April 30, 2016 at 8:51 pm
Posted by: Howard Tsumura (The Province)

VANCOUVER — If Hollywood ever gets around to shooting a re-make of the 1977 hockey classic Slap Shot, the casting call needs to come north to the classrooms, hallways and playing fields of Vancouver’s Prince of Wales Secondary School.

That’s because if you’re looking for three actors to play the roles of the movie’s hockey-playing Hanson brothers, there would be none better-suited than real-life Grade 11 triplets Broden, Kael and Dace Norman.

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David Milne passed away Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at Harmony Court, Burnaby BC. Born in Burnaby in 1935 he was the youngest of 5 children and is survived by his sister Ellen, her children and grandchildren, many nieces, nephews, his son Bob and daughter Susan and grandchildren, Adam, Samantha, Nathan, Elyse.

Dave spent his youth growing up in a variety of sporting activities and very quickly excelled in many areas. Playing Basketball for UBC, semi pro baseball, hockey, wrestling and finally settling into  an infamous rugby career. He will be most missed by the members of the Burnaby Lake Rugby Club, players, coaches, alumni, and the community that he has been an active part of for over 60 years.

Dave was a spectacular rugby player from the 1960s and 70s who played for BC and Canada. A founding member of the Burnaby Lake Rugby Club. He was a public school teacher who worked many years at Burnaby South Secondary, he was a volunteer high school rugby, basketball and wrestling coach and coach of the 3rd and 4th division men’s teams.

We would like to extend a special thanks to the staff at the Harmony Court Care facility for their care and attention during these last few years.

In lieu of any flowers or memorials Dave would love to see donations made to the Burnaby Lake Rugby Club.

April 6, 2016. 5:01 pm
Courtesy of the Province – Howard Tsumara
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VANCOUVER — B.C. high school football has its own championship-game television deal, a featured venue for its finals at B.C. Place Stadium, and a key corporate sponsor in Subway.

B.C. boys high school basketball has brought all four tiers of its Telus-sponsored provincial championship tournament to its new home at the Langley Events where its crowds are on the rise.

B.C. high school rugby isn’t blind to the success of its fall- and winter-sport cousins. In fact, the B.C. Secondary Schools Rugby Union isn’t shy to admit that it has some catching up to do in the areas of self-promotion.

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April 6, 2016. 4:54 pm
Courtesy of the Province – Howard Tsumara
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VANCOUVER — B.C. boys high school rugby has finally addressed the elephant in the room.

Look back at its provincial tournament results over the past decade-plus at its highest triple-A tier, and two schools have dominated the proceedings to such an extent that its annual title tilt had become the most anti-climactic event on the entire B.C. championship schedule.

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Lower Mainland Stadium Series

Friday April 22nd & Saturday April 23rd

AAA Division

AA Division

Vancouver Island & Fraser Valley Stadium Series        

Friday May 6th & Saturday May 7th

AAA Division

AA Division

2016 Schedules by Zone

Fraser Valley

• AAA Elite Schedule
• AAA Tier One
• AA Tier One

Kootenays

• AAA / AA Schedule

Lower Mainland

• Lower Mainland – AAA Tier I Schedule
• Lower Mainland – AA Tier I Schedule
• Lower Mainland – VSSAA Schedule
• Lower Mainland – AAA/AA Tier II Schedule
• Lower Mainland – League Standings

North Central / Northwest

• AAA / AA Schedule

North Vancouver Island

• AAA / AA Schedule

Okanagan

• AAA Schedule

South Vancouver Island

• AAA / AA Schedule

To Senior Rugby Coaches:

Please accept this communication as formal notice of the BCSSRU Annual General Meeting which will be held at the Abbotsford Rugby Club, 31929 Mercantile Way, Abbotsford BC at 6:00 pm on Wednesday, May 25, 2016.

An agenda, together with the Minutes of the 2015 Annual General Meeting, will be available at the meeting and forwarded by the Zone Reps to all rugby-playing schools in their respective zones on Tuesday, May 24, 2016.

If you have any items you wish to bring forward for discussion, please email them to Walter van Halst no later than Friday, May 20, 2016.

Cheers

Walter van Halst – Commissioner
Stephen Rowell – President

Memories of a Great Experience!

Lord Byng 48 – Bishop Druitt Anglican College (Coff’s Harbour NSW) 5
Lord Byng 2nd XV 14 – Somerset College 2nd XV (Mudgereeba QLD) 10
Lord Byng 1st XV 36 – Somerset College 1st XV 5
Lord Byng 17 – St. Teresa’s Catholic College (Noosa QLD ) 10
Lord Byng 2nd XV 19 – Matthew Flinders Anglican College (Buderim QLD) 2nd XV 17
Lord Byng 1st XV 31 – Matthew Flinders Anglican College 1st XV 5

For more details of the tour, go to the Tour Blog:  http://lordbygnrugbyaussietour2014.blogspot.ca/

Best wishes for success to the following teams who have scheduled international tours during Spring Break 2014.

Lord Byng to Australia
Bishop Druitt Anglican College, Coffs Harbour NSW
Somerset College, Mudgeeraba QLD
St. Teresa’s Catholic College, Noosaville QLD
Matthew Flinders Anglican College, Buderim QLD

Oak Bay to Argentina
St. John’s School, Pilar, Buenos Aires
Colegio San Antonio de Arco, Buenos Aires
Club Atletico Provincial, Rosario, Santa Fe
Club Los 50, Tandil, Buenos Aires
Oakhill School, Buenos Aires

St. George’s to Argentina
St. Matthew’s College, Buenos Aires
Twain High School, Cordoba
Duendes Rugby Club, Rosario, Santa Fe
St. George’s College, Quilmes, Buenos Aires

More information to follow.