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The second annual Boundary Bash Social 10s Rugby Tournament was bigger by one team this year than last as Jewel Lake resident Oliver Glaser invited his Vancouver club, the East Vancouver Scribes, and a few other teams to Greenwood for some rugby and socializing. Three other men’s teams were on the pitch: the Nelson Grizzlies, Trail Colonials and Grand Forks Wanderers. One team of women came this year and proved that it pays to show up. The Ridge Meadows Lady Bruins, with the help of members of several other clubs that came and subbed in for a game against the men, took home a custommade rugby trophy ball made by Ingram Creek Saddlery in Greenwood. The four men’s teams played three games each and the Nelson Grizzlies took home the men’s trophy ball. The winner was decided first on wins and, if tied on wins, on points scored. Nelson won both categories. Trail was named the most social team. “They not only played hard on the pitch but were the guys who partied the hardest and were the most fun team to hang out with,” Glaser explained. The Dave Van Dyke (DVD) Memorial Award was won by Trail player Bryan Oauzon for being the most social player. Glaser said that Van Dyke was a long-time rugby player and friend to many on the pitch who, while his cancer was in remission, played in the first Boundary Bash last year. But his cancer returned and he passed away in May and this was the inaugural year of the award. Since moving to the Boundary two years ago, Glaser says he has played with the Grand Forks
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The Barbara Diane Colin Ball Field in Greenwood was converted to a rugby pitch last weekend for the 2nd annual Boundary Bash Social 10s rugby tournament. Welsh rugby player Ray Gravell once explained his rugby philosophy: “You’ve got to get your first tackle in early, even if it’s late.”
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Warriors, a team started about five or six years ago by Keith Kuromi. Glaser says he misses rugby here in the Boundary and he uses the tournament to help him reconnect with his teammates and the culture as well as a way to foster more participation locally. Beer is something that seems essential to the game of rugby. But Glaser said he was frustrated by security requirements when he applied for a special occasion license. So he said he got permission from the city to camp both in the campground where the nightly parties happened and in the ball park. “We in rugby actually wanted to be able to enjoy the games and get closer to the games with beers in hand and we had to exploit a little loophole in the legal system to allow us to do that because the liquor inspector from Nelson was a huge problem for us,” Glaser told • See BOUNDARY BASH page A7
Firefighters keep fire small A rapid response by the Midway Volunteer Fire Department last Thursday morning quickly knocked down a grass fire beside the Trans Canada Trail west of the Kettle River Museum just before it crosses Hwy 3. After the fire was extinguished a young man came forward and admitted he’d been careless with a cigarette. He said the fire swiftly spread beyond his ability to put out without tools or water, but that he immediately signalled a neighbour who was watching to call 9-1-1.
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