Last Thursday the Balmy Beach Old Boys (BBOBs) made their debut at Tubs and Gee Field. There were close to 30 former players who dug deep into their closets and garages to find their old Beach boots, socks and shorts to try to give it a run like they did back in the day. With rolling subs a must, cardio was definitely optional. Claude Germain and Chris Hewitt gathered the guys before kick off and got them all fired up to play Oakville Old Boys. The Beach got on the board 3 mins into the game and it was pretty much downhill from there. Oakville was simply no match for the younger Beach team. There were some fine examples of champagne rugby but a big shout out to Sean Gowland who scored the BBOBs first try and almost a hat trick. Beach 57 – Oakville 12.

Here are the results from last weeks games

Beach 3s came to play but the Scottish 3 didn’t. A forfeit is still a W so we’ll take it. Beach 3 – 20 vs Scottish – 0

Beach 2s didn’t bring the thunder like we always do. Missing some players you could tell we were just off by just enough that the Scottish were able to capitalize. The Scottish were tough up front and made it difficult for clean ball for our backs to play with. Beach come up short. Beach 2 – 5 vs Scottish – 27

The women continued their dominant ways and led from the opening whistle right through to the final. The forwards were strong upfront pushing around their pack at will. The lineouts were on and accurate leading to crisp passes through the backs with speed on the outside. Beach Women 45 – Irish – 17

The Beach 1st had a solid outing against their long time rivals the Scottish. These young men played inspired rugby filled with heart and determination. Let’s be honest, they didn’t have a chance. Congrats on their first win of the season. I’m sure there are many more to follow. Beach 1 33 – Scottish – 26

The Balmy Beach Old Boys (BBOBs) are quickly losing friends in the masters league. We wrapped our second game of the season against the NOBS (Niagara) in dominant fashion winning 60-0. That’s 2 games in 10 days for the old guys so they’ll be taking the rest of the summer off to lick our wounds. There are a couple of tournaments in the fall we’ll be entering

This weeks fixtures

June 20
Beach 3 @ Mississauga – 8:30pm

June 21
Beach Women @ Barrie 12:30pm – Jim Hamilton Field
Beach 2 @ Waterloo – 2:30pm – Rogers Field, Cambridge
Beach 1 @ Waterloo – 4pm – Rogers Field, Cambridge