Ottawa Beavers-Banshees Rugby Football Club
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| Union | Ontario Rugby Union | ||
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| Nickname(s) | OBBRFC, Beavers, Banshees | ||
| Founded | 1951 | ||
| Location | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Ground(s) | Twin Elm Rugby Park | ||
| League(s) | Eastern Ontario Rugby Union | ||
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| Official website | |||
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The Ottawa Beavers-Banshees R.F.C. are a rugby union club that is based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is the founding Club for rugby union in the Eastern Ontario Region - first for men's rugby in 1951,[1] and then as the first women's Club in 1979.[2]
The Senior Men and Women currently compete in the Eastern Ontario Rugby Union's Premier Divisions,[3] and have one the largest senior rugby programs in the province of Ontario.
History[edit]
The Bytown Beavers were formed in October 1951 under the leadership of Freddie Miller and David Floyer[1]. The Beavers, originally dressed in yellow and black hoop jerseys, played their first game at Ashbury College on October 20, 1951 against the Westmount Rugby Club. In the decade that followed, they went on to foster the growth of rugby across the Ottawa area[4]. By 1952, they officially changed their name to the Ottawa Beavers and they adopted the red and white hoops they still wear to this day.
The Beavers joined the Quebec Rugger union in the 1950s and went on to become a dominant presence in Eastern Canadian rugby. By the 1960s, the Beavers had become a tour de force, winning multiple Quebec championships over the following two decades.
In 1962, the Beavers had grown to the point where they felt it was time to split and form multiple Clubs in the Ottawa-area, first forming the Ottawa Indians[5] and later the Ottawa Irish (1963)[6] and Bytown Blues (1971).[7]
These four mainstay clubs maintained strong relations to each other in the following years, and set out to establish Twin Elm Rugby Park in 1976.[8][6] Twin Elm has since gone on to host a number of various rugby tournaments and international matches, including Canada vs. USA in 2015[9] and Canada vs. Russia in 2018.[10]
In 1979, the Ottawa Banshees formed as the first Club for female rugby players in Ontario, leading the way to the formation of over 30 women's teams across the province within the next few decades.
By 2001, the two clubs, each representing the original Ottawa rugby clubs for their respective genders, merged to form the Ottawa Beavers and Banshees Rugby Football Club.[11]
In 2021, the OBBRFC celebrated their 70th anniversary.
Championships[edit]
- 1961: Quebec Men’s League Champions
- 1966: Quebec Senior Men Cup Champions
- 1972: Quebec Men’s League Champions, Quebec Senior Men Cup Champions, Ontario/Quebec Senior Men Cup Champions
- 1973: Quebec Men’s League Champions, Ontario 7s Champions[12]
- 1974: Quebec Men’s League Champions, Quebec Senior Men Cup Champions
- 1977: Quebec Men’s League Champions, Ontario/Quebec Senior Men Cup Champions
Notable Players[edit]
- Steve Gray: Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame[13][14], Rugby Ontario Hall of Fame[15]
- Eric Howard[16]: Canada, Ontario, NOLA Gold
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Content Page – Rugby Ontario". www.rugbyontario.com.
- ↑ "Content Page – Rugby Ontario". www.rugbyontario.com.
- ↑ "League Standings – Eastern Ontario Rugby Union".
- ↑ Shaw, Bob. A History of Rugby Football in Ottawa. University of Ottawa, 1981, p. 24.
- ↑ "History of the Ottawa Ospreys Rugby Football Club".
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "OIRC | U18 Women". OIRC.
- ↑ Mark Ward, Jim Shaw. "Bytown Blues Rugby Football Club". Bytown Blues RFC.
- ↑ "About". Twin Elm Rugby Park.
- ↑ Press, 2015, The Canadian (June 16, 2015). "Canadian rugby men to play U.S. in Ottawa". Brampton Guardian.
- ↑ "Canadian rugby team faces Russia in test match at Twin Elm Park | Calgary Sun".
- ↑ "Banshees History | Ottawa Beavers-Banshees RFC". Ottawa Beavers-Bansh.
- ↑ Ottawa, Citizen (15 October 1973). "Beavers Keep Rugby Honours". Ottawa Citizen.
- ↑ https://www.algonquincollege.com/hospitalityandtourism/news/dean-jim-kyte-to-be-inducted-into-ottawa-sport-hall-of-fame/
- ↑ "OTTAWA SPORT HALL OF FAME ANNOUNCES 2018 INDUCTEES". Rugby Canada. February 28, 2018.
- ↑ "Content Page – Rugby Ontario". www.rugbyontario.com.
- ↑ "Playing at home "incredible" and "dream come true" for local team Canada rugby players". OttawaSportsPages.ca. July 14, 2018.
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