In Touch Newsletter by Phil Smith: Volume 2 Issue 8

Phil’s Volume 2 Issue 8 covers the St. George’s v Collingwood match, SMUS v Brentwood, Oak Bay v Royal Bay and the Port Alberni tour to Wales. Phil’s provincial rankings seem more up to date than the BCSS rankings which come out mid-week. Both have St. George’s #1 but Phil goes Shawnigan, Collingwood, Robert Bateman, Oak Bay after that. The BCSS doesn’t have the St. George’s v Collingwood result factored in and have Collingwood, Robert Bateman, Shawnigan, Oak Bay as #2 to #5.

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In Touch Newsletter by Phil Smith: Volume 2 Issue 7

Phil’s Volume 2 Issue 7 covers the match between St. George’s v Shawnigan. These two schools are perennial finalists in the AAA division. St. George’s claimed a narrow win on home ground. Some other cross-region matches Phil covers are Oak Bay v Earl Marriott and SMUS v Carson Graham. Two teams that went up from AA to AAA this year Collingwood and Robert Bateman also went head to head and Phil has that report. BC School Sports has started putting out their rugby XVs rankings and we’ve appended them below.

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In Touch Newsletter by Phil Smith: Volume 2 Issue 6

Phil’s Volume 2 Issue 6 covers the incoming tour by French school Lycee Bellevue, the Island XVs rankings and the schedule for April. The newsletter is posted below.

Some important dates for high school rugby are as follows:

XV’s or 7’s Team Declaration Deadline: April 22nd, 2026
Zone Championships Completed: May 19th, 2026
2026 Rugby XVs & 7s Provincial Championships: May 27-30

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In Touch Newsletter by Phil Smith: Volume 2 Issue 5

Phil’s Volume 2 Issue 5 covers the Island’s XVs scene, the Island XVs rankings and the schedule for April. The newsletter is posted below.

Some important dates for high school rugby are as follows:

XV’s or 7’s Team Declaration Deadline: April 22nd, 2026
Zone Championships Completed: May 19th, 2026
2026 Rugby XVs & 7s Provincial Championships: May 27-30

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In Touch Newsletter by Phil Smith: Volume 2 Issue 4

Phil’s Volume 2 Issue 4 covers the Island’s XVs scene, the Island XVs rankings and the schedule for April. The newsletter is posted below.

Some important dates for high school rugby are as follows:

• XV’s or 7’s Team Declaration Deadline: April 22nd, 2026
• Zone Championships Completed: May 19th, 2026
• 2026 Rugby XVs & 7s Provincial Championships: May 27-30

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In Touch Newsletter by Phil Smith: Volume 2 Issue 3

The 3rd issue of Phil’s newsletter covering boys XVs rugby on Vancouver Island. In 7s last week GP Vanier claimed the Westshore Secondary 7s titles in senior boys, senior girls and junior girls. Cowichan’s Quw’utsun claimed the junior boys title. St. George’s junior XV are in Scotland/England during the spring break. Thunder Indigenous rugby are sending boys and girls U18 XVs teams to a tournament in Portugal. Robert Bateman is touring to NZ and Australia. Shawnigan is going to France. ADSS (Port Alberni) going to the UK. If you know of other youth teams touring during spring break, add them to the comments section.

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GP Vanier Win 3 of 4 Titles at Westshore Secondary 7s

GP Vanier from Courtenay made a statement in high school 7s winning 3 of the 4 titles at the Westshore Secondary 7s. They won the senior boys, senior girls and junior girls. Robin MacDowell’s rugby academy at Cowichan’s Quw’utsun high school won the junior boys title. Vanier senior boys came 2nd in the province last year in 7s with Belmont winning the provincial 7s title.

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In Touch Newsletter by Phil Smith: Volume 2 Issue 2

It’s the second issue of the In Touch newsletter by Phil Smith covering boys high school rugby on the Island. There’s a 7s tournament happening on Friday at Westshore for junior and senior high school teams, the Westshore Secondary 7s, action goes from 9am to 5pm. We’ll try to get hold of a schedule for a separate post. Phil’s In Touch newsletter is posted below.

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Fraser Valley East Claims U16 Girls Title; BC Gold U18 Women Win Gold

It was the women carrying the banner for BC at the VSI with Fraser Valley East winning Gold in U16 and Fraser Valley West winning Bronze, well done to the Valley. In U18 women it was BC Gold making it to the final and defeating Ontario in the final at BC Place. The men fell short with the BC U18 men getting blanked in the medals, Vancouver Island Tide claimed Silver in U16, kudos to them. It’s good to recognize the successful coaches as well, BC Gold U18 women’s coach is Darcy Patterson assisted by Shalaya Valenzuela. The Fraser Valley East U16 girls’ coaches are Slade Rozell, Josh Olafsen, Lindsay Nicholson, all the players were from Abbotsford. The Fraser Valley West U16 girls’ coaches were Katherine Siemens and Kelly Shields, the players were from Langley and United. The U16 boys’ Tide coach was Eric Slade, the players were from CW and JBAA. The tournament scores are on the BCRU events page.

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