Have Yourself a Ball at the 2025 Field Day - Photo Anthology

Enjoy!

Come on down and have yourself a ball at the 2025 field day!

Meeting of the minds on the FIFA hybrid sod prior to kick-off. That's Ewan Hodge and David Graham from FIFA in the background talking with Bert, Nicoline and Caleb Bos plus Catherine and Blair from Binnie and WCTA VP, Gary Bartley.

Prizes and gifts ready?  Check.

Morning coffee and snacks provide by Bos Sod Farms ready?  Check. 

Do we have enough tables and chairs?  Just barely!

Hey, where's the sound guy? (It's ok, he's from Brazil and was thrilled to show off his football skills on the FIFA sod)

Time to get rolling with WCTA President and Field Day MC, Nathan Wade at the helm.

Bert and Caleb Bos provide some sod farm history and an overview of the 2026 FIFA World Cup sod growing process.

Ewen Hodge, Head of Pitch Infrastructure for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, is definitely on the ball!

Packed house. Did we mention the record-setting attendance?
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Let there be lunch!  It's an incredible amount of work serving nearly 200 people but Kevin Neufeld and his ICONIX team took care of business like pros!  Food was awesome, smiles were free😀 and extreme gratitude from all of us!!! 

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Putting the field into 'field day', here are some various shots of our outside activites:  

Recognize any of these iconic Whitecaps?

How about this guy?

 No sod was injured in the sod cutting demonstration by Nicoline and Caleb Bos.

Picture Perfect!

Rolling out the future!

WCTA President Nathan Wade from District of Sechelt with Catherine Eiswerth from Binnie.

 Time to wrap things up - WCTA President, Nathan Wade, out standing in his field and an outstanding MC!

Here's WCTA Director Nick Barbour presenting our runner-up winner a $500 giant cheque sponsored by Tiny Mobile Robots.

Another giant cheque!  Our $1000 grand prize winner is one happy camper presented by Terry Ormrod of Toro Irrigation and 'all around great guy'

 The End.