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BC Rugby Weekend of September 16th 2023

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BC Rugby Wrapup for Weekend of September 16th 2023: Premier Preseason Results; Coastal Cup and Dunbar Keg Results

In the Premier preseason it was Westshore defeating CW 28-17 to take the Gerwing Shield a challenge trophy between the Island teams. They’ll defend it next weekend against James Bay. On the mainland, according to BCRU reported scores, it was Meraloma dominating Ravens 48-7 and Burnaby over Capilano 31-19. Burnaby are 2-0 in the preseason defeating both Capilano and Meraloma. Next weekend sees Burnaby host the Ravens, Lomas hosting the Caps and Westshore hosting the Bays. Those games are scheduled to kickoff at 2:30pm.

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Coastal Cup 2023 – Week 3

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Coastal Cup Week 3 Pride 80 @ UBC 19 and UVic 45 @ TWU 14: Rosters Included

UPDATE: The Pride look destined to repeat as Coastal Cup champions this year with a resounding win over a young UBC side, 80-19. At Trinity Western it was UVic pulling away at the end to win 45-14. The TWU match was live streamed on the Rugby Network and was well done, congrats to TWU on the production.

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Go Fund Me Campaign to Support Rugby Player Losing Battle with Cancer

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from Nicole Pasquino

I’m writing in hopes that you will share the following fund me for one of our BC fellow Rugby alumni https://gofund.me/e8de763b

Lisa Oehler, affectionately known as Skippy to all of her rugby community is one of the original members of the Meraloma Women’s Rugby team. Sadly, she is losing her battle with cancer and will be leaving behind a 7 year old daughter and loving husband who has had to stop work to care for her. We have launched the go fund me to raise as many dollars as possible, so they can spend their last valuable days and months together.

It would be immensely helpful if you could share this go fund me on your platform. Our family is big fans of BC rugby news, and we have been following you for years.

Thank you for the consideration.

Cheers in sport, Nicole

Squamish Axemen Rugby Club Calls Out District on Turf Field Allocation

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Squamish Axemen Rugby Club Calls Out District on Turf Field Allocation

A recent article in the Squamish news highlights the problems some rugby clubs are experiencing in finding field access, which is essential to growing the game. Turf fields are especially valuable as they allow all weather access during the wet BC winters. Even established clubs have issues during extended periods of rain as the municipal Parks & Recreation boards seem to be setting tighter restrictions on grass field use.

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BC Rugby Wrapup for Weekend of September 9th 2023: Premier Preseason Results; Coastal Cup and Dunbar Keg Results

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BC Rugby Wrapup for Weekend of September 9th 2023: Premier Preseason Results; Coastal Cup and Dunbar Keg Results

It was a beautiful sunny weekend for rugby, at least on the south Island where I took in some matches.

At UVic there was a triple header starting with the Dunbar Keg match, South Island Tide vs North Island Tsunami. That was won by North Island 36-33. Vancouver defeated Valley 61-0 in the other U20 match. Next weekend the Valley host the Tide at Langley and Vancouver host Tsunami at UBC.

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Dunbar Keg U20 Round One

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Regional U20 Competition Kicks Off on Saturday: Rosters Listed

The U20 regional competition, the Dunbar Keg, kicks off on Saturday with two matches, one at UBC and one at UVic.

The story photo is of Doug Fraser in 2011, he won the Best Back in the competition and Jared Douglas won the Best Forward. Both went on to national honours later in their careers. Support the U20 competition and possibly see some future national team players early in their career.

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