Comedy For Kicks Stand-Up Fundraiser Show Supports Cavan FC U14 Boys Soccer Team

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Get ready for a night of laughs as the Maple Leaf Cavan FC U14 Boys present Comedy For Kicks Stand-Up Comedy Night Mar. 5, a team fundraising event in support of the soccer team.

Photo courtesy of the cavan fc u14 boys team.

Jeff McEnery, a recognizable comedic voice in Canada for over a decade, will headline the show. McEnery has worked on Letterkenny, Just for Laughs, The Winnipeg Comedy Festival, The Comedy Network and Roast Battle Canada.

The show will also feature Ernie Vicente and rising comedy talent Evan Dubois.

“This is your chance to support local youth, sports, enjoy a professional comedy show and treat yourself to a night out that is long overdue,” said the team’s parent manager Steve Carmichael. “Proceeds support the Maple Leaf Cavan FC U14 boys team with equipment costs and tournament fees as they travel to Ancaster, Kingston & Montreal.”

The event will start at 8 p.m., with doors opening an hour earlier at the Millbrook Canadian Legion (9 King St. E, Millbrook).

The Maple Leaf Cavan FC Boys U14 soccer team invites the community to come out, share laughs and support their youth sports program. Please note this event is for those 19 and older. 

Tickets cost $30 (plus a $3.40 ticket and processing fee) and are available online.

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Cavan FC Players Are Keeping The Ball Moving In Awesome Way To Stay United During Social Distancing

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Liz Shaughnessy, who coaches in the Cavan FC league near Peterborough, got to thinking there must be a great way to galvanize all the Cavan FC players in this COVID-19 social distancing phase.

So to lift their spirits—and in lieu of doing laps—she put out a call to send her videos of how they were keeping the ball moving as a Keep The Ball Moving Challenge.

Coach Liz

“I expected a few video submissions to be sent to me but not the one hundred and fifty plus I received,” Coach Liz tells PTBOCanada.

“What I was reminded of is that your sports teams are part of your family and we are all missing each other right now in this normally busy pre-season!”

Coach Liz says the video submissions weren’t just from the soccer players. “We had some moms, dads, siblings of players—even a dog—get in on the action. And several of our men and women’s team players participated as well.”

We love this video so much—try not to smile as you watch it.

Watch it on YouTube below and share on Facebook…

When Coach Liz put out a call to all Cavan FC players to keep the ball moving she thought this was a fun way to unite our club but wasn't expecting over 150 ...

You can also watch it on Instagram here…

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