A Look at Club Vote Allocations Comparing 2024 to 2025 AGM Numbers

The 2025 BCRU AGM is coming up June 21st. Gone are the days of in-person meetings, now it’s done virtually on zoom. The link to the documents and details are here.

One of the interesting documents is the Vote Allocations, votes according to the bylaw document are “based on the Represented Individual Members who have paid annual dues of BC Rugby as of August 31st of each year”. It’s a way of comparing membership growth (or decline) in various regions and clubs.

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Island Blue Win Game #2 Defeating Mainland Gold 41-24

The Island Blue team wrapped up the best of 3 series winning the second game 41-24 to take a 2-0 lead in the series. As in game #1 the half time score was close 12-7 but the Island squad pulled away in the second half to extend the score to 41-7 with 10 minutes remaining. The Mainland team scored a few tries to finish off the match and make the scoreline closer at 41-24.

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BCRU Hires New CEO – Matthew Carter

Well the BCRU have gone down an interesting path this time in their selection of CEO. Welcome to Matthew Carter, as the BCRU media release highlights, former Lotus F1 CEO and Business Development Director for Lille Olympique Sporting Club, a professional soccer team in France. Very impressive stuff that happened between 2013-2018. He hails from Coventry, UK and before his high profile Lotus F1 position he was a senior investment manager with Genii Capital and Bridgehouse Capital. As the BCRU states, “over 25 years of experience in venture capitalism, business development and sports management.”

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Island Blue Win First Match 62-7 Over Mainland Gold

A close 12-7 game at the half blew up into a 62-7 win for Island Blue as they added 50 points in the second half. Winger Jenna De Greeff  notched 3 tries, Justine Blatt-Janmaat at  scrum half kept the team on the front foot, Sierra Gillis (tight head), Emily Findlay (8), and Shaye Ogurek (flanker) all had strong games for the Blue forwards, in the backs Lara Wright at outside centre was a standout as was Emily Currey on the wing. Carissa Norsten was originally listed as outside centre for the Island team but didn’t suit up so Lara Wright moved from #12 to #13 and Hadley MacPherson moved from the reserves to starting #12.

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BC Rugby Club Playoffs Start this Weekend: Quarter-Final Match-Ups and Schedule

The 2024/25 BC Rugby Senior Club Leagues Playoffs have been confirmed with the quarter-finals this coming weekend, April 12th. The semi-finals take place April 26th after the Easter break and the finals are in Abbotsford on Saturday, May 3, 2025. The complete list of times and venues is on the BCRU fixtures page.

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Spring Season Starts This Weekend in Men Div 1, 2, 3 and Womens  Div 1, 2; Premier Starts Next Weekend

Rugby restarts this weekend in all divisions except Premier, which starts next weekend. The current standings going into the spring schedule are listed here.

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BC Rugby League Standings for Men’s Premier, Div 1, Div 2, Div 3, Women’s Premier, Div 1, Div 2

Thanks to Peter Muirhead who put together these league tables, they represent the league standings going into the spring season which starts next weekend, January 25th in most leagues, February 1st for the BC Premier.

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