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BC Rugby Weekend of September 23rd 2023

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Coastal Cup Match Pride v UVic; Premier Preseason Bays @ Westshore, Caps @ Lomas, Ravens @ Burnaby: Match Rosters

Coastal Cup

Pacific Pride v University Of Victoria @ 14:30
Referee: Derek Horton AR1: Al Humphries AR2: Jamie Roszel
Venue: MacDonald Park

Week 4 of the Coastal Cup kicks off this weekend but with UBC in France, there’s only the one match, Pride v UVic. The Pride look well ahead in the standings with 3 bonus point wins, a win this weekend would all but seal the deal for the Pride as returning champions. Speaking of UBC it looks like they lost both of their matches on Day 1 in Bordeaux, first against Bordeaux (8-16) and then Cape Town (7-24). On Saturday they’ll play the US team, Atlantic All Stars and then the Australian side from Sydney.

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Kamloops Youth 7s 2023

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BCRU Release Kamloops 7s Schedule: September 30th-October 1st

The BCRU bill it as the largest 7s tournament in Western Canada, we count 93 teams entered in 8 divisions. There’s U14 boys/girls, U16 boys/girls, U18 Open boys/girls and U18 Elite (boys/girls). It’s interesting, from a growth demographic perspective, that the largest division is the U16 girls with 20 teams entered. Most teams are from BC but there are a number of Alberta teams entered as well, we count 23 Alberta teams, with a few teams such as SheDevils, Lucky Ladies and 1697 where we’re unsure of their home base.

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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

BC Players in NZ/Australia – Summer 2023

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BC Based Players Competing in the Southern Hemisphere This Summer: Sixteen and Counting – Also Match Report on Gabe Casey and Merlin M’Cloud at Sumner RFC

[ed. we’ve updated the list to 16 now since we’ve had new information come in, details below. Also add Brady Reeleder from UBC who is in Japan playing rugby for Tokyo Koryo RFC this summer.]

There are at least 13 BC based players who are playing rugby in NZ right now. There’s a few in Australia as well, three that we have listed. If you have a chance, follow their clubs on social media, we’ve included the links below. We’ll update this article with new info as it becomes available.

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Premier Rugby 7s – April 2023

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This Sunday at Wallace Field, UVic – Youth Rugby Camp in the Morning and PR7s Trial in the Afternoon

[ed. anyone need rugby balls, hoodies, we have some stock to clear out, email me editor@bcrugbynews.com – I’ll be there for a couple of hours on Sunday.]

This Sunday (April 16) at Wallace Field at the University of Victoria there will be a youth rugby camp in the morning and a PR7s trial in the afternoon.

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BC Friends of Rugby

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BC Friends of Rugby Group Offering Ten $2,000 Scholarships to Graduating High School Students: Download Application Form

[ed. application deadline is May 15th. Originally published Jan 10th 2023]

‘BC Friends of Rugby’ are a group of passionate rugby people who are trying to give back and help grow our sport. One of the initiatives is a scholarship program where a total of 10 scholarships valued at $2000 each will be awarded to talented young rugby players that are hoping to combine their journey in sport with their education. Five will be awarded to male athletes, and another five will be awarded to female athletes. This opportunity is available to all graduating high school students. Attached is the application form. Please forward your completed application and references to Tim Murdy (tmurdy@shawnigan.ca).

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