Baltimore-Chesapeake Rugby Football Club
Monthly Newsletter
June 2009

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Summer Training Sessions Change
Touch will now be played on Tuesday and the training sessions will be on Thursday. Both of these will start at 6:30 at Bocek.

The match versus the York Yeomen is August 22nd. Get your passports now. Here is a link to US Department of State travel requirements for Canada. There are some rule changes effective July 1, so the easiest thing to do is get a passport. Here is a link to apply and renew a passport. The current wait time for processing is 4-6 weeks. You can also apply in person at the Post Office by appointment.

Airport Parking
Airport Fast Park at BWI is offering the team a rate of $6.40 per day to park. This is a great deal for anyone that travels frequently. I used it last weekend so I can vouch for them and they were good. They picked us up and dropped us off at our car, and we didn't have to wait at all. Click this link to sign up. Our company name is Baltimore Brumbies Chesapeake and our company code is 0326207.

Coaches Corner

Congrats to the top point scorers from the Spring!! Click here and then scroll to the bottom to view them all.

Oliver Maddocks 69 points
William Knipscher 55 point
Kenny Kanyi 36 points

Youth rugby (From Rob Books)
Youth games starting on the 20th, keep your eyes out for the schedule, to be posted on the 15th. We’re having a strong turnout this year and will be fielding two teams, one U15-11, and One U11. It looks like we have a few ringers in the U-15 crowd, and hopefully they will stick with it and give us some great future players. This is how we not only make great future players for BC, but also for the country and get Rugby to grow.

Thanks to everyone who helped out with the Grant from Liberty Mutual. Last time I checked we had 25 points. They have not announced the grant recipients yet, but if we didn’t get it, we’ll try again come September. If you took the quiz, it will still count for the Fall period. I’ll let you all know when it opens up again.

Old Boys

From the desk of Wade Gowl:

Next Old Boys match - June 14 at Warner Farm
20500 Martinsburg Rd
Dickerson , Md. 20842
It’s a mini tournament.
We’ll be wearing our white jerseys. The picture will be taken that day for the fall poster

Events

Saturday, June 27
Goal Posts painting and setting up party. Beer and food will be provided. More details will be provided later.

Check out the events calendar for all of the summer events.

Guest Article

Player Profile
Full Name: Jason Powell
Nickname: The Corporal, Swingline
Birthplace: Allentown, PA
Birthdate: 9/3/74
Occupation: Manager at Fidelity Investments
Marital status: Married to Ann Marie (hottest, coolest, smartest, most caring and understanding chick on planet)
College: Juniata (and it's not Juanita)
Years playing: 14
Positions: 8, Flanker, Lock
Previous clubs: PAC, St. Peters (Wales), Juniata College, Hokusei Gakuen (Japan)
Why you started playing: My older brother had in college, and he said it was fun. Got into it primarily as a party sport in college and then learned how great the game actually was

Favorite International team: Wales
Favorite players: Matt Giteau, Sebastian Chabal, Jonah Lomu, Schalk Burger
Biggest influence in rugby: John Moss, Dick Golledge (made me realize there's much more to rugby than what happens on the field)
Best memory in rugby: Fall of 98 with Baltimore (my first season with the club; we were terrible, but I had just moved to town and knew no one, and met some great guys I still know today); Saranac tours with Nelsen (including visits to the Turning Stone and Saratoga); 2006 Copenhagen Tour; Winning 2005 NASC with MARFU; playing in NA4; all the places I've been and people I've met because of rugby
Biggest disappointment in rugby: Losing to Mystic this year in CR4 playoffs (and that's not just cause it's fresh in my memory); not getting an Eagle cap in my younger days
Favorite post-match ritual: Strategically inserting cell phones in hot dog buns and then placing in the secret compartment at Mums; then retrieving hot dog buns weeks later and engaging in stale bun wars
Favorite Baltimore Bar: Honestly, do you have to ask?
Favorite Beer: Can Evel be considered a beer?

Other sports: Basketball, Golf, watching Football
Favorite books: Too Fat to Fish by Artie Lange; Fourth and One by Joe Gibbs
Favorite films: Anchorman, Shawshank Redemption
Favorite quotes: "The joy of positive suffering - because if something is easy, you will not really enjoy it" - Krzysztof Wielicki, Polish mountaineer (crazy guy along with other Pole climbers who always try to climb Everest in the middle of winter; but a great quote that can be related to a tough rugby game).