Congratulations to Jamie Levchuk

This year Burnaby Lake’s very own Jamie Levchuk was awarded the prestigious Stoess award. The Stoess award is given to a 1st, 2nd or 3rd division player in the VRU who has in his rugby career exhibited outstanding Leadership, Sportsmanship and Playing Ability. The club would like to send their congratulations to Jamie, who is…

Senior Women’s Rep TeamTrials

The BCRU is in the process of putting together their Senior Women’s team that is going to represent the province at the 2005 National Festival in Burnaby August 15th – 21st. If you are interested, read on … Team trials will be taking place on June 25th and 26th at Burnaby Lake. Saturday from 11am…

Jerseys for Sale

The club is ordering some new jerseys for the next season. If you are interested in getting one for yourself you can piggyback the order onto the club’s … Any members interested in ordering a Burnaby Lake replica Samurai jersey for the upcoming season can do so now. Jersey cost is $85.00 inclusive. Please forward…

More Accolades

Last post gave an overview of some of the representative talent that the BLRC is fielding this summer. This post highlights a strong rep showing from our Premier Women’s team … Rugby Canada has just selected the National Senior Women’s Team for the 2005 Canada Cup that will be played in Ottaway this summer. Four…

U-14 Champs

On April 30 The Burnaby Lake Under 14 team captured the B.C Championship or the “Rob Forsberg Cup”. At the final whistle the team pulled off a two point win, 31 -29, after a 5 minute goal-line defensive stance which saw our boys fight back the Cowichan attack a number of times. Sam MacDonald opened…

BLRC Scholarship Winner

Congratulations to Rainiel de Guzman, this year’s winner of the Burnaby Lake Rugby Club Scholarship. We are proud to present Rainiel $500.00 to assist him in his schooling. Rainiel Has grown-up at Burnaby Lake, having gone through the junior program and is now a successful Mens player. He has played representative rugby for Vancouver, and…

Playoff Rugby

Rugby may be over for most of the club but there are still two teams vying for a championship title… Tomorrow morning two Burnaby teams will be taking the field in their repsective semi-final games. Both the 3A’s and the 3B’s have made the third division playoffs. The 3B’s had a stellar season and finished…

Attention U16 Players

The time for the team to meet on Sunday April 10th has been changed to 8:00 AM. We will meet at the clubhouse and then go to UBC for our games. All players must also bring their Birth Certificate and School ID. Any questions, contact John at 604-299-3429.

COACH URGENTLY NEEDED

Burnaby North Secondary is in desperate need of a rugby coach (back prefered). Speak to Andrew Vagnerelli for details (604-936-3641) Also referees are still needed for highschool rugby games on monday, wednesday or thursday. Speak to Andrew as well.