Our People

Spencer Robinson

Spence began coaching (women's rugby), in 1986. He has coached at all levels either in men's or women's programs. Club (Ajax Wanderers, U.Vic, UBC, Burnaby Lake, CW); Regionals (Crimson Tide, Fraser Valley); Provincial (BC Women, U15 Boys); National (Canada 7's - Men's and Women's,...
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Kim Donaldson

Kim Donaldson is a former NSW15s player who has represented Canada at 2 World Cups at hooker. She joins us in the second half after completing a coaching assignment with the  Canada West champion UVIC Vikes.   Kim is another Burnaby Lake alumnus who has recently moved to the...
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Mandy Marchak

Mandy Marchak, one of Canada’s premier 7s and 15s players of the last decade and true trailblazer in the sport of women’s rugby, has been part of our youth coaching team.  Just recently retired from the NSW7s program, she will be the perfect complement to Megan as she...
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Olly Winser

Olly Winser, native of Montreal, came to our program from UVIC a couple of years ago.   A backline player and Education student, he has quickly become integral and...
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Luticia (Tish) Hill & Brian Huse

Tish is originally from Hudson, Quebec and moved out west in the early ‘80s. Brian originates from Boston, but was raised in Seattle. They met at a sailing regatta in the States and lived in Seattle until a move to Victoria in 2006. For Tish it was a return to Victoria, after...
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Erin Vipond

A former East Coast player and mother of rugby playing daughters, Erin Vipond, will continue to be involved with our growing U10 to U14 coaching team of Ed Knaggs, Aaron Cook and Olly Winser.  Erin is a former player who played her rugby on the East coast and is an active member of the...
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Scott Manning

Scott Manning will lead a team of club coaches, still a work in progress, for the coming season. Coaching in the VIRU League and the B.C. CDI Premiership League is a definite challenge and time consuming task when success is the goal and Scott’s first challenge will be for the boys to...
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Nanyak Dala

Roger Robinson

Roger has served the club well in many coaching capacities as long as we can remember.  He has worked with U16 and U18 Boy's teams winning V.I. and B.C. Championships.  He has served in a cameo role for the past three seasons as co-coach/assistant for the 1sts but that role has...
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Doug Hepp

We have no idea if Heppy will be able to really hang them up long enough to do the coaching job justice!  With a Coaching PhD. from The School of Hard Knocks, Dougie has worked his apprenticeship through age grade rugby, U16's, U18's with Rogie and Spenny and in the distant past,...
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Riley Ilnicki

A real iron man of Ceedub rugby, last year's Premier Captain, Riley Ilnicki, will bring fire and inspiration to this group who will be proud to learn from him on thie rpath to becoming the legendary, Riley's Raiders.

Noah Molia

Noah is another veritable pillar of the club.  Not only does he bring his years of playing experience, he couples that with his life experience to ensure players are not only on becoming better players but better people. He takes pride in looking after his "Divvies" even though a...
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Matt Gordon

Matt is probably better known as The Chaplain of The Islanders, a group that is mustered from near and far for action on the Sabbath.  He can be seen here, laying down the law, a customary posture. His Thurds became The Islanders last season and as such, need to be more accountable to...
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Shane Muldrew

Shane is returning for his fourth season with Ceedub.  2015/16 Shane coached the U14 Boys to Provincial Champs and currently co-coaches B.C.'s U16 Boys Reps.

Ed Knaggs

Ed Knaggs has had a long association with CW as both a player and now stalwart coach in the mini program.  He was born in Trinidad, grew up in Nova Scotia and made his way out to BC when he graduated from Dalhousie Engineering. He plays a special role in the girls program as the bridging...
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David Crossley

"Bing" is a well known former player, having worn the colors of UVic, OB Wanderers and VIRU Crimson Tide. He has become very involved with CW's recent initiative with girls rugby,...
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Megan Gibbs

Megan has been with the CW Girls program for the last 3 years and came onboard when our original coach, Marley Riordan, took time off to be a mother.   Megan is a both a NSW7s and NSW15s capped player (total of 38 caps) and has a wealth of playing and coaching experience.  She...
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Aaron Cook

Aaron joins us from a land down under (NZ) and has true Kiwi rugby credentials.    He has been coaching minis (including both of his daugthers) for the last number of years including stints in coaching Tide U16 Boys and assistant coach for the BCRU High Performance...
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Kerri Cook

Kerri is a native Vancouver Islander who grew up in Port McNeill, BC before jetting across the globe to New Zealand when she was 19 years old.   It was there that she met her future husband and the rest is history.   Kerri is an avid touch rugby player (played in touch...
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John Sheridan

Born in Nanaimo, early years on mainland, Belmont Sec., UVic Bsc.Started playing rugby at UVic, 2nd row and primarily prop. Invited to one Crimson Tide trial to make up front row numbers.Coached gridiron football from pewee to junior (U22) level, lapsed level3 certification and...
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Don Swainson

Don comes to us from Ontario where he coached age grade Provincial teams, being Level II NCCP certified and he was extremely active in his club, Highland RFC. He is a certified referee to boot. He first played for the club in the "year of the merger", 1989 under the wand of King Billy Rees and...
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Dave Crossley

"Bing" is a well known former player, having worn the colors of UVic, OB Wanderers and VIRU Crimson Tide. He has become very involved with CW's recent initiative with girls rugby,...
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Ian MacLean.

"Macca" has been around for many moons, being the initiator of the long standing Mini Rugby program, taking his turn at the helm and now taking on the task of improving communication. He claims "it oils the neural traces".