Gameday report

The good autumn weather came back last weekend for all of the games. With the senior teams both travelling and the juniors at home after their Halloween fun.

The Rich-Lions handled the Scribes easily back at our old home field, Gordon Park. An impressive performance with a 63-7 victory.

The Senior Men were up against our local rivals, the Surrey Beavers. This was a physical game, with players leaving the field at a steady rate from both teams, not what either team needs with the number of registered players that we have this season. We started the game well with a break away by Conor finished by a try from Larry. We quickly followed this up with a converted penalty from Louis. We then got into penalty trouble, and with some missed tackles that allowed Surrey into our 22m zone with little effort. They grabbed 3 consecutive tries to go ahead. Malcolm made another line break to score just before half time to make the score 19 to 15 for the Beavers. In the 2nd half we had to defend for long periods of time and couldn't exit out of our 22m zone when we needed to. Penalties and turnovers gave Surrey too many chances close to our goal line which they took advantage of to run in 4 second half tries. As we expect though the men always keep playing until the final whistle. We managed to score 2 more converted tries, one from Theo under the posts and one for Harry who was in as a winger. The final score was 43 to 29 for the home team. This was another game where we felt that we had let a win slip from our grasp, which shows a positive confidence but until we tighten up on missed tackles and conceding penalties the wins will be hard to get.

On Sunday the U16s and the U18s both had games at John Oliver Park against Bayside. The U16s only had 8 available players so thankfully Bayside kindly gave us some players so we could get a game in for the boys. This game was played as 11-a-side and it was an entertaining contest. Lots of tries were scored by both teams with Bayside scoring the most points. It's really frustrating for our U16 boys this season, the core group play really well but we needed the players from outside of Delta to join us like they did in the last 2 seasons to boost our numbers. The U18s were up against an undefeated Bayside team on Sunday. Our boys have not had all the results go our way this year but the game on Sunday looked like 2 top teams going at it. This was a back and forward game with us going ahead then Bayside catching up. There were hard hitting tackles and determined defence from both of the teams. Early in the 2nd half we went ahead with a Josh breakaway try under the posts to make the score 22 to 15. Bayside really turned on the pressure for the rest of the game but the home team held out and held on to their lead right up to the last play of the game when Bayside scored a try. The conversion was needed to tie up the game but unfortunately the Bayside kicker placed the ball too close to the goal line. Our boys charged down the kick to gain the win, 22 to 20. This was an excellent game played by 2 teams looking for the win in our local derby game.

On November 7th the Rich-Lions will travel to the Island to take on Cowichan and the Senior Men are away once again, this time at SFU (12.45).

On Sunday, November 8th both of the Junior Boy's teams are at home against the Squamish Axemen (12.15 & 1.30).

The club still really needs to find gameday, team, and player sponsors for this season as our field and clubhouse costs have tripled from last year. 

We cannot cover these additional costs by increasing our player fees. 

We also have a few younger, local players who cannot afford the cost to register to play for the club, so if you can help support a player that would be much appreciated.

If you can help the club in any way please contact Andrew Walker at 604-970-2787 or at britlionspresident@gmail.com