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Strong Selection Announced to Face Westshore
Castaway Wanderers, despite a very strong club culture, has had some lean years on the pitch in recent seasons. There has always been the odd, spirited, inspirational performance but the sustenance has not been there. There has been some solid off-season work done this past summer, in an effort...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
Season Opens in Spectacular Style CWRFC kicked off the new season with an oleo of activity for all ages at Windsor Park last Saturday. Mini rugby and age grade rugby got underway on Sunday with good attendances. Saturday’s event was highlighted by the appearance of Olympic medalists,...
YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO MEET TWO OLYMPIC RUGBY MEDALLISTS!
Tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., CW kicks off a Gala Opening to the coming season. Parents can register, try their hand at rugby golf and rummage through available swag while the kids from 5 – 15 can test their rugby skills. There will be an opportunity for pre-minis to run around a most...
Monday's Musings
Drive for the Prize Begins CW’s Men’s and Women’s teams get their campaigns underway next week. The Women travel to Burnaby Lake on Saturday, 16th to get started on the business of defending their B.C. Premier crown. With gaps in the starting line-up, the ladies will find out it is possibly...
Monday's Musings
Gala Kickoff to Rugby Season Today we bring readers a “teaser” notice for the tenth! Saturday, 10th September, CW is planning a Gala Kickoff for this coming season, for players, parents and friends from minis to senior men and women. It will be a day when newcomers will be introduced to...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
Level One Officiating Course Date: Sunday September 11th, 2016 --Victoria Time: 9:00am - 4:30pm Location: Westshore Rugby Club 1767 Island Hwy Victoria (Colwood) BC Cost: $70 + tax Facilitator: John de Goede Contact: [email protected] Registration Fee: $73.50 ($70+GST) You must complete...
Monday's Musings
CW at the Nationals Today it’s hats off to B.C. Girls, Boys and Senior Women on their successful achievements in Toronto at the R.C. National Championships over the past six days. B.C.’s Senior Women finished in third place. They did manage to defeat Julianne Zussman’s, Quebec and National...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
PRORugby - The Future? We continue episode two with Ray and Jake. CW: A real global strength in North America is women’s rugby. Recently we heard of the women’s game going pro in England. How do you see the two genders being mutually supportive and bringing this lesser known sport to...
Monday's Musings - PRO Rugby
A SEASON’S REFLECTIONS A recent pleasure was to sit down with Jake Ilnicki and Ray Barkwill to reflect on their season past, ProRugby – U.S. style. Although we attempted to address some specific questions, the conversation often transferred to more generic issues facing Canadian and North...
Bula!
Bula, bula. Say it, it is hard to say it without a smile immediately parting from your lips. Bula means a wide range of things in Fiji but mostly just life. There was Fiji and there was the rest! Can there be enough superlatives about this wondrous group of athletes? These men, whose body types,...
Bronze Beauties!
Wonderful achievement. Congratulations to all involved......parents, coaches, players - you do us proud. Thanks for your sacrifices and role-modelling as to all that is good about sport. Just a couple of personal opinions - Landry saved her best to last; Farella played well in the...
Coaching Announcements for CW Youth Girls Rugby program for 2016/2017
The Executive Director of the Female Rugby program at CW, David Crossley, would like to welcome 2 new coaches to its female youth coaching team. Anna Wray, our longtime female head coach and recent recipient of the Rugby Canada Female Coach of the Year award is now busy with her newborn boy,...
Monday's Musings
PATHWAY PATTERNS With women`s rugby all the rage, CW is proud to announce its pathway for female rugby for the coming season. The club has taken a few shots about its women`s program with accusations of everything from poaching to payment. Not so! Development of women`s rugby has been a...
'Twas the Night Before Rio....
Hello all, It’s less than 48 hours until rugby sevens makes history and joins the Olympic family. I can report that our women's team is well prepared (not affected by any of the issues being raised by other nations) and ready to launch their 2016 bid for a gold medal. We here on...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
CW's Dynamic Duo It is with great pleasure that CWRFC congratulates the duo of Caroline Crossley and Sophie de Goede. It has been a lot of fun to have been part of and watched the rugby growth of these ladies over a period of close to eight years, after they first held a ball at Windsor Park...
Monday's Musings
REGISTER HERE Friday, The Pres; today, the Past Pres; The Don; Old Spice - it's beginning to sound like a political convention! A note from Chris Spicer, Past President, Regarding Sponsorship of the Club. "My name is Chris Spicer and one of my tasks as Past President of CWRFC is the...
Yak is Back!
Canada’s senior men’s head coach Mark Anscombe has named a 26-man Canada ‘A’ team that will tour the UK next month. Canada will face off against Greene King IPA Championship club Doncaster (August 20th) as well as Pro 12 side Ulster ((August 26th). “We’re looking to develop our player depth...
Monday's Musings
Exciting CRC MacTier Cup Finals. Oh well, exciting for some, as the Wolf Pack edged The Rock, 21 – 20 and Ontario pasted B.C. 50 – 21. The bonus point enabled The Blues to end up one point ahead of the Wolf Pack and reclaim the Cup for the fifth occasion. CW had Woolridge, Dingwall and...
125 Years of Rugby in the Hub City!
CWRFC gives a shout out to the Hornets on this, your weekend of celebration. Following a hiatus after the Second World War the club was kick started under the thrust of Kiwi, Barry Millage in 1968. The Ruggernut was lucky to be part of that renaissance and the Hornets have become a...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
Reflections (Or, where the heck is Gavin Kratz?) As CW announces LIVE connection for registration for another season, it is easy to take time to reflect on sixteen years of Mini Rugby, players the likes of Luke McClosky, Sophie De Goede, Caroline Crossley, Morgan Tate, Fergus Hall to mention...
Monday's Musings
The Rugby Tour Schools and clubs seem to have become ambitious again in recent years about touring. Education can be “topped up” and eyes widened by the months of fundraising and excitement leading up to the tour. Sometimes the most rewarding aspect of the tour is that once you have...
Monday's Musings
PRO RUGBY LEAVES US IN THE COLD The U.S. ProLeague is well into its schedule (Week 14), yet it is difficult to get game reports although scores can be obtained from Facebook but standings would be interesting. Took some time to scan last weekend’s games and noted only one Canadian in...
Saturday's Smorgasbord
Women’s Super Series: Hats off to the NSWT, winners of Super Series II after their victory over France, 29 – 10. Laura Russell and her team mates came up with a very inspirational victory for our Women’s Sevens who were presented to fans at Bullen Park, Esquimalt. CW’s Zussman and Waters...
Go for the Gold, Canada
Rugby Canada, in partnership with Canadian Olympic Committee, is pleased to announce its 12 athletes and staff that have been nominated to represent Canada at the inaugural rugby sevens competition at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Edmonton’s Jen Kish will captain a side...