SLAM! 12 BBQ
BBQ FUNDRAISER
Sunday May 25th 2025
Run by the Go Team Softball Tournament teams (a WESA-adjacent event)
Hosted at
Since 2012, this popular event at Junction Public House has been raising funds for Vancouver's travelling teams of WESA members. Over $35,000 has been raised to help members of our community experience Gay softball in cities around North America and here at home in British Columbia.
This year's participating teams so far are all teams playing in WESA's Pacific Cup:
Batmen
Brew Jays
Flamingos
Orcas
WESA's Pacific Cup Tournament is coming August 9 & 10. Read more.
Details of the Slam BBQ: The Slam BBQ (a WESA-adjacent event) started in 2012 by WESA members raising funds for their tournament teams. The league has provided minor assistance from time to time, but it has remained a team run event by Go Team gay softball teams and sponsored by Junction Public House. Visit the Go Team facebook page here..jpeg)
WESA has an active committee discussing being a part of a national series for and by Canadian leagues. Read more.
OTHER TOURNAMENTS
Other tournaments around Canada and the US are listed on the iPride site here:
This year, the Gay Softball World Series(GSWS) is being hosted by our sister league in Houston. For more about the GSWS please visit this link. To see the Commission's message about this year's GSWS, please see the April edition of The Dusty Bag here.
Ticket and event information coming soon. Please direct inquires to Rafe L SpecialEvents (at) WESA.net
Details of the Slam BBQ: The Slam BBQ, a WESA-adjacent event, started in 2012 by WESA members raising funds for their tournament teams. The league has provided minor assistance from time to time, but it has remained a team run event by Go Team Softball teams and sponsored by Junction Public House.
The history of the Slam! BBQ
For more info & photos, please visit the Go Team gay softball facebook page here.
