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January 2026 Newsletter
January 19, 2026
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Attend our AGM TODAY at 11AM! Virtual meeting link inside
November 30, 2025
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Blues AGM Correction: Join us on SUNDAY November 30th at 11AM
November 17, 2025
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Attend our AGM on Nov 30! - Your Club. Your Voice. Your Future.
November 15, 2025
AGM Details, including a link to the meeting + Awards Dinner details! ...
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What you need to know in October
October 4, 2025
Season wrap-ups, our AGM in November, join our board to help the club thrive, and more! ...
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Bytown Rugby: What you need to know for August
August 8, 2025
Our August newsletter, including Fall 7s information, Try Rep Rugby, and season updates! ...
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Club Newsletter: Blues Day Edition
June 9, 2025
Senior Men's Home Opener, Blues Representing Canada, and more ...
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Bytown Blues Newsletter: The 2025 season is about to kick-off!
May 7, 2025
Senior Men's Home Opener, Blues Representing Canada, and more ...
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If you become a Bytown Blues Social Member, you'll help us out more than you know!
April 24, 2025
Score some sweet merch, help fund grassroots-level rugby, and more! ...
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Bytown Blues: 2025 season registration is now open, and what else you need to know!
March 29, 2025
Register now for the summer season, TRY rugby sessions, sponsorship opportunities, and more... ...
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What you need to know: Bytown Blues March Newsletter
March 1, 2025
Trivia Night, the official Senior Men's schedule, Blues Day, coaching clinics, and more! ...
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Blues Newsletter: January 2025 - Order your gear, sponsor the club, sign up for our trivia night, winter training update, and more!
January 29, 2025
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Bytown Blues News - Mon, January 19 2026

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January 2026 Blues Newsletter In this issue: (table of contents should automatically populate here, if not, can add manually) *|MC:TOC|* Welcome to the 2026 Bytown Blues Welcome to 2026 and a new year and season with the Bytown Blues Rugby Football Club. 2025 was a successful year, and we're grateful to have such a supportive community to help grow, evolve and improve in many areas this coming season. As President, it is a pleasure to be part of such a fantastic club. I am personally thankful for the thousands of hours donated by our volunteer executive team, coaches and volunteers. It is truly part of what makes rugby and the Blues remarkable. Advance! Rupert Bonham-Carter, President Bytown Blues RFC Winter training is underway We kicked off Winter Training this week at the University of Ottawa Dome at 200 Lees Ave.  These training sessions are open to all and run for one hour every Saturday at 6 PM until March 21st.  The fees for these sessions are $169.50 inc HST.  All 2025 Registered members should just e-transfer treasurer@bytownbluesrugby.ca.  New members are welcome, but should also contact Sindy Brault at registration@bytownbluesrugby.ca. Anyone capturing photos or video of the Blues in action can email vp.marketing@bytownbluesrugby.ca (the more the better) Our Women and girls at the first session Junior Strength and Conditioning Offer Only 6 Spots remain for the Junior Bytown Blues High Performance Training at Capital Strength Training Systems. This program is an excellent opportunity to build strength, speed and cardio to prepare for this season and take your game to the next level. See the attached flyer for additional info and reach out to Coach Mason via email with any questions.  Mason@capitalstrengthts.com Registration System Update Heads up: the longtime system used by Rugby Canada, Rugby Ontario, and all rugby clubs is being replaced this year.  The new system (PlayHQ) should be live in the coming weeks.   Thank you for your patience as we navigate new members and winter training until then.  If you have questions or need assistance, contact our registration coordinator, Sindy Brault, registration@bytownbluesrugby.ca. Senior Men Return to the Marshall & EORU We are excited to share that our Blues 1XV will be returning to compete in Rugby Ontario’s 2026 Marshall Championship League. The first home game is Saturday, May 9th, at Twin Elm Rugby Park. Schedule Here Our other senior men's teams will compete locally in the Eastern Ontario Rugby Union (EORU) this season.  The EORU schedules are still under development, but we will be competing against the 1XV teams from all of the local clubs, creating excellent opportunities and an outstanding level of rugby.  Coming off a successful 2025 campaign, our senior men plan to field three full sides for many weekends this summer. Save the date - JULY 18 - Blues Club Day Make sure you mark your calendar for July 18th, as we will all be spending the day at Twin Elm Rugby Park together for a day of rugby, social activities, and club celebrations.  Our Club Day only happens once a year, and we’d love to have you all there.  It’s a great day of celebration.  If you’d like to join the Blues day committee to help out, please email Karel Brault at volunteers@bytownbluesrugby.ca. Annual Awards Winners Congratulations to all of our 2026 Bytown Blues Award Winners Team Award Winner Club Level New Lifetime Member Derek Brunet Club Level New Lifetime Member Geoff Tomlinson Club Level Gary Watson (Club person) Andrew Wallace Sr Men Doug MacDonald 1XV Player of the Year Nassim Ibekourene Sr Men 2XV Player of the Year Hosein Abardeh Sr Men Beiwald Award (Sportsman) Steve Rowlands Sr Men Rookie of the Year  Jett Nesrallah Sr Men Most Improved Player Dylan Louesdon Sr Men New Player Award  Mark Mikaya Sr. Women Player of the Year Juliette Matsukubo and Allison Skeggs Sr. Women Rookie of the Year Rhiannon Monague and Samantha Hemeon Sr. Women Most Improved Player Sabrina Pagani Sr. Women Club Player of the Year Sarah Lujetic U18 Men Top Back Francesco Pagani U18 Men Top Forward Aton Biakabutuka U18 Men Top Rookie Lachlan MacLean U18 Men Most Improved Victor Rushatsi U18 Men Player of the Year Henry Chernoff U18 Men Sevens Player of the Year Ben Potter U16 Men Player of the Year Elias Kaazan  U16 Men Coaches Award  Tyson McCartney  U16 Men Top Back Pammy Yusuf U16 Men Top Forward William Ryckman U16 Men Top Rookie George Dawe U16 Men Sevens Player of the Year James McDonald U14 Men Player of the Year Ollie Whitehouse U14 Men Top Rookie Hugh Jones U14 Men Top Forward Kaiden Green U14 Men Top Back Marcus Crombie U14 Men Sevens Player of the Year Oisin Stack-Bauer U14 Men Sevens Player of the Year Liam Ramirez-Gascho U14 Men Most Improved Christian Bouchi U18 Women Players of the Year Rachel Pinke U18 Women Players of the Year Jade Cao U18 Women Most Improved Player Pascale Block U16 Women Player of the Year Piper Brennan U16 Women Most Improved Player Alice Hanna U14 Women Players of the Year Flavia Montoya U14 Women Players of the Year Naya Laggis U14 Women Most Improved Player Mélina Drouin AGM Updates The club held our Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Sunday, November 24th, 2025.  For those interested, here is a link to the annual 2025 President's Update. 2026 BLUES EXECUTIVE TEAM Title Name President & Chairman of the Board Rupert Bonham-Carter VP Administration Andrew Wallace VP Finance Tim Campanale VP Rugby Operations Matt Carter VP - Men's Rugby Kurt Dingwall VP - Women's Rugby Andrew Matsukubo VP - Junior Rugby Matt Carter VP - Junior Girls Rugby Jim Shaw VP Marketing (Website/Media Director) Frank Ienzi Secretary Aleksandra Blake Treasurer Brian McCandie Registrar Sindy Brault Volunteer Coordinator Karel Brault Child Protection Officer Natalie Lesco Risk Management & Safety Manager Naomi O’Leary Rowan's Law Designated Person Naomi O’Leary Match Official Liaison Rupert Bonham-Carter Club Dues Kerry Labine Social Director Brendan Copeland-Dinan TERP Representative Mike Wolfe Sponsorship Representative Tim Campanale Merchandise Representative Emily Labine Old Boys Representative Adrian Blackett Masters Coordinator Chris Miller Strength & Conditioning Mason Dingwall A special thank you to our past executive members stepping back after years of service and contribution to the club. Myles Dingwall - Outgoing VP Comms, Sponsorships James Edgar - Outgoing Secretary (now Secretary at EORU) Cecilia Nicol - Outgoing Registrar (Retired) Kerry Labine - Outgoing VP Finance (still helping with club dues) Chris Knowlton - Outgoing VP Minor (still coaching) Elis Hancock and Team Canada Win The Blues own Elias Hancock and Canada’s Men’s Sevens team are Champions in Dubai, Qualify for HSBC SVNS 2 LINK Congratulations Elias! Calling all Volunteers The Bytown Blues RFC is a 100% volunteer-run organization.  For the first time, the executive team has added a dedicated volunteer coordinator.   Here are some of the places we need volunteers. Social Media content contributors (photos, video, social) Blues Day Committee Team Managers VP Minor Rugby Coaches Match Officials If you can help, please send us a note.   Karel Brault is our first coordinator and can be reached at volunteers@bytownbluesrugby.ca Our Valued Sponsors If you’d like to help and become a Blues sponsor, please reach out to Timothy Campanale at sponsorship@bytownbluesrugby.ca Copyright (C) 2026 Bytown Blues RFC. All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you or your child have registered to play rugby with the Bytown Bluess RFC. Our mailing address is: 1830 Walkley Rd Unit 92, Ottawa, ON, CA, K1H 8K3 Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe