Meraloma Club Celebrate 100th Anniversary September 23rd
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Dear BC Rugby Members and Clubs,
It only happens Once every 100 YEARS!
On Saturday September 23rd 2023 the Meraloma Club turns 100!
Category Archives: BC Premier
Capilano Rugby – April 2023
Capilano Match Reports: Premier Men v Seattle, Premier Women v CW, Women Div 2 v Chilliwack
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Capilano hosted 5 games today. It was supposed to be rainy but the weather turned out to be beautiful. Perhaps a bit chilly but great Rugby weather. The top pitch had two games played, a high school game between West Vancouver and Carson Graham. Carson won 17-0 but it was a well played contest. Capilanos hope to make this an annual event. Caps awarded two rugby shirts to a player of the match from each side. West Vans Taiki Orito and Drew from Carson Graham were selected and awarded the shirts by Caps Neil Courtney.
UBCOB Ravens – April 2023
Ravens Defeat Rowers 41-7 to Wrap Up Regular Season: Match Report by Peter MacDonald
by Peter MacDonald
On a crisp, sunny, early spring day at Brockton Oval the Ravens and the Rowers played out the string but still put on an entertaining, fun game for the players and fans alike. The Ravens remained undefeated (on the field) while the Rowers showed their class in the set scrum and in serious flashes in the backs.
BC Rugby Weekend of April 1st 2023
BC Premier Week 11 Results & Rosters: UVic Fall to Pride; Caps Top Seattle; Lomas Edge Burnaby; CW Topple Bays; UBC Dominate Westshore; Ravens Paddle Rowers
[ed. rosters posted in format last week/this week]
It took us a while this week to get the scores out, the BCRU system had JBAA defeating CW but in fact it was CW with the win. The BCRU system doesn’t have a central person responsible for scores but relies on refs entering the scores post match and there have been a few data entry errors lately. We’ve verified most of these scores with a secondary source. We’re also assuming the BCRU table accurately calculated bonus points from today’s results. UPDATE: Our assumption was apparently wrong, the BCRU table is incorrect, CW didn’t get a bonus point in their win which changes the playoff picture, we’ve revised our article accordingly.
Capilano Rugby – March 2023
Capilano Premier and Premier Reserve Match Reports vs James Bay
by John Langley
Caps Men were on the road today for two games at James Bay. Two close games but unfortunately two losses.
BC Rugby Weekend of March 25th 2023
BC Premier Week 10 Results & Rosters: CW Clobber Seattle; Caps Topped by Bays; Lomas Upset UBC; Rowers Edged by Pride; Burnaby Defeat Vikes; Ravens Dominate Westshore
[ed. note rosters are published last week/this week to highlight changes.]
Castaway Wanderers 42 v Seattle 7 @ 14:30
Referee: Riley Robinson AR1: Carter Haddow AR2: Mckenzie Eckart
Venue: Windsor Park
CW got the job done at home. The result puts them in 7th place (24 points) with the potential to reach 5th place before the season ends. The standings now would see CW @ Ravens in a quarter-final. The match next week against James Bay will be important in determining the final playoff picture.
UBCOB Ravens – March 2023
On The Road Again: Ravens 33 – Pacific Pride 26
by Peter MacDonald
The Ravens and their west side club mates, the Lomas and Kats, were all sent packing by the Park Board this week to allow some field maintenance to be done so it was off to Langley on short notice thanks to the generosity of Langley RFC and the hard work of Ravens club president Frank Fekete. First the Rippers played a hard fought game with Langley ending with a crowd pleasing come from behind win for the home side, 40-33. Next up were the two touring premier sides who put on a top class show before the appreciative sun splashed crowd.
BC Rugby Weekend of March 18th 2023
BC Premier Week 9 Results & Rosters: Pride Edged by Ravens, Caps Top CW, UVic Fall to Seattle, Lomas Defeat Bays, UBC Paddle Rowers, Burnaby Cruise Past Westshore
[ed. note some of these results are from the BCRU, there may be errors.]
A note on location changes this weekend, unfortunately the city parks board wouldn’t give the west side clubs Meralomas, Kats and Ravens permits for this weekend. Lomas have moved their Premier game to Bayside and Ravens have moved their game to Langley.
UBCOB Ravens – March 2023
Ravens Forwards the Difference: Ravens 31 – Lomas 14
by Peter MacDonald
On a cool day at Connaught the players and supporters were happy to get back to rugby after another long break and they were curious to see how the two long time westside rivals were now stacking up against one another. As it turned out the Ravens still have the upper hand thanks on this day to the strong play of their forward pack.
BC Rugby Weekend of March 11th 2023
BC Premier Week 8 Results: Caps Edge Lakers; Ravens Top Lomas; CW Battle UBC; Bays Fall to Vikes; Pride Blast Westshore; Rowers Sunk in Seattle
BC Premier is back after 3 weeks of down time due to holiday, weather, Canada 7s. Note the rosters are listed to show last roster/change this week.