It's back! Join us for our THIRD Beefsteak + Beer fundraiser. This time it's bigger than ever as we take over the upstairs of the Clubhouse.
The Spot Prawn Festival will feature:
live music,
street vendors and
some questionably good displays of a great sport
This is the second year for the festival and is a fundraiser for our club, and a way for us to help host a community event with something for everyone.
Festival hours:
12 noon to 7 pm Saturday, May 27
11 am to 6 pm Sunday, May 28th
Parking is limited so please think of alternate transportation.
Rifflandia Music Festival and The Rugby Shop is pleased to announce the first annual “Can’t Touch This” rugby tournament. The competition takes place during the Spot Prawn Festival, May 27 & 28 at MacDonald Park from 1pm to 4pm each day.
Saturday features Senior Men and Women athletes in any gender combination.
Sunday features Age Grade (U16 to 18) or Heritage (over 30) athletes in any gender combination.
Teams must be a minimum of five (5) players or a maximum of ten (10).
There will be changerooms, a shade area by the field and warmup pitch.
Rules of engagement:
10-minute games, 5 players a side with fluid substitution.
6 touches total, must retreat 5m back each touch (offside penalty will result).
A variation of touch rugby rules may be applied by the referee in the heat of the moment.
Pool play followed by quarter-final, semi-final and grande finale.
Awards for best dressed team theme (must be consistent colours and team jerseys are fine).
Cash prizes for spectacular skill display.
Rifflandia Passes for Grande Finale winners each day.
Please reserve your team spot through the following portal, $80 per team + GST.
For any questions about participation please contact jacobrossthiel@gmail.com
We still have trees! Sales will continue through the weekend, so long as we have trees remaining. And the holiday plants are arriving on Thursday and will be ready for pickup throughout the weekend.
Friday evening - December 9th - 5:00 - 7:00 PM
Saturday - December 10th - 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Sunday - December 11th - 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Unfortunately the bar will not be open on Friday and likely not on Saturday as well due to staffing shortages and all volunteers committed to other endeavours. Sorry!
We will be selling Christmas trees on December 3rd and 4th.
We will have 150 trees available on a first come-first served basis. We have secured Douglas Firs and Grand Firs (Balsam) in a variety of heights and shapes.
Sales will begin at 10:am on Saturday and continue till 5:00 pm and then again on Sunday the 4th.
JBAA Night at the 2022 Esquimalt Ribfest Blue Buffalo Saloon is an all-you-can-eat, all-you-can-drink fundraising event.
Come down to MacDonald Park on Sunday, June 12th any time between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. and take in prawns, fiddles and rugby!!!
This is a FREE EVENT with something for the entire family to enjoy.
Fiddle Contest
Youth Sevens Rugby Exhibition and Demonstrations
Artisan Vendors and Food Trucks
Fresh Prawn BBQ
Our club is one of the hosts and we will be drawing upon our amazing community as we need many volunteers to make this a success:
Peelers will contribute an hour of their time to peel prawns at any time during the day
Movers will contribute their morning - between 7 am and 10 am - to help with vendor unloading
A portion of the proceeds from the event will be coming to the club to offset the cost of our new Youth Coordinator that we have hired to help manage and support our burgeoning youth programs.
Loads of rugby activities planned during the day:
U7s games involving our junior girls and junior boys teams,
our Mighty Minis demonstrating the fun! of mini rugby,
Canadian rugby athletes on hand
Obstacle course and blow up
YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS THIS EVENT!!!
JBAA will be providing the BBQ food for the James Bay Community Picnic happening at MacDonald Park on the afternoon and early evening of June 8th. Come down and say hello to our volunteers and meet the people who live in our rugby neighbourhood.
Food will be available from 4pm onwards and is BBQ hot dogs, juice, and chips. Proceeds from the food sales will go to club fundraising efforts.
The game will be at the Starlight Stadium in Langford and if you buy our tickets using the link below with the promo code JamesBay then the club gets a small kickback!
Our Junior Boys U17 team will be doing the 50/50 draw so be sure to buy your game tickets and then nab some 50/50 tickets and you support the club TWO ways, you get to watch some MLR rugby, and maybe win some $$. Basically a full Huddy Huddy on that.
Club members will be in the clubhouse parking lot between 10 and 4 on Saturday and Sunday to chip Christmas trees. Pay what you can!
Club members will be in the clubhouse parking lot between 10 and 4 on Saturday and Sunday to chip Christmas trees. Pay what you can!
