Gents, Please see below key dates in relation to the start of the rugby season. Please also see the running program for your conditioning. Team Building Day – Sunday 24th July 10.00am-3.00pm at BLRC on the grass fields 1st Practice – Tuesday 2nd August 7.00pm -8.30pm at BLRC on grass fields. Practices continue every Tues…
BLRC go 2 for 3 in SFU Sevens Titles
The Burnaby Lake Rugby Club had a fantastic weekend at the SFU 7s. The Women’s Elite division came out on top to beat the Velox Elite women in the first final. The Social men “President Mike Devlin’s Party of Seven” wingmaned their way to defeated the Velox social men. And in the Elite Men’s Final…
Julia Sugawara Honoured
This past weekend BLRC’s Julia Sugawara was recognized for her tireless efforts and incredible dedication to the rugby community in BC and across Canada by receiving the 2011 Colette McAulay Award! For full details of the award, see this article. For those of you who know Julia, this should come as no surprise. For those…
Pat Riordan Named 2011 World Cup Captain
Burnaby Lake Rugby Club would like to congratulate Pat Riordan for his selection to the 2011 World Cup Squad. Pat will lead the team from the front row both as the starting hooker and also as the captain. Pat earned his first cap as a hooker for Canada in 2003, and has earned 37 caps…
Burnaby Lake Rugby Club Represented well in 2011 NWL finals
Vancouver, BC: In ten days time, hundreds of elite Canadian rugby players will scrum down at the University of British Columbia’s Wolfson Fields for the 2011 National Women’s League finals. From June 30th through July 3rd, provincial teams will be competing in a tournament featuring the highest level of domestic women’s rugby in the country.…
Men Win Flatliner’s 7s, Touch Rugby to start at 6:30
Two little things, First, People (Fizzle, Panda and Co.) have been wondering about playing touch on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We will start touch early at 6:30. So non 7s members have a nice long 45 minute “ssesshh”. At 7:15 formal 7s practice starts. Those who wish to join the practices are welcome, but there is…
Joe and Rain to play with Serevi and the Howlers at the Lions Game
The Dog River Howlers have travel west to take on the Pacific Tyees on June 22nd during halftime of the BC Lions and Saskatchewan Roughriders game. The Howlers line up will feature the great Waisale Serevi, and Burnaby’s Joe Dolesau and Rain De Guzman. Serevi has long been considered the ‘Wayne Gretzky’ of rugby sevens…
First 7s Practice and BBQ!
Guys & Gals, 7’s practice starts on Saturday May 21st, at 11am. This will be followed by a fundraising BBQ. Let’s all come down and support this popular program. Saturday at 11!!
Burnaby Go 2 for 3 in BC Finals Action.
The Burnaby Lake Rugby Club went two-for-three in the BC Finals over the last two weekends. Playing in West Vancouver’s Klahani Park the premier women won in a thrilling 17-13 win over Velox to claim the BC Women’s Premier Harris Memorial Cup. The first division men orchestrated a 10-8 come from behind victory over James…
BLRC Awards Banquet, Great Success
Saturday April 30th marked the annual Burnaby Lake Rugby Club Awards Banquet. The night was a great event that brought the club together to share and celebrate the year. Winners of this year’s awards banquet include: Club Awards Aaron Reed – Grinder Rain De Guzman – Larry Young Memorial Ian Trevor – Rob Forsberg Memorial…