Weyburn Minor Football will hold a fundraiser event with a Super Bowl party on Sunday, Feb. 4, at the Weyburn Legion Hall.
This past year, Minor Football opened their new second field adjacent to Darold Kot Field on the Comp School grounds, with the installation of lights to allow for night games.
The organization is now fundraising to build a two-storey structure for the announcers and equipment storage, and are hoping to be able to put the building up this spring, said Jody Kerr of Weyburn Minor Football.
He also accepted a donation from the Young Fellows Club for $12,500 on Thursday, as a five-year team sponsorship for the bantam Falcons football team, to help pay for their jerseys and equipment.
Kerr noted the team had almost 60 players sign up for the bantam team, and by the end of the season the number was just under 50 due to injuries.
Minor Football is hoping to put up a 24-by-30 foot structure with two storeys, with storage space on the ground floor, as the current storage facility at Jubilee Park is very cramped, said Kerr.
He noted they were able to get the sound system from the former Weyburn Junior High, and they are hoping to have it installed along with the space for announcers and Access TV cameras on the second floor.
“There’s a lot of equipment in that old building,” said Kerr. “We’ll still be at Jubilee Park this summer.”
The Super Bowl party will include the game shown on TVs supplied by New Age Electronics, snacks and drinks. Tickets are $30 each for adults, or $15 for children 12 and under, and are available from Kerr, at Olympia Fitness or from any Minor Football board member. All proceeds from this event will go towards the building of the new structure.
