Juniors
Goings On @ C.W.
JUNIOR RUGBY Wednesday (TOMORROW) at 7:00 p.m. @ DSC there will be a gathering for parents of players in the club's Mini and Junior Rugby programs, (girls and boys). Specifically, the purpose of the gathering is to confirm (and add to) the coaching and management volunteers of our...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
B.C. BEARS SUMMER LONG LIST & SOUTH AMERICA TOUR. C.W. offers special congratulations to Gord Kehoe and Jon Morris who will be travelling to Argentina this summer with the Bears. Keenan Horton was also selected but unfortunately, is in the middle of studies. Tricolor's, Kenny Goodland...
Bouquets & Brickbats - Saturday's Travesty
Almost 19,000 fans flocked to BMO Field to see if Canada’s NSMT could front up and dispel the doubts that crept in during the second stanza against Japan last week. During the week, the IRB had adjusted the global standings and Canada found itself sliding one place to Georgia. Short...
Wednesday's, "Ruck & Maul"
FORGING ELITE FITNESS An opportunity for youth girls and boys, aged 13 – 17 for twelve weeks of top class fitness training. WHEN: Starting June 16th, twice weekly at 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m., (Tuesdays and Thursdays). WHERE: 708 Pembroke Street, Crossfit Gym. On Saturday, June 14th...
Wednesday's, "Ruck & Maul".
Excitement abounds as we welcome the Cherry Blossoms and their record of seven wins on the trot. Coached by noted Aussie, Eddie Jones and assisted by Leigh Jones, the Japanese side features a much more confident group of players than ever before with players who can call New Zealand,...
Summer Camps For Youth
We are getting plenty of requests about CW running Summer Camps for Youth Rugby. Sorry, at this point in time, this is not possible but a matter the Board has discussed and agree the importance of implementation...so, probably next summer. In the meantime, we have received news of two...
Buckley Pots Points In Cup Loss
Yesterday at Cowichan RFC's, Herd Rd Field, the table was set quite nicely in early matches between the Fraser Valley R.U. & the V.I.R.U. The Spring Tide (U20) Men, coached by Winston Stanley opened with a lop-sided victory by a score of 78 to 12. UVic's Fergus Hall led the way in the...
Island Champs
It's a dip of The Ruggernut's cap to Oak Bay Jr Barbs, winners over Shawnigan Lake yesterday in the Island final by a score of 23 - 17. Down 12 - 17 at the half, the boys answered with 15 points to bagel in the second stanza. We include the photo which shows sixteen CW Jrs who were members of...
Players Dinner & Awards Night
This event is one of our club’s special occasions. It was an evening of celebration as we had Yak Dala and Ciaran Hearn present and were all thrilled and proud for them and their Sevens team mates’ achievements on this day, qualifying for Cup play in Glasgow. These two, plus a capped...
Wanted - Players!
2014 PROVINCIAL REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS UNDER 15 VANCOUVER ISLAND RUGBY UNION – SOUTH ISLAND TIDE U15 BOYS Head Coach: Shane Muldrew [email protected] Assistant Coach: Jake Duraan [email protected] Manager: TBD We invite...
Community Service
Hats off to Ceedub's U16's who volunteered as Clean Up Krew at the T.C. 10K. Seventeen guys, working as a team. Organizers report; "best crew ever". That's givnig back, guys - great job! ...
CW U14's Raise The Banner
U14's "Sign In" with their club! Not to be outdone by the BC Champs, U16 counterparts, the U14's gathered midweek at The Temple to raise their own, VIRU Island Champs banner. It was a first for many of the parents and most players (except those who had been at Christmas parties!!) to be at...
National Women's Team Take The Victoria Stage
We have been void around our CW site this week but open today's posting with a huge CONGRATULATIONS to our NSWT on their lop-sided, midweek victory over the U.S. by a score of 51 - 7. This eclectic summary of play (credit to Mark Bryant of BCRN), gives the viewer an insight as to what...
Tuesday's Ruck & Maul
NSWT IN ACTION Canada's Women play U.S.A. today at 3:30 at John Leckie Field, Shawnigan Lake School.....FREE!! CANADA U20 MEN Vs JAPAN Canadian U20's play Japan this coming Thursday to save some face in what has been a disappointing Junior World Championship, with no hope...
Monday's Ruck & Maul
Retina Ready We apologise to those supporters who view our site via Apple mediums, smart phone or IPads. Sometimes our photos will be “pixelated” due to a feature of Apple related to photo size that is not automatically a corrective feature of web sites, in lay terms, that is my best shot at...
Wednesday's, "Ruck & Maul".
Standings coming out of last Saturday, sees CW having gained one point on Caps. As has been said, "a step at a time". This coming Saturday, Caps visit MacDonald Park whilst Lomas visit the House of Windsor. Focus on the game at hand will be the order of the day. CW's D.J. Sears...
We Are Fam-i-lee!
Noticed recently, after a Mighty Thurds contest, the above father/son duo – Kyle and Greg Armstrong. It piqued our interest about this young man from Ontario, Kyle Armstrong. We nabbed Kyle for a brief interview. Kyle started playing back in Grade 9. He moved to Victoria as one of the...
CW U14 & U16 Host Tour from Cochrane, Alberta
CW U14 and U16 had a great opportunity to host a team from Cochrane. Alberta on Sunday in some fine Island weather that the Alberta lads savoured. The day started with a great 13 aside match for the U14s and continued with some sevens rugby for the older team. Both fixtures showed a great deal...
Ruck & Maul
B.C. ELITE SEVENS The Thompson/Tate Troupe – BC Elite Youth Sevens (men), have arrived and shaken off the cobwebs in Hong Kong. This is a select U18 team and it will be their third visit to play concurrently, with the IRB Men’s Circuit Comp, in the Chartered Bank International Youth...
Wanted!
South Vancouver Island Rugby requires a Cooordinator, Coaches and Managers for the upcoming Representative season. If you have any interest in any of these positions with S.I. Junior Boys teams, U15 - U18 this summer, you can obtain all of the details HERE....
Congratulations Due.
Hosts, UVic Vikes avenged their loss to UBC at the Vegas Sevens when they nipped The Birds 24 - 19 in last Sunday's Finale of the National University Championship held at Westhills. Team Captain, Pat Kay, was adjudged the Player of the Tournament and CW grad, Beau Parker played a big role in...
CW The Victors
More to come......however, CW U14 54 Vs Velox 17....
.......And Only A Double Header Today!
Fans are reminded that there have been two changes made to today's rugby. Firstly, the V.I.R.U. U14 Final will be played at Windsor Park at 1:00, not Gordon Head and secondly, the Thurds game has been moved to 2:00. We thank Cowichan for accomodating this...
Sunday - Day #2 Of Weekend Marathon!
CW U14's take on Velox in the V.I.R.U. Under 14 Final on Sunday. The game is slated for Gordon Head Fields, k.o. @ 1:00 p.m. These two clubs have very good programs at this level and have had some very even and memorable tussles during the Fall and "Spring" season. The club wishes...
A CW Triple Header
It's gonna be a beaut! There will be three very BIG happenings for the Club this weekend. Firstly, on Saturday at 1:00 and 2:45 the senior men take on the Vancouver Rowing Club, an up and coming team in the BC Premier League - a club which has its First Divvies well ahead of The Tricolor...