria

Here is our brief recap of last week! We are so proud of our team, we are well on our way of achieving our goal for the summer! If you would like to read all about what we've been up to, check out our blog post (linked below)!

https://grassrootsrugby.ca/our-blog/bc-grassroots-rugby-summer-blog-week-2

Brock Stallers Rugby Journey - BC Grassroots Rugby Foundation Born on March 24th 1992, Brock Staller, is a 29-year-old Canadian rugby player from Surrey, British Columbia. Brock played for the Seattle Seawolves in North America’s Major League Rugby (MLR) for a number of years, winning the league title in both 2018 and 2019. He reached 15 international caps f...

Our Kelowna team is having a ball drive, if you know anyone in the area with some extra balls that they don't need, send them on to our Kelowna team! It supports a good cause 🙂

Hello Rugby People! This week the BC Grassroots Rugby in partnership with Kelowna Crows Rugby Club is looking to collect some gently used rugby balls that we can donate to Okanagan Boys and Girls Clubs, First Nation communities and those who may not have access to rugby equipment. If you have any rugby balls sitting at home collecting dust, please PM me or comment below your address, and someone on our team will come by to collect this Friday!
If you are someone who may not have access to this equipment, send me a message, and we can drop a ball off to you as well!
The ultimate goal is to get the rugby ball into as many kids hands as possible :)
Thanks in advance!
CH

An amazing turnout at our UVIC all girls session yesterday! Over 40 girls came out to enjoy some rugby 🏉 Looks positively amazing! Good job everyone 🎉

Our Victoria team participated in a blood drive today! Fantastic work team 👏🎉

Our Victoria team spent the morning cleaning up trash from Mt. Doug and Caddie Bay! Keep up the good work 👏

Things got serious at our Colquitz Pop Up and Play today! We had some fun 4v4s going on, and the kids had a great time!

If you are looking to participate in any events, check out our schedule on our page! Hope to see you at the next one 😊

This is a little rundown on our last week, there was a lot happening! We achieved some great milestones in our first week and half, impacting 975 youth! Check out the newsletter below for more information!

Our first blog post is up on our website!! It’s a great insight into our first full week of programs, as well as providing feedback from the various coaches, and a look ahead at our next week! See the link below:

https://grassrootsrugby.ca/our-blog/hz0te1v0zfgubrpd744zt6d75dd6ji

Summer 2021 Blog - Week 1 - BC Grassroots Rugby Foundation BC Grassroots Rugby has finished their first week to kick off the start of summer 2021 ...

We are so proud to announce a 4-day rugby camp on the beautiful Hornby Island! Check out the post for more details

This is our updated schedule for the week! All events are Pop Up and Plays (except our UVIC Girls camp on Tuesday evenings) and no registration is required! Simply show up and play :)

Details for UVIC Girls camp are below if you are interested:

Vancouver Island Girls Rugby Academy - Combining on-field rugby skills and functional movement skills (speed and agility) to help local female athletes get back to rugby safely and achieve their goals!

Registration is $100, and please contact Brittany Waters at [email protected]

Happening Tuesday's 6:30pm - 8:30pm @ Wallace Field, University of Victoria

We had a fantastic turnout at our Pop Up and Play Event at Bullpen Park today! 38 kids showed up! Great job to our Victoria/Esquimalt team :)

If you want to participate in any of our events make sure to keep your eye on our instagram (), and schedule on our page. We will be having many more of these events and would love to see more kids out there :)

Our Grass Roots team is growing strong! We are adding new members this year across BC in Victoria/Esquimalt, Cowichan, Nanaimo, Port Alberni, and Kelowna! As many of you know, we are a rugby-centred community development non-profit organization that uses rugby as a tool for social good. The community rugby program relies on strong relationships with local rugby clubs, community groups, schools, and municipalities, to ensure that youth in priority neighbourhoods have opportunities to participate in safe touch rugby over the spring and summer months. With our host of new members, we are going to be able to reach even more children with the wonderful game of rugby! Without further ado, our Victoria team!

Our Victoria Supervisor, Chanelle Challenger, our Esquimalt Supervisor, Gabriel Casey, our North Victoria Team Leader, Toby Digney, our South Victoria Team Leader, Henry Do, our North Esquimalt Team Leader Sîon Griffiths, our South Esquimalt Team Leader, Keegan Neary, our Indigenous Program Directors, Crosby Stewart and Joshua Savea, our Management Team, Linnea Dalvia and Aaron Hersant, our strength & conditioning coach, Mylan Clairmont, our Pop Up & Play Community Leader, Chloe Hill-Huse, our Youth Coaches, Hannah Scherr, Gabby Senft, Ella O’Regan, Cody Nhala, and Taine Clague, and last but not least, our Mixed Abilities Youth Coach, Bennet Nowak! Thank you everyone for signing on, we are looking forward to a wonderful summer and making an impact :)