Oct. 8th, 2014<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s recipients are Ken Goodland<\/strong> (Castaway Wanderers \/ BC Bears ) and Shane Thompson<\/strong> (Brentwood College \/ Canada Maple Leafs 7\u2019s \/ BC Rugby Elite Youth 7\u2019s).<\/p>\n On Friday, Goodland and Thompson will travel to Wellington, New Zealand, where they will spend a week embedded with the Wellington Rugby Union and the Hurricanes Super Rugby franchise.<\/p>\n \u201cExcitement is at an all-time high,\u201d said Goodland. \u201cI want to come back with a greater depth of knowledge and some new insights about the professional atmosphere, the setup and how they go about their business. We\u2019re going to see a full week cycle and I want to see how they prepare a squad day to day.\u201d<\/p>\n After playing provincial rugby for Newfoundland, Goodland began his coaching career with Castaway Wanderers in\u00a02002. Starting with mini\u2019s, Goodland has progressed up the ranks to become a key member of their senior men\u2019s coaching staff. In addition, Goodland has served as the forwards coach for the BC Bears senior men\u2019s provincial team.<\/p>\n \u201cOnce I really got the coaching bug, I approached it like I did my playing career,\u201d said Goodland. \u201cI really wanted to be the best I could be. My goals are to continue my development with the BC Bears and Castaway Wanderers. I would like to coach a national side at some point. That is my ultimate goal.\u201d<\/p>\n Shane Thompson began coaching in 2005 following his playing career with Rugby Canada. Since that time, he has worked extensively with BC Rugby to foster talent in the 7s game, serving as the Elite Youth 7\u2019s Coach.<\/p>\n \u201cI am really excited to get the opportunity to go, not only for the professional development but also to represent British Columbia and the work that we have done over the last five years,\u201d said Thompson. \u201cIt\u2019s nice to be appreciated for some of the things we\u2019ve accomplished, to go abroad and hopefully make myself a better coach.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m open to new ideas and seeing how other people are being successful. I want to see how they integrate 7s and 15s and how they work together. That will be my main focus.\u201d<\/p>\n Upon their return, Goodland and Thompson will share their experiences with other provincial coaches through technical workshops and reporting.<\/p>\n About the Gerald McGavin Coaching Award:<\/strong><\/p>\n The award recognizes rugby coaches from British Columbia who play a significant role in shaping young athletes both on and off the field. Gerald McGavin is a former BC athlete who represented his province against world-renowned sides including the Barbarians, Australia, British Lions and New Zealand Universities. Now a Member of both the Order of Canada and Order of BC, McGavin created the Award because of his love for the sport and to acknowledge the role rugby played in shaping his life. Past recipients include Rameses Langston, Jeff Williams, Martin Jones, Jason Young,\u00a0Adam Roberts and Tom Larisch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Oct. 8th, 2014 This year\u2019s recipients are Ken Goodland (Castaway Wanderers \/ BC Bears ) and Shane Thompson (Brentwood College \/ Canada Maple Leafs 7\u2019s \/ BC Rugby Elite Youth 7\u2019s).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":851,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=848"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":850,"href":"https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848\/revisions\/850"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}