The Junior Rugby Team is nearing the end of their season and so far have shown a lot of promise for the future of Rugby at Burnaby Central.  They recently revenged a close loss to Lord Byng by defeating them in an exciting overtime win in the Lower Mainland 7s Tournament.  The team also defeated Kitsilano High School in an exciting game by a score of 34 to 33.  The Team then lost to a very strong team in McRoberts from Richmond.  The game was very close at the start but after a few injuries, the team fell behind at the end.  They were able to revenge this loss on May 7 by defeating McRoberts 33 to 19 at our home field.  On this day, the team was led by veterans like Kenny Cai, returning players like Mac Burns, and rookies like Trevor Lougheed who demonstrated a textbook tackle that helped cement the game for us (see photos below). With the help of former grads and current players at the Burnaby Lake Rugby Club, Liem Jung and Admir Cejvanovic, the team has continually improved especially in our contact and team play. Unfortunately, in our last game the team came up against a very strong side in Carson Graham in the Vancouver District Semi Final on May 13.

Team point leaders are: Kenny Cai 4 tries 3 converts (26 pts), Trevor Lougheed 4 T (20 pts.), Mac Burns 4 T (20 pts), Ansel Hait 2 T (10 pts), Myles Molla 1 T (5 pts),  Calvin Watts 1T (5 pts), Kenzo Racanelli 1 T (5 pts), Austin Arotta 4 converts (8 pts).  Team award winners were Best Forward – Mac Burns, Aiden Bate-Smith, Best Back – Kenny Cai, Top Rookies (back) Trevor Lougheed, (forward) Ansel Hait.

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Vancouver East U16 PRC tryouts (birthyears 1998-1999):

Saturday May 24 from 10am to 1pm at Burnaby Lake Rugby Club. Players are requested to arrive 15 mins prior to register (then every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturdays at Burnaby Lake).  Contact Moreno Stefanon Van East U16 Head Coach & Manager morenostefanon@yahoo.com (604)-992-5252.  THe PRCs are July 4-6 at UBC.

The Vancouver East U15 training details (Gr. 9s) for PRCs on June 28-29 at UBC’s Wolfson Fields. At John Oliver Park Thursdays May 29, and June 5,12, 19. Practices will also run June 23 ,24, 25 and 26 in build up to the tournament. All sessions are from 630 pm until 8pm at John Oliver Park in Delta.

For more information, contact coaches Andrew Walker annanlad@shaw.ca, Neil Fraser nfraser@wynford.com,  and Don Brown  rugby@eastlink.ca

BC Summer Games Zone 4 – Under 14 Seven – Aside Team Tryouts are at the same time/place as Van East U15 (Thursdays 6:30 John Oliver Park).  Contact Don Brown by June 16 if interested.  The Summer Games are July 24-27.

Summer Rugby Camp Info:

Vancouver East Camp
July 14 – July 18
9:00am – 12:00pm
Memorial South Park
Prince Albert St & East 43rd Ave
Vancouver, BC
To register go to: http://www.bcrugby.com/news/2014/05/07/club-leagues-spring-youth/2014-bc-rugby-summer-camps-schedule/

This year’s team is Burnaby Champs for the third year in a row.  They went undefeated against Burnaby Mountain and Alpha but had tough games against Charles Tupper (at the time Vancouver #1) and Argyle (North Shore #2).  Up next is the all star game on Nov. 14 at the BLRC.

The School Athletic Awards Ceremony is on Thursday June 6.  Tickets are $7 and can be purchased online or at the PE Office.  Players can still get their votes for best back and best forward to the coaches.

Summer Under 15 and Under 16 Provincial Regional Championship (PRCs) Rugby Tryouts for Vancouver East is on Saturday May 25 from 10 AM to 12 PM (registration/warmup at 9:30 AM) at Burnaby Lake East Grass Fields.                                     U15 B2Gold PRCs (UBC’s Wolfson Fields) June 22-23                                               U16 B2Gold PRCs (UBC’s Wolfson Fields) July 5-7

Thanks to Mrs. Ozero, we have some photos from our last game versus Moscrop.  Click Here.

The Lower Mainland 7 aside Tournament is on April 19 at John Oliver Park, Delta.  We will need parent drivers to help get the team to the field.  Let Mr. Vagnarelli know if you can help.  We will meet at the school at 8:30 and depart by 8:45.  Tournament is schedule to go till 6:30 PM.  Players are reminded to bring a lunck, snack, water bottle and all of their rugby equipment.

Junior Rugby has started for the 2013 season.  The team practices on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 3:15 PM on the grass field.  Games will begin in April and as of now are scheduled on Thursdays (or Wednesdays).

2012-2013 BNWSSAA Bantam Rugby Champions! Congratulations to this year’s Grade 8s who won the Burnaby Banner by defeating Burnaby North in a thrilling final on Nov. 5.  The team came up short against Carson Graham in the Vancouver & District Semi Final but hope to improve their ranking in the future.  Team award winners this year were: Team MVP – Ansel Hait, Best Forwards: Gus Rai (Naveen Kainth, Micheal Zieffle runner ups), Best Back: Austin Arotta, JC Bonilla (Austin Preisll runner up).

This year the Bantam Rugby Team won the Burnaby New West District Championship.  Team awards went to Kenny Cai and Mackenzie Burns (Best Backs), Dillon Cusker and Saif Rahman (Best Forwards), and Daniel Ozero (Most Inspirational).   The Senior team, which was made up of mostly rookies, finished 3rd in the Lower Mainland Tier 2 League.  Award winners were: John Ragone (Best Back), Saheel Khan and Ethan Hait (Best Forwards)