- Vereya Bears
Vereya Bears are a
rugby league team fromVereya ,Moscow Oblast . The club was first formed in1995 and now play in theRussian 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 in1995 as part of this expansion, but did not register until1998 . 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 untilRussian 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 toEngland to face amateur clubLeigh Miners Rangers . They were defeated 64-12 and so were knocked out of the competition.taff
* Edgard Tatouryan, President & Head Coach
* Sergey Kashutin, Manager
* Victor V. Sapozhnikov, International & Public Relations
* Aleksey Schegelskiy, Administrator
* Sergey Khaletskiy, Doctor
* Sergey Kravets, PhotographerJunior Development
There are over 200 children in various Vereya Bears youth teams, most of whom are from the
Naro-Fominsk andRuza regions.ee also
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Russian Championship
*Rugby league in Russia External links
* [http://rc-vereya.ru/news Vereya Bears Official Website]
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