Our People
Karl Klashinsky
Club PresidentKarl has been around the club for almost 20 years, but only because he gave up on playing when it was clear he was never going to be selected, so he shifted his focus and attention to volunteer activities. He graduated from U-Vic (B.Sc and M.Sc), and recently retired after working in the tech...
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Rob Peel
Director - Junior Girls & Acting Vice PresidentRob is currently serving the office of Acting Vice President as well. With two daughters in the CW Mini and Jr programs Rob volunteered to step into the role of Jr Girls Director in the fall of 2022. A graduate of UVic, Rob is a 28-year veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces, with experience in...
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Ken Goodland
CW Director of RugbyKen started his coaching journey with CW and now, some twenty years later, he is honoured for this opportunity to come "full circle". Ken notes; "I look forward to supporting all of our players and coaches in pursuit of their goals and dreams and to continue to build the program to be...
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Brandon Gerhardt
Director - Men's Player Representative & U19 Boys Head CoachAs one of the few Victoria-born members of CW, Brandon began his "career" in the Junior program under the tutelage of a cadre of notable coaches, including Ken Goodland, and Seamus Gay. Graduating to the senior men's side in 2008, Brandon "The Queen" experienced many highs and lows with...
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Byron Mcallister
Director - Junior BoysIn 2020 Byron moves into the role of Junior Boys Co-Ordinator overseeing the development of the U15, U17 & U19 programs. Byron currently has two sons moving through the minis and junior programs. After 7 years of watching from the sidelines, he has decided to get more involved. In his...
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Caitlin McNally
Premier Senior Women - Head CoachWe are happy to announce Catie McNally has been appointed Lead Coach of our Senior Women's Program.
Ed Knaggs
Assistant Coach, Senior WomenEd Knaggs has had a long association with CW as both a player and now stalwart coach in the mini and girl's program. He further serves as forwards coach for our Premier Women's team. He was born in Trinidad, grew up in Nova Scotia and made his way out to BC when he graduated from...
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Christine Shepherd
Manager - Premier Senior WomenOriginally from Creston, B.C., Christine grew up playing as many sports as she had time for. Though her enthusiasm sometimes made up for a lack of natural skill, two exceptions were cross country running and curling, and she competed in both at the provincial level before becoming a...
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Kerri Cook
Manager - Div. 1 - Senior WomenKerri has been a familiar face at CW for a number of years. She has been involved in various roles within the rugby community by managing numerous club teams, managing regional and provincial teams, involved with Jr Tide Rugby and Team Liaison Officer with Rugby Canada for the NZ...
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Ken Goodland
Head Coach - Premier Senior MenKen's outstanding playing career, coupled with his technical certification and experience at the National Youth level, make him a most valuable comodity to CW. His recent appointment to the club's new role of Director of Rugby is worthy credit to his many skills and...
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Doug Hepp
Assistant Coach - Premier Men; Forwards and Set Piece'Heppy' has been a long-time member of the club, going back to 1995. He has represented the Prairie Fire and the VIRU Crimson Tide in the days of the BC Super League. He had a stint in the UK and was a member of the Dorking RFC when that club won a Second Tier Championship. ...
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Aaron Cook
Assistant Coach - Senior MenAaron joins us from a land Down Under (NZ), and has true Kiwi rugby credentials. Aaron began playing rugby at age 4 and played school, club and regional representative rugby in New Zealand. He is a current player with the Ebb Tide and plays in touch leagues with...
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Bill Hutchinson
Manager; Senior Men's TeamsBill Hutchinson has quietly slipped under the radar around CW. For many a year, Bill was involved with the Ebb Tide, taking his turn there with the Presidency. Some six years back, Bill was seen on the sidelines and he was soon co-opted into a role! It started with giving senior men’s...
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Rod Fraser
Director - Mini RugbyRod grew up in Nanaimo before heading to Europe seeking adventure. He lived, worked and played rugby in France for a number of years before moving to the UK with his now wife, Victoria who is from England. They lived in London for a number of years before moving to Tunbridge Wells in...
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Clayton Daum
Mini RugbyClayton Daum has returned to CW Rugby after a short hiatus to focus on his young family to coach with the mini-rugby program and play 3rd Division rugby. A former CW Premier player, he has coached high school rugby for almost 15 years and was involved with several representative age grade...
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Chris May
Girls Program U18 Head CoachChris "Mayzer" May has a long history with CW. Chris's career came to an untimely end when he served as Captain of the original Pacific Pride players under the tutelage of Canadian NSMT's Coach, Dave Clarke. This SMU grad was a U23 Canada representative player...
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Emily Samek
U14 Girls Head CoachNational Team member entering her 2nd year as coach of our U14 team. More detailed bio forthcoming.
Brandon Gerhardt
U18 Boys Head CoachBrandon has been with CW for as long as most can remember. He had a stint on the Priaries where he played Rep rugby and has now returned and settled here with family, work and allegiance to his old club. Whilst in Red Deer he assisted coaching club rugby and is now transferring his...
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Darren Johnson
U18 Boys Assistant CoachDarren Johnston was introduced to rugby while attending high school in New Zealand in the 1980’s. He played rugby for the Navy and also represented the Forces in soccer and sailing and eventually coached Rugby 7’s and 15’s teams during various overseas...
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Alistair Howes
U16 Boys CoachDespite being a 'rookie' coach, Alistair's degree in Philosophy will stand him in good stead. Since joining CW this young man's attitude, enthusiasm and work ethic have impressed. DoR, Ken, will be working to mentor the youth coaches as the club realizes the importance of...
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