80 Degrees and Rising…

Wow, its been beautiful the last couple of days! Spent the weekend working/promoting Fight Nite for my gym. The event was a sucess in that we sold over 500 tickets and had 10 LIVE fights for everyone to watch. The event was held at the Nutty Brown Cafe and was AWESOME! As soon as I get some pics I will post them.

Then yesterday was an even better day. Woke up to sunshine (even though the TV said it was 55 degrees outside) and a beautiful day! I would say it rounded out at about 80 degrees…and not a cloud in the sky. Spent most of the day outside, visited the dog park at Auditorium Shores, had snow cones and then took a nap on the futon. Was a glorious, glorious day!

RUGBY RUGBY RUGBY – THIS JUST IN…

7’s Tournaments are shaping up all over the nation…there is a push to have more women’s tournaments, so check out your local tournaments and email me! I will post them with pictures, flyers or whatever info you give me. Here are a few I have heard about:

• Dallas 7’s (date is not set yet…June 2nd or June 9th)
• Corpus Christi 7’s (I already blogged about this, but will do it again…)
  7s By The Sea
  Newport Pass (Corpus Christi), TX
  Sat. July 28, 2007
  Men’s and Women’s Beach Rugby on the Texas Gulf Coast.
  Barefoot, on the sand, free beer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  For More Information
  www.corpuschristirugby.org
  Randall Stuart, Tournament Director/Club Secretary
  361-443-9683
  restuart@hotmail.com

  www.myspace.com/ccrfc
  www.myspace.com/randystuart

• 40th annual Sneath Cup 7s in Denver – Saturday July 7, 2007.
  We would like to have your club play in the Sneath Cup 7s. As you may know we are hosting one of the three Mens WRFU 7s Super Regional Qualifiers, Mens Social & Womens Club Brackets, Youth Division. Saturday July 7, 2007.

  So far Aspen, Dallas Fort Worth Elite, Kansas City Blues, Olympic Club (San Fran), Queen City, Santa Fe, The South RFU and the Barbos 2 competitive sides have expressed interest in attending.

  Last year we had Dallas Elite, Kansas City United, O Club, Sante Fe, Shreveport and ourselves as well as some local clubs in the tourney. The Qualifier bracket is a small (8 to 12 teams) but competitive event, 5 weeks before the National Club 7s.

  Two years ago we had a Women’s bracket. We were not able to attract a Women’s group last year but would like to again.

  Pitch size – 2 dedicated rugby fields with full dimensions and Goal posts

  Howard Kent (303) 620-9913 C nhil@earthlink.net
  Manager/Asst. Coach Denver Barbarians RFC 7s

  For travel contact Travel Corp, Jim Bob Glabman 303 595-0007 or 800
  222-9229

• Cape Cod 7’s (LOVE THIS TOURNAMENT!!!) – July 28, 2007
  This year’s theme is: Super heroes and villains! Start putting your costumes together and brainstorming your skit ideas!

  Congratulations to the Northeast Senior 7’s and the Olde Girls for winning the competitive and social divisions in last year’s tournament!
  In order to help improve our tournament for next year, please click here to take our survey. Thank you in advance for your input.
  Any questions or comments about the Cape Cod 7s Tournament, please contact Jenn Jones.

• 10th Annual Bloodfest 7s Westerns Super Regional Qualifier – 23 June 2007
  Zilker Park, Austin, TX

  GOT BLOOD?
  GIVE IT!
  Tournament promotes the Central Texas Blood & Tissue Center

  Entry Costs: (Pay now to play later)
  Super Qualifier Division $225 ($300 after 6/15/2007)
  Open and Social Division $175 ($225 after 6/15/2007)
  Women’s Division $150 ($200 after 6/15/2007)

  More information: Huns Rugby Website

• Columbia Olde Grey has dedicated ourselves to building the “Premier” Women’s 7’s Tournament of the South East. Time and time again we have seen women’s team get the shaft at both 15’s and 7’s tournaments. In the South East you are usually lucky to see 4 or 5 women’s teams show up.
  
  We are trying to get a minimum of 16 women’s
  teams to commit to coming to Columbia, SC for our Lucky 7’s Tournament. If your team is going to travel to one tournament this summer, please make it this one.

  There will be multiple trophies for each division and we are dropping several thousand dollars on the Casino Party (See Below.)

  Lucky 7’s Rugby Tournament
  What: July 14th and 15th, Columbia Olde Grey Rugby will be hosting the “Lucky 7’s Rugby Tournament.” The Tournament will consist of 4 divisions.
  1. Men’s Divisions 2. Women’s Division 3. U-19 Boys Division 4. U-19 Women’s Division
  
  I promise you this will be the best 7’s tournament of the summer. The number of teams is limited, so contact us early if you want to guarantee a slot.
  Contact Info: oldgreyrugby@yahoo.com

  Where: Owen’s Fields, Columbia, SC
  When: July 14th and July 15th
  Cost: Men’s and Women’s Divisions
  $150 if paid before
  July 1st $250 if paid after July 1st
  Boy and Girls Under 19 Divisions
  $100 if paid before July 1st.
  $150 if paid before July 1st.

Feel free to submit your 7’s tournament, just shoot me an email or leave it in the comments.