Twenty nine years ago Bill Tierney, Andre Lafon and Stone ran the first
ever Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue Rugby Club junior coaching session. There were
nine kids. Over the years the program has had as many as 23 members in
2003, when Ryan Lynam led a tour to Wales and England. The program has
also gone as low as zero members in some years, especially when the
junior players were forced to play third division Rugby. The 2009 season
though, is a different affair.
Under the leadership of Lee Bieber, and with a cast of enthusiastic
coaches, our junior program is drawing well over 40 players at practice.
At times, the junior program has more players at practice than the senior
squad.
If
you are interested in playing Rugby,
it is not too late. Practice sessions are Monday evenings at 6:30pm, and
all are welcome. Even Bill Tierney showed up at the last Monday training
to check out what all the fuss was about, and commented, "we have
arrived!"
With the high school season just ending and the complications of exams and
proms out of the way, Bieber is hoping that both the girls and boys may be
able to run two teams each. The boys have already seen action at the
Quebec Sevens Tournament in Ste-Julie and all the teams will be playing at
the West island Mini Rugby Jamboree this Sunday at Ecole St George. Don't
miss it, whether player, spectator or interested observer.
