Rugby Here & There

My inbox is taking over…have to get some of it blogged!

• Ruggers.com is the exclusive on-line store for the US Eagles. Check out some of their new products! I would totally buy the fitted cap, but they only carry large and x-large versions right now…I am cursed with a small head!
• AGGIE DONATION – Texas A&M is headed to Sweet 16s on April 21st and 22nd. They NEED your help!!! Please contact Traci Schmidtke if you are willing to donate. This is the first time a Texas team has attended and its very exciting! Below is a letter that was sent out asking for donations:
  

  Parents and Alumni,

  Some of you have already received this, but I wanted to make sure it got to everyone who might want to help out. Our upcoming trip to Florida for the USA Rugby National Sweet Sixteen tournament is going to cost the team approximately $8,000. Should we qualify for the Final Four, the cost will be even higher.

  The players have worked extremely hard over the past few years to get to this point, their first ever Sweet Sixteen appearance. They need all the financial help they can get in order to continue down the road to a National Championship.

  I know you have all helped many times in the past, but we’re asking for your assistance again. The following is a link to paypal that will allow you to donate to the women’s travel fund. You can pay with a credit card or debit card. If you prefer, you can mail a check, made payable to TAMU WRFC, to Amy Burkhalter at 2404 Jaguar Ct. , Bryan, TX 77807. Please let her know if you would like a receipt.

• Yale defeats Vassar 24-17
  NEW HAVEN, CT (April 7, 2007) — Well, they do say that pride comes before a fall and Vassar was elevated to a number 7 position in the national rankings this week. But the Brewers may have been guilty of looking past Yale, a team they had defeated 38-24 in the Fall Northeast playoffs. The Ivy Leaguers had an effective game plan and they pushed and bullied Vassar around earning a good win.

  Vassar College Women 17 v Yale University Women 24
  Tries: Danika Oriol–Morway (2), Bridget Meade (1).
  Cons: Alex Milne (1).
  Click here for the rest of the article.

• University of New Hampshire Rugby
  The boxy, digital, red letters read 5:45 a.m. and the alarm is blaring. Emily Moffett, a sophomore at the University of New Hampshire, rolls over and extends her long, slender legs down from her top bunk. Finally, after a short jump she lands on the floor and meets the eyes of her roommate Kristina.

  Kristina Marttinen, also a sophomore at UNH, is up and moving. She reaches for the floor and pulls her spandex shorts over her toned body. She brushes her hair and pulls it into a ponytail. There’s no time for make up; it’ll have to wait until after practice.
  Click here for the rest of the article.

• University of Alaska Anchorage Begins FIRST Women’s Rugby Team
  Popp’s passion for rugby did not end when she left Rutgers University. But, unlike New Jersey, Alaska did not have a women’s rugby league. Popp spent a season playing for the Spenard Green Dragons, one of the local Anchorage area men’s rugby clubs. Through the Green Dragons, Popp found many contacts that have helped her establish a women’s team.
  Click here for the rest of the article.
• Wharton Wilde beasts Play First Game of Season
  Despite a broken down bus, a pitch covered in broken glass, and – oh yeah, the fact that only one person on the team had ever played the game before – Wharton’s women’s rugby team, affectionately known as the Wildebeests, successfully kicked off their season last Saturday at a tournament with Columbia.

  The women convened, half-asleep, at 7:55 Saturday morning, heeding stern warnings from the men of the Wharthogs that the bus would be leaving at 8am sharp.
  Click here for the rest of the article.

• Plattsburgh State Women’s Rugby Attending 3 Spring Tournaments & Several Charity Events
  The Plattsburgh State women’s rugby team will be participating in three tournaments in the spring 2007 season.

  They are also just coming off a different type of challenge, helping to sponsor the Relay for Life event which was held this past Friday at the PSUC Field House.

  The women’s rugby team will join forces with the men in hosting the “TnT” Tournament for the 11th year at PSUC.

  The tournament is held to remember Plattsburgh State students and rugby players, Billy Erwin, Trevor Green and Tony Santandrea, while also raising money for the Tony Santandrea Memorial Scholarship for Plattsburgh State.
  Click here for the rest of the article.

So that’s all I have time for today, I have been slammed at working promoting FIGHT NITE here in Austin. Check out the flier I put together, its going to be an awesome event!!