by CVKickers | May 7, 2012 | Canada Rugby News, Community Involvement
Wheelchair Rugby is coming back! On Thursday May 10th at 7 pm in the Comox Recreation Centre we will be playing Wheelchair Rugby - come out and help get this sport off the ground in Comox Valley! Shaun McKenzie of Duncan will be coming here with all the passion for the sport you can hope for. Learn the strategies, the techniques and enjoy the competitive fun! Like most recreational forms of wheelchair sports, able-bodied players are most welcome to join in. Learn more about the sport at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheelchair_rugby If anyone wants to guarantee themselves some space, they can get in touch with Breana Morgan via email at bmorgan@islandradio.bc.ca, or call her at 97.3 The Eagle – (250) 703-2200. Please DO CONFIRM your interest in coming out by e-mailing and please pass this on to other potential players. See you on the...
by CVKickers | Apr 10, 2012 | BCRU / VIRU News, Club Events, Men's News
The Comox Valley Kickers are less than a week away from qualifying for the BC Rugby Union Provincials, in a home game against Cowichan at Cumberland Village Park this Sunday, April 15th. The club invites everyone to come out and support the team during what promises to be a strongly contested game against long-time rivals. Click here to view the current Provincial Senior Men’s Spring Season...
by CVKickers | Feb 22, 2012 | BCRU / VIRU News, Game Reports, Men's News
Cowichan Piggies handed the Kickers their first loss of the season, 28-17, thereby gaining a measure of revenge for an earlier 44-0 defeat. The Kickers couldn’t get anything going as they repeatedly shot themselves in the foot. Aaron Larrivee summed it up…”Even after penetrating their defensive line we suffered from loose support, dropped ball and bad choices.” In addition, the Kickers’ inability to consistently kick converts and penalties came back to haunt them. Congratulations to Cowichan for a well played match. Comox Valley tries were scored by Mike Magee, Leigh Burley and Nathan Holley. Andy Hextall and newcomer Curtis Parker were chosen as CV Men of the Match. Next game: Velox, Feb 26th, 1:00 PM, Village Park, Cumberland. SIDELINES: The Kickers Rugby Club invites all those men and women interested in playing rugby to attend training sessions on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 6.30 p.m.at the club’s Fallen Alders facility on the Royston/Cumberland Road. For more info, visit our website at http://kickersrugby.ca. The club gratefully acknowledges our team sponsors, Investors Group and Wedler Engineering; along with our club sponsors AFC Construction and Continual Palingenesis – Social Media Solutions. Many thanks also to Bayview Chiropractic, Cummins Fencing, Green Earth Carpet Cleaning and Mt. Washington Resort without whose support rugby would not continue to flourish in the Comox...
by CVKickers | Feb 21, 2012 | BCRU / VIRU News, Women's News
On Saturday February 18th some of the IG Kickers Women, playing on a North Island first division select team traveled across the water to play United RFC in Coquitlum. Having beaten Abbotsford the previous week under sunny skies the North Island girls prepared for the worse as heavy rain/snow pelted down forcing players and spectators to scoop up excessive field water with garbage cans and wheel barrels. Luckily the team was able to bounce back from their rough travel and came out firing! Front row Aimee Burley, Jenna Roy and Susie Gilson dominated the opposition and won every scrum, making the ball easily playable for their backs. Outside center and power runner, Lisa Breuer scored the first try, and set up the next two, passing the ball off to team-mates Brenna Collicutt and Angela Buick. Stand-off Sam Kreeger was awarded a penalty try after being illegally brought down by the United scrum half. Fullback Arlene McGuff made the conversion resulting in a final 27-0 score. Women of the match was awarded to Lisa Breuer. The North Island girls proved they were the stronger team and with a 2-1 record, are currently second in the Division 1 standings. The girls play a fun match Saturday, Feb 25th at Village Park in Cumberland. Kick-off at noon. Next league game will take place in Nanaimo, March 10th against Kelowna. The Kickers women would like to thank Investors Group. Their continuous support is a significant factor in assuring the development of women’s rugby in the Comox...
by aimee | Jan 1, 2012 | BCRU / VIRU News, Men's News, schedules
Click here to view the Men’s 3rd Division schedule in a calendar format. VELOX COWICHAN SAANICH C.W. COMOX POWELL Jan 29 CW @Comox Powell R @Velox Cowichan @Saanich Feb 5 @Cowichan Velox @CW Saanich @Powell R Comox Feb 12 Powell R @Saanich Cowichan @Comox CW @Velox Feb 19 Saanich Comox @Velox @Powell R @Cowichan CW Feb 26 @Comox @CW @Powell R Cowichan Velox Saanich March 4 Cowichan @Velox Comox Powell R @Saanich @CW March 11 @Powell R CW @Comox @Cowichan Saanich Velox March 18 @Saanich Powell R Velox Comox @CW @Cowichan March 25 Comox @Powell R CW @Saanich @Velox Cowichan April 1 @CW Saanich @Cowichan Velox Powell R @Comox April 8 Make Up EASTER Week End EASTER April 15 NVIRU ——- ——- Semi April 22 NVIRU ——- ——- FINAL April 28 Saturday BCRU 1/4 FINAL May 5 Saturday BCRU semi FINAL May 12 Saturday BCRU FINAL ...
by CVKickers | Dec 12, 2011 | BCRU / VIRU News, Game Reports, Men's News
A bright sunny winter Sunday at Cumberland’s Village Park provided the perfect setting for a titanic clash between the 10-0 Comox Valley Kickers and the 9-2 Velox-Valhallians as they took the field to play the final of the Fall Vancouver Island Div. 3 final. The biggest crowd of the year; intense committed rugby by both sides; referees and touch-judges brought in especially from Victoria with miked headsets – the first ever seen in the Comox Valley, all helped create an atmosphere of cup final rugby. And, as befitting such a momentous occasion, the appreciative crowd enjoyed a hard-fought, well-contested match that saw the visitors from Victoria win 24-15 and retain the impressive looking trophy they had won last season. The home team played a fine, spirited game of rugby spinning the ball wide to their backs at every occasion but, as the game wore on the more experienced visiting team, boasting seven players over the age of thirty seven, one of whom, forty-eight year old Canadian international prop Kevin Wirachowski earned seventeen caps playing for his country from 1992-2003, proved decisive. It was this experience that saw the Valhallians eventually gain the ascendency in the second-half to secure the victory after the sides had played to a 10-10 half time draw. “It was a fantastic game of rugby between two teams that like to play open, running rugby,” commented Velox captain Todd Cunningham after the game. “In the end however, it ended being a defensive struggle with our experience being the decisive factor. Full marks to the Kickers, they gave as good as they got and it was a...