Krause Tournament

Oshawa Vikings RFC

2009 Senior Men ORU Keenan Division Champions
2009 Senior Women TRU Cup Champions

Wednesday 10th of March 2010

International Rugby Players
The Vikings are looking for International Rugby Players from New Zealand, the UK and Australia to come and join us for a season. If you are interested and would like more information please contact our Recruitment Director Jeff McDiarmid at mcdiarmid_10@msn.com or our Director of Rugby Chris McKee at kaisermckee99@hotmail.com

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Krause Tournament

2010 Chris Krause Tournament

Saturday May 1st 2010 Men Divison (8 teams)

Saturday May 8th 2010 Women (8 teams)

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Previous Winners

Men

1977	Kingston RFC	1978	Oshawa Vikings RFC
1979	Ajax Wanderers RFC	1980	Oshawa Vikings RFC
1981	Brock RFC	1982	Brock RFC
1983	Brock RFC	1984	Brock RFC
1985	Markham RFC	1986	Barrie RFC
1987	Oshawa Vikings RFC	1988	Brock RFC
1989	Oshawa Vikings RFC	1990	Brock RFC
1991	Oshawa Vikings RFC	1992	Brantford Harlequins RFC
1993	Brock RFC	1994	Brock RFC
1995	Brock RFC	1996	Highland RFC
1997	Wooten Bassett (UK)	1998	Brock RFC
1999	Brock RFC	2000	Oshawa Vikings RFC
2001	Brock RFC	2002	Brock RFC
2003	Peterborough Pagans RFC	2004	Barrie RFC
2005	Oshawa Vikings RFC	2006	Oshawa Vikings RFC
2007	Oshawa Vikings RFC	2008	Oshawa Vikings RFC

Women

2000	Peterborough Pagans RFC	2001	Peterborough Pagans RFC
2002	Peterborough Pagans RFC	2003	Peterborough Pagans RFC
2004	Toronto Nomads RFC	2005	Stoney Creek RFC
2006	Stoney Creek RFC	2007	Stoney Creek RFC
2008	Oshawa Vikings RFC

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Chris Krause

Chris Krause was born in England in 1923 and immigrated to Toronto, Canada in 1951. He played wing-three-quarter with the Toronto Nomads in the early 1950s, and started working for General Motors in Oshawa in 1956.

Chris realised that the Canadian boys had few opportunities to participate in contact sports after high school, and believe that rugby would fill a void for enthusiastic young athletes. When somebody - possibly Jimmy Stephenson - said "Why don't you start your own club, Krause?", Chris did exactly that.

The official foundation date for the Oshawa Vikings R.F.C. was Thursday, 12 February 1959.

Chris and the Vikings club were also very active in the development of schools rugby in the Oshawa area, and the success of Oshawa schools in the early Ontario High School Championships, which Chris helped organise, contributed significantly to the club's growth through the 1960s.

Chris Krause passed away in the winter of 1983 following a lengthy battle with cancer. We all miss his enthusiasm and tenacity. We honour his memory with an annual Men's and Women's tournament held on consecutive weekends in the spring.