New location for Buca 2026!
The 22nd annual Mike “Buca” Lundberg Memorial Rugby Tournament will be held March 7th, 2026 at Surly Festival Field! For the first time ever, we are moving our snow rugby tournament to the Twin Cities.
520 Malcolm Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414
HISTORY
In 2004, the Mike Lundberg Memorial Tournament started as a fun opportunity to play winter rugby for men and women of all skill levels while donating 100% of the proceeds to help defray the costs of Mike’s treatments. Sadly, Mike lost his long battle with Leukemia in 2008. At the request of his family, we have continued the tournament to celebrate his life and help a member of the Minnesota rugby community in need.
This year our beneficiary will be Joe “Rubber” Lang, one of our old boys who is unfortunately battling a very rare occurrence of cancer returning after beating it 20 years ago. All proceeds from the tournament will go to Rubber and his family.
JOIN IN!
The event is free and open to the public! Come on out and learn about rugby or support your favorite player as they get tackled into a snowbank. You can also support the fundraiser by buying a Supporter ticket to pre-pay for this year’s Tourney Shirt and pick it up at the event.
Players
The tournament is open to all ruggers, from both men’s and women’s clubs college age and up. Teams are co-ed, mixed-team, so come with all your teammates or come by yourself! You’ll be put on a random team picked from the entire pool of players. Pre-register by buying a Player ticket below; your Tourney Shirt is included!
Check in starts at 10am and rugby will start by 11.
Sponsors
There are two sponsorship levels this year: $200 gets your company’s, organization’s, or personal logo featured on the back of our tournament shirts and the continuously updated sponsor section on this page, and $100 gets you all the same but just the name will be featured. Both sponsorship levels get you a Tourney Shirt as well! The 2025 Tourney Shirt is below:
If you would like to donate straight to Rubber’s fund, feel free to purchase any level of ticket below and write “Donation” as part of your name. Every cent raised goes directly to Rubber and his family.
If you have any questions, or would like to pay via cash, check, or Venmo, please email Brent at btguimon@gmail.com.
Hotels
We have a dual brand hotel sponsor this year that is located right next to Surly if you’re looking for somewhere to stay. The links below will give a slight discount to book a room. Unfortunately we’re sharing the weekend with a hockey tournament, so rooms are filing up fast!
Hampton Inn:
https://www.hilton.com/en/book/reservation/deeplink/?ctyhocn=MSPUAHX&flexibleDates=true&srpCodes=LHHT28
Home2 Suites:
https://www.hilton.com/en/book/reservation/deeplink/?ctyhocn=MSPTCHT&flexibleDates=true&srpCodes=LHTP48
Keep in touch and up to date on all the announcements by joining our Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/share/1JnpMNXN75/
Let’s play some *snow* rugby!
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