Juniors
A Time To Remember
A time of Remembrance then down to business. CW U16's culminated another magic morning at The Park yesterday when they took on rivals, Velox, in a game that would determine home field advantage for the playoffs. This action had been preceded by some eighty mini rugby players aged six to...
Decisions, Decisions...Mistakes, Mistakes!
Saturday at Windsor saw no joy in Mudville, with the season’s best home crowd leaving the park somewhat frustrated after watching the boys leave competition points on the plate, dropping a 5 – 7 decision to The Ravens. The Raven opened with pressure and posted first points after an...
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...
CW U16's Win Season Opener
CW's U16 men took on rival Velox last night in a rescheduled season opener. From the starting whistle it was clear both teams were intent on making a statement, first with CW creating a turnover right from the kick-off setting the tone with a jarring hit and then Velox achieving...
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...
Top Coaching Comes To Victoria
CW is pleased to announce to club coaches that the $20 fee for attendance at this clinic will be covered by the club, as we constantly seek ways of enhancing our product. Phone 250 721 1527 for...
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...
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...
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...
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. ...
CW U14's At Comox Kickers Jamboree
CW U14s set their alarm clocks Saturday night for an early Sunday morning drive up to Cumberland as the Comox Valley Kicker’s Rugby club hosted a Jamboree to commemorate the club’s 125th year. Upon arrival in Cumberland, we were greeted with bucketting rains. After huddling under a roof near...
B.C. Youth Sevens Program
The picture tells a story....a big time crowd welcomes the teams in Las Vegas. Head coach of the BC Elite Youth Sevens Shane Thompson has announced a series of ID Sessions as the program begins to build towards the 2014 Las Vegas International Youth Invitational in January. A program...
U14's Open The Season
CW hosted Shawnigan Lake School U14's yesterday at The Park. The session was "developmental" in substance. All the boys worked in skills stations before partaking in a "friendly" scrimmage. This was a good opportunity for some of the "new" U14's (12 yr olds) to try their skills on the...
Recapping The Weekend
Scotty ('The Bus') Franklin, on the rampage at Gordon Head. Relishing his return to #8, Scott had a solid game, being named MoM. (Game photos posted - credits, Ron Willems.) The two matches at Gordon Head produced somewhat stereotyped results, with CW opening up big leads and the home...
Summer Sevens Series Winds Up
Learn From The Masters. King Of Sevens, Waisale Serevi will be present in Victoria on Friday, September 6th to offer a Specialist Training Camp for interested sevens playing youth, ages 7 - 12 and 13 yrs and older. Serevi's magic is known to many, leading Fiji to two RWC Championships in...
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...
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. ...
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...
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...
National Age Grade Championships
CW is proud to announce its more than fair share of boys and girls who will don the B.C. colors in search of a National Championship, starting next Wednesday at UBC. In the B.C. Girls U16 Gold Team - Sophie De Goede and Caroline Crossley carry the torch and the B.C. Blue Team will include...
Tide Topples Tourists
Pictured, firing one from the base of the ruck is CW U15 player, Braydon Tate. In splendid sunshine yesterday Victoria's Spring Tide teams at the U15 and U17 levels gave visiting West Monmouth School from Pontypool, Wales a rugby clinic, winning both games by a wide margin. The matches...