Dwight Evans, a founding player for the Assassins Rugby Football Club in 1968, was instrumental in the club’s establishment and served in many board and executive capacities, including President. Dwight went on to become President of the Manitoba Rugby Union, and also chaired the 10th anniversary celebration of Maple Grove Rugby Park in 1995.
Dwight Evans was one of the original players when the Assassins Rugby Football Club was founded in 1968. The club, and the sport of rugby, has come a long way since then and Dwight was instrumental in establishing the strong organizational structure that enabled both to prosper.
Dwight played from 1968 to 1985 and served on the executive of the Assassins RFC for many of those years. He filled a variety of positions from Social Coordinator to President between 1977and 1980. In 1978 he was the principal author of the new Assassins RFC constitution. From 1985 to 1989 Dwight was a member of the Assassins Board of Directors. In 1985 he developed a long term strategic plan for the club.
Dwight was elected to the Manitoba Rugby Union Board as the Special Events Coordinator in 1980 to coordinate the hosting and running of the 1981 Western Canadian Championships. At that time the MRU was struggling and provincial funding for the sport was in question. The new board worked hard to reinstitute programs that had lapsed and to rebuild the union. Soon the sport of Rugby had regained its good standing in the eyes of the provincial sport funding body.
Dwight went on to serve on the MRU board for six years, several of those as president. During that time he drafted a new constitution and also attended Canadian Rugby Union meetings and worked with the other smaller provinces to advance initiatives that were important to them.
It was around this time that the dream of a home for rugby in Winnipeg started to become a reality. The development of Maple Grove Rugby Park was initiated and, as President of the MRU, Dwight was involved with the rugby park committee in negotiations with the City of Winnipeg as well as many planning meetings.
When Dwight stepped away from rugby in 1989 he left a strong foundation that the Assassins RFC and Rugby Manitoba have continued to build on.
Dwight Evans was one of the original players when the Assassins Rugby Football Club was founded in 1968. The club, and the sport of rugby, has come a long way since then and Dwight was instrumental in establishing the strong organizational structure that enabled both to prosper.
Dwight played from 1968 to 1985 and served on the executive of the Assassins RFC for many of those years. He filled a variety of positions from Social Coordinator to President between 1977and 1980. In 1978 he was the principal author of the new Assassins RFC constitution. From 1985 to 1989 Dwight was a member of the Assassins Board of Directors. In 1985 he developed a long term strategic plan for the club.
Dwight was elected to the Manitoba Rugby Union Board as the Special Events Coordinator in 1980 to coordinate the hosting and running of the 1981 Western Canadian Championships. At that time the MRU was struggling and provincial funding for the sport was in question. The new board worked hard to reinstitute programs that had lapsed and to rebuild the union. Soon the sport of Rugby had regained its good standing in the eyes of the provincial sport funding body.
Dwight went on to serve on the MRU board for six years, several of those as president. During that time he drafted a new constitution and also attended Canadian Rugby Union meetings and worked with the other smaller provinces to advance initiatives that were important to them.
It was around this time that the dream of a home for rugby in Winnipeg started to become a reality. The development of Maple Grove Rugby Park was initiated and, as President of the MRU, Dwight was involved with the rugby park committee in negotiations with the City of Winnipeg as well as many planning meetings.
When Dwight stepped away from rugby in 1989 he left a strong foundation that the Assassins RFC and Rugby Manitoba have continued to build on.