BC Bears Boys and Girls Elite 7s teams will be heading to New Zealand this December, to compete at the 2022 World School Sevens.
The World School Sevens, taking place at Auckland’s Pakuranga Rugby Club on December 17-18, is an international Rugby 7s tournament for U18 Boys and Girls teams, attracting sides from all around the world.
It is a great opportunity for U18 athletes to represent BC and test themselves at a higher level.
BC Bears U18 Boys Elite 7s – Training and Timeline
BC Bears U18 Girls Elite 7s – Training and Timeline
BC Bears Elite 7s Coaches Adam Roberts (Boys) and Darcy Patterson (Girls) are continuing preparations ahead of New Zealand. Coaches will be using the Age-Grade Club Rugby 7s season, culminating with the Kamloops 7s on October 8-9, and XVs Fall season, ending with BC Rugby Age-Grade Club Finals on December 4, to finalize their squads.
“The program is looking to resurrect its strong tradition and build for the future. We will be building back our regional 7’s competitive structure in the early part of 2023. We are very excited for the opportunity to test ourselves against the best in the World at the New Zealand Schools Tournament.” BC Bears U18 Boys 7s Coach Adam Roberts
“This is an exciting time for the BC Bears Elite Youth 7s program and we are very much looking forward to going back to this tournament to grow and compete at a new level.” BC Bears U18 Girls 7s Coach Darcy Patterson
BC Bears U18 Boys Elite 7s – Training and Timeline
Athletes must be birth years 2005 and 2006.
BC Rugby will be holding two Open Trial Sessions for athletes born 2004-2006: on the Mainland on Friday, October 21st and on the Island on Saturday, October 22nd.
Register for the Mainland Session here.
Register for the Island Session here.
A final squad of 15 will be selected by October 30, which will train through November and December in preparation for New Zealand.
The cost for this program per athlete is still under review, approximated to be between $2,500 – $3,000.
For all inquiries, please contact Adam Roberts at: roberts_a@surreyschools.ca
BC Bears U18 Girls Elite 7s – Training and Timeline
Following Team BC’s victory at the Canada Summer Games, we hope the World School 7s will further test our BC Bears U18 Girls team.
Coaches will be watching Age-Grade Club 7s and XVs seasons, as well as taking into account players who impressed in previous competitions this past Summer – including the BC Summer Games and Canada Summer Games. Athletes will be contacted directly for trials and training.
The cost for this program is approximately $3200 per athlete.
Following Auckland, the program will rebuild in 2023 with open ID sessions slated for January 14-15 for U16 and U18 players – further details will be released in due course.
BC Bears U18 Girls Timeline:
October 15: Training – Vancouver Island (UVIC – 9:45am-11:30am)
October 22: Training – Time/Location TBC
November 11/12: Training – Vancouver Island (Final Selections)
November 19: Training – Lower Mainland
November 26: Training – Vancouver Island
December 10-19: World School 7s in New Zealand
For all inquiries, please contact Darcy Patterson at: dpatterson@bcrugby.com
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