May 8th 2020.

Hamilton Hornets RFC Statement

Dear Members,

On behalf of the Club Executive Committee we hope you are all staying safe, keeping healthy and maintaining good spirits in these most unusual circumstances.

As you know, we ceased all rugby activities on March 13th in accordance with Rugby Canada, Rugby Ontario and Governmental Public Health directives. Since then, the suspension has been extended indefinitely and the City of Hamilton has closed its playing fields until at least May 25th. However, behind the scenes, contingency planning continues in the hope that we will salvage something of our 2020 season. How a reshuffled, shortened season would work, or what the impact would be on our clubhouse activities is still to be revealed, but planning and mitigation towards maintaining our club’s viability is being worked on.

Our organization will continue to follow the directives and guidelines laid out by our union and government and as these changes we will adapt to the new normal. All of our planned social activities have been cancelled or postponed and our AGM which according to our by-laws is to be held by June 25th 2020, is in jeopardy and will also be postponed. We plan to hold this a minimum of 30 days after the ‘lockdown’ guidance has been lifted, this will allow nominations for any of the open positions and to formalize voting, depending on whether a meeting can take place in person. Further information will be sent out as we know more.

Finally, we would like to thank all of our extended Hornet family that are essential workers. Thank you for your courage and commitment to our communities, you are so amazing!

Hamilton Hornets RFC

In order to sustain, improve and grow the opportunities afforded by our programs and in partnership with The Canadian Rugby Foundation we have created The Hamilton Hornets Rugby Fund. This will provide us with the ability to utilize funds for capital projects as well as an endowment fund to assist with scholarships, hardship programs, youth, coach and referee development and high-performance player assistance.

Please give generously to either a one time or recurring donation to The Hamilton Hornets Rugby Fund and you will be helping to create a legacy for Hamilton Rugby while receiving a charitable tax receipt from The Canadian Rugby Foundation.

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