2023 Marshall League Wrap and McCormick Lookahead

2023 Marshall League Wrap and McCormick Cup Lookahead

On Saturday August 19th, the Marshall League wrapped up and saw the 2023 Cup go home with the Brantford Harlequins. We would like to congratulate all of the teams who competed and those who excelled in their divisions.

Marshall League

2023’s Marshall League Champions, the Brantford Harlequins, finished off their season with a 42 – 10 win over the Oakville Crusaders in the championship game, giving them an overall 11-1-0 season record. They faced off against Balmy Beach in the semi-finals, winning 35 – 24. As for the Club Championship, it was a hotly contested championship that came down to the final ultimately seeing Balmy Beach take home the cup with a 99 point season.

As for the Marshall 2XV, Oakville Crusaders came out on top in a tiebreaker with Balmy Beach. With a fantastic point difference of +306, Crusaders took home the cup.

McCormick Cup & Fall Cup

Naturally, the McCormick and Fall Cups are next on the agenda. Based on this summer’s results, the schedules and seeding has already been decided and will be as follows:

Round 1 Sept 9th 2023
Round 2 Sept 16th 2023
Round 3 – Championship + Consolation Playoffs Sept 30th 2023

McCormick Cup –

1. Brantford Harlequins

2. Crusaders

3. Balmy Beach

4. Toronto Scottish

5. Burlington Centaurs

6. Aurora Barbarians

7. Waterloo County

8. Bytown Blues

Fall Cup –

1. Oshawa Vikings

2. London St George

3. Peterborough Pagans

4. Barrie

5. Toronto Nomads

6. Ajax Wanderers

7. Vaughan Yeomen

8. Ottawa Beavers

All finals will be played at Fletcher’s Fields. Best of luck to all the teams competing!