The Bombers traveled to Tacoma and Reno to start out the 2014-15 season.  To kick it off we drove to Tacoma, Washington the last weekend in September and finished in fourth place.  We traveled with minimal players and it was an iron man test of our endurance.  We proved ourselves beating British Columbia 49-43 with only a four man line up!  The Bombers finished 2 and 3 for the weekend.

The Halloween Reno Rumble wasn't as victorious but we got to travel with a larger squad.  The Bombers had a few really close battles in the early quarters but too many turnovers got the best of us and we didn't get any wins.  Kory Puderbaugh was voted best high point player of the tournament!  Congratulations Kory!

Exciting events coming up soon!  

November 22, 2014 at the Fort Boise Community Centerat at 4pm we are having our 3rd annual Food Drive scrimmage benefiting the City Light Women's Shelter.   The Boise Bombers will challenge both the Treasure Valley Rollergirls and the Capital City Skull Crushers in wheelchair rugby games.  Please bring canned food, boxed food, or a turkey!

December 13, 2014 at the Fort Boise Community Center at 4pm we are having our 3rd Annual Toys for Tots Wheelchair Rugby Bash.  The Boise Bombers will challenge the Nemesis Rugby, Snake River Rugby, and The Lions Rugby club in wheelchair rugby games.  Please bring a new unwrapped toy for Toys for Tots!

January we are on the road again to Portland.
February we are flying to Dallas.
March 6,7,8 2015 we are hosting the Pacific Sectionals at the Meridian YMCA.  There is going to be great rugby at this event! Go Bombers!

Below are all 4 quarters of the British Columbia game.  Enjoy!

It's the end of another successful season of Summer League Wheelchair Rugby put on by the Boise Park's Adventure Program with Team Rampage as reigning champs.  It didn't come without a fight though, the Ballers lead by Willie Bosserman and Pat Dourghety have been the runners up both seasons.  The game started with the Rampage's lead player Spencer Larimore headed to the lavatory with stomach issues and the Ballers took advantage jumping on a five point lead by half time.

After a few minutes into the second half Lairamore returned to the court with Jeff Christensen, Paul Cox and Wilson Antoniuk to try and cut into the five point lead of The Ballers.  After a few point for point possessions Team Rampage created four back to back turnovers to bring the game within a point.  The two teams battled point for point for the next few minutes until The Ballers used up all of their timeouts.  Team Rampage took advantage and got The Ballers no spread offense on a few 12 second violations and various other turnovers to gain the lead.

In the end it was all Team Rampage for a final score of 28-23.  The Boise Bombers would like to thank our fantastic referees, volunteers, players, fans, and staff from Boise Parks and Recreation for their help and support. Very few teams across the country have such an awesome event going on with their community.  It's pretty darn cool how well we have packed the gym on Thursday nights in the summer.  Thank you all!

Check out tons of photos from the championship game as well as several other games in our photo gallery.

Thanks to the Jimmy Dean TICKETS Fore CHARITY program, 100% of the purchase price of your ticket goes directly to the Boise Bomber Wheelchair Rugby Team. Our team receives their funds monthly, so the sooner you purchase, the sooner we will benefit! These tickets also make great gifts!  CLICK HERE to order tickets online!
 

By Spencer Larimore

The Boise Bombers finished third place at the Matt Reynolds Memorial Tournament in Irving, Texas to bring home their first piece of hardware. It was a bittersweet victory for yours truly as I started playing rugby in Dallas, Texas back in 2008. This was our second time attending the Matt Reynolds Memorial Tournament, last year we didn't fare so well we won only one game beating San Antonio's B team by 1 point. This year we started out pretty well all though we did lose to TIRR in the first game and we were with out Kory Puderbaugh for day one. The second game we played my old team the North Texas Cowboys. We rallied together in the first half, fighting for a nail biting 1 point lead. The second half was all Bombers and we finish the game 55 - 47.  Day two started with a game against the Texas Stampede B team led by the all-tournament 3.0 Mason Symons. Kory Puderbaugh arrived for the remainder of the tournament and he was an immeasurable force against the Stampede. His agility and speed was too much for the Stampede to handle and we beat them by 14 points, we finished the game 55 - 41. In the late game we played the Switzerland national team, by the end of a tough first quarter we were only down by three. By the end of the game they proved to be too much to handle, they racked up the points and beat us by a whopping 71 - 34. The Switzerland boys were pretty good.  So going to into Sunday's game we were 2 and 2 up against the Edmonton Steel Wheels (2 -2) to fight for third place. We played these boys in Reno back in October and lost by 7 points so it was our time for redemption and to bring home the hardware. The game was pretty tight all the way through but the Boise Bombers held on to the lead to achieve the most exciting win in the Boise Bombers history. The final score was 55 - 52. Everyone on the Boise Bombers team has worked extremely hard and has made huge improvements. Our new coach, Ana Mimani has picked up the game quickly and is a major factor in the growth of our team. I cant express how thankful and proud I am of our team, they all have stepped up their game! I also want to give a shout out to Stuart Larimore, my dad, for fixing countless flat tires and broken rugby equipment. Big thanks to all of our volunteers, sponsors and fans! Without you there would be no us. Next stop is Sectionals Feb 21-23 in Tacoma, Washington, Go Bombers!

Action photos by Mike Peters.

Results For Helter Skelter 2013

1st Place Nor-Cal Quakes
2nd Place U of A Wildcats
3rd Place Northridge Knights
4th Place Vegas Renegades-B
5th Place Sierra Storm
6th Place Boise Bombers

All Tournament Team

0.5 Shawn Fluke
1.0 Brant Daye
1.5 Earl Bowser
2.0 Grayson Holden
2.5 Chelsea Falnes
3.0 Steven Toyoji
3.5 Jose Carasco
MVP Steven Toyoji
Sportsmanship Larry Porter

Scores

Friday, October 11
10:00 a.m. Wildcats 56 vs. Sierra Storm 25
11:30 a.m. Bombers 25 vs. Quake 49
1:00 p.m. Knights 33 vs. Wildcats 53
2:30 p.m. Renegades-B 36 vs. Quake 53
4:00 p.m. Sierra Storm 50 vs. Bombers 37
5:30 p.m. Renegades-B 39 vs. Knights 48

Saturday, October 12
10:00 a.m. Bombers 30 vs. Wildcats 48
11:30 a.m. Knights 55 vs. Sierra Storm 33
1:00 p.m. Bombers 30 vs. Renegades-B 52
2:30 p.m. Wildcats 38 vs. Quake 46
4:00 p.m. Sierra Storm 42 vs. Renegades-B 58
5:30 p.m. Quake 45 vs. Knights 39

Sunday, October 13
10:00 a.m. Knights 55 vs. Bombers 41
11:30 a.m. Sierra Storm 45 vs. Quake 57
1:00 p.m.* Wildcats 1 vs. Renegades-B 0