42nd Annual Robbie International Soccer Tournament 2008

June 30, 2008 11:57 am video, youth

THE 2008 ROBBIE
In loving memory of Robbie Wimbs

In 1967, a group of Scarborough, ON soccer enthusiasts met in John Wimbs’ living room to organize a small soccer tournament for boys. From above, they heard three year old Robbie Wimbs receiving treatment for Cystic Fibrosis. CF is an incurable disease that in 1967 took most of its victims before the age of five.

There and then the organizers decided to dedicate their tournament, not just to soccer, but to fighting the disease. The Robbie was born.