CW Rugby
Season Opens With Cup Action
This Saturday The Tricolors take to the pitch at Gordon Head against the Velox Club in the VIRU Barnard Cup opening game. 1ST DIV. kicks off at 1:00 p.m. and the Main Game is at @ 2:45 p.m. It will be an interesting contest, possibly the last between these two teams played at Gordon Head...
Donors Top Double Digits
Former Junior, Ben Lawless, back in town, all the way from Fort McMurray, gives his pint of claret! Lucy reports that donors reached and extended well beyond double digits over the weekend. There is a large contingent of NSMT players giving tomorrow and we remind folk that the drive concludes...
Sevens Weekend Winds Up
Terrific weather after a dismal start to the day was the order on Saturday afternoon and it was the backdrop for the Annual Victoria Sevens Tourney at UVic. Big draws were those national team players available....a limited number, given injuries and seeing the boys are off on the "new...
Minis Are In The Starting Blocks
Minis for girls and boys, ages 6 -11, kick off this Sunday at 10:00 a.m. @ Windsor. We are hoping to have wi-fi so parents can sign up electronically. There will be some kit available for purchase. Players we will have some homework for you....take a brochure and give it to your best pal...
Don't Waste That Claret!!
CW's Blood Donor Drive has commenced this week. We have seven and counting. Canadian Blood Services, 1-800-2DONATE; 3449 Saanich Road. Saturday is a BIG DAY.......give blood, watch Victoria Sevens. One sot open mid-morning, Saturday, contact Lucy...
It's No Fluke!
............that Canada's Senior Mens Team program is showing a vast imrovement with performance and results. The video shows some of the approach that has been responsible for recent gains. It is also a very motivating collage for any young players who are thinking of focussing on rugby with...
CW Pre-Season Goings On...
CW reminds all past, present and prospective players that training commences this coming Tuesday at Windsor Park in Oak Bay at 6:15 p.m. New players are especially welcome and any potential players should browse this site to get a sense of our club. Go to; Calendar for all training dates...
..........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,...
...And Now For the Rest Of The Story!
The Ontario Blues have announced their starters for tonite's contest at Langford. It is a side with heaps of talent and a strong Tricolored flavour. In the front row, recent adoptees and Team Canada victors over the U.S., Barkwill and Woolridge will be joined by Dolezel and they will line...
Pucker Leads The Blues
Daypuck On The Fly Yonks Ago! Ontario Blues will include a couple of faces familiar to Victorians on Friday night. Derek Daypuck is rumoured to lead the squad, so there's life in the old dog yet! Pucker, a very accomplished player, owner of 17 Canadian caps, adopted CW for many seasons...
B.C. Bears Announce Squad Vs Ontario Blues
Adam "The Beardo" Kleeberger is the major newcomer to the Bears side announced to play Ontario at Westhills Arena, Friday evening at 7:30 p.m. Kleeberger last played for BC in 2011 prior to his departure for the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. One of three iconic Canadian...
CW's Fall Cause
Castaway Wanderer's Community Events Coordinator, Lucy Barwin is very pleased to announce the Club's volunteer initiative for the Fall. Each year CW supports a unique cause. This season, it is blood donorship. There have been members of the rugby community requiring blood transfusions and...
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...
Junior Boy's/Men's Rugby Is Underway!
Junior Boys/Men for the coming Fall season; U14: Born 2000, 2001 U16: Born 1998, 1999 U18: Born 1996, 1997 Training information and Team Managers are noted below. Please contact your Team Manager for more details, training field locations and game information. Registration must...
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...
Home Cooking Should Do The Trick
Coach Crowley has gone with the same starting selection for Saturday's "return" match against The Eagles at Toronto's BMO Field, with the exception of injured players, Hamilton and Cudmore. Ray Barkwill gets his chance to start and won't dissapoint but will need to harness his "chirpiness" to...
Midweek Musings
Burkie Joins Board R.C. Rugby Canada is all A-Twitter with the announcement yesterday of B.B.'s addition to the Board. Brian Burke was "appointed" (Vs. volunteered/elected/nominated). The patter is that Burke will bring a positive profile, although the opinions are polarised in the...
Meet Our Sponsors
It is with pleasure that CW introduces this new feature to our website. Luke Kratz kicks off this feature. Luke works with CIBC - Wood Gundy as a Portfolio Manager and Financial Advisor. Luke has been in the business “for many years”, the past seven of which have been with Wood Gundy. ...
Canada Announces Strong XV
Coach Crowley has announced a very strong starting XV to play the U.S. in South Carolina this Saturday. Andrew Tiedeman gets the nod to replace Hubie at loose head and Ryan Hamilton starts ahead of Barkwill. The locks, Jab Sinclair and Cudmore bring a welcome edge, a mongrel that maybe has...
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...
Giving Back
CW Special Events Coordinator, Lucy Barwin wishes to thank the many CW players, parents, Board members and friends (!!) who volunteered at yesterday's Classic Car Show on The Avenue. After a rainy start the day went very well with some guys even getting back from Vancouver from the CRC game...
National Boys and Mens Age Grade Winners.
CW's Simon Gray, with a John Thiel look-alike beside him, chomps the gold after B.C. Gold (#1's) defeated Ontario by a score of 50 - 0 in the Final. A tip of the Ruggernut's cap to Dante Morandin and Simon (Ed. - add Gavin Kratz), who were members of the undefeated B.C. squad. We would be...
Day #2 @ The Nats
Following Day #1's excellent results for BCRU age grade teams, Day #2, recorded some highlights and one major glitch, that being the Blue Ribbon game of the day at the U18 Men's level with BC #1 taking on Ontario. The Ontario team is a sizeable and experienced unit and led all the way with a...
B.C. Bears Growl
BC Bears open their CRC campaign tomorrow at UBC (7:00p.m.) It will be like a home coming event for CW as Buckley, Thornber and Morris let's add CW Mini and Jr grad, now with UVic, Luke Mc Closkey who will line up for the Bears with Franklin, Sampson and Gilmour on the other side with...
Canada Announces Squad Vs U.S. - RWC, 2015 Playdowns
Rugby Canada has announced its squad to play U.S. Eagles for early inclusion into the next RWC to be held in the U.K. The squad has notable strong inclusions - van der Merwe, Cudmore and MacKenzie, players who were not available for the summer series of tests. It will be devoid of Bydens,...