This past weekend, the BC Rugby High School Girls’ Provincial 7’s Championship was played at UBC in Vancouver that saw Oak Bay High School walk away as repeat champions with a 15-10 victory over Belmont Secondary School.
Day 1 saw four teams step up to the spotlight, Shawnigan Lake, Cowichan, Belmont and Oak Bay, with all four remaining undefeated in their respective pools with the Island teams being the favorites advancing to the Cup Round.
Day 2 saw McRoberts, Handsworth, Abbotsford and Elgin Park advanced to the Plate competition. Handsworth demonstrated great growth finishing four places higher than at last year’s event.
McRoberts fought hard but were unable to defeat Elgin Park who faced Abbotsford in the Plate Final seeing Abbotsford finishing the two-day event as the 2017 Plate Champions.
Lake City, home of Olympic Bronze Medalist Kayla Moleschi, walked away 
with the Bowl Championship after a hard-fought back and forth match against Yale.
The Championship demonstrates the young rugby talent in our Province as well showcased the growth and popularity of Rugby in BC.
Teams traveled from Houston, Prince Rupert and Prince George to compete in this Championship event with Prince Rupert squaring off against Chatelach in the Shield Championship stealing the win.
Oak Bay faced Shawnigan in the first Cup Semi-Final playing with a strong defense and a long length pitch run of Amelia Gordon pulled out a 17-7 win.
The second Cup Semi-Final saw Cowichan face Belmont who managed to pull out a Belmont pull out an impressive 35-0 victory over Cowichan, while Shawnigan defeated Cowichan in the 3rd and 4th place finish pulling out a 24-5 win.
The Cup final saw few Oak Bay’s Sophie DeGoede in the dying seconds score thereby pulling out a 15-10 win over Belmont.
Oak Bay walked away victorious as the winners of the BC Rugby High School Girls’ Provincial 7s Championship once again.
Final Results
Cup Championship
Winner – Oak Bay High School
Runner-Up – Belmont Secondary School
3rd – Shawnigan Lake School
4th – Cowichan Secondary School
Plate Championship
Winner – Abbotsford Senior Secondary School
Runner-Up – Elgin Park Secondary School
3rd – McRoberts Secondary School
4th – Handsworth Secondary School
Bowl Championship
Winner – Lake City Secondary School
Runner-Up – Yale Secondary School
3rd – McRoberts Secondary School
4th – Handsworth Secondary School
Shield Championship
Winner – Prince Rupert Secondary School
Runner-Up – Chatelech Secondary School
3rd – Westsyde Secondary School
4th – Valleyview Secondary School
This year the participating teams were:
- Shawnigan Lake School
- McRoberts Secondary School
- Valleyview Secondary School
- Prince Rupert Secondary School
- Yale Secondary School
- Cowichan Secondary School
- Handsworth Secondary School
- Duchess Park Secondary School
- Abbotsford Senior Secondary School
- Belmont Secondary School
- Houston Secondary School
- Chatelech Secondary School
- Oak Bay High School
- Lake City Secondary School
- Westsyde Secondary School
- Elgin Park Secondary School
BC Rugby would like to thank everyone that was involved in the tournament as well as the BC High School Girls Rugby Association for their ongoing contribution to the growth of female rugby in BC.
Thanks To Marketing/Communications Cassie Xiong with BC Rugby
