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Monday's Musings
A GOOD WEEKEND FOR CW EVERYWHERE - BUT NOT ON ALL SCOREBOARDS! CW’s senior men’s and women’s teams were in action against Burnaby last Saturday. CW men opened their account early from a Bowd chip and a Tardiff close. Burnaby responded with quick hands from turnover ball, and the score...
“NO DOUBT”!
(Photo, Rugby Canada.) Captain Tessier puts her side in front in the second half of last week’s match vs #1 England. There was “no doubt” about this try. “Doubt” is the word for today’s diatribe. A definition of the word runs the gamut from hesitation to indecision, to uncertainty. I...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
Abbotsford Come With Numbers. Last weekend our Age Grade Boys had a great interclub visit with Abbotsford RFC. Big thanks to our guests for making the trek and "growing the game". A fun day for all. This Sunday sees our U16 Girls host a North Island team, followed by a Pumpkin...
Errata - Saturday's Card
DINNER VENUE - PAVILION, 6:30 7:00 CANADA vs ENGLAND on the BIG screen HAPPY...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
BIG RUGBY DAY SATURDAY AT THE HOUSE This Saturday Abbotsford RFC visits Windsor for a day of Age Grade Boys rugby. This event was cancelled last year due to inclement weather. Abbotsford will be bringing 2XU18 teams, 2XU16 teams and an U14 team. CW will have 2XU18 teams with a little help...
Meeting of the C's
Castaway Wanderers, Capilanos, Comox Tomorrow, CW Women Div.2 will travel to Comox where the opposition is always a handful. The women will be led by Ella Gallant, Avalon Crawford and Lauren Nott. Safe travels and play well. At home, both men’s teams are in action. Div.2 take on a...
Monday's Musings
Credit and thanks to John Richardson Images (HERE) CW Women Field Triad in Season Opener It is a tough ask to field three teams but a tremendous effort from our mushrooming women's program was on display for the first match of the new season. On...
TRICOLORS WIN ICE-BREAKER
Gabe on the go, (with the Three Wise Monkeys onlooking!). Credit, John Richardson. Yesterday at the House of Windsor, the season was only three minutes old when the visiting Meralomas opened their account. Pressure...
Bowd Returns!
The Faithful will be pleased to see the name of Gradyn Bowd slotted in the #10 spot for tomorrow's home opener at 1:00 p.m. Vs Meralomas. Bowd and #9, Pilgrim have featured in some memorable moments for the Tricolors. Grady has been plying his trade with the MLR professional league....
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
Shaye Ogurek, Unsung Hero – On & Off the Field Shaye (and "CW") – in her element. Today we bring our readers a great article to kick off the season. We recently sat down to learn about a CW pathway athlete that has maximized her rugby experience while completing her degree in...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
Last weekend saw the return of rugby to CW. Coach Ken Goodland took his senior men to MacDonald Park on Saturday where the two clubs, (JBAA) had a good run out. The afternoon started with two thirty-minute periods of full contact. This was followed by specific opposed work with separated...
A Summer Summary - Club Newsletter
(Photo - Rugby Canada) Castaway Wanderers would like to congratulate their pathway product, Caroline Crossley, and the National Senior Women's 7s team on their incredible run at the Paris Olympics culminating in a Silver medal. It is a new level for a program that was reset just after the...
EPIC OUTCOME
Photo - Ellis Rugby JUBILATION! Photo - Rugby Canada I have had to take time for this result to sink in! Just what does one write? How does one come up with sufficient superlatives to describe the NSWT 7’s Herculean effort to win a silver medal in Paris? The whole deal...
Monday's Musings
Medal Bound - Photo, Rugby Canada PATHWAY TO THE TOP ECHELON TRANSATLANTIC U20 QUAD SERIES Today we applaud the success of the NSWT U20’s who recently completed a sweep against the USA (23 – 10), England (36 – 33), and Wales (53 – 17). This is in stark contrast to the recent efforts of...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
Photo credit - Photosport A Long Way From Home. Last Saturday a crowd of some 34,000 gathered to watch the All-Black Vs Fiji game at San Diego’s Snapdragon Stadium (beers - $26NZ!!). The All Blacks proved superior by a score of 47 - 5. Just a brief mention, adding great kudos from NZ...
Paris Bound!
Today CW honors and congratulates Caroline Crossley who has been selected for the NSWT's VII's for the upcoming Paris Olympics. Caroline has been a member of CW rugby since her very young years. She has faced recent injury adversity, overcoming surgery and rehabilitation over an approximate...
Monday's Musings
Photo - Rugby Canada A fifty-point second half performance by a visiting second/third string Scottish team provokes today’s point of conjecture, that being, just how are Canada’s fixtures scheduled? Nothing is learned from a sixty-point shellacking. We can be as supportive all we...
Monday's Musings
Minis Hit The Tour Trail Akin to summer tours planned by Scotland to the Americas, starting off Vs Canada; Wales, next weekend Vs South Africa, before going to Australia; and England next weekend Vs Japan, before going on to NZ; CW U12 Minis recently travelled to Vancouver to play Mulgrave School...
Monday's Musings
CW/UVIC SPEEDSTER, Spencer Cotie. Photo - Rugby Canada Men Mired in Mediocrity – Some Observations Following the NSMT’s Sevens abject results we now see our Men’s U20 program falling far behind the U.S. In chasing a 15-point deficit to get to the WC Tier II competition, things did...
Monday's Musings
BRICKBATS to RUGBY CANADA! Canada Men's U20 team took on their USA counterparts on Saturday at Shawnigan Lake School and came away on the losing end, 33 - 18. This writer's beef is the fact that Rugby Canada posted absolutely nothing about the match until late Friday. In fact, details of...
Monday's Musings
MAGNIFIQUE!! CW Rugby is so proud of the achievement of our NSWT, defeating the NZ Black Ferns on the weekend. The victory places the women as #2 ranked team in the world and also wins the Pacific Four Competition. Trailing, 3 -14 after thirty minutes, the ladies slowly ground their way...
Monday's Musings
A GRAND CELEBRATION Friday last saw an amazing celebration of rugby in Victoria. It was the Golden Anniversary of Elementary School rugby. A small beginning back in 1972 has seen the event grow to 34 teams playing 52 games on nine fields last Friday. During this fifty years...
Monday's Musings
WESTSHORE CAPITALIZE Last Saturday, Westshore Valkyries defeated CW in Premier League, semi-final action. CW women opened the scoring when Rookie-of-the-Year, Bronwyn Zodichi drove hard for the line after a good build-up. Westshore was quick to respond to a CW error and later scored a...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
PREMS PUSH FOR PLAYOFF POSITIONS Both teams are on the road this Saturday, the women facing Capilanos who have a five-point lead in the league over the visitors; however, CW has a game in hand. Caps are an old nemesis for Ceedub. CW has a superior defensive record going into this...
Monday's Musings
(Photo - Rugby Canada) VANCOUVER SEVENS- WEEKEND WARRIORS CWRFC congratulates Caroline, Sophie and all of their team mates on their ‘underdog victory’ in the bronze medal match yesterday, defeating Australia by a score of 19 – 14. Earlier, they had squeaked by the USA, 12 - 10 in...