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Welcome to the BVI Rugby Football Union website, here you will find information on fixtures, events, news items, training programs and photo galleries. BVI RFU merchandise is now available through www.zazzle.com/bvirfu
On Saturday April 25th we will be hosting our Annual Pirates Party boat trip to the William Thornton and in May we will be holding our Annual Wine Festival. For details please see events.
We are sending a team to play against Barbados on March 28th. For details please see events. We also hope to host St Kitts here in May. The Union held it's AGM on Thursday 5th February 2009. 1st XV veteran and major club contibutor Clinton Hemple was voted in as the President for 2009. The following were voted into positions of the Executive Committe. Please don't hesitate to get in contact with them regarding any issues of the Union.
The Chairman: Claire Robey The Hon Secretary: Rob McIntrye The Hon Treasurer: Dustyn Molver Membership Secretary: Marriane Rajic Social Secretaries: Jonny Bailey and Cassandra Molver Club Captains: Tom Chapman and Brodie Faragher The Men's 7's team has just returned from the Trinidad Enthusiasts Carib International 7's in Port of Spain where they brought home wins for the BVI against Northern Club of Trinidad as well as YTC of Trinidad. These high scoring wins managed to get them into the semi final of the plate against a disgruntled Northern team who came out determined to put the BVI boys out of the tournament. The boys rugby for the weekend ended there but there was still plenty of fun to be had with our Carib cooler before picking up the Camaraderie Award and marching to the Harvard Club for the afterparty. Thanks to Pussers for provide us with the fuel. There is a few photos in the gallery plus a detailed report by Dave Bailey in the past events.
The Union would like to welcome our new Rugby Development Officer (RDO) Sherlock Solomon who has recently joined us from Guyana will be heading up the Youth Program as well as coaching the Men's and Women's national squads. For more information of BVI Rugby please contact Mr Solomon on 499 0969 or info@bvirugby.com. Men's practice is held on Tuesdays, Women's on Wednesdays, Mixed on Thursdays and Kids on Saturday mornings. BVI Rugby Union is also delighted to announce that the SHRM Group is to be the new principal sponsor of rugby in the British Virgin Islands. SHRM is a niche provider of financial services with offices in the BVI, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, New Zealand and The Netherlands. Bart d'Ancona the company C.E.O. has played rugby for the BVI, Jersey and Luxembourg as such he was delighted to hand over a check for 20,000 USD to Club Secretary Rob McIntyre. Commenting on the deal Bart stated: "I have been involved in the financial industry here in the BVI since the mid 1980s and at that time the rugby club was a great social and sporting hub. What we are doing here by investing in rugby in the BVI is not only ensuring that this continues, but also trying to get all the children in the schools engaged in a sport which will teach them many valuable life skills." SHRM opened their new offices in Road Town in late 2007 and the new office headed by David Finlayson and Ronan Kuczaj follows the company policy of investing in the sport. Alex van Zeeland, MD of SHRM Luxembourg, and himself a former Luxembourg captain recently signed a new sponsorship deal with the Luxembourg National U-18 & U-20 sides which compete around Europe. Likewise Reid Thurlow MD of SHRM Hong Kong is also a duel BVI / Luxembourg International and supports rugby programs both in the Far East and in his native New Zealand. Primarily the sponsorship will fund the new Rugby Development officer Mr. Sherlock Sam from Guyana; who has recently moved to the BVI to take over the Youth program created by the last officer Max Malkin. BVI RUGBY ALSO WISHES TO THANK ITS OTHER REGULAR SPONSORS MAPLES AND CALDER AND FOLIO ADMINISTRATORS (BVI) LIMITED. On Saturday 15th November 2008 the union hosted it's Annual Corporate Mixed Touch Tournament between Fortis, Maples, Harneys, Walkers, Ogier, Baker Tilly and Admiral Marine. Many thanks to the sponsoring teams and those that showed up to support, drink beer and chow burgers. Team Fortis headed up by womens team captain Michelle Bailey took home the champions trophy after a tough final against Liz Kileen's Maples team. BVI Rugby has had a very successful year on the pitch with an undefeated season against some tough competition. Thank you to all our players and supporters. The results are as follows. BVI 25 - HMS Ocean 20 BVI 50 - HMS Iron Duke 0 BVI 17 - Dominican Republic 0 BVI 45 - University of Michigan 5 BVI 35 - University of Michigan 15 BVI 12 - St Maarten 10 BVI 35 - HMS Iron Duke 0 The first ever BVI women's team secured a victory against against St Kitts two tries to zero. Please browse our site and enjoy the numerous photos in the gallery. There is game shots, team shots and kids rugby as well as loads of us just having fun in the BVI. Interested tourists please contact us through the contact portal as we would love to host more opposition. The Annual Rugby Dinner held on July 11th 2008 was a very successful event attended by 133 people and enjoyed by all. In the process we managed to raise a considerable sum towards the Youth Development Program. Guest Speaker Tony Spreadbury delivered a memorable performance and Andrew Thorpe dazzled us all with his humour and wit behind the hammer in the auction with a host of jokey digs directed towards the Saffas as well as RDO Max Malkin. A special thank you goes out to Corovest Fund Managers and Osiris for sponsoring the wine at the dinner. If you would like to sponsor the club and have your logo and a link on this website, or if you have any content or suggestions for the website, please contact us. Regards BVI Rugby Football Union
