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January Schedule January 15th Prairie HS Wolf-Pack Boys and Chinook Rugby JV Boys Practices Start Who: All Players and bring a friend What: First Practices. In a gym. Where: Laurin Middle School Gym. 13601 NE 97th Ave, Vancouver, WA 98662 When: Wednesday’s starting January 15th 6pm to 7pm and Friday’s starting January 17th 6pm to 9pm Where: TBD (Outdoor Field and/or Indoor Facility) When: Saturday Mornings starting January 18th January 18th Vancouver Highlanders HS Girls Practices Start Who: All…

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Fall Rugby has started!

Fall Rugby started in a big way yesterday with many teams from the Portland Metro (and some slightly farther away) congregating at Glenhaven Park in Portland. Firstly, Chinook Rugby had a large contingent of girls playing with Girls Rugby. This is an organization devoted to introducing rugby to younger girls in a fun and less competitive manner. There were a lot of smiles and laughter yesterday as the girls got to play against other girls (instead of the normal…

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Nike Rugby Summer Camp

The yearly Nike Rugby Camp took place in Corvallis between Sunday August 4th and Wednesday August 8th. On early Sunday afternoon, the kids registered and found out who their room-mates would be. They were staying in the College Dorms with one wing being for the Boys and another wing being for the girls. On check-in all the kids received a Nike Rugby t-shirt, and they were all eager the wear them for the first day. For many of these…

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Girls Rugby Summer Camp

Girls Rugby Summer Camp is being held in Vancouver this week, and a number of girls from Chinook Rugby have been participating. It is open to girls from 2nd through 8th grades Judging by the number of smiles out there, the camp has been a lot of fun for our girls. Even Lance made an appearance today to join in the fun!

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2019 Fall Rugby – Girls Rugby and Boys Fall 7’s

Rugby Oregon and Girls Rugby Oregon will be hosting a fall series again this year.   Girls Rugby – Fall Leagues (Grades 2-8) Girls in Grades 2-8 (1st Graders on a case by case basis) can play rugby in a non-contact, non-competitive environment, while honing their existing skills or learning afresh. Chinook Rugby teams will practice again at Laurin Middle School in Battle Ground WA. In 2018, we had a number of girls try out Rugby for the first…

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Hockinson Fun Days Parade

Last Saturday we unveiled our new banner in the Hockinson Fun Days Parade. Despite many of the Hockinson players being conflicted between marching with Band or Rugby, we had a number of the Hockinson Players marching, plus many players from other areas of Chinook Rugby taking part in the parade. We had over 20 kids participating this year. In the background, you can hear the Hockinson Middle School Band playing, where a number of our other players were also…

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Girls Rugby Summer Camp (June 24th-28th)

Flag rugby is a fun, all-inclusive, non-contact way to introduce young girls to the fundamental skills of rugby with a big emphasis on having FUN! No experience is needed to play and all are welcome to try it out. Flag rugby is perfect for new players. Chinook Rugby has been a big proponent of Girls Rugby for some time. A number of our girls played with Girls Rugby for the first time last fall and they all had so…

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We are now Chinook Rugby

May 2019 Club President Name Change Announcement.   Hello Rugby Supporters Following on from our parent social earlier this month here are the announcements we made at that time about changes within your club. Be assured as we move forward, our structure, vision, values and culture will remain the same. From the survey we did last November we formed a group of parents who have been meeting regularly since then to form an official club to support our Coaches….

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Co-Ed 5th/6th Grade Season is over

In the Spring Season of 2019, we had 42 kids participating, split up over 4 teams in 5th/6th Grade: Our teams this season were the: Hornets, Lions, Patriots and Wolverines The kids did amazingly well turning up to training in the rain on multiple occasions, and despite being very thin on subs, we had some pretty dedicated kids who showed up every week both for training and game day. Our main goal is to have FUN while we are…

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Boys 7th / 8th Grade Season Recap

The Rebels had a very positive season this year, after having a very heavy 7th grade presence. Many of the kids were playing tackle Rugby for the first time. It was a great learning experience and there was a lot of growth throughout the season. Rebels Gold played Rebels Black for the Bowl, after both qualifying in a round-robin round the weekend before. Black had a good win against Gold after being similarly beaten earlier in the season by…

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