Canadian Tour 2010

Canadian Rugby Tour South Okanagan Pa' Kit Rugby Tournament

WHEN: Wednesday March 31st - Sunday April 4th
WHERE: Penticton, Central British Columbia

Pa'kit draws teams from all over the province of BC. Interior schools like Williams Lake, Quesnel, Kamloops and Kelowna as well as Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island schools such as Britannia, Mulgrave, Fleetwood Park, South Delta and Port Alberni have been coming for years.

In addition, we usually have at least one overseas touring side from Australia, New Zealand or the UK. This year we will have a Junior Boys team from Oundle in England.

On Friday afternoon, every team plays a match between noon and 5 pm. About 6 pm, all the teams, juniors and seniors, boys and girls, gather at the senior boys venue for the social. They are fed a light meal/snack (it as been lasagne and garlic bread the last few years) and after everyone eats, we play some Boy Scout jamboree style relay games like spin on the baseball bat etc. We are usually done in about 90 minutes. The primary purpose is to give the players something to plan their early evening around, give them a chance to meet and socialize with other teams and burn off energy. We are told that the social is the part of the tournament that most players enjoy the most.

Given that Pa'kit 2010 occurs in very early April, it will be cold and possibly wet and windy. Have lots of warm clothes for before and after your matches. On the other hand, it could almost as easily be as hot as 33 degrees. Hard to say.

We are bound by the IRB regulations governing the amount of time U18 players can play in a day (70 minutes). Thursday afternoon games are 50 minutes long, Friday matches are 34 minutes long and Saturday morning matches are 50 minutes. Tied matches are congratulated.