USA Rugby Announces 2007 National Championships Sites

USA Rugby Announces 2007 National Championships Sites

BOULDER , Colo. – USA Rugby announced today the host sites for the 2007 USA Rugby National Championships.

“We are very excited about the venues selected for this year’s championships,” USA Rugby Championships Director, Kim Brock said. “We received a lot of fantastic bids and it was a hard decision to make; but in the end, we have several repeat hosts returning and a couple of exciting new locations on the schedule.”

Among those returning is Old Mission Beach Athletic Club (OMBAC), in San Diego , Calif. , which will hold the Division I, II, and III Men’s Club Championships for the third year in a row. However, because of a conflict with the highly anticipated Churchill Cup Final and the possibility of major television coverage for both events, USA Rugby has decided to change the date to June 9-10, a week later than originally announced. There is also a strong possibility that the Rugby Super League Finals could coincide with the Men’s Division I, II & III Championships on this weekend, bringing together the highest levels of Men’s Club Rugby in the United States .

Sites in Austin , Texas , Rochester , N.Y, and Salt Lake City , Utah , are among the new locations chosen to host the National Championships in 2007. This year, the Men’s Collegiate All-Stars, the event where most of our Collegiate All-Americans are chosen, will be hosted by the Rochester Colonials & Monroe County Sports Commission in Rochester, N.Y., while the Women’s Club Playoff’s will be held for the first time in Austin, Texas, and the Boys High School Championships are set for Salt Lake City.

In all, the USA Rugby Championships will crown 16 team champions following 24 championship events including boys high school, men’s and women’s all star, men’s and women’s club, men’s 7s and college playoffs and college championships in 2007.

With the official sites and dates determined, the process of writing the respective Championship’s programs is now underway. Look for more information on these 2007 Championships as it becomes available on www.usarugby.org/championships/index.html.

USA Rugby 2007 National Championships Schedule and Sites

April 20-22
USA Rugby Division I Men’s College Playoffs
Pool Play (A&B): University of California, Berkeley, Calif.
Pool Play (C&D): Penn State University, State College, Pa.

April 21-22
USA Rugby Division I Women’s College Playoffs
Pool Play (A&D): University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.
Pool Play (B&C): Penn State University, State College, Pa.

April 21-22
USA Rugby Division II Men’s and Women’s College Playoffs
All Pool Play: Central Florida Sports Commission & Orlando Rugby, Sanford, Fla.

May 4-5
USA Rugby Division I & II Men’s and Women’s College Championships
Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif.

May 12-13
USA Rugby Division I, II & III Men’s Club Playoffs
All Pool Play: Columbia Olde Grey & Columbia Regional Sports Council, Columbia, S.C.

May 18-19
USA Rugby Boy’s High School Championships
Utah Rugby Football Union, Salt Lake City, Utah

June 8-9
USA Rugby Men’s Collegiate All-Star Championships
Rochester Colonials & Monroe County Sports Commission, Rochester, N.Y.

June 9-10*
USA Rugby Division I, II & III Men’s Club Championships
Old Mission Beach Athletic Club (OMBAC), San Diego, Calif.

June 15-17
USA Rugby Women’s Senior and Under-23 All-Star 15s Championships
National Sports Center, Blaine, Minn.

August 11-12
USA Rugby Men’s Club 7s Championships
Chuckanut Bay Rugby Club, Ferndale, Wash.

August 25-26
USA Rugby Men’s & Women’s All-Star 7s Championships
Park City Haggis, Park City, Utah

October 27-28
USA Rugby Division I Women’s Club Playoffs
All Pool Play: Austin Rugby, Austin, Texas

November 9-11
USA Rugby Division I Women’s Club Championships
Central Florida Sports Commission & Orlando Rugby, Kissimmee, Fla.

December 7-9**
USA Rugby Men’s All-Star 15s Championships
Central Florida Sports Commission & Orlando Rugby, Kissimmee, Fla.

*Date changed from original announcement
**Pending ongoing review