Successful wrap-up events in Markham this past weekend

August 28, 2018

Rugby Ontario hosts minor and junior wrap-up events in Markham

(MARKHAM, ON) - The junior and minor club seasons wrapped up this past weekend in Markham with the annual Minor Festival, U13 Wrap Up Days and Junior Cup Day. Over the two days at Fletcher’s Fields and Markham Irish RFC, over 2000 youth were involved in culminating events.

On Saturday, Rugby Ontario hosted the annual wrap-up Minor Festival at Fletcher’s Fields with more than 80 teams and 20 clubs participating in the U7, U9 and U11 rugby festival. It was an entertaining and enjoyable day with a festival atmosphere including inflatable bouncy castles, target practice, fire truck and various vendors on site. Not to mention, the youth had an enjoyable experience with flag rugby competition throughout the day. A highlight of the day was the girls-only games that occurred at the beginning of each division’s timeslot. The amount of smiling faces that came by and participated was a true testament of the growth of the women’s rugby in our province and country.

For more information on the Minor Festival, go to www.rugbyontario.com/minor-festival.

On Sunday, the junior wrap-up day occurred with U13 divisions playing at Fletcher’s Fields (Girl’s) and Markham Irish RFC (Boy’s) in their culminating tournaments, while the U15 and U17 Men’s and Women’s branch representatives battled it out for provincial supremacy at Junior Cup Day.

In the U15 Women’s division, the Oshawa Vikings won gold, Barrie RFC won silver and Waterloo County won bronze.

In the U15 Men’s division, the Crusaders won Gold, the Sarnia Saints won silver and the Oshawa Vikings won bronze.

In the U17 Women’s division, the Belleville Bulldogs won gold, the Oshawa Vikings won silver and the Guelph Redcoats won bronze.

In the U17 Men’s division, the Toronto Saracens won gold, the Peterborough Pagans won silver and the Brantford Harlequins won bronze.

For more information on Junior Cup Day, go to www.rugbyontario.com/junior-cup.

For photo albums of either days, go to www.facebook.com/rugbyontario.

Thank you to all of our sponsors who were on hand at either event. You are a big part of making these events happen each year. Sponsors and vendors included Gilbert Rugby Canada, Markham Fire and Emergency Services, Honda Canada, Sportside Medical Services, Burlington Centaurs Rugby Club (Target Inflatable), Gangster Cheese, Lowland’s Fire Food, Quench Buggy and GTA Softee.

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To learn more, visit https://www.rugbyontario.com/