by mattdesouza | Nov 6, 2024 | News
Dear friends, With Halloween in the literal and proverbial bag, the hardware stores and shopping malls furiously decking the halls with boughs of holly, it’s time for the BA to turn to one of our favourite annual traditions: 7-on-7 indoor soccer starts this...
by mattdesouza | Sep 12, 2024 | News
Dearest BA friends, After thinking long and hard about messing with you all, starting this email under the pretense that you had missed the registration for our upcoming indoor season, after considering all the pain and anguish and possibly even heart complications...
by mattdesouza | May 21, 2024 | News
Dear friends, Look around your neighbourhood, what do you see? Everything is turning green, including the white soles of your fresh new sneakers. The air is full of birdsong… and tree pollen. If you listen really closely, someone off in the distance is cursing...
by mattdesouza | Apr 3, 2024 | News
Good folks of the BA, No one could blame you for losing track of what time of year we’re currently experiencing. Snowfall feels like something that used to happen in a past life. Grass and trees don’t know if they are supposed to get on with the growing....
by mattdesouza | Jul 24, 2023 | News
Dear BA Friends, What an unbelievable summer so far! If anyone had “wildfire smoke cancellations”, “tornados”, and “air-quality index” on their Bingo cards, congratulations! This is 2023, when people still carry their N95 masks, but...