Capping Ceremony
JBAA 125th Anniversary "Capping Ceremony"
Mon, 2011/11/28 - 3:21pm | by Matthuw Ronald-Jones
The James Bay Athletic Association celebrated their 125th anniversary on Saturday with a win against the University of Victoria Vikes to claim their 55th Barnard Cup victory (Vancouver Island Rugby Championship).
Later that evening , 125 olde stars, and some of today, squeezed into the navy and blue draped 125th Anniversary Lounge at the House of Bays, and sat down to a menu of fine food from jersey sponsor -The Local Kitchen, and fine companionship with rugby mates from many years.
Capping Presentation at RWC Vancouver Dinner
Fri, 2011/08/19 - 2:26pm | by Matthuw Ronald-Jones
Friday, August 19, 2011 - Submitted by Rugby Canada staff
During a Rugby World Cup send-off dinner in Vancouver on Thursday, current and former Canadian internationals Hubert Buydens, Jamie Cudmore, Luke Cudmore, John Hutchinson, Danny Nikas and Jim Yagenegi were presented their caps from their test debuts.
The practice is an initiative of Rugby Canada and the Canadian Rugby Foundation, as both organizations work to award all players who were capped for Canada with their official cap.
Capping Presentation at BMO Field
Mon, 2011/08/15 - 8:12am | by Matthuw Ronald-Jones
written by: Jeff Hull
On Saturday, August 6th, the Canadian Rugby Foundation continued its fine tradition of distributing Caps to former Canadian internationals, for their service to this country's national team. In front of thousands of passionate rugby fans at Toronto's BMO Field, Director Matthuw Ronald-Jones made his way to mid-field for the pre-match ceremony. He shared these thoughts on the tremendous atmosphere of the Toronto event:
CORE Capping Ceremony (Grant & Ebl)
Sun, 2010/11/14 - 10:00pm | by Matthuw Ronald-Jones
On Saturday, November 22nd in Kelowna, BC the Central Okanagan Rugby Enthusiasts (CORE) Society held their first Annual AGM. The highlight of the evening was the official presenting Caps to Gary Grant who earned his first cap against England Under-23 on June 4th, 1977 and to Barry Ebl who earned his first cap against New Zealand on April 22nd, 1995. Former Canadian Captain Pat Aldous who also volunteers on the Canadian Rugby Foundation and Rugby Canada Board of Directors presented the caps to each of the gentlemen.
Congratulations to Canada's most recent Caps
Fri, 2010/11/12 - 3:21pm | by Matthuw Ronald-Jones
Congratulations to the following 6 men: Connor Braid, Mitch Gudgeon, Jeremy Kyne, Jamie MacKenzie, Taylor Paris and John Phelan who earned their first Cap in an international test match for Canada against Belgium on Saturday, November 6th, 2010. Best of luck to them and all their team mates on the Fall European Tour.
Balmy Beach Club - Alumni Capping Ceremony
Wed, 2010/09/15 - 12:15pm | by Matthuw Ronald-Jones
On August 19th the Balmy Beach Club, with cooperation from Rugby Canada and the Canadian Rugby Foundation hosted a Tribute to BBCC Canadian Representative Players. The event was held at the historic and picturesque Balmy Beach Club steeped in Rugby history. The thrust of the evening centered on the capping ceremony for those BBCC players who had not yet received their CRF caps. With the backdrop of a wall of framed jerseys showcasing the tradition of BBCC players representing Canada at all levels; Scott Bryan, Scott Hendry, Matt King, Anthony McGann, Boris Stoikos and Jeff Tomlinson received their CRF caps surrounded by their families, friends and teammates.
Canada v Russia Capping Ceremony
Tue, 2009/12/01 - 11:17am | by Matthuw Ronald-Jones
During halftime of the very wet Russia/Canada game this past weekend at Swangard Stadium in Burnaby, BC, the Canadian Rugby Foundation was very fortunate to be able to “officially” cap 4 Canadian players that proudly wore the maple leaf on their chest in the past.
John Cannon, Garth Cooke, Ian Kennedy and David Speirs braved the elements to be presented their cap from Rugby Canada’s Chairman of the Board, Rick Bourne and the Canadian Rugby Foundation’s Executive Director, Matthuw Ronald-Jones.
Former Rugby Canada Team Manager, Don Whidden wrote a short pen sketch of each of the player’s rugby history which was shared with the 3000+ rugby fans in attendance:
NSWT Capping Ceremony
Mon, 2009/11/30 - 7:18pm | by Matthuw Ronald-Jones
Monday evening’s fundraising event was the perfect chance to recognize numerous current NSWT players for earning their first cap. A total of 19 athletes were capped at the Rugby Canada fundraiser held at Hemingway’s Pub in the trendy Toronto district of Yorkville.
The Canadian Rugby Foundation has realized the importance of recognizing Canadian rugby players – past and present, male and female – for representing their country for the first time. Player representative Sheila Turner has been a driving force behind the women receiving their caps.
