The BCRU released its summer schedule for the BC Bears provincial teams. The one group missing is the senior men and it highlights the holding pattern men’s high performance rugby in Canada is currently in. The issue largely goes back to a lack of direction from Rugby Canada on the men’s high performance pathway.
I never met David Newson, which is unusual in my role as editor of BCRN, I knew and met all the previous CEO’s but Newson seemed like the type of person who did the obligatory glad handing but never reached out beyond that. He didn’t seem very ambitious in growing rugby in BC. Here’s the article we put up when he was hired in 2022.
There’s a limited schedule this weekend as the BC Premier has a bye week in both the men’s and women’s competition. Play in the BC Premier resumes November 16th.
The Vancouver Island U20 Tide won the Dunbar Keg in a 23-15 win over Fraser Valley in Langley. Scoring for the Tide were Travis Dumbleton, Jasper Keast, Josh Keast, with Mike Oughtred adding 2 penalties and 1 conversion.
BC Rugby is delighted to announce the 2024 Hall of Fame Dinner, honouring BC Rugby’s Hall of Fame Class of 2024 and this year’s winners of The Joan Spray & Jack Patterson Memorial Awards.
The 2024-25 BC rugby season kicks off Saturday September 7th in Coastal Cup, Dunbar Keg, CanWest competitions; September 21st in Men’s Div 1, 2 and 3; September 28th in Men’s and Women’s Premier, Women’s Div 1 and Div 2.
The Terrace Northmen won the Saratoga Cup awarded to the top team in the summer league with representatives from the Okanagan, Kootenay and Interior regions. Terrace won both the men’s XVs title and the women’s 7s title.
The BCRU announced the date, October 11th, for the Hall of Fame event where the Class of 2024 will be inducted into the BC Rugby Hall of Fame.
The match summary is below and the links to the VEO videos, East and West cameras, are linked below as well.
The BCRU announced they are raising service fees by 10% for the 2024/25 season. The fees that are affected by the 10% increase are listed below with the new amount listed. Further details in the BCRU news release appended below.