Baltimore-Chesapeake Rugby Football Club
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May 2009

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This weekend we are celebrating the 32nd Annual Rites of Spring Tournament. There are over 20 teams competing again this year.

***The brackets have been posted online.***

Please come out and show your support for the club. This is Baltimore's premier rugby event of the year. You will not want to miss it!! The feature game Saturday is being played between Super League PAC and Dallas Harlequins at 1:00 p.m.

The match versus the York Yeomen has been moved to 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.

Coaches Corner

Youth rugby
The Little Bocek Brumbies will begin practice on May 19 and will be held every Tuesday and Thursday from 6:30 to 8:00. Danny Cohen, Rob Books and Christian Kirby will serve as coaches again this summer. Everyone's support is needed. Matches go from June 20 every weekend until the tournament Aug 1.

We have also partnered with the Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks to hold the city’s first ever youth rugby clinic on Saturday, May 9, 2009. We welcome boys and girls ages 7 to 15. No experience required. The clinic will be held at Bocek Park from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. There will be light snacks and refreshments following the clinic. There is also a men’s club match versus New York Rugby Club following the clinic at 1:00 p.m.

The kids will learn the basic rugby skills and fundamentals of one of the fastest growing sports. They may even want to continue playing for a local team such as: the Little Bocek Brumbies Youth team during the summer or with the Baltimore Polytechnic High School Rugby team in the spring. Representatives from both clubs will be present to answer questions.

Here is a flyer announcing the event

Old Boys

Mike Jenkins has a recently renovated 3-bedroom house for rent ($1000). The address is 4222 Seidel Ave, Baltimore, MD 21206. You can contact him at (410) 530-5844.or via email at mikemmmj@verizon.net.

Old Boy Matches at the Rites of Spring Tournament:
Sunday, May 3
10:30 vs Poltroons
3:30 vs Wild Geese

Events

Upcoming Games

May:

2-3 - 32nd Annual Rites of Spring Tournament (HOME)

9 - NY (HOME)

Check out our schedule page for all the scores and recaps

Guest Article

Updated scores from years past have been updated to the website. Go to the schedule page and click the drop down box. Let me know if you have more details about these seasons as some of them are incomplete.

Player Profile
Full Name: Wade David Gowl
Nickname: Wade O most recently
Birthplace: Baltimore
Birthdate: May 6, 1951
Occupation: Marketing
Marital status: Married two years to Soozi
College: Washington and Lee U
Years playing: 31 years
Positions: Hooker mainly
Previous clubs: Chesapeake if you want to call that a previous
Why you started playing: The fun of the sport, on and off the pitch

Favorite International team: Have no favorite
Favorite players: Those that show up, or my three best teammate tacklers, Steve Laake. Mike Jenkins and Lance French
Biggest influence in rugby: My fraternity brothers at my college for introducing me to the sport and to one of them, Joel Legin, for introducing me to Chesapeake. Clarence Culpepper and Peter Brock for taking me to a higher level
Best memory in rugby: First being the winning hooker in the championship game at the Wake Forest Tournament ~’83. Second watching us beat PAC, at their field, the first game of the fall after they had won the national championship the spring before
Biggest disappointment in rugby: Steve Laake leaving the team after we qualified for the playoffs in 95 (was it?) and our team losing both games in the playoffs that followed that next spring where we were seeded first
Favorite post-match ritual: Drinking till my first bathroom visit at the party
Favorite Baltimore Bar: Still searching or Mum’s.
Favorite Beer: Bass

Other sports: Participating- Horse back riding, general fitness at the gym, biking outside, running (though you wouldn’t know it last night at practice). Non participating- as a fan- Orioles, Ravens, and Terps football and basketball
Favorite books: The Fountainhead, Natural Cures Revealed
Favorite films: Animal House, Night at the Opera, Unforgiving
Favorite quotes: "Never cry over spilt milk, because it may have been poisoned." - W. C. Fields
Lieutenant Briggs: I never had to take my gun out of its holster once. I'm proud of that. Harry Callahan: Well, you're a good man, lieutenant. A good man always knows his limitations...