Fifteens
Saturday Previews
It seems almost foreign to see a Caps team minus Glen McKinnon! With weather predicted as perfect, CW will take to the pitch on Saturday for three outstanding contests. The Premier Women kick off at 11:15 a.m. Vs Westshore. With only the two women’s teams in town, the matches...
Monday's Musings
Stretching the point! On a personal note – always good to be at Hornets RFC, as one of the 1968 “re-founding fathers” I can usually bump into an old mate or two and on this occasion it was Bill Dryden. A good support group of Used-to-Bees was on hand as usual and Nanaimo, your ground, lights...
Road Warriors Bag Hat Trick
Captain Stewart, airborn! It was a good day for the Tricolors in Nanaimo, winning all three matches and at the same time sympathizing with numbers issues the home club is facing. CW has known this problem all too well and may very possibly face the same issue, sooner rather than later and...
Weekend Predictions
CW is on the road this weekend when all three senior teams visit the Hub City. The women kick off at 11:15 a.m. at May Bennett Park as the Hornets host their home opener. It is hard to make a prediction with little information however CW women have played one on the road, losing to Comox. ...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
Further scores from the weekend...... From Coach Spenny we have the following report of the U19’s opener against JBA. This age grade has been increased from U18 to U19, not sure of the reasoning, maybe Head Office has hopes of better retention figures, we’ll see. “The weather broke to...
Too Much Fire Power From Locals
CW "grad", Aiden Cole, pulled to turf in late going. Opening Day at the House saw an impressive crowd assembled to enjoy two diverse games of rugby. It was not expected that the track-meet would occur in the curtain-raiser but a fit and rather large group of Norsemen lads, led by newcomer,...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
Mentioned on this site yesterday the BIG DAY this Saturday with the fun beginning as early as 10:00 a.m. for the tykes. It is always a great day when we welcome the Vikes to our House and a wonderful bond of comradery and competition has evolved in recent years as CW youth, seeking...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
CW's Doug Fraser on the burst with B.C. Bears Tomorrow sees the B.C. Bears in semi-final action for the Canadian regional Championships when they play Ontario Blues in Calgary at 4:00 (PST). The match will be downstreamed HERE. CW congratulates Mike Finnemore, selected to play lock,...
Monday's Musings
This Girl Was On Fire! Sophie De Goede - a lady for all seasons, in action for Queens U Vs Acadia. Canada’s U20 Women’s captain, Sophie De Goede (pictured above), led her team to a very close score-line (17 - 27), against England on Saturday in Halifax. Sophie led the Tri-Nations...
Monday's Musings
CW’s Dustin Dobravsky watches the fruits of his labors! All Bears It was a good night for rugby at Klahanie Park last Friday. The Boys U14 Reps suited up against Washington State. The American side featured some behemoth thirteen year olds who were matched with a technically stable...
AROUND CEEDUB
CW’s President has released the following presser, relating to club coaching for the coming season; VICTORIA – Castaway Wanderers Rugby President Matt Gordon is pleased to announce Ken Goodland is returning to the club as the Senior Men’s Assistant Head Coach and the club's forwards coach. Ken...
Monday's Musings
Other times? (OR just different jerseys??) “Give it to Mozac”……………..came the chants in the late going. I read this somewhere in the tweets when trying to get scores of last Friday’s CRC match between the B.C. Bears and Prairie Wolfpack. If you didn’t get it………..in a nutshell. BC opened with...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
Day #1 Nationals B.C. U19 Men. Down 14 -3 at the half to Quebec, the rallying cry obviously went out. It started with CW’s, Jack Carson on a nice blind side break to score and B.C. forged to 15 – 17. When another try was added and the lead taken @ 20 – 17 things looked good only for CW’s...
Monday's Musings
Sevens Spectacle Congratulations, Bianca! Today we offer a shout out to both our Men’s and Women’s Sevens teams who finished 3rd and 4th respectively in Paris. Unfortunately, for the Women the win over France was still not sufficient to nab third place overall in the HSBC Series. For...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
OAK BAY HIGH SCHOOL BARBS - B.C. CHAMPS (Photo - Brian Kelly, R.C.) A POTPOURRI OF RUGBY NEWS AND VIEWS Oak Bay H.S. Barbs, emblazoned with the initials of "D.J.", the legendary alum, Dylan Jones, to honour his life, continued to ride the wave of a storybook season last weekend. The...
Here We Go Again!
Oak Bay Barbs, Jack Carson fires one out.... Tomorrow at 5:30 p.m. Shawnigan Lake will play Oak Bay HS in the BC Schools AAAA Boys Final. This will be a repeat of the Vancouver Island Final last week. We posted a descriptive blog on this one but many missed it due to issues we had...
Barbs Burst Stags Bubble!
Abercrombie, fearless from an early age when he learned the art of the tackle! Loose forward and Captain, Tom Abercrombie led his Oak Bay Barbs, including a host of CW Mini “grads” to a huge upset over SLS Stags on Wednesday. Tom tried his hand at tennis and golf after Mini days,...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
Canada U20 Men’s Team Today, CW wishes to offer our congratulations to a number of young men who have been selected to represent Canada in the upcoming (June 12 & 16) North American Qualifier against the U.S.A. in Houston. We gave Schellie a shout-out on Monday after his play in the Trial...
Our Man in New Zealand
Had word recently from CW’s, Jordan Ford, giving it a go in Canterbury. Jordan had the first half of the season at the House of Windsor but as many young men are wont to do, packed his bags and headed to the Mecca of Rugby Football – N.Z. Jordan has picked up with Timaru and from his report,...
Monday's Musings
PUTTING THE SEASON TO BED This writer has to thank all those who dressed for the Men’s Prems this season for a job well done. One firstly thinks of the multiple-season stalwarts, Braddock, Thornber, Heppy and Ollie and a few others with not as much seniority. Then one reflects on the likes...
Hatrick of Playoff Performances
All three CW teams find themselves in semis action on Saturday. Unfortunately, a supporter’s bus to Vancouver concept, fell through. We would hope that our women are the beneficiaries with strong sideline support at Juan de Fuca when they kick off against Westshore at 2:30 p.m. The men...
....And Then There Were Four!
OMG....Shut the front door! Heartiest congratulations to CW Men and Women Premier teams, both qualifying for the final four. The Men turned the tables on UVic with a 45 – 37 win and the women had a fantastic victory over Burnaby, 53 – 29 on Saturday. Indeed, CW is one of two club sides...
De Day
2:30 Kickoff HOUSE of WINDSOR MENS PREMIER PLAYOFF RUGBY...
Playoff Prognostications
CW Men go into three weekend playoff matches. The Islanders (VIRU – Div2) travel to the mainland to play Meralomas. This is a tough result to predict as The Tricolours have not named their selection and the strength of the Lomas is unknown. I suppose, given the inconsistency of...
Authors of Our Own Demise?
Those darn Vikings! A word of THANKS, from the Captain. “Last Saturday it was bums in seats, this Saturday it was boots on ground.” Captain, Nathan Stewart has responded graciously on behalf of the club’s players for the generosity of CW’s patrons. Yesterday, our two men’s...