PHOTOS: 7 champions crowned in epic South Surrey rugby event<\/p>\n
Published 2:40 pm Monday, May 11, 2026<\/p>\n
It was an action-packed day of rugby in South Surrey Saturday, where the 2026 BC Rugby senior club finals were held an epic event that saw seven champions crowned.<\/p>\n
More than 2,500 guests attended the all-day games at South Surrey Athletic Park Saturday (May 9), which saw 14 men\u2019s and women\u2019s rugby teams from 10 different clubs across B.C. compete for championship provincial titles.<\/p>\n
UBC Old Boy Ravens were crowned champions of the Men\u2019s Premier League and lifted the historic Rounsefell Cup for the third successive season, a BC Rugby release noted, while Vancouver Thunderbirds made it a five-peat of Women\u2019s Premier League titles.<\/p>\n
Kelowna Crows RFC celebrated a historic double, with victory in the Women\u2019s Division 2 and Men\u2019s Division 2 championship matches, while Burnaby Lake RFC enjoyed the ultimate redemption in the Men\u2019s Division 3 final to banish the ghosts of last year\u2019s final defeat.<\/p>\n
Vancouver Rowing Club lifted the Men\u2019s Division One title, while Capilano RFC were crowned Women\u2019s Division One Champions.<\/p>\n
The atmosphere was electric at the South Surrey fields, home to Bayside Sharks RFC, as teams battled it out in sunny, warm conditions, with a festive atmosphere punctuated by food trucks, fans and plenty of dynamic rugby action.<\/p>\n
The No. 1-ranked UBCOB Ravens made it a hat trick of Rounsefell Cup wins as they defeated surprise package No. 6-ranked UVIC Vikes in the Men\u2019s Premier League final with a 30-3 victory, the release continued, while the Women\u2019s Premiere League final saw Vancouver Thunderbirds secure a fifth-straight Gordon Harris Memorial Trophy Championship win with a 38-17 triumph over Westshore RFC.<\/p>\n
In the Men\u2019s Division 1 final, Vancouver Rowing Club emerged victorious 29-20 over nearby rivals Capilano RFC in a highly-anticipated clash; in the Women\u2019s Division 1 final, Capilano RFC produced a mammoth performance for a 44-7 win over Kamloops Raiders RFC.<\/p>\n
The Men\u2019s Division 2 final saw the Kelowna Crows RFC beat defending champions Kamloops Raiders RFC with a 21-15 win, while the Women\u2019s Division 2 final featured the Kelowna Crows RFC win a 28-12 victory against Chilliwack Crusaders RFC to lift the Ged Griffiths Cup.<\/p>\n
In the Men\u2019s Division 3 final, top-seeded Burnaby Lake RFC lifted the Men\u2019s Division 3 Championship after a crushing 43-10 win over the Vancouver Rowing Club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOTOS: 7 champions crowned in epic South Surrey rugby event Published 2:40 pm Monday, May 11, 2026 It…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":663243,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,163792,87674],"class_list":["post-663242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-lower-mainland","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}