Some Badgers were spotted wrestling in mud at Bud Miller All Seasons Park in support of a good cause.
Those badgers, more human-like than most, were from the Border City
Badgers Wrestling Club.
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They were out in full force on Aug. 30 looking to raise some money for their club
activities.
“It’s for the club, we’re looking to attend more club tournaments this year, we’re trying to go to nationals, more wrestling camps,” said Kaidin McGinnis, head coach and founder of the team.
McGinnis started the team out of a deep passion for the sport.
“I was training at The Fight Farm, I’m a wrestler in the past, I’ve got lots of experience and he (Garrett Tepper, Fight Farm owner) was nice enough to open up his space and let us train there to start an actual club wrestling team,” said McGinnis, explaining the team trains at the Fight Farm twice a week, currently on Fridays and Saturdays.
He explained the club is growing and attending plenty of tournaments.
“We’re affiliated with Sask Wrestling and we go to club tournaments,” said McGinnis. “We have a lot sticking around and now I think we have 10 guys.
“Anywhere from five years old to 18 years old.”
When it comes to learning wrestling, it’s all about the basics.
“Start slow, start with the basics, the fundamentals,” he said.
The inaugural Badger Bash Mud Edition was a barbecue fundraiser to help the team with expenses.
“Trying to raise some money to do that and send some boys and girls off to camps,” said McGinnis.
Residents and members of The Gym 110 MMA packed Bud Miller Park to see wrestlers compete in a for-fun mud wrestling event.
Something McGinnis says was integral to his time in wrestling.
“I got the idea of mud wrestling from Last Mountain Wrestling camp. It was outside of Regina,” he said. “They benefitted me dearly, it was the most fun thing at the camp. You’re working hard all week, and you get to mud
wrestle at the end of the week, it was fun.”
He says the community support has helped the team grow.
“Lots of parents have been helping out, they’ve been our biggest sponsors,” said McGinnis. “They donated to help out with this event and they help out a lot at the tournaments.”
The Badgers have been increasing their social media and community
presence, hoping to get the word out.
“We’ve been big on social media lately, I find that’s kind of the thing to do it,” said McGinnis. “I also do it kind of old school, the good old poster flyers and hang them up around town.
“We have an Instagram page. That’s where the majority of our posting is done. Border City Badgers Wrestling, just reach out through there.”
The team is in its first year of operation. McGinnis hopes to see another big event cap off the second year.
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