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10/07/2026

🏈 YOU’RE COMING FOR THE FOOTBALL… BUT THERE’S A WHOLE LOT MORE WAITING FOR YOU! 🔥

The Ed Laverty Nationals are almost here! 🇨🇦🏆

Three days of incredible touch football, competition, community and legacy — October 10–12 at Ben Franklin Fields in Ottawa — and we’ve got plenty happening on AND off the field all weekend long!

🍔 POST-GAME FOOD? WE’VE GOT YOU.
Head over to Royal Oak – 117 Centrepointe Drive where Ed Laverty Nationals participants and family members receive 15% OFF all food, PLUS complimentary nachos for groups of 3+!

🧤 NEED NEW GLOVES?
Invictus Gloves will be ON SITE throughout the tournament selling gloves — come ready to play or leave with some new gear!

🎮 STILL HAVE ENERGY AFTER THE GAME?
Keep the competition going at Glow Zone Entertainment with Smash Room, Nerf Battles, Splatter Paint, Glow Painting & more. Use promo code NATIONALS10 for 10% OFF!

🎉 AND SUNDAY NIGHT… WE PARTY!

Our Ed Laverty Nationals Hospitality Night takes over Tailgators! Red carpet entrance ⭐ Redblacks Cheerleaders 📣 360° camera 📸 DJ Renford “Bojangles” Thomas 🎧 prizes 🎁 dedicated bar 🍹 NFL games 🏈 pool, ping-pong, darts, golf simulators, co****le, giant Jenga & MORE!

📍 Tailgators Sports Bar & Grill
📅 Sunday, October 11
⏰ Doors open at 7 PM
🎟️ $10 in advance | $15 at the door

👉 Ed Laverty Nationals Hospitality Night tickets — LINK IN BIO!

Don’t wait until Sunday night, grab your tickets now, rally your team and come celebrate Nationals weekend with us! 🔥🏈🎉

Business on the field. Party after the whistle.

This weekend is about more than a championship. It’s about bringing the touch football community together and celebrating the game, the friendships and the legacy that brought us here. ❤️

THREE DAYS. ONE COMMUNITY. ONE LEGACY.

Ottawa — we’re almost ready. See you this weekend! 🏈🔥🇨🇦

09/30/2026

🏈 THANK YOU TO OUR INCREDIBLE SPONSORS & PARTNERS! 🏈

After months of planning, we’re getting so close to welcoming teams to Canada’s capital for the 2026 Ed Laverty Nationals, October 10–12! 🇨🇦

Your partnership has been invaluable as we prepare to welcome teams from across Ontario to our nation’s capital.

A very special thank you to:

🇨🇦 Ottawa Tourism for their tremendous support in helping us bring the Nationals to Ottawa.

🍻 Labatt — proud sponsor of our Nationals weekend, with a presence at Ed Laverty Nationals Headquarters, MVP prizes, giveaways and non-alcoholic samples.

📻 MOVE 100 — joining us at the fields Saturday and Sunday with prizes, giveaways and lots of energy!

🏨 Hyatt Place Ottawa West — our official host hotel, providing our visiting teams and players with a great home base and special tournament rates.

And, of course, this weekend is being made possible through the collaboration of Touch Football Ontario and the Ottawa-Nepean Touch Football League, as we come together to celebrate the game, the community and the legacy behind the Ed Laverty Nationals.

It has taken months of planning to get to this point, and we couldn’t be more excited to finally welcome everyone to Ottawa October 10–12.

To every sponsor, partner, volunteer, team and supporter helping make this weekend possible THANK YOU. We truly appreciate your support and can’t wait to show you what we have planned! 🏈🇨🇦

See you in Ottawa! 🏆

09/29/2026

🚨🏈 LAST CALL! REGISTRATION CLOSES TOMORROW! 🏈🚨

The 2026 ED LAVERTY NATIONALS are coming to OTTAWA, October 10–12!

Teams from across Ontario will be coming together for an incredible Thanksgiving weekend of competitive touch football, great rivalries and reconnecting with old friends!

⏰ REGISTRATION DEADLINE: TOMORROW, SEPTEMBER 30TH AT 5 PM!

🔥 MORE THAN JUST FOOTBALL!

🎙️ MOVE 100 Radio will be ON SITE! 🍻 Labatt samples & prizes! 🍔 Great food vendors at the fields! 🎶 Music, football and an incredible atmosphere!

🎉 SUNDAY NIGHT HOSPITALITY PARTY!

We're bringing everyone together for an unforgettable night of music, entertainment, great friends and plenty of surprises!

🏈 DON'T MISS YOUR CHANCE TO BE PART OF IT!

👉 REGISTER HERE: https://www.tfont.com/ 

📍 Ben Franklin Park, Ottawa 📅 October 10–12, 2026

LET'S BRING THE NATIONALS BACK TO OTTAWA IN STYLE! 🔥🏆

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09/26/2026

TORONTO REBELS. NATIONAL CHAMPIONS. 🏆🔥

The Queens of the Nationals! 👑

Throwing it back to last year's Nationals, when the Toronto Rebels battled their way to victory and claimed the Women's National Championship title!

The question is... will the Toronto Rebels return to defend their crown, or will another team rise to the challenge and take the title in Ottawa? 👀🏆

The road to Nationals is heating up, and the countdown is ON! 🏈🔥

🚨 REGISTRATION DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 30!

Join us October 10–12, 2026, in Ottawa for the Ed Laverty Nationals Ed Laverty Legacy Sports Fund as teams from across Ontario come together for an unforgettable weekend of competition, community and legacy.

Think your team has what it takes to dethrone the champions? Now's your chance to prove it!

👇 Tag your teammates and tell us who's coming for the crown! 👑🔥

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09/10/2026

🏈 THE COUNTDOWN IS ON! 🏈

The Russ Henderson Tournament hits Kingston this weekend the last tournament before the Ed Laverty Nationals! 🔥 Ed Laverty Legacy Sports Fund

Wishing all teams the best of luck as they take the field September 12 & 13. Play hard, compete, have fun, and make some memories!

📣 Schedules are posted, check your game times and get ready!

📍 Woodbine Park
1180 Woodbine Road, Kingston, ON K7P 2X6

Competition. Community. Legacy.

🏈 Kingston this weekend. Ottawa is next. Let’s go! 🔥

09/08/2026

🏈🏨 ED LAVERTY NATIONALS — HOTEL DEADLINE EXTENDED!

Great news, teams! The Hyatt Place Ottawa West group-rate deadline has been extended to SEPTEMBER 11TH! 🙌 Hyatt Place Ottawa West

We worked hard to secure a great host hotel AND a great group rate for our Nationals teams so please help us by getting your rooms booked before the deadline! ❤️🏈

Your stay includes:
• Complimentary breakfast 🥐☕
• FREE parking 🚗
• FREE Wi-Fi 📶
• Spacious, modern rooms & suites 🛏️
• Indoor pool 🏊
• 24/7 fitness centre 💪
• Comfortable lounge spaces
• Team-friendly accommodations
• Just minutes from the fields at Ben Franklin Park! 🏈

📅 BOOK BY SEPTEMBER 11TH TO SECURE YOUR GROUP RATE!

🔗 Click the hotel booking link to reserve your room. (Copy & Paste link below 👇
https://www.hyatt.com/hyatt-place/en-US/yowzo-hyatt-place-ottawa-west/rooms

If you're unable to book online, call 613-702-9800 and provide the group booking code G-STFO to secure your TFO reservation and group rate.

After September 11th, our reserved room block will be released and rooms and rates will be subject to availability.

Teams, if you haven't booked yet, now is the time! We worked hard to secure this hotel and special rate for you, and we'd really appreciate your support in getting these rooms booked before the deadline. 🙌

We can't wait to welcome everyone to Ottawa for the 2026 Ed Laverty Nationals — October 10–12! 🇨🇦🏈

PLAY • CONNECT • EXPLORE OTTAWA

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09/01/2026

RUSS HENDERSON TOURNAMENT‼️

📅 September 12 & 13, 2026
📍 Kingston, ON

⏰ Registration deadline is TOMORROW — September 2!

🔥 Don’t miss your last chance to compete before Nationals!

08/21/2026

The Canadian National Touch Football Championship Party

🏈 ED LAVERTY NATIONALS HOSPITALITY 🎉

Sunday night is Hospitality Night for the Ed Laverty Nationals!

Join players, coaches, officials, friends and supporters from across the country at Tailgators Sports Bar & Grill for a night of music, football, games, prizes and fun before we head back to the fields for Championship Monday!

All Ottawa and touch football alumni are welcome! Come reconnect with old teammates, friends and familiar faces and celebrate the incredible history and community of touch football.

📅 Sunday, October 11th
⏰ 7:00 PM – Late
📍 Tailgators Sports Bar & Grill – Merivale Road, Ottawa

We’ll have our own dedicated area at Tailgators, giving everyone a chance to get together off the field, connect with old friends, meet players from across the country and enjoy a great Nationals traditio

🎉 WHAT’S INCLUDED:

⭐ Red Carpet Entrance
🎧 Live DJ – Renford “Bojangles” Thomas
🍺 Dedicated Bar
🏈 NFL Games on TVs
📺 Nationals logos and branding
🎁 Prizes & Giveaways
🎱 Pool
⚽ Foosball
🏓 Ping-Pong
🎯 Electronic Darts
⛳ Golf Simulators
🌽 Co****le
🪵 Giant Jenga
🎮 Games & entertainment included
📸 Red Carpet Photo Opportunities
🎶 Music & a great party atmosphere
🍔 Food available to order from Tailgators
🤝 Mix and mingle with teams, players and friends from across Canada
🏆 The perfect lead-in to Championship Monday!

🎟️ TICKETS

$10 in advance
$15 at the door

Advance ticket link coming soon!

Come out, represent your team, reconnect with the touch football community and enjoy one of the best traditions of Nationals weekend.

🔥 IT’S GOING TO BE A PARTY YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS!

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