by CVKickers | Apr 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
Please note that the Rugby Rascals Jamboree scheduled to take place in Cowichan on Sunday, the 29th of April, has been cancelled.
by CVKickers | Apr 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
Just as in hockey, so in rugby, playoff games require a different standard of play than regular season league play. On Sunday at Cumberland’s Village Park the A.F.C. Construction Comox Valley Kickers, wearing their brand new A.F.C. jerseys, learned that lesson to their peril, going down 16-12 to the Cowichan Piggies. It was a game the Kickers could well have won but indiscipline, a lack of leadership and rushes of blood to the head at the wrong times, lost them the match. Both teams realized the importance of the game at the outset, knowing that this “one-off” game meant an early summer or a move on to the next stages of the playoffs. With that in mind the game possessed a “nice bit of bite” in the early going, that could either boil over into an ill tempered affair, if not contained, or could have resulted in a really stirring contest. Unfortunately, the referee did not put his stamp on the game early enough allowing the often chippy, niggly play to continue, which led to the match digressing into a badly behaved contest that proved little fun for the crowd to watch and the players to play in. Eventually three players went to the sin bin, but that proved too little and too late to control the game. The Kickers defended well in the early going with Cowichan in the ascendency, but after keeping the visiting Piggies at bay for some time, Kim Anderton forced his way over the Kicker’s try line to put the visitors up 5-0. Soon after, with the Kickers having trouble getting out of their...
by aimee | Apr 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
Along with the men’s awesome new jerseys, the club received other new gear! There will be black socks and performance rugby shorts for sale this week at the club. Shorts have kickers colors and logo and look great! Please see Andy if you would like a pair Socks $10 Shorts...
by CVKickers | Mar 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
The first jamboree of the season was a good one for the Rascals who joined up with Nanaimo and Cowichan to ensure that every child had ample game time. Aurora McLauchlan ran strongly while her brother Caleb played really well defensively. Young Gage Hennicke-Nasadyk played well and was busy throughout chasing down the ball. Despite playing his first game and joining a team of new faces from Nanaimo, Jackson Dyke played strongly on both defense and the attack (including a try) in all 4 games. Next jamboree will be hosted by Cowichan at Shawnigan Lake, Sunday, April...
by CVKickers | Mar 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
Eli Cummins of the Comox Valley Kickers Rugby Club epitomizes why rugby, and indeed any sport, is so important to a community like the Comox Valley. Eli, 28, a product of Oak Bay High School in Victoria, came to the Courtenay in 2004 to work at Mt. Washington and has been playing for the Kickers ever since. Over that time he has matured as a rugby player and has grown to become an exemplary young man and a genuine leader in the Kickers club, a club that is growing by leaps and bounds with an influx of young players who are turning out to play for it. Hopefully they too will develop in the same way Eli Cummins has. Not so many years ago Eli was a bit of a tear-away who partied heavily and often showed up to play rugby on Sunday in a state that showed he was burning the candle at both ends. Tough economic times here in the Valley often forced him to leave home and seek any kind of employment anywhere. He worked as a surveyor’s “chain man”, as a deck hand on a tuna boat, as a bartender and caterer, as a labourer, indeed at any kind of work he could find. When he returned home the first place he always headed was to the Kickers club looking for a game and a party. A few years ago he realized that the kind of life he was leading needed to change so he took a big leap and started his own business: Cummins Fencing. “I started the business in 2008 and built five...
by aimee | Mar 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
The Comox Valley Kickers are calling all youth ages 12-16 (boys and girls) interested in playing rugby and being part of an amazing team! Training sessions are being held Wednesday evenings 5:30pm, rain or shine at our training field at the Fallen Alders on Royston Rd. Please bring water bottle, appropriate clothing, and cleats or running shoes (mouth guards will be needed later on). Teams are U14, U15, U16 boys and U17 girls. Experience isn’t necessary… come on out, bring some friends and have some fun. For more information contact Colin Chappell @ ...