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The winter 2024 season is just around the corner, and we are thrilled to announce that registration is now officially open! Secure your spot by following this link: https://go.teamsnap.com/forms/394837.   UPDATE Registration filled up extremely fast this year, 25 minutes from open for 80 outfield players and 8 keepers.  At this time we have spare…

Dear BA Friends, Mark your calendars! Registration for winter 2024 will officially be available from the basoccer.ca website on Monday (this Monday) September 11th at 8:30pm sharp. Costs have remained the same as last year: $360 outfield player, $180 keeper, $25 spare + $15 per game. There are limited spots, and it will be on…

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 put them on when they get outside, and remove them upon walking into a public place! A side note, for…

Like some of our favourite pairs of sunglasses in various lakes across the country, this has somehow, but not purposely, slipped all the way to the bottom of a lengthy email. Congratulations to Bloody HammeRED for achieving the rare indoor season double, winning a tight match against a resolute Suns of Pitches team, despite keeper…

The ladies men in red captured top honours on the final night of the indoor regular season with a 4-1 gallop over TeamSnap(ed), and after Suns of Pitches lost their 8 p.m. must-win fixture 5-2 to spoilers par excellence Our Preferred Pronoun Is Green (they wear dark blue jerseys… go figure). A hearty BA “Well…

Wednesdays Wednesday night season runs May 10th to Oct 25th; you get twenty-five 60-minute games at 8:30 and 9:30 p.m, at JDG park near the intersection of Anderson and Leitrim Rds. Wednesday night format is 9v9, and the on-site pub will be open for us after the games $250 outfielders, $125 keepers, $25 spares Wednesday…

Hi again, BA friends! Here we are, already knee deep into March, mere days away from setting our clocks an hour ahead, the annual ritual that buys us a later sunset, all for the low, low cost of having our children wake up at some ungodly hour before sunrise. And so, in an attempt to…

Hello gents of the BA, It’s been a little while since our last update, surely an indication that things have been running pretty smoothly this winter season. We promise we do have 1000 words for you in an upcoming missive but need to get a quick message out to confirm and remind — we are a…

Gentlemen of the BA, Can’t blame you for thinking we can play outdoors forever: late October appears to be the new late September! Alas, we all know it will change all too soon – darkness, frosts warnings, the age-old question, “Why do I live in a place where the air hurts my face!?” Well, allow…

What a season we had in 2022! It may seem like a previous lifetime ago for some, starting the season in frigid May conditions with guys sporting tuques, mittens and a questionable selection of their wives’ yoga pants under their shorts. It wasn’t long thereafter that we were taking mid-half water breaks and fighting for…