Heidelberg Youth Sevens Tournament

19 provincial and national sides (thirteen U16 boys and six U17 girls) from 6 countries (Germany, France, Israel, Monaco , Holland and Canada) competed in this tournament. Our U16 boys had a record of 3 and 3 which placed them #7 while the 2 girls teams had a combined record of 4 wins and 6 losses placing them #4 and #5 in their division. Good results considering that our 3 sides who come from across Canada trained together a total of 5 hours while almost all teams we competed against were high level academies/select sides that trained together as often as 4 times per week some having professional paid coaching staffs.

We also had along some 25 parents, grandparents , brothers, sisters and aunts as supporters. That was more than the other 16  teams combined.

Besides playing rugby we took a Neckar River cruise along with a Heidelberg city and castle tour. Overall everyone agreed it was a fantastic experience for all involved.

The top 2 teams in in the U-16 boys division were 2 French provincial academies (Toulon and French Pyrenees ).  The Girls U17 division was won by a German provincial side - Nord West Rheinfallen (which  the one Howlers side beat  in the last game of the tournament).

It was an excellently organized tournament with some high level competition and good refereeing to go along with it.

Thanks to Peter Bews and his tournament committee along with Claus Peter Bach who did so much to help us out.

Howlers U16 Boys.
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1. Patricio Falcon - Mexico City, Mexico
2. Mostyn Findlay - Regina ,Saskatchewan
3. Aidan Foley - Oakville, Ontario
4. Santi Guadarrama - Shawnigan Lake , BC
5. Statten Hayhurst - Victoria, BC
6. Quinn Hopkins - Mississauga, Ontario
7. Nicolas Mouret - Sydney, BC
8. Lucas Perron -Oakville, Ontario
9. Sean Purdey - Mill Bay, BC
10. Jaden Towson - Warman, Saskatchewan

Coach - Doug Tate
Manager - Adam Matheson


Howlers U17 Girls
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1. Julia Hockin - Brantford Ontario
2. Autumn Garrrett - Abbotsford BC
3. Hannah Morton - Duncan BC
4. Stephanie Schooling - Oakville Ontario
5. Thea White - Oakviille Ontario
6. Quinn Mattheson - Newmarket Ontario
7. Chantal MacLean - Surrey BC
8. Kara Gani - Toronto Ontario
9. Jordyn French - Oakville Ontario
10. Haeley Lowe - Duncan BC
11. Chauncey Downer Hicks - Oakville Ontario
12. Madi Gold - Merville BC
13. Taylor Black - Oakville Ontario
14. Morgan Ursel - Abbotford BC
15. Mckenna Matheson - Saskatoon Saskatchewan
16. Morgan Walker - Abbotford BC
17. Pippi MacKay - Toronto Ontario

Coaches - Shannon Kane and Derek Daypuck
Manager - Paula Matheson

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