The
BC team that completed a successful tour to California in August, came back together to
play the Oregon All Stars. The team gathered together on September
24th to make the trek to Oregon, it would be first time the team was together since the middle of August. The team had a spirited 90 minute practice in Chelais, Washington
on the way down and the team seemed to gel together very quickly. The
girls showed extreme patience with each other and it payed off in the later
stages of the practice as the execution was excellent. The staff were
extremely impressed with the team cohesiveness and were mildly confident that
they would be successful in the match the next day.
On
Saturday, September 25th - the girls rose early and were eager to the get to
the field to prepare for the game. There were 26 girls that
traveled to Oregon
out of the originally 28 girls that were on the team in the summer. At
the beginning of the game, it was evident that the BC girls were ready to play
and were wanting to put on a display for the crowd in attendance. The Oregon team was bigger
than our girls, but it was clear that our girls were more fit and better
skilled. In the end, the fitness and skill's payed off as the BC
girls won the game 54 to 7 over the Oregon All Stars. It was a
great way to end the season for the BC U-17 Womens Rugby team. Many
of the players are waiting to see what events are next for them, many are
anticipating there being an U-18 Women's Nationals next summer. If there
is a National Championships at this age level, the staff are extremely excited
at the opportunity for these girls to win a gold medal.
Traveling
members:
Rachel Barratt (Shawnigan Lake)
Caitie Ryan (Sahali)
Carli Shott (Carson
Graham)
Nicola Jones (Carson Graham)
Alexis Myhre (Williams Lake)
Madison Borrows (Robert Bateman)
Jessica Hartle (Port Moody
Alexis Latimer (Gleneagle)
Shannon Kelly (Shawnigan Lake)
Meghan Wellis (Semiahmoo)
Allie Wood (Vanier)
Alex Harden (Carson
Graham)
Sam Kreeger (Vanier)
Jessica Neilson (Carson
Graham)
Sarah Gordon (Tweedsmuir)
Lauren Arthur (Abbotsford)
Kaelyn Palmer (Cowichan)
Ciara Malone (Meralomas)
Kristy Fielding (Cowichan)
Genevieve Bittorf (Carson Graham)
Rebecca Saari (Cowichan)
Nikki Soulsby (Sentinel)
Nicole McKenna (Cowichan)
Brittany Brabant (Merritt)
Jenna Bugden (Cowichan)
Sommer O'Shaugnessy (Sentinel)
Staff:
Brad Baker (Carson
Graham)
Rick Pimlott (Carson
Graham)
Asuka Kusano (Capilano)
Jenn Kadigen (Meralomas)
