Club Sign Up Day

We are pleased to announce the first official BBRFC Club Sign Up Day! This is a chance to meet your future teammates, talk with the coaches, be a part of the club photo and get help registering for the upcoming season! If you're interested in registering for any of our upcoming events (Buffaloes, Bandits, Barbarians, Steelheads, Rookie Rugby), we'd love to see you there.

Details:

When - Saturday, February 23rd, from 2-4 pm

Where - Capital Lake (Water St. Location)

Club Photo - 3 pm
Players, Coaches and Supporter Members are all encouraged to attend, register, pay dues, be a part of the Club Photo and have individual photos taken to start player bios and rosters for the teams. You'll also have an opportunity to purchase club gear for the upcoming season!

Please don't miss this great chance to get an early start to the Spring. We look forward to seeing everyone there!

Last Saturday Training!

This coming Saturday will be your last chance to get miraculously fit prior to the start of the high school season.  We will continue along with the fitness followed by skills sessions.  Please meet at Olympia High School at 10:45am on Saturday morning. Session will run from 11:00am until 12:30pm.

Bandits Rugby

Calling all Bandits!

Jennilyn Franklin will be holding a team meeting at her house on Thursday night at 6:30pm, where the team will be discussing player participation and things needed to get the ball rolling for the upcoming season. Jennilyn will be making pizza and is looking forward to seeing all of you there.

Tell everyone you know, and bring a perspective player, as numbers are important for this season! And of course, if you are wanting to get in a little rugby action before practices start there are our Saturday trainings! We had a fairly good turn out last Saturday. Looking forward to seeing everyone again, plus more this coming Saturday. We will continue along with the fitness followed by skills sessions.

Please meet at Olympia High School at 10:45am on Saturday morning. Session will run from 11:00am until 12:30pm.

For more information about Thursday's get together, email Jennilyn.

Saturday Fitness Resuming

Time to start working off the “holiday weight”. The club will resume Saturday Fitness sessions this coming Saturday January 5th, 2013.

We will start to introduce some rugby skills through these sessions. We will run fitness for the first 45 minutes and then start working on ball handling skills for the next 45 minutes.

Please meet at Olympia High School at 10:45am on Saturday morning. Session will run from 11:00am until 12:30pm.

Fundraiser Wrap Up

Hope everyone's having a great New Year's Day! As you may recall hearing, last week Budd Bay Rugby held its 2nd Annual Vision Fundraiser holiday party. The primary goal of our club's Vision is to own our own Rugby Field! This annual fundraiser (plus other fundraisers throughout the year) is focused on raising money to support this great club goal.

One year ago, this dream seemed unattainable. Then, at last year's holiday party, the event raised $2,500, along with a $180,000 donation from the estate of a great friend to rugby, Frank Parker. Since then, the Vision Committee has scoured the Olympia, Lacey and Tumwater area in search of a new home for the club. And the great news is that the committee is preparing to take the next step! A property has been found which meets many of the club's criteria, so the board has authorized the committee to move forward with a feasibility study to determine if this particular lot is right for the club. Regardless of the results, its great to be able to take this next step! Which brings us back to the holiday party - and the support the club members continue to provide to this dream.

There were hopes that this year's event would match the success of last year's - at least $2,500 in donations. As it turns out, we vastly under estimated the incredible generosity of our members! Not only did we exceed last year's total, we more than doubled it, with a final total of over $5,000!

This is a great way to start out the new year, and puts us 1/4 of the way towards our annual goal of $20,000. If you missed the party, but still want to contribute to this cause, please visit buddbayrugby.com/vision to learn more.

Please have a safe and enjoyable New Year's, and start getting excited about the upcoming Rugby season!