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British Columbia U-17 Womens Rugby Team play Oregon High School Girls Select team
 
Published Friday, October 1, 2010 7:00 am

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)


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