Reilly going into Rugby Hall
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This article was published 16/10/2010 (5529 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
It will be a proud moment today for the Reilly family and the Brandon Barbarians rugby club.
The late John Reilly, one of the original founders of the Barbarians club, will be inducted in the builders category in the first Manitoba Rugby Hall of Fame class in Winnipeg.
“It’s an extremely proud moment for the Brandon Barbarians club to have someone inducted into the Hall of Fame,” club president Shawn Sarkonak said. “And it’s great that he is being recognized for all his efforts and time and blood, sweat and tears that he put into Brandon and the Westman area trying to build the game of rugby up.”
Longtime club members like Sandy Donald, the past president of the club, will join Reilly’s wife Iris and family at today’s induction ceremony.
Reilly, who was born in New Zealand, helped establish the Barbarians club, along with Guy McKim and Doug Filipchuk, in 1981, serving as a club executive and coach over the years. He passed away last year at the age of 60 after a battle with cancer, with Canada Games Rugby Park officially renamed Reilly Field in his honour this season.
The Barbarians are coming off their best season in the club’s 30-year history, with all three Barbarians clubs — Division 1 and Division 2 men’s teams and the women’s side — all advancing to Manitoba Rugby Union league championship finals, with the Division 2 men’s squad bringing the provincial title back to Brandon.
“It’s unfortunate that we couldn’t have gone three-for-three on finals weekend, but bringing one title home was better than none,” Sarkonak said.
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