Vereya Bears
Vereya Bears are a rugby league team from Vereya, Moscow Oblast. The club was first formed in 1995 and now play in the Russian Championship. Home matches are played at the Vereya Stadium.
Formation
Following the arrival of rugby league in Moscow in 1991, the sport began to grow outwards. Vereya were established in 1995 as part of this expansion, but did not register until 1998. They adopted the name "Bears".
Russian Championship
The club debuted in Russian Championship XII and finished fourth. Since then they have hovered around that place - in 2003 they finished fifth, 2004 they finished fourth again and in 2005 and 2006 they finished third. The Bears have never been able to break up the stronger Moscow clubs though until Russian Championship XVII when they finished second. But in the play-offs they were not able to capture first spot as they were heavily defeated in Moscow away from home and lost their home leg too.
Challenge Cup
After their second placed finish in Russian Championship XVII the Bears were entered into the 2008 Challenge Cup. They were entered into the Second Round of the competition and flew over to England to face amateur club Leigh Miners Rangers. They were defeated 64-12 and so were knocked out of the competition.
Staff
- Edgard Tatouryan, President & Head Coach
- Sergey Kashutin, Manager
- Victor V. Sapozhnikov, International & Public Relations
- Aleksey Schegelskiy, Administrator
- Sergey Khaletskiy, Doctor
- Sergey Kravets, Photographer
Junior Development
There are over 200 children in various Vereya Bears youth teams, most of whom are from the Naro-Fominsk and Ruza regions.
See also
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