Capilano RFC Assistant Coaches NEEDED

The Capilano Rugby Club is actively seeking out Assistant Coaches for the Sr. Women and Sr. Men for the 2023-2024 season. There is a large amount of rugby knowledge within our club and we would like to take advantage of that. Should you be interested or know of anyone who would be interested, please contact Chris Robinson.

The Capilano Women run two teams and train from 6:00pm to 7:30pm on Tuesday and Thursday nights. Games are played on Saturday mornings/afternoons. With two teams, often playing at different locations, an additional coach is required for Saturday games. This coach would be involved in Tuesday and Thursday training sessions under the guidance of the Women's Head Coach. The club currently has a large, and growing, number of talented and dedicated Women's players in the program. Please consider supporting this group in a coaching capacity any way that you can!

The Capilano Men run three teams and train from 7:30pm to 9:00pm on Tuesday and Thursday nights. Games are played on Saturday mornings/afternoons. Assistant Coaches would be involved in Tuesday and Thursday training sessions under the guidance of the Men's Head Coach. Full or part time coaching help would both be appreciated if available.

Anyone interested or anyone with questions, please contact Chris Robinson at crobinson25@hotmail.com

BC High School Championships

Boys and Girls High School Provincials are currently underway in Abbotsford. Schedules and results for all the division can be found by clicking here.

Canada U20 Men

The Canada U20 Men's roster has been announced for the series against the USA next week. Capilano RFC members, both currently playing at UBC, Owain Cormack and Joe McNulty were both selected for Canada. Congratulations to Owain, Joe and all their teammates for this honour. Best of luck vs the USA!!

Click here to view the full story and team roster

BC Bears (Men) Trial Match
The BC Bears are holding a trial match this Friday night, June 2/23. Current Capilano RFC players Mike Moloney and Johnny Franklin as well as previous North Shore youth/high school players Nick Gray, Simon Burns, Demetri Patterson, Beaudry Leman, and Lenny Bonduau have all been selected to the two squads. Congratulations to all the players on this honour. Full rosters and details can be found by clicking here. This trial will be used to select the BC Bears roster for the Coast to Coast Cup.

BC Bears (Women) Blue vs Gold Round 2
Game 2 of the Senior Women’s Blue vs. Gold Series kicks off at 1:00pm PT on Ken Woods field at UBC’s Vancouver campus. The match is open to the public and free to attend – make sure you catch some of BC’s top Rugby talent in action!

Ahead of Saturday’s Game 2, the BC Bears U19 Women’s team will face the Rugby Canada U20 Development side in a warm-up match ahead of this summer’s 2023 Canadian U19 Rugby Championships, also hosted at UBC. That match will kick-off at 11:00am PT.

On Sunday, June 4, Rugby Canada’s U20 side will then face off in an inter-squad game at 11:00am PT.

Check back on bcrugby.com tomorrow for both rosters including Capilano RFC Women's players on BC Mainland Gold.

Summer Rugby Camp - Ages 5 to 13

Christiaan Esterhuizen and Vancity Rugby will be running a Summer Rugby Camp at Klahanie Park from August 21 to 25. This is for kids aged 5 to 13. There are half day and full day options available. Cost for the full day is $389 and half day is $199. Half days are 9:00am to 12:00pm or 12:30pm to 3:30pm.

Link for the half day: CLICK HERE
Link for the full day registration: CLICK HERE

Club work database

We are always looking for ways to improve things at the Capilano Rugby Club and to increase player/club membership. Player recruitment and retention are very important to the success on the field of all our club teams. One way we can assist club members is with work/career opportunities.

The club would like to create a database of club members who would be willing to assist in trying to find work opportunities for current club players. This would not be a promise of a job, but any assistance that could be provided such as getting an interview or making a connection in a specific field of work.

The club database would be designed to help; local youth and high school players who are moving into the senior teams, Capilano players at University who have graduated or will be graduating, and players coming from out of province or out of country to join the club.

This database would only be used and accessed internally by a small number of Capilano RFC Executive members. This would be the Sr. Women's Rep, The Sr. Men's Rep and the Club Captain. Contact information would not be shared directly with any of our members. Capilano RFC Executive members would reach out directly to those in the database when needed.

If you are interested in assisting, please email Chris Robinson. Please provide your name, contact information and what areas of work you could potentially help out in. This could be multiple areas of work and could also include areas of work family or friends could help out with as well.

Example: My name is ___ (Number: (???) ???-??? or email: ???) – and I can help with work opportunities in the ??? field/industry.

Any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to Chris Robinson at the contact information below. This is a small way that club members can make a large impact on club membership. We appreciate all that our club members do that make being a Capilano so special!

Caps4Life

Chris Robinson
Capilano RFC Club Captain
604-836-1408 crobinson25@hotmail.com