Abdel Elmaadawi - TIRF Rugby

Don Valley Festival

On Wednesday, August 16, TIRF was in Don Valley to host a FREE End of Summer Festival. The festival took place at Sunnybrook Park, (Rugby Fields) and was full of outdoor rugby-orientated games, and carnival-inspired activities will leave your campers with…

Scarborough Festival

TIRF Scarborough Summer Festival On Wednesday, August 9, TIRF was in Scarborough to host a FREE End of Summer Festival. The festival took place at the Birchmount Stadium and was full of outdoor rugby-orientated games, and carnival-inspired activities that left summer…

Etobicoke Festival

TIRF Etobicoke Summer Festival On Thursday, August 10, TIRF was in Etobicoke to host a FREE End of Summer Festival. The full day festival took place at the Centennial Park Stadium Arena and was full of outdoor rugby-orientated games, and carnival-inspired…

Olympian, Ghislaine Landry, Goes Back-to-Camp

On July 20, more than 80 summer campers had the chance to play Rookie Rugby with Canada’s bronze medalist Olympian, Ghislaine Landry. TIRF hosted Ghislaine Landry, captain of Canada’s 2016 Olympic Women’s Rugby Sevens Team, at the Leap into Literacy…

Come out. Eat Pizza. Help kids.

Put us in coach! We’re ready to ruck and maul at our upcoming shift at the Boston Pizza Celebrity Server Night Scarborough. No tackling that night. We promise. Mark July 19 on your calendar! We hope you’ll join us at…

Learning Through Others. Learning Through Play.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAYS Toronto Inner-City Rugby Foundation (TIRF) is committed to providing personal and professional development opportunities for young people. Over the summer, TIRF focuses on providing workshops, trainings, lectures, and self-discovery opportunities for TIRF summer staff. Summer staff, also…

Profile: Anoke Dunston, Being Relentless in Creating Conditions for Others to Succeed

Discover the amazing young people that make our program possible. Today we celebrate Anoke Dunston, TIRF Summer Staff Lead. Meet the rest of the team by visiting the Staff page. Written by: Natasha Cyrille

Event Recap: 5th Annual Rugby Alliance

TOGETHER WE REACH HIGHER It was a glorious way to officially-unofficially kick off to the summer rugby season! Renowned sports photographer, Colin Watson, effortlessly captured the spirit of the day, the enthusiasm of the 70 coaches/volunteers and the energy of…

Volunteer Profile: Jeremy Cairnie

WHY JEREMY GOT INVOLVED I first got involved at TIRF from day one. I was the youth development officer for my club and sat in board meetings with TIRF, from there I did coach development through TIRF where I was…

Volunteer Profile: Barb Di Nardo

WHY BARB GOT INVOLVED In 2009, my oldest went into high school. We were coaching rugby there and tried to get the kids to play club rugby and try out for the provincial team. Many of the players could…

Author: Abdel Elmaadawi (page 9)