Baltimore-Chesapeake Rugby Football Club
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January 2010

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The Annual Peter Brock Awards and Dinner will be held on Saturday, April 24. This is also the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the club. The location is to be determined. Please check the website for all the details.

Polar Bear Plunge
The Polar Bear Plunge is Saturday, January 30, 2010. You need to have raised at least $50 by January 15th in order for us to benefit from the incentive of having a team with the prerequisite amount of plungers to get a heated tent on the beach. We now need all those who signed up to have a minimum of $50 in contributions. So if you or your friends are on the Rugby Plungers of Maryland plunge team, please do what you can to get to $50.

We are excited to announce the first ever Battle of Baltimore will kickoff on Saturday, February 27, 2010. The four college teams will be Towson University, UMBC, Loyola and JHU. There will also be four high school teams: Poly, North Bay U19, Loyola and Eleanor Roosevelt. 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.

Coaches Corner

2010 Spring practice begins Tuesday, February 16. We will be practicing at Leon Day field again. This was our practice field last spring. Check the practice page for more info.

The Spring Schedule is almost finalized. Click here to view.

Some of the guys will be running at Federal Hill on Thursdays beginning January 28. Show up at 6:30 if you want to run. Rugby Daze touch on Saturday mornings is also going on. As is the indoor touch on Sunday with Severn River at Meyers Soccer Pavilion from Noon until 2:00pm. It's $10 for admission. The address is: 4300 West Bay Ave. Baltimore, MD 21225. This is only a few minutes from the city in Curtis Bay.

Old Boys

From the desk of Wade Gowl:

We are ordering another set of polos with our new beer sponsor, Pyramid Brewery. $35 each. BC jackets are in the works too.

Kit bags are also being ordered. $70 if you want one but I need to be told now, because they will be ordered this week.

Next Old Boys match Feb 27 Home v North Bay

April 11- OB mini tournament- Away in Richmond

On May 2, the Rites of Spring Tournament will feature our first ever Over 50’s match

Events

Team Meeting
The date, time and place are t.b.d. Most likely it will be held in the evening in late January.

BC's own Dr. Gordon is running for the House of Representatives seat for the 42nd District. He is having a fundraiser at the The Still in Cockeysville. Please show your support for Dr. Jack. Here is a flyer announcing the fundraiser.
Tuesday, January 19
7:00 - 9:00 pm

Guest Article

Player Profile
Full Name: Brian Christopher Rahley
Nickname: Silent Bob
Birthplace: The one and only.........Dundalk
Birthdate: January 4, 1979
Occupation: Silent Fixed Income Analyst
Marital status: Married
College: Towson University; my major was Sign Language with a minor in Library Studies
Years playing: 8
Positions: Fullback, Fly Half
Previous clubs: Dungeons and Dragons & the Math Club
Why you started playing: I really wanted to meet people to network and socialize

Favorite International team: England Deaf Rugby
Favorite players: Brian Rahley.......I can't be my own favorite player.......why not?
Biggest influence on rugby: I influenced myself with my rugby skills. But Craig Blinke and James Hale impacted my life in more ways than anyone else
Best Teammate: Billy Trentzsch
Best memory in rugby: Being the only player to bring my girlfriend on an away rugby trip to Boston and then dumping her on a double dog dare from Jeffers and Blinke
Biggest disappointment in rugby: Giving up rugby for school and video games
Favorite post-match ritual: Taking my shirt off, staring at girls at MaGerk's, and not going to the drink up
Favorite Baltimore Bar: The Melting Pot......is that a bar? It's not......then, The Rainforest Cafe
Favorite Beer: I prefer wine coolers, so it would be Boone's Farm

Other sports: Video Games, Working Out
Favorite Band: Quiet Riot
Favorite books: Scared Silent by Mildred Muhammad; Silent Night: The Story of the WWI Christmas Truce by Stanley Weintraub; Silent Night by Mary Higgins Clark
Favorite films: Anything with Charlie Chaplin (aka The Little Tramp) from the Silent Film Era or any Jean Claude Van Damme, I celebrate his entire catalogue
Favorite quotes: " " - Brian Rahley
Random thoughts: How much ya' bench?!?!