by CVKickers | Jan 15, 2012 | Club Events, Game Reports, Men's News, Rugby Competitions, Women's News
Rugby thrives on traditions, with some fixtures between clubs in Britain going back over one hundred and fifty years. On Saturday at Cumberland Village Park the Comox Valley Kickers and the Port Alberni Black Sheep began another tradition when the two clubs played for the newly inaugurated Beaufort Cup. The two clubs hope to play annually for this new Cup in a fixture that will include every level within their organizations and will be played on a total points basis on the day. In the first Annual Beaufort Cup only the Senior Men and the Senior Women played, but in future organizers hope to include Junior as well as Mini players. Kickers “Mr. Everything”, Colin Chappell came up with the idea of the Beaufort Cup: “Just as the Beaufort Mountain range separates us, the Beaufort Cup will bring us closer together by holding this inter-club, “friendly” event to include every level of the two clubs,” said the former Bath player. “We have been trying to make this work for a number of years and have always fallen afoul of the weather, but today, in spite of a light dusting of snow, we finally held the first fixture. And, it proved a great success.” The Black Sheep arrived with over forty players in their own club bus and soon the women’s team took on the Kicker women in a Seven-a side match. The Black Sheep eventually won five tries to three, 25-15 leaving the Kicker men with a ten point deficit to make up if they hoped to be the first holders of the Cup. The men then took to...
by CVKickers | Dec 20, 2011 | Club Events, Men's News
Hello Kickers, Order your Personalized Men’s Team Pro-Fit Jersey today! The club is about to order new jerseys and you have two weeks to place your order for a personalized men’s team jersey at a cost of $65. Information needed: Your Name, Size, Name on back of Jersey, and Number. See attached sizing chart. Example: Greg Merchant, Medium, MERCHANT, 9 Greg Merchant is collecting money and information and the order is being placed on January 2nd. Money and information can be dropped off at: Greg’s House located at 1130 Webdon Road, Courtenay BC. TEL: 250-465-9163. E-mail: gmerchant@wedler.com Alternatively, the Last chance to place your Jersey order is January 1st at the Toilet Bowl Rugby Game. The coveted Toilet Bowl Over 30’s VS Under 30’S Game is to be played at 1pm at the Cumberland Field. [HTML1]...
by CVKickers | Dec 12, 2011 | Club Events
Hello Kickers, just a reminder about the Tacky Sweater Christmas party this Saturday 17th DEC 6.30pm at the club. It is a pot luck event so we ask everyone to bring a dish of some sort for dinner, as well as a $5 or less gift, so everyone gets a meal and a present. To keep up the tackiness we might have Xmas carol karaoke and any other suggestions for things to keep the night rolling would be appreciated. There maybe some rum in the eggnog as well. The “Pick the Joker” draw will be held again and the jackpot stands at $120. Tix are $1 each or $5 for 10. Lets finish off the winter season with a good night, the more the merrier, so invite your friends and family if you...
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...
by CVKickers | Dec 10, 2011 | BCRU / VIRU News, Club Events, Men's News
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