Despite no wins and some lopsided scores against them, the Williams Lake Stags had a memorable tour to England and Wales. “I believe we were the first secondary school from the north to tour overseas”, commented coach Mike Levitt, “and for many of the twenty-three boys, it was their first trip off the continent”.
With nine stitches and two hundred and forty minutes of rugby, the Port Moody Blues returned home with more than a tan. The squad of forty players and a coaching staff of seven experienced an unforgettable sixteen day tour to Australia.
Following the U-20 World Cup held in Wales last June, it was apparent that a lack of pre-tournament game experience was a detriment to Canada. Indeed two opening fixtures, against an Australian side packed with Super 14 players and an eventual finalist England, demonstrated the wide gulf between the top teams and the rest. Canada did make some rapid adjustments to the pace and power required at the tournament, bouncing back from two heavy losses to defeat Fiji before then falling, somewhat harshly, to Scotland in extra time.
Determined not to follow suit this year and prepared to take some medicine in advance of, rather than during, the 2009 tournament, the current U-20 squad embarked on a recent two-week trip to New Zealand, playing the Development XVs from Wellington, Taranaki and Hawkes Bay.
Meet three of our 2008 student-athletes, recipients of scholarships provided by the UBC ‘Thunderbirds’ and UVic ‘Vikes’ Rugby Football Clubs.
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There is a strong BC flavour to the twenty-six member Canada U-17 squad that will travel to Wales and England in late March.
Below are profiles of the two students awarded scholarships sponsored by x-treme Rugbywear Ltd, the official BCCSRU athletic supplier.
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Our Season-of-Play starts on March 2, 2009. Competition between a school team and a team outside that school may not take place before that date
Player Registration Forms
Player Registration Forms must be submitted to the BC SCHOOL SPORTS office by way of the on-line registration system no later than March 23, 2009. Please carefully read the sections dealing with Adding Names to a Player Registration Form and Final Deadlines for Player Registratiion Forms to be found in the BCSS Handbook.
Sevens
The BCSSRU Invitational ‘Sevens’ Tournament will be held on April 4 and 5, 2009, and will be hosted by St. George’s School (Vancouver BC). More information at 2009 ‘Sevens’ Tournament.
Scholarships Applications for the BC Secondary Schools’ Rugby Union Scholarships must be received no later than April 17, 2009. More information at application procedures.
Bracketbuster Series
Games will be played at locations around the Province on Saturday, April 25. Scores will be posted on the Home page the following day.
Premier Series
‘Super Saturday’ will take place at Shawnigan Lake School on Saturday, May 9, 2009. A schedule of games will be posted on the Home page closer to that date, and results will also be posted following the event.
Provincial Tournaments
The final day on which teams may qualify for the Provincial Championship Tournaments is Thursday, May 14, 2009. Final rankings and the Tournament Draw will be posted on the website the following day.
The Provincial ‘AAA’ and ‘AA’ Championship Tournaments will be held as follows: Round 1 games (at various locations around the Province) on May 23, 2009. Rounds 2, 3 and 4 games (incl. Championship Finals) at the University of British Columbia from May 27 to 30, 2009.
Seasons of Play
2009 March 2 to June 6
2010 March 1 to June 5
Our series of 2008 scholarship winner profiles moves to Shawnigan Lake where two graduating athletes were recognized.
Many British Columbia schools travel outside of the province to compete, and also host schools from across Canada, from the United States and from overseas. To ensure that this competition is approved or conducted by secondary school authorities and that it is fair and equitable, sanctioning policies have been developed by all Provincial School Sport Associations in Canada and State Associations in the United States.
BC SCHOOL SPORTS Policies and Procedures with respect to sanctioning of tours (both incoming and outgoing), as well as the required forms, can be downloaded as follows:
There may be situations where the rugby jurisdictions outside of Canada either sending a team to, or hosting a team from, British Columbia may require the approval of the BC Rugby Union and/or Rugby Canada. If this is the case, please review the information below, then complete and submit the required documentation as directed.
The forms listed above require the use of Adobe Reader which is a free program that can be downloaded here.
The BC Secondary Schools’ Rugby Union will follow the policy adopted by the BC Rugby Union, and apply all Experimental Law Variations (ELVs) to all school games at the senior level – exhibition, league play, play-offs and Provincial Championship competition. This decision, effective March 2, involves all grades eleven and twelve players, as well as grade ten athletes competing for the first time at the senior level. Coaches are urged to ensure that grade ten players in particular are made aware of these rules, as this coming season is most likely the first time they will play under all of them. A detailed outline of the IRB Experimental Law Variations can be downloaded from the Resources page of this website.