Round of 16 – Day 1

MATCH SCHEDULE:

Saturday, October 27
9:30am: Beantown vs KC Jazz 64 to 5
10 am: SD Surfers vs Atlanta 5 to 20
11 am: Nova vs TC Amazons 17 to 20
11:30am: ORSU vs Minn Valkyries 17 to 7
12:30pm: Philly vs N Shore 29 to 16
1 pm: Glendale vs Berkeley 0 to 58
2 pm: Keystone vs Furies 14 to 0
2:30pm: New York vs Mudhens 67 to 10

Sunday, October 28
8:30am KC Jazz vs SD Surfers
9:00am: Beantown vs Atlanta
10:00am: NOVA vs Minn Valkyries
10:30am: Amazons vs ORSU
11:30a: N Shore vs Glendale
12:00pm: Philly vs Berkeley
1:00pm: Furies vs Mudhens
1:30pm: Keystone v New York

We arrived at Burr Field this morning with temperatures in the low 50’s and a bit of dew on the ground. As you can see from my “mountain outfit” as my girlfriend called me…I was cold! But soon the sun came out from behind the trees and we had a BEAUTIFUL rugby day ahead of us.

The pitches were lined perfectly and the hard Texas ground was just begging to be touched by all the rugby glory out there. The first few games of the day were highly contested and were very intense. I touch judged two of the games today and played “trainer” for the rest. Need something taped? Wendy can do that!

Over all I think the first day or Round of 16 included some GREAT rugby and an even better crowd. Austinites were out in force and we appreciate the support from the local community here.

One of the great ideas coming from the tournament in my opinion was the “anti-bacterial stations” the Austin Blacks put together. See the picture on the right for a visual: basically its a bucket turned over, with a lovely white towel over it and two anti-bacterial bottles for our sanitation purposes. Cute right?

Also we the Austin Valkyries are pretty excited about the raffle we put together. The items are wide and varied from Mary Kay makeup to the sweetest All Black Jersey we have ever seen! Come on out and buy an armful of ticket…yes you can bring you lock’s long arms…for $10.

Look for more results tomorrow afternoon.