CW Rugby
Best In League Come To Town
League leading, Burnaby Lakers will be at Windsor tomorrow when they take on the locals in First Div action at 1:00 p.m. and Premier at 2:45. Burnaby will be gunning for a Tricolor scalp as Windsor has been a nemesis for some time for The Lakers. Burnaby sport a very accomplished group in...
Unsung Hero - Off The Field
Some 25+ years ago, the Vancouver Island Refs Society insisted (via way of a club fine), that clubs rope their fields - an innovation at the time. This reminisce brings us to John Morley! John started his rugby as a "late starter", around twenty, in the U.K. He was a spare for his soccer...
Unsung Hero - On The Field
The second of our "Unsung Heros" is Riley Ilnicki. Riley is a 23 year old Accountant Articling student and he has been playing rugby for ten years. He started playing in Grade 8 and continued at Williams Lake High School under the watchful eye of Paul ("Father/Pablo") Carnes. Williams Lake is...
Sizzling Start; Frizzle and Frazzle To Finish!
CW hosted JBAA in two matches, Saturday last. The Ones trailed 3- 21 after a disappointing first half. The teams tied each other, 17 - 17 in the second stanza for a final, CW 20 - JBAA 38, bonus point victory. The Ones, so far this season, appear mirred on the runway. Tabor and Crawford...
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...
Dryworld Is Everywhere
It is with great pride that CW can now announce its relationship with Dryworld Industries, joining other prominent rugby bodies, Rugby Canada and BCRN. As published elsewhere on this site, Co-owner and CW faithful, Matt Weingart, yesterday presented a pair of Dry Feet to John...
Newcomer Sets Bar
Co-owner Dry Feet and Tricolor, Matt Weingart Presents John Braddock With His Pair. The CW Executive is pleased to announce the pre-season and "opening days" award winner, John Braddock. John is the happy recipient of his new pair of Dryfeet. The coaches had been asked to select a player...
Los Pumas Revisit The Park
On a glorious sunny Thanksgiving morning, it was great to see the Argentinian National Mens team back at Windsor for a practise session. Last year at the ARC, CW officially hosted this team. This year the liaison officer is Gustavo Verna. It was great to have some of our minis out, having a...
Pumas At Windsor
Today's action at The Park features Minis at 9:30 and the Argentinian Nats training at 10:30. We remind folk that access will be circuitous today owing to Royal Vic Marathon. Enjoy the sun, lots to be thankful for on this Thanksgiving weekend. Go,...
Referee News
CW offers kudos to Chris Assmus who has just been appointed to two full Internationals; Uruguay Vs Spain and U.S.A. Vs N.Z. Maori, both games taking place next month. This is a real coup for the young 24 year old B.C. ref. Chris refereed in England and Wales in the early spring and...
Captain Tieds Leads Canada Against Uruguay
CW's Club Captain, Andrew Tiedemann has been selected to lead the NSMT for their contests in the upcoming ARC's. Andrew will have Gorvorchin (BLRFC) and Jake Illnicki (Williams Lake) starting as FRF, Flagg (CW), Morrison (UBCOB), Kleeberger (CW), Coughlin (JBAA) McQueen (Balmy Beach)...
U16's Play Opener On The Road
After what can only be described as a bizarre start to the season with a combination of schedule changes, cancellations and inhospitable weather, CW's U16 men hit the pitch last Sunday for their first game action. In an effort to seek competition, a friendly was arranged with Bayside and...
Canada At The Gold Coast
The Maple Leafs landed in Brisbane yesterday in temperatures hovering around 30 deg., to play in the opening round of the Sevens Circuit. The squad includes a number of CW "connections" and will be captained by UVic's, Nate Hirayama. Senior members are; Ciaran Hearn, John Moonlight (nb....
CW U14 Shows HEART in Match with Velox
On a beautiful autumn day the spirit of rugby was alive and well as CW U14 hosted the Velox Valhalians at Windsor Park. With Velox experiencing a shortage of players for the match each half saw four CW volunteers battling hard on behalf of the Velox team. Prior to the match, our boys...
Visitors "Pinch" CDI Opener
Rhys (The Caboose) Jones on the rampage Vs Caps. CW arrived at Klahanie Cauldron rather late on Saturday last, after dodging downtown Vancouver traffic. Following a brief warm up it was “game on”. Conditions and the weather were favorable after a week of rain. A good mix of forward and...
Los Pumas Vover A Windsor Park
CW Minis & U14's will take advantage of watching an International team train when Argentina takes to Windsor Park this coming Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. and next Sunday at 10:30 a.m. On Wednesday, the U14's will train after Los Pumas at 4:30 and Coach Shane has asked as many as possible to take in...
Around The League
The BCRU Premiership League gets underway this afternoon. Let's start with CW. The Tricolors travel to Klahanie to take on the Caps, always tough at home. Caps had a tough game last week last week with a narrow two point loss to Burnaby. CW is slowly mustering the troops. There is a hint...
Unsung Hero - Off The Field
Who lines our field rain, hail or shine, midweek, weekends? Who completes the program layout and ensures weekly roster inserts get to the printers on time? Who assists with the website and its associated graphics? Who designs posters and brochures for Mini and Girls Rugby promotion? ...
Unsung Hero - On The Field
Cometh the hour, cometh the man. In what has been a particularly rocky start to the season, certain individuals have stood out. Over the next couple of weeks, we will recognize some of these "Unsung Heroes". The first is Gord Kehoe. Gord's hometown is Alliston, Ontario, where he entered...
Numbers Belie Tale Of The Tape
Excitement is in the rugby air as another CDI season kicks off. The state of the CW Nation appears hale with 58 senior men registered. These numbers are every bit as healthy as the past three seasons, yet it is a problem that the club is having to field two senior teams. CW is struggling to...
Fruitless Trek Crosstown
In horrendous weather conditions, CW dropped a pair of results to James Bay yesterday. The Ones found themselves down 10 - 18 at the interval and failed to make any inroads in the second stanza, losing 17 - 33. The Prems had a plot that could have and some might say, should have, succeeded...
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...
Old School Values Come To The Fore
At practise last night an oleo of talent worked hard, ranging The Park. Players will need to exhibit the value of selflessness before the starting XV is jig-sawed to take the pitch on Saturday. Loyalty to the Tricolor and pride of performance will be much needed values as players will...
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. ...