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DHL STORM SEAL HISTORIC DOUBLE With rain clouds looming at the Cayman Rugby Club the finals day started early Saturday morning with the IRG/Knight Frank Challenge and built to a massive crescendo with the Waterford Trophy Final between the DHL Storm and the BPC Buccaneers. Thankfully the predicted heavy downfalls never materialised and the South Sound pitch was in good shape for a days Rugby. With the meat on the grill and the beer chilled and non stop rugby who could have asked for anything more! As the day drew on and the Touch Finals were decided with Midas Touch defaeting Touch & Go in the Ladies Top Drawer series and Flour beating surprise package Maples and Calder in the Ogier Winter touch series, Maples having upset favourites Random Touchers whose star players were all missing at the crucial hour. The moment all had been waiting for came at 5:30 when the DHL Storm took the field against the BPC Buccaneers. The Storm were looking for their 2nd trophy of the season and the Buccaneers, who had beaten the powerful Don Fosters Dive Iguanas only 2 days earlier in a hard fought battle which decended into a penalty fest were looking to upset the Storm, who were not only chasing a history making Double... but had won their first trophy in their 5 year history. Rugby Club Technical Director Richard “Grizz” Adams reminisced “When we first started the Storm team we used to think a loss by less that 50 points was a pretty good score... now look at the team... we’re favourites to win 2 trophies!” From the kick off the game was played at a feverish pace and all eyes were on Storm Captain Keswick Wright with the spectators wondering if Wright could reach his target of 30 tries for the season, a feat which would require 8 tries in this game alone! Even more surprising was to see Stephen “Bluey” Hannon back on the pitch having made a miraculous recovery from his neck injury which required hospital attention only 4 days earlier. Both teams exchanged blows for the opening minutes and neither side could really find the space for long runs but the crowds were none the less entertained with bullish runs from Storm Flanker and centre Andre Ormond and Barnaby Richardson and Buccaneer Prop Ben McDonald. The crowd were finally treated to points being scored when Storm winger Phil O’Connor broke the deadlock with one of his trademark pumping leg runs which resulted in 3 broken tackles and a try in corner. The game continued with the Storm seeming to dominate in the first half thanks to Bluey Hannon who kept the Buccs in out of contention with some clever kicking and although the Buccaneers were fighting tooth and nail to stay in the game they simply looked lack luster next to the fired up Storm. However the game took on a different flavour when Buccaneer Fly Half and former Iguana, Sean Murphy took the field in the 2nd half. Murphy has caused defensive lines many a headache all season with his blistering change of pace and fantastic handling skills and the Buccaneers were quickly back in the game but it was too little too late. The game ended 30-11 in favour of the Storm and Keswick Wright proudly lifted both the Alex Alexander Cup and the Waterford Vase for the season, although Wright hadn’t managed to score on the day and reach his personal goal of 30 tries, nothing was going to wipe the smile of his face or pry the trophies from his hands for that matter When asked about his team’s performance on the day Buccaneer Captian Mick Kehoe was gracious in defeat... “We didn't make any major mistakes but when we had the pressure on them in the second half Bluey's kicking took them out of danger every time... missing our Fly half Sean Murphy through injury in the first half had a large impact on our game also... Congragulations to Keswick and his Storm team on a very successful season, well done but watch out next year we will be looking to take back the AA cup and the Waterford Trophy.” If this year was anything to go by then there should definately be some exciting rugby to come next year!
2009 top scorers
2009 match schedule.
2009 Team Rosters For all new players & unasigned players who wish to be in the 2008 Pool email Grizz with the following information - Name & Position
2009 Tournament Regulations
Tournament points - win = 4, draw = 2, loss = 0, loss by seven or less 1, scoring four or more tries = 1 Players - All players must be registered with their club and the Union for the current playing season. Kick off time - Any team that does not have a minimum eleven registered players on the pitch within ten minutes of the kick off time, will forfeit a league point. For every ten minutes thereafter a further point will be deducted if after 30 minutes the team still can not field eleven registered players the game will br forfeit. Number of players - All teams must field a minimum eleven registered players fotr each match. If a team can not field eleven registered players the game will bre forefeit. Borrowing of pool players - A team may borrow up to three maximum pool players for any given game without penalty. Registered players may not play for another team during the same season, except in the case of the front Row positions. In either case a team that can only field eleven players for any given gamne may still not borrow more than three pool or front row players. Forefeit - Any team deemd to forefeit will have two league points deducted from the table. The opposition of the Forefeited match will receive 4 points for the win and the score shall be recorded as a 5 - 0 win Kit - All teams must wear the provided full kit for all matches, failure to comply will result in 1 league point being deducted . Team sheets - These must be emailed to the CRFU office by no later than the Wednesday immediately before the designated game and by no later than 4pm on that same day. Failure to do so will result in 1 league point being deducted. Match reports - These must be submitted no later than the Tuesday immediately after the designated match date and by no later then 4pm on the same day. Failure to do so will result in 1 league point being deducted New Players - All new players will be added to the pool and will be available for selection for any game where a registered team is short of registered players
The Brightstaff Recruitment Club Alex Alexander Memorial Cup and Waterford Vase are the national open grade tournaments for the five club sides within the Cayman Islands, the BPC Buccaneers, the Don Fosters Dive Iguanas, the Queensgate Pigs Trotters, The Cayman surge and the DHL Cayman Storm.
The League championship is a double round robin among all of the sides and the team that finishes on top of the league at the end of the season is the Waterford AA Cup Champion. The Waterford Knock out Vase is a knoack out tournament played after the Waterford AA League has been completed. Round 1 sees the 1st placed team play the 4th placed team and round 2 sees the 2nd placed team play the 3rd placed team. The fifth placed team is automatically eliminated. The final is between the winners of round 1 and round 2. As we look forward to the addition of the fifth club side to the AA Cup in 2007 the Knock out Cup will take on a whole new urgency for teams at the bottom of the table as only four will make the play off. I am sure Alex would approve.
2006 - BPC Buccaneers (Vase) 2007 - Don Fosters Dive Iguanas (League) 2008 - Queensgate Pigs Trotters (Vase) |
Cayman Storm 
2007 Final Standings