Team, you know the drill. We need to know who is hot and who is not for Saturday morning touch rugby at the mall at 9AM.
For those coming to the tournament, please bring $20 with you ($5 for spectators). For those who requested team tees, please bring $15 for Eric (we both have to pay in advance). See you Saturday (or tonight for those who are coming to ‘practice’)!
And for those who don’t remember this gem of the 90s (and didn’t get the title of the post), check out:
Hi team,
Eric has kindly organized for the printing of these very cool tank tops for the team heading to the tournament next week. For those coming and wanting one of the below, Please POST YOUR SIZE (S,M,L, XL etc) and cut (male/female) in the comments section (if you are between sizes, Eric recommends getting the size below). The cost is a very reasonable $15 and we need to know whether you’re in for one by THIS FRIDAY. Of course, if you are not coming to the tournament and want one anyway, just let us know! Also, if you’re coming to touch on Thursday evening or Saturday please bring with you both the money for the “jersey” and for the tournament (total $35).
Finally, for those who have not confirmed their participation for next Saturday, please comment on this post letting me know if you can make it. We have 14 confirmed with 2 maybes so it would be nice to get to 18-20 so we can have two teams represented. I will be organizing logistics this weekend via email and not via the blog so let me know if you’re in!
Hi team,
As mentioned today (and a few times previously by Cliff) there is a touch tournament in a few weeks time in Dickerson, Maryland and WE NEED YOU to be part of dctouchrugby.com’s first official TEAM ( catchy team name pending).
The relevant details about the event are all here http://www.wildgeeserugby.com/touch-tournament-2013.htm, but to summarize….
What we need from YOU: Let me know if you are in by commenting on this post. Note that this is about one hour outside of D.C. so those with cars, let us know how many spaces you would likely have available to help with transport (we can then organize carpooling via email). We will set the minimum players to participate in this tournament at 10. It will likely be hot so we can keep fresh by using subs as much as we can. Please let me know if you are interested in coming! If we get 10, that’s great, if we get 12, even better. More than that and we can even think about having TWO teams! Also, feel free to bring spectators/fans too!
A couple of other logistical items we’re hoping to sort out is finding a tent for shade, and chairs. If anyone has any leads on either, please let me know! Of course if we get together a team for this, it would mean that there will be NO game on the mall Saturday June 29 (so you may as well join us for the tournament!).
Any questions, email me and I’ll get in touch with Brian the organizer. Thanks to Cliff for making us aware of this event and for bringing us into the fold of the wider D.C. area rugby community!
Team, we have the numbers so we are ready to go! Also can someone bring a ball with? Not sure V man is going to make it so we’ll need a substitute (perhaps the training ball I’ve seen thrown around that’s a similar size to the touch ball).
Also, the last few games, I’ve felt my passing has been a little underwhelming so I dug up this video on passing skills. Nothing new here, but thought it would be worthwhile sharing (click on the photo)!
Team, after a week off to rest the legs, it’s time to get our butts back out there on the field for some TOUCH RUGBY!
No more excuses like I’m out of town or have a sprained ankle. Real men and women play through their absences or pain. So give us a Yay or a Nay for this Saturday and get your touch on.
Guys we are expecting a great turn out tomorrow (at 9AM!). Looking forward to the game. Remember to bring your sunscreen, water and hat fans, it’ll be a hot one!
Hi team,
It’s that time of the week when you are more than ready to start thinking about the weekend! What better way to kick it off (excuse the pun) with a nice and EARLY game of touch rugby?
Yes that’s right, summer seems to be fully upon us and to avoid the near 90 degree temperatures this Saturday morning, we’ll rally the players for a game at 9AM (same place).
You got it, 9AM instead of 10AM this week.
Let us know if you’re in with a “the early bird catches the pop pass” or a “sleep sounds better than awesomeness”. See your sweaty-selves out there on the field!
NB: If there is huge backlash to starting an hour earlier, or if people generally like playing in the scorching heat, then we can work with the start time. However usually we start at 9AM in the summer and push it back to 10AM in the winter so consider 9 our “normal” start time!
Team, we have the numbers, see you out there on the field tomorrow (Saturday) at 10AM! In the meantime, I leave you with one of my best childhood memories of Australian rugby league’s greatest tries: the 1994 79th minute defeat of New South Wales by Queensland in the infamous State of Origin.
Team we had a fantastic turn out last week on the mall. Like usual, there were some stealthy runs, daring passes, some near clashes (Ryan needs a new shirt) and plenty of heated reffing calls (Chris needs a shirt).
Let’s make it happen again this Saturday! As usual let us know if you’re in by commenting on this post. We’ll be playing in our old spot on the mall which is slightly west of the Washington Monument. Looks like we’ll have perfect weather again in the 60s. See you there at 10AM!
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