Baltimore-Chesapeake Rugby Football Club
Monthly Newsletter
November 2009

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November

Feature Article
Coaches Corner
Old Boys
Events
Guest Article
Sponsors
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5th Annual Bull Roast and Shrimp Feast

Date: Saturday, November 21, 2009

Place: Klosterman Gardens
4301 Klosterman Avenue
Nottingham, MD 21236

Time: 8:00 p.m. until 1:00 a.m.
Cost: $40
Includes: All-you-can-eat & drink

For tickets and more information please contact your local rugger and visit the homepage.

Ravens Fundraiser:
Everyone must work at least 1 home game. Please contact Sam Weiland to sign up, sam.weiland@hotmail.com. The Ravens schedule and the training schedule can be found on the homepage.

How many of you check the events calendar? How many of you even know we have an events calendar? Well, we do...and all of our events are on it...so check it out: there is a link in the menu on the left side of the website. Let me know if you would like to promote an event.

Fall Rugby Tour:
There are several International Rugby games being played the next few weeks. Here is a link to the schedule. Slainte will be showing most of them live. Check their website for more details: http://www.slaintepub.com/.

Coaches Corner

We will be hosting the PRU Division 2 Semi-Finals and Finals on Saturday & Sunday, November 14-15. I encourage everyone to come out and watch. There should be some great rugby that weekend.

We are excited to announce the first ever Battle of Baltimore will kickoff on Saturday, February 27, 2010. The four teams will be Towson University, UMBC, Loyola and JHU. This is an exciting time for Rugby in Baltimore. This event will be an excellent recruiting tool for us as well as the premier college rugby event in the area. More details will be released soon.

Old Boys

From the desk of Wade Gowl:

New BC t-shirts have arrived. Please see Wade
$15 for current BC players
$20 for non-players

We are ordering another set of polo’s.
Cost: $35

Events

Matches
October:

7 - MD Exiles (Away)

14 - Washington (HOME)

Results:
NOVA: 1st Match L 54-9
2nd Match L 26-19
Schuylkill: 1st Match W 30-25
2nd Match W 55-12
Media: 1st Match L 20-10
2nd Match W 19-10
Norfolk: 1st Match L 37-20
2nd Match W
Charlotte: 1st Match W 48-27
2nd Match L

Check out the schedule page for all the scores

Guest Article

Player Profile
Full Name: David Keneti Faimanifo
Nickname: No name submitted, however he is known as Kiwi Dave and Coco-B-Ware
Birthplace: Auckland, New Zealand
Birthdate: November 22nd 1976
Occupation: Crew leader, for the MDTA, Cecil county
Marital status: Married to my wife Sarah, 11 month Kiri and 7 year old son Ethan from previous marriage
Years playing: Played Rugby league since i was 5, and picked up rugby here in the usa, in the fall of 2001. 28 years with out a year missed.
Positions: I can play any position except hooker and scrum half.
Previous clubs: use to play for a few teams in Sydney Australia, but i did play for Denver Barbarians and Breckenridge back in 2001.
Why you started playing: I think it was the norm to play rugby in NZ

Favorite International team: NZ, Samoa, Australia
Favorite players: Don't have a favorite player
Biggest influence in rugby: My mum was my biggest influence. Ramez Omar, I grew up playing with him and he was the biggest hitter.
Best memory in rugby: Playing in the national championship game at the Sydney football stadium 1994
Biggest disappointment in rugby: losing the game
Favorite post-match ritual: Making sure my kids are taken care of after games..
Favorite Baltimore Bar: Mums
Favorite Beer: all kinds

Other sports: Rugby League
Favorite books: I don't read
Favorite films: Once were warriors
Favorite quotes: No quotes