Baltimore-Chesapeake Rugby Football Club
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March 2008

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Peter Brock Awards Dinner

Get your tickets to Peter Brock today...DO NOT WAIT!!! Tickets are $55 per person.
***Click here for all the Peter Brock Awards Dinner details.***
The paypal account will be disabled as of 9:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 8. Ticket prices will increase to $60 on Sunday, March 9. No Exceptions. You can also mail your payment to me: 1632 E. Fort Ave. Baltimore, MD 21230. Checks made payable to: BCRFC.

2008 USA Rugby CIPP Membership

Everyone who plays rugby in the United States must register with USA Rugby. You can register at https://membership.usarugby.org/default.aspx. You can also use this website to transfer your membership to Baltimore-Chesapeake.

To learn more about what your USA Rugby membership includes please visit http://www.usarugby.org/. Then click on Membership in the left menu and then Member benefits.

Coaches Corner

2008 Spring Practice

Practice has begun. Tuesday we are at Roosevelt Park and Thursday we are at Latrobe Park from 7:00 to 8:30. Go to the Practice Information page for directions.

Old Boys

From the desk of Wade Gowl:

Congrats to Keith Losoya and wife Judith for their new son, Roscoe William born 1/20

The Toronto York Yeoman match on April 19th revives a tradition from the 70’s and 80’s where we would play them every April, home one year- away the next. Hosting them was a very big part of the fun. It made friends that lasted. Our old boys will be out in force doing their part with the Yeoman bringing down an old boys side in addition to their club side to play our first’s. Put your thinking caps on and start gearing up to volunteer to host one or two for that weekend. The good times will last forever. Coming in that Friday night on a bus we’ll meet them at Mum’s and divvy them out. They used to put their second and third sider’s on us that night before the match to drink us up, in Canada, and we wouldn’t see their firsts till match time. Or at least it seemed that way! So if you’re not on the A side, you’re not left out of this fun.

2008 Spring Poster Schedules have arrived. Please see me or Jeffers. These need to be placed in bars, gyms, restaurants, and anywhere else rugby players might frequent.

New BC t-shirts will also be available soon
$15 for current BC players
$20 for non-players

Events

Upcoming Games

1 - BC v. Norfolk (Away)
A: L 32-19
B: W 42-17
8 - BC v. Brandywine (Away)
9 - Old Boys v. Wild Geese (Away)
15 - Peter Brock Rugby Day
***Click here for all the Peter Brock Awards Dinner details.***
BC v. MD Exiles (Home)
22 - Bye
29 - BC v. Life (Away)

Check out our schedule page for all the scores and recaps

Guest Bartender Night
Wednesday, March 19
8:30 p.m. til whenever...
Mt. Washington Tavern
Proceeds to benefit Poly High School Rugby
More details to follow...

Guest Article

Watch this video clip...this is how you charge down a kick

Re: Poly High School Rugby
I am coaching Poly's rugby team this year (its first) and coaching is only a part of what I'll be doing...That said I am looking for some immediate monetary support and I thought a letter to our BC community might be a good way to get things started...let me know...any suggestions would be helpful.

How important is it that the school is recognizing the team? While it is only a club, this is the first public high school to say, "yeah, sure, we'll give it a go."

THIS IS A HUGE STEP FORWARD! Usually schools want nothing to do with it for a variety of reasons. This is our chance to show Baltimore how tight the rugby community is, (or isn't).

Thanks,
Jeff Brotman
jabrotman@msn.com
Rugby Head Coach
Poly High School
Fundraising Letter