Moncton Black Tide Rugby Football Club

The men traveled to Fredericton on Saturday, July 27 to play the
Loyalists.  With their entire forward pack intact for the first time this season, the Black Tide’s veteran back rows, Mike Scharnberg, Stu Cosman and Shane McDow were able to punch in three tries early in the first half. The men cruised to a 47-19 victory to go 2-0 on the season. The men’s next game is on Saturday, August 11th at MacNaughton where they will host their long time rivals, the Belleisle Rovers. Kickoff time to be announced.

Jenn Brander of the Moncton Black Tide women’s team secures the ball in a tackle made by a Saint John Trojans player in the final

A special thank you goes out to all of the sponsors and teams who joined the Black Tide in the sand this past Saturday, July 21 for the annual Parlee Beach Sevens tournament.

Both Black Tide teams placed second in the tournament with the Fredericton Loyalist men and the  Saint John Trojan women taking first in the men’s and women’s divisions repectively.

Sponsors for the event: Labatt Breweries, Bayou Pub and Eatery and Parlee Beach Provincial Park.

On Thursday, July 12, the Lady Loyalists kicked off their season home opener versus Black Tide at 7pm at the Loyalists’ club house.

The Loyalists came out strong scoring a penalty kick early in the game. Black Tide scored soon afterward with Baukje van der Heide breaking the Loyalists’ backline, putting Black Tide on the board.

As Black Tide kicked off in the second half, the score was 8-5. The Loyalists’ continued to penetrate the Black Tide defensive line with a second try bringing the score to 13-5 late in the second half.

With sixteen minutes left to the half, the Black Tide back line managed to get the ball wide to van der Heide again as she ran over a Loyalist to score her second try, bringing the Black Tide to within three points (13-10).

With big tackles on the wing from Bailey Smallwood (Riverview High School), Black Tide managed to obliterate the Loyalists’ offense. It was Katuscya Gauvin, who with 9 minutes left in the game, made a huge run, dodging six Loyalist players and passed the ball off wide at the 5 meter line to winger, Jenn Brander who ran the ball in hard for the final try of the game. Gauvin also made her convert, putting the Black Tide ahead for a final score of 17-13.

The Black Tide women face the Woodstock Lady Rogues this Saturday, July 14 at MacNaughton High School for a 1:30pm kickoff for their season home opener. This game will be preceded by the Black Tide men’s season opener versus the Woodstock Wildmen with a noon-time kickoff.

As a part of the Salisbury Boys and Girls Club Torch Sports initiative, Black Tide members ran two introductory rugby sessions for children ages 2-12 on Wednesday, July 11 from 6:30-8:30. We would like to thank the Salisbury boys and girls club for inviting us and we look forward to helping with Torch Sports next year! A special thank you to everyone who helped and participated!

Both the men’s and women’s teams traveled to Rothesay this past Saturday, June 7th to take part in the 31st annual Saint John Trojans Walter Ellis Memorial Tournament.

The men played in their first 15s games of the season in the tournament and went 3 and 0 before lightning canceled the tournament’s final game. The men used their size advantage, kept the ball tight and played great defense all day. They defeated rivals Fredericton 14-3, Belleisle 19-5, and Saint John Trojans U20 7-0.

The women defeated the Saint Irish  before competing in a league game versus the Trojans second side, winning 22-0. Tries were scored by veteran players Katuscya Gauvin, Jen Miller, Sarah Woods and Black Tide novice, Kianna Beers. Katuscya Gauvin scored the sole convert. The women later went on to defeat the Provincial U18 women’s side before the tournament was cancelled due to thunder showers. The women’s regular season record improves to 3-0, with league games this week scheduled for Thursday, July 12, 7pm at the Fredericton Loyalists field and Saturday, July 14th, 1pm versus Woodstock at MacNaughton High School.

Congratulations Black Tide!

Katuscya Gauvin speeds by a Saint John Irish player.

The Moncton Black Tide women’s side travelled to Saint John last Saturday to face the Saint John Irish at 11 am on the Millidgeville North School Field. The Black Tide struggled with scrumming and rucking in the first half; however the back line came out strong, scoring 7 tries to win the game 37-7. Congratulations ladies!

The women face the Saint John Trojans 1 team tonight, Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at 7 pm at Hazen White field in their second game of the season. Both the men’s and women’s sides will travel to Rothesay Netherwood School in Rothesay this Saturday, July 7th to compete in the 31st annual Walter Ellis Memorial tournament.

     Back Row, Left to Right: Crystal Dunham, Baukje Van der Heide, Hannah Davies, Breanna Richard, Bethany Toczko, Meghan Trenholm, Kim Sinclaire, Paul Arsenault (Coach). Front Row, Left to Right: Katie Robertson, Michelle Kidd, Marrissa Arsenault, Lisa Cormier, Jen Miller, Katuscya Gauvin (Captain).

The Black Tide finished their Sevens season on Saturday, June 23rd at the Gil Martin Memorial Belleisle Sevens tournament held at Belleisle High School.

While the men lost to the Fredericton Loyalists in the semifinals, the women beat the loyalists in the finals with a sudden death overtime try scored by Hannah Davies.

The women finished their  Sevens circuit winning three of the five sevens tournaments they entered, placing second in the remaining two.

While the senior men were defeated by the Trojans in the semi finals, the women took first in the Saint John 7s tournament yesterday at Millidgeville North School.

From Left to Right: Back: Meghan Trenholm, Katie Robertson, Melanie Hughes, Breanna Richard, Hannah Davies, Bethany Toczko, Michelle Kidd. Front: Marrissa Arsenault, Chantel Comeau, Lisa Cormier, Baujke Van der Heide. Missing: Katuscya Gauvin and Maddy.

In the first game of the tournament, the Moncton women were caught on their heels, losing to the Trojans’ women. They later went on to defeat the Saint John Irish, Woodstock and then the Loyalists in a sudden death overtime. It was veteran player Lisa Cormier, who in the last minutes of the final game versus the Trojans, pounded the ball in for a try to give the Moncton Black Tide Women a 5-0 win.

Both the Men’s and Women’s teams will travel to Halifax next Saturday to play at the Halifax RFC Atlantic Sevens.