We are proud to have the final version of a brief documentary telling our story. It was roughly eight months in the making. The process embodied the cliche "the devil is in the details" as filmmaker Paul Washburn and President Burke kept fine-tuning it to tell our story.
Rugby traditionally has been an upper-crust sport but in the last 10 years the game is taking a foothold throughout Northern California, especially in the high school level for boys and girls.
It's always been our goal to grow rugby in our own back yard and make it accessible to all boys enrolled in a high school in Oakland. Kids from these less affluent communities don't get the same chances as suburban kids to participate in athletics. Sports and rugby are powerful bonding agents for boys. We try to get these kids heading down the right path, hopefully towards a four-year college or a junior college.
If any of you have been paying attention lately to Oakland politics you might have noticed that Police Chief Anthony Batts is talking a lot about his department and the City doing more with less in the face of severe budget problems. One of solutions he has discussed is getting to kids earlier and earlier with healthy activities and outlets, before they head down the dead-end trail of gangs, violence, etc.
Our youth rugby program fits nicely with what Chief Batts is talking about. We need the support of everyone to keep offering and growing our program. Please check us out at http://www.oaklandwarthogsrfc.com/
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