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THE AUSTIN VALKYRIES INVITE YOU to FOREVER STRONG An exclusive private screening of the FIRST Rugby Movie “Forever Strong” – winner of Heartland’s truly moving picture award. Support your local women’s rugby team with their fundraiser screening of this Heartland Truly Moving Film. Tickets are $10 in advance, and $12 at www.austinvalkyries.com thru paypal (print … Read more
With upmost respect to those that are suffering from Hurricane Ike 2008, I humbly submit Austin Hurricane Ike Watch 2008. 9am – Current conditions:Partly cloudy and humid, no rain yet. Field reporters at the main rugby pitch and backup pitch report that field conditions are ideal for matches. I will be live blogging throughout the … Read more
Umm, so this weekend’s league match against Glendale could be interesting, check out the weather heading towards Texas! For live tracking of the storm and updates, go here. HURRICANE IKE UPDATE: Austin vs Glendale is CANCELED, rescheduled for Oct 4, 2008 in Austin, TX.Austin B vs TX State is still on, time is 11am. After … Read more
From Austin Rugby: Austin Rugby was asked to participate in Lance Armstrong’s new website livestrong.com which was recently released. Our very own Mark Brewerton and team are THE source for rugby information on this amazing site. The site is a free site and is gearing up to be the best source for health information on … Read more
Another great opportunity here, just like the struggle for the D2 Women’s Rugby to be recognized, a few players are getting together to build a Women’s 7’s Club Championships. The tournament would be in conjunction with the Men’s 7’s Clubs Championships in San Francisco next month. See below for an email from Melissa McKibben about … Read more
Ronny recommended the video this week, thanks for sending it to me at yourscrumhalfconnection@gmail.com! The video this week is a 2008 Division 1 Women’s match of New York vs Chicago North Shore. New York shows some serious muscle as they pushy try it in…looks to be about 8 meters! It appears that New York won … Read more
Ice Cream for a Good Cause On Thursday, June 26th, from 6-9 pm, Ben & Jerry’s in West Lake will donate 25% of its total sales to the Austin Valkyries Women’s Rugby Club. That means you have the best excuse ever to come cool off and eat ice cream while helping an active group in … Read more
I totally forgot that I never blogged about the Valkyries trip to Atlanta, read the recap from Bags below: The Austin Valkyries closed their spring 15’s season with a successful trip to Atlanta this weekend, earning a split decision against a strong Harlequins squad and having our usual bevy of adventures and mischief-making. Game & … Read more
2008 Men’s Club Championships Division I, II & III – Final Results Day 1 Results: http://westrugby.blogspot.com/2008/05/2008-mens-club-championships-division-i.html Division IOlympic Club 43, Maryland Exiles 20Glendale 29. South Side Irish 21Pearl City 17, Hayward 15Life University 40, Las Vegas 5 ConsolationAspen 29, Palmer 24Long Island 26, Park City Haggis 20Los Angeles 53, White Plains 0Mystic River 17, Austin … Read more
2008 Men’s Club Championships Division I, II & III – Results Day 1 Div ILas Vegas 23 vs White Plains 20Hayward 44 vs Austin 12Mystic River 6 vs Pearl City 48Long Island 8 vs Glendale 85Park City Haggis 22 vs South Side 27Maryland Exiles 40 vs Palmer 14Olympic Club 48 vs Aspen 15 Div IIBrandywine … Read more