Rugby Ontario – The Ontario Storm Senior Women’s Coaching Staff released their 25 player roster for the Canadian Rugby Championships today.

The squad played a Pre-CRC match on Sunday against Quebec in Kingston at Queen’s Nixon Field, in which they came away with a 38-29 win.

The selected athletes were tenacious playing a full 80 minutes of physical and dynamic rugby. The Storm staff was thoroughly impressed by the resilience of the athletes as they worked together to recover from a slow start.

Pre-CRC competitions are now complete with Ontario Storm winning 2-0 against Quebec.

Ontario Storm 2016 CRC Schedule

All matches will be played at Fletcher’s Field in Markham, ON.

Tuesday, August 16^th – 12pm vs. Wolfpack

Thursday, August 18^th – 3pm vs. British Columbia

Friday, August 19^th – 2pm vs. Quebec

Sunday, August 21^st – 2pm vs. Nova Scotia

Ontario Senior Storm Roster

Emily Barber

Caitlin Beaton

Emily Belchos

Stephanie Black

Emma Chown

Jacey Grusnick

Mackenzie Higgs

Colleen Irowa

Lori Josephson

Brittany Kassil

Daria Keane

Jane Kirby

Misha Maric

Lauren McEwen

Olivia Merritt

Irene Patrinos

Emily Ricketts

Olivia Roberge

Laura Russell

Simone Savary

Natasha Smith

Ashley Snider

Katie Svoboda

Sara Svoboda

Petra Woods

Ontario Senior Storm Injury Reserve

Asya Bartley

Britni French

Alexis Groulx

Kelsey Gsell

Brooke Newsome

Tobi Owotomo

Lauren Walkden

Head Coach – Sonia Sennik
Assistant Coach – Stuart McReynolds

Skills Coach / High Performance Manager – David Butcher

About Rugby Ontario:

Rugby Ontario is the provincial sports governing body responsible for the organization of rugby in Ontario. Our mission is to promote, govern, and develop rugby at all levels in a safe, affordable and enjoyable environment within the province of Ontario.

There are more than 10,000 Rugby Ontario members registered with 63 rugby clubs and four branch unions located across the province, with participation in age grades ranging from minor (age 6+) to masters (age 35+) in male and female divisions.

For more information, visit http://www.rugbyontario.com/

About Ontario Storm:

The Ontario Storm program is the high performance representative program for female rugby players in Ontario. It is designed to develop and showcase female athletes for Canadian national teams.

The senior team represents Ontario at the senior women’s Canadian Rugby Championship, and has won national and regional titles in three of the past four seasons.

The development team represents Ontario at the under-20 women’s Canadian Rugby Championship, and is designed to develop and showcase female athletes for the under-20 national team, as well as serving as a feeder program for the Ontario Storm senior team.

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For more information, please contact: 

Eric Forrest
Communications Assistant
Rugby Ontario
(647) 560-4790 x106
eforrest@rugbyontario.com

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