Girls Rugby
Cel-e-brate Good Times,.......Come On!
CW Family offers its best wishes to Girls' Coach Marley Riordan (and husband, Pat), on the birth of their second child, a daughter! Marls will actually have to take some time off from coaching-'onya, Marley! Also, over the holiday season, Captain Tieds announced his engagement...
Around Ceedub
Final weekend for tree shredding. Thanks for your support to date. Remind your neighbours! Saturday, Sunday; 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Boys and girls, aged 14 - 17. Reminder of Vikes Academy, starts tomorrow at 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. @ Wallace Field. Bargain prive - ten...
Youth Aged 14 - 19, Grow Your Game @ Vikes Academy
Starting Friday, 14th January, 4:00 - 5:30 at Wallace Field. Registration cost, $160 for ten weeks until Friday, March 14th. Head Coach - Doug Tate Includes; Individual skill development; Tactics; Decision making; Speed training; Mental preparation; Fitness assessment; Weight...
Day One - Canada Women In Dubai
Canada's NSWT moved into the quarter finals after day#1 action in Dubai. The outcome is good however, the team would not have been happy as to how it occured, beeating France handsomely, thence tying Brazil and getting whitewashed against Australia. What Head Coach John Tait said following...
Meet Our Parents Night
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER, 28TH. CW is hosting this event at DISCOVERY SPORTS CLUB - 714 DISCOVERY ST., with the hopes that many of our parents of mini, girls and junior rugby players can make the effort to drop in to the club, 7:30 - 10:00 p.m. The purpose of the evening is purely social!...
Island Mini Jamboree
CW Mini organizers report on a successful V.I. Jamboree held yesterday at UVic's Wallace Field and Velox Field. Teams came from as far afield as Comox and Nanaimo. South Island clubs, Cowichan, Velox and CW added to the mix. A total of over one hundred and fifty players from U8's to U12's...
Quelle Journee
CWRFC was able to take great consolation after a hat trick of senior mens losses over the weekend with a fantastic day of mini, girls and junior boys rugby on Sunday last. The Minis hosted an "interclub" day, with teams from Campbell River, Cowichan and Velox playing in U8, U10 and...
Rugby Extravaganza This Weekend
CW will be fielding a record ten teams on the pitch this Saturday and Sunday, from Minis to Senior Men. Saturday competition sees a change of time when the Ones play JBAA @ 11:30 a.m. and Premier action kicks off at 1:00 p.m. The First Divies have some work to do to make up for what might...
Inclement Weather Cancels A Great Day
The day that might have been......GREAT! Most unfortunately, Windsor Park has significant standing water late this afternoon and all rugby fixtures that had been planned for tomorrow - minis, girls and age grade boys and youth are cancelled. The forecast for tomorrow is .....much of the...
Age Grade Action All Day!
Sunday - Games On!! Windsor Park will be bursting at the seams this coming Sunday with age grade action. Minis kick off at 10:00 a.m. followed by U14's taking on Cowichan at 11:30. At 1:00 p.m. the U16 boys host Cowichan and the U18's open their season against Cowichan at 2:30 p.m. ...
Recapping The Weekend
Scotty ('The Bus') Franklin, on the rampage at Gordon Head. Relishing his return to #8, Scott had a solid game, being named MoM. (Game photos posted - credits, Ron Willems.) The two matches at Gordon Head produced somewhat stereotyped results, with CW opening up big leads and the home...
..........And Now For Something Rather Special
This promo video for Women's Rugby comes compliments of Rugby Canada. It is insightful to see just why the Women's program has been so successful over the past months. You go,...
Summer Sevens Series Winds Up
Learn From The Masters. King Of Sevens, Waisale Serevi will be present in Victoria on Friday, September 6th to offer a Specialist Training Camp for interested sevens playing youth, ages 7 - 12 and 13 yrs and older. Serevi's magic is known to many, leading Fiji to two RWC Championships in...
Girls Registration is Open !
Girls registration is open for the 2013/2014 season ! It has been a busy off-season for the Castaway Wanderer girls with many of the girls representing the Island and their Province in summer competitions. Many of the CW girls also turned out for the Victoria 7s as well. Congrats to...
REGISTRATION - Back To School - Early Bird Special
CW is pleased to finally announce that the BCRU electronic registration system for all players is up and running. To celebrate the occasion, the Club is announcing an Early Bird discount for ALL players, Minis to Senior who are electronically registered before September 8th. There will be...
Solid Gold
The thrill of victory shown on the faces of the "Ponytail Powerhouses", CW's Sophie De Goede and Caroline Crossley after their victory over Ontario in the National U16 Championship game. The girls, Soph @ #9 and Caroline @ #15 were major contributors throughout Pool play and again, in the...
How About These Ladies?
One cannot produce enough superlatives about our Nat's Women. After a close loss to the home team, U.S.A. the other day, the women were given a reprieve by their "friends", England who came up with a close win in an upset over the same and previously undefeated, U.S.A. The Maple Leafs had...
Ruggernut's Ramblings
Today's main news segues nicely into some musings that have been spinning around for some time after watching the meteoric growth of CW Girl's Rugby. "It's summer time and the living is easy" but the rugby calendar is still busy - PRC's; CRC's; Summer Games; World Games; Nations Cups,...
National Age Grade Championships
CW is proud to announce its more than fair share of boys and girls who will don the B.C. colors in search of a National Championship, starting next Wednesday at UBC. In the B.C. Girls U16 Gold Team - Sophie De Goede and Caroline Crossley carry the torch and the B.C. Blue Team will include...
U20 Women Go Undefeated
The Womens Nations Cup for U20 play goes to .... CANADA! The girls went undefeated in matches against the U.S.A. (2X - 27-3 in the Final!!), Great Britain and South Africa. Go, you good things! Back in Canadaland, the B.C. Mens U19 team won the Age Grade Championships with a hard...
Canadian Women All The Rage !!
Canadian Womens Rugby has hit the headlines again in the rugby world! WoooWeee! The Women finished in third place at the recently completed World Student Games in Kazan. They overcame Great Britain, 36 - 0 for the bronze medal. Meanwhile, the Womens U20 team has posted an undefeated 3 -...
Youth International Sevens - Huge Success
Canada's NSMT has lit up the Sevens world with a very successful winter campaign and if the action on show at UVic yesterday is any indication, the torch has been successfully passed down to our youth. Pictured is the B.C. Mens U18 team, winners in the Final over Ontario and featuring CW's...
Day #1 International Sevens
A classic day of high quality youth sevens under the best skies Victoria could offer, augering well for some epic playoffs tomorrow. Highlight of the day was the BC Gold Vs. Utah match, where B.C. had to come from behind to nut out the visitors 26 -19, in a less than stellar match but it had...
Future Olympians On Show
Today and Saturday a number of potential Olympians will take to the pitch at UVic for the Annual International Youth Sevens Tournament, featuring teams from; Ontario, Southern California, Washington State, Utah and England! Action begins at Wallace Field @ 10:00 a.m. when Sth Cal takes...
The Spirit Of Rugby
Heard the esprit de corps between Island Girls & Boys @ UBC on the weekend was FIRST CLASS. Shown here, the girls cheering on the boys on their way to do battle in the Final. Full video is here:...