Gathering Of The Establishment

This week sees a FIRST for Canadian Rugby as the International Rugby Board (IRB) aka Gods of Rugby, gather in Vancouver for a week of meetings; a general meeting of the Board and its sub-committees.  As pictured, it is a propitious time to announce the ground-breaking for additional facilities at Westhills.

The High Performance Center will be expanded to include areas such as; a new gym for training and testing; a medical facility; a video analysis suite; players lounge/cafeteria/kitchen; player's study lounge; professional locker rooms; hydro therapy suite; additional office space for support staff, additional storage space and six residential suites for short term athlete accommodations. 

These are all very positive steps for the National program. We conclude this enthusiastic announcement with a reminder from Joe Average club guy, that Rugby Canada must not forget from whence the players come....the grass root development, the volunteer mini coaches, the intiators of girls programs, the clubs struggling to fill rosters, raise money and keep their programs at a level of "club excellence", all around this Province and across Canada.