BRAMPTON JUNIOR
WOMEN AT NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
18th August 2007
Brampton RFC has Jane Kirby representing Ontario at prop at the
Under 19 Championships in St. Johns Newfoundland this weekend.
Brampton also has Jessica "Jake" Jacobs playing loose head prop
and Miranda Smith playing lock, for the Ontario U17 team.
The Ontario U 17 squad is divided into two teams: The red and
the blue. Jessica and Miranda are in the Red team. They lost a
close first contest to Alberta 14-12, but then played Ontario
Blue and won 12-0. Jake was dubbed Woman of the match in this
game. On Friday, the Red Ontario U17 team played B.C. and it
was a magnificent match. After a closely contested match the
score ended 12 - 12. Saturday, the Red Team defeated Alberta 7 -
3 to reach the finals.
Today, Friday 17th August, Jane Kirby and the Ontario U19 team
played Manitoba. They started very strongly, scoring against
Manitoba within two minutes. The Ontario team played well, and
by the half,
Manitoba was walking, and by half time they were some 20 points
ahead.
In the second half, Ontario didn't let up, and the final score
was 47-0. Jane was on the field for the whole match and found
the game "exhilarating." In the first half she played at tight
head prop, then in the second half moved to loose head. Jane
reports that the Manitoba front row did NOT enjoy the scrums, as
Ontario hit hard and played quickly off the scrums, and in one
such foray, she scored a try.
In the afternoon, the team took time off to go whale watching,
followed by ice baths to help the players recover. For anyone
who doesn't know what these are, they are exactly what they
sound like. Fill a bath
with ice, and less water, and jump on in. What an experience.
However, it does really help recovery.
.
Friday night was spent in game preparation and on Saturday the
team played Alberta in the semi-finals @ 11:15 am, winning 22- 0
to reach the Finals. The Quebec team, who are the other Pool
winners, played B.C. and defeated them narrowly 3-0. Ontario and
Quebec will meet on Sunday morning in the finals.
Apparently, the final matches of the Tournament will be
televised, and details are as follows:
The U17 women's final Ontario Red vs BC on Saturday at 7:00
AM EST (8:30 Newfoundland - 4 AM PST) .
The U18 men's final (teams TBD on Saturday) starts at 8:15 AM
EST- (9:45 Newfoundland - 5:15 AM PST)
The U19 women's final Quebec vs Ontario starts at 9:30 AM EST
(11:00 Newfoundland (8:00AM PST)
The video stream for all these games is
