Who are we?

We are the Salish Sea Warriors, welcoming all young women and men who enjoy participating in contact team sports. We promote athletics, integrity, playing safe and for each other, developing friendships that last long past a season.

Teams are under 14, 16 and 18 years of ages boys with a U16 girls team scheduled for the coming 2024 fall season. A mini’s program is also being implemented that will introduce preschool kids to the sport during the spring of 2025. There is no player registration restriction and is open to all athletes, including those not attending Shawnigan Lake School.

U14 introduction to contact $150, U16 & 18 full contact $250 – includes training top, socks & insurance through Rugby Canada.

Constitution

The Salish Sea Warriors Rugby Football Club is a registered society in British Columbia that was created as a platform to promote youth rugby in the Capital Regional District of Mill Bay. A rugby club within the North Vancouver Island Rugby Union, known as Tsunami for regional competition.

Our mandate is to provide a healthy and safe environment to teach the game of rugby to all ages and genders of youth.

The primary objective is to give age grade (8 to 12) rugby athletes either attending Shawnigan Lake School or in the local community an opportunity to play in the club league competition. Club and regional rugby are an integral part of the Player Pathway and provides athletes with critical playing experience to develop their skillsets and game understanding. The Salish operate out of the school facilities taking advantage of existing amenities and capitalizes on the experienced coaching staff that volunteer their time. It gives those young players a great opportunity to train further and become a part of the great rugby community outside of Shawnigan Lake and the school competition which is limited to the spring season.

Our Values

Sportsmanship

Ball skills with hand and feet

Physical stamina

Eagerness to play

The Coaches

This rugby club was conceived by Andrew Doyle, a former Welsh Forward with Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cowichan, CW and first fifteen coach, at SLS. Jeff Williams, former national player was quick to support his fellow coach at the school and volunteer his time. The executive acknowledges and appreciates the volunteer time commitment of the whole coaching staff, every season. Thank you all.

U18 Boys
Jeff Williams: JBAA, Rugby Canada 7s/15s
Clay Panga, Westshore RFC, Rugby Canada 15s and Grassroots Rugby

U16 Girls
Barbara Mervin: Westshore RFC, Rugby Canada 7s/15s 

U16 Boys
Remi Anctil: UVic Vikings, Meraloma, BC Bears
Dave Grisdale: Cowichan, BC Bears

 U14 Boys
Adam Holloway, Reading, Scotland
Matthew Clinton-Baker: UVIC, Auckland Grammar School

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