Capilano Rugby Club will hold its eighth annual Pink Day this Saturday, Oct. 19, with fundraising in play all day to raise money and awareness for breast cancer research as a full slate of games hit the fields at Klahanie Park.
Players from the club's premier men’s and women’s teams will wear special pink jerseys for their matches. The jerseys were each paid for with a $100 donation from a club supporter and they are customized with names of loved ones or special messages in the fight against breast cancer. All of the club’s teams will be wearing pink socks for their games this Saturday.
Capilano’s cross-inlet rivals from Burnaby Lake Rugby Club will provide the opposition in most of the matches on the day, with the premier women hitting the field at 11:15 a.m. followed by the premier reserve men’s squads at 12:45 a.m. and the premier men at 2:30 p.m.
The Div. 3 men’s squads from both clubs will also do battle at 11:15 a.m. while the second women’s team will take on Vancouver Rowing Club at 10 a.m.
The club’s second U17 boys team will also be in action at Klahanie, taking on the Vancouver Barbarians at 1 p.m.
Capilano’s Pink Day campaign has raised nearly $40,000 for breast cancer research through its first seven years.
