Beukeboom makes Canada Rugby's WXV roster
Former Cowichan resident Tyson Beukeboom is one of the 30 players to be selected for the second annual WXV 1, a global women's rugby competition, this September and October in Vancouver.
The former Cowichan RFC Piggie is in her second professional season at second row for the Ealing Trailfinders in Premiership Women’s Rugby in London, England’s elite women’s rugby league.
Beukeboom became the most all-time caps leader in Canadian women’s rugby history with her 68th international appearance in the Canadian women’s squad’s first ever victory over the New Zealand Black Ferns on May 19 in Christchurch.
The WXV 1 tournament will feature the top six women's rugby teams in the world: Canada, England, France, Ireland, New Zealand and the United States, in a total of nine games over three consecutive weekends.
To open their tournament, Canada plays against France at 3:45 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 29 at B.C. Place Stadium. On Saturday, Oct. 5 at 3:45 p.m., they'll face Ireland at Willoughby Stadium at the Langley Events Centre, and on Saturday, Oct. 12 Canada will meet England at B.C. Place. More information can be found at rugby.ca
Young star to water ski at Jr. Pan Am Games
Fresh after posting some of her personal best scores in a competition in Texas over the Labour Day long weekend, Maple Bay's Madison Savory has been selected to represent Team Canada at the 2024 IWWF Pan American Water Ski Championships Oct. 8-12 in Bogota, Colombia.
She will be competing in the U14 division, the youngest of the event, with the other divisions being U17, U21, and open.
Savory won the U12 slalom provincials in Kamloops in the last weekend of July, Westerns in Edmonton Aug. 9-11, and was second overall at the national championships in Ontario, Aug. 16-21.
Cowichan Tribes athletes invited to Spain
Michael Daniels, 21, and Ethan Wilson, soon to be 17, attended a Real Madrid sanctioned soccer camp in Richmond this past August, and played well enough to earn coveted invitations to the pro soccer team's training grounds for a training week in late November.
"Ethan’s mom and myself are both doing a lot of fundraising because we have to pay for registration, flight and accommodation for them to attend this so we’re also looking for some donations and/or sponsorships as well," said Norma George, Daniels's mom. "I’m glad they both have this opportunity. Ethan’s mom and myself will be travelling with them while they attend this great opportunity."
To help the families with their fundraising email dasnng@gmail.com.
