Abbotsford All-City 2008

Abbotsford school rugby teams had a successful year in 2008. This was especially true at the junior level, where Abbotsford teams finished in the top three spots in the Fraser Valley. Hundreds of boys and girls were active from grades 7-12 in Abbotsford school rugby programs, as teams continue to expand and develop their rugby skills.

At the senior high school level, there were 5 boys’ teams competing, with Rick Hansen, Robert Bateman, and Yale all qualifying...

for provincials. Mouat continued to develop its program, having just restarted in recent years after being inactive for over a decade, and Abby competed in tier 2 as coaches continue to build its program. In the Provincial AA division, Robert Bateman finished 2nd and Rick Hansen, having moved to AA due to decreased school enrollment, finished 8th. Yale finished 16 in the AAA division. Earlier in the year, Kurtis Appeldoorn, Jon Martin, and Vuk Djordjevic were all awarded the honor of being selected to the Canada U-17 program coached by Dave Chambers from Robert Bateman.

At the senior girls level, 4 teams competed from Abbotsford, including Abbotsford Collegiate, Rick Hansen, Robert Bateman and for the first time ever, Yale Secondary. Robert Bateman won the Fraser Valleys and finished 3rd in the AA division at the Provincials. Abby Collegiate came 9th in BC in the AAA division while Rick Hansen finished 11th in AA. Yale competed in an exhibition league, having a team comprised primarily of grade 9 and 10 players. For individual honours, Kendra Reeves and Stephanie Thiessen of Bateman each earned the privilege of representing Canada at the U-19 level over the past year. Kendra traveled on two tours and was impressively named captain of the Canada U-19 team.

Abbotsford teams experienced much success at the junior level with 5 competitive teams in action, including Rick Hansen, Mouat, Bateman, Yale and Abby. All schools had very competitive teams with Yale running two teams. Hansen, Mouat and Yale all had close battles throughout the season. Yale edged out Hansen in the Fraser Valley final with a last minute try to win the championship for the first time in 26 years while Mouat defeated Earl Marriot to earn third in the Valley.

In Grade 8 action, Abbotsford schools were again very strong this year. In the boys’ division, six Abbotsford teams competed in the local league, including W. A. Fraser, Clayburn, Chief Dan, Howe, Abby, and Reimer. W.A. Fraser beat Clayburn in a close match to win the Upper Fraser Valley championship, but lost in overtime to Earl Marriott of White Rock in the Fraser Valley final to earn 2nd overall.
The Abbotsford Grade 8 girls’ league saw six teams competing for the city championship, including Howe, W.A. Fraser, Chief Dan, Abby, Reimer and Clayburn. Abby Middle beat Fraser 5-0 in the final to win the league.

In conjunction with coaches, the Abbotsford Rugby Club has selected a senior boys All-Star team that played an Irish touring side on June 14 where they fought hard, but lost to the more experienced visitors. It has also selected an All-City team for each playing level, comprised of five players from each school who showed outstanding commitment and skill throughout the season. Heritage Park from Mission is included in this group as many of its players are involved with the Abbotsford Rugby Club.

The Abbotsford Rugby Club is very proud of the Abbotsford school athletes, teams and coaches, and would like to applaud them for their successes both on and off the field. Congratulations to all successful 2008 recipients.

Abbotsford Senior Boys All-Star Team 2008

1. Travis Pahl                Yale            12
2. Cory Sheremeto         Bateman        11
3. Vuk Djordjevic        Bateman        11
4. Matts Batryn            Mouat        12
5. Jake Buskell            Bateman        11
6. Roland Olsen            Hansen        12
7. Chris Chalmers        Heritage        12
8. Kavin Mund            Yale        12
9. Kurtis Appeldoorn        Mouat        11
10. Jon Martin            Bateman        11
11. Mitch Tabian            Hansen        12
12. Jared MacArthur        Bateman        12
13. Aiden Finlay            Abby        11
14. Luke Poole            Heritage        12
15. Shea Bourquin        Bateman        12

16. Ajay Sharma            Mouat        11        Prop
17. Brent Dowding        Heritage        12        Lock
18. Nick Quirk            Abby        11        Flanker
19. Paul Bodner            Heritage        11        Lock/#8
20. Justin Sim            Bateman        12        Back Row
21. Martin Park            Hansen        12        Back Row
22. Bryan Cuthbertson        Heritage        11        Scrum Half
23. Zack Diguistini        Mouat        12        Center
24. Johnny Nervais        Heritage        11        wing
25. Arnold Yu            Yale        12        Back Row/Scrum Half

Sr. Girls All-City
 
Abby Sr.
Preet Gill                Hooker
Kaija Klassen            Flanker
Megan Baker            Scrum Half
Angee Loewen            Flanker
Kadie Goldbaum        Fullback/stand off
 
Robert Bateman
Kelly Lint                Scrum half
Kendra Reeves            #8
Stephanie Thiessen        Stand off
Madi Blakeburn            Fullback
Hailey Borrows            Center
 
Heritage Park
Meagan Chambers        #8
Eliza Cagnetta            Center
Marley Beckendorf        Center
Mackenzie Carnes        Stand off
Lissy Vernon            Prop

Rick Hansen
Kiya Posthumus            Flanker
Joyti Grewal            Hooker
Mackenzie Edwards        Stand off
Christina Sandhu        Center
Adriana Raine            Scrum half

Yale
Samantha Carlton        Flanker
Lisa Heinrichs            Stand off
Alison McKeddie        Stand off
Rachael Moorthy            Center
Erica Van Ginkel            Wing

Junior Boys All-City
 
Abby
Quinn Lemke            Center
Josh Davis                Lock
Misha Otanga            Lock/Flank
Tyler Jones            Flank/#8
 
Heritage Park
Jordan Tait-Comis        Stand off
Woochan Kwon            Fullback
Brad Lavesseur            Scrum half
Zack Gilfillen            Wing
Curtis Dowding            #8
 
Mouat
Patrick Shields            Scrum half/Center
Allan Dicks            Fullback
Cam Bedore            Back row
Justin Guze            Lock
Nick Taylor            Wing/Center
 
Rick Hansen
Ronnie Dhami            Flanker
Mitch Lesyk            Stand off
David Hyunh            Fullback
Mark McCutcheon        #8
Darwin Guevara            Hooker
 
Robert Bateman
Mike Neufeldt            Flanker
Mike Rose                Scrum half
Jared Douglas            Stand off
Matt Turcotte            Prop
Dylan Ryan            Lock

Yale
Chris Calderon            Center/wing
Aiden Wanamaker        Flanker/hooker
Jared Johnston            Scrum half
Odell Brown            Flanker
Kody Ramsay            Prop

Yale Exhibition
Tyler Barons            Lock
Dennis Gill                Prop/#8
Brody Quirk            Hooker
Christian Styles            Center
Jordan Puckrin            Flanker
 
Grade 8 Boys
 
Abby Middle
Egzon Emini            #8
Dillon McGuire            Stand off
Dallas Yasinsky            Scrum half
Paul Song                Center
James Lund            Lock
 
Chief Dan George Middle
Mitchel Vedder            Prop
Sebastian Gibson        Flanker
Alex Benedict            Scrum half
Logan Cote            Stand off
Sean Gauba            Prop
 
Clayburn Middle
Jordan Best            Scrum half
Justin Douglas            Stand off
Daniel Marking            Center
Phenix Short            Lock
Freddy Lyhne            Flanker
 
Colleen and Gordie Howe Middle
Chris Bush            Scrum half
David Park            Stand off
JD Paul                #8
Darien Silva            Prop
Jordan Lal                Flanker

Eugene Reimer Middle
Jordan Gmur            #8
Harpreet Dhaliwal        Stand off
Kenny Gill            Lock
Ryan Hotner            Center
Sean Caruso            Flanker
 
 Heritage Park
 Darren Lavesseur        Center
 Colton Reimer            Center
 Lou Labbe                Stand off
 Corey Hildebrandt        Hooker
 Darren Bergh            Scrum half

 W. A. Fraser Middle

 Akash Deo            Scrum half
 Brodie de St. Remy        #8
 Coulson de St. Remy        Center
 Devin Logan            Stand off
 Bryson Oleskiw            Flanker
 
 Grade 8 Girls
 
 Abby Middle
 Natalie Teteris            Center
 Lauren Arthur            Stand off
 Amanda Parmar            Prop/flanker
 Junnaya Murphy            Flank/scrum half
 Tiffany Pickets            Center
 
 Chief Dan George Middle
 Danika Bilodeau-Wheeler    Stand off
 Ashley St. Jean            Wing
 Rebecca Stach            #8
 Ayla Maud            Lock
 Devinne Langfield        Scrum half
 
Clayburn
Tessa Toews            Stand off
Jojo Jensen                #8
Abigail Kibarita            Hooker/flanker
Madison Borrows        Flanker
Cassandra Reeves        Flanker

Colleen and Gordie Howe Middle
Angie Perkins            Lock
Navjot Burn            Flank
River Ned                Center
Amber Dix            Scrum half
Vanessa Saxton            Center 

 Eugene Reimer Middle
 Kiran Benipal            Center
 Ashley Kaila            Flanker
 Sharon Kaila            #8
 Judy Ngo                Stand off
 Athvinder Sidhu            Wing

 W. A. Fraser Middle

 Laura Peters            #8
 Brittany Wilson            Flanker
 Marina Sidhu            Stand off
 Maddison Pantlin        Fullback
 Kim Worthing    Hooker