We’ll play tonight and it will be a relatively warm 43 degrees. But I can’t guarantee all the snow will be melted yet.

The weekend feels incomplete without a little rugby. So in an exciting change of pace we’ll play in Sunday. This is a little last minute, but had to make sure there was enough interest.

We’ll be on the east side of the Washington monument at 9:30. The old field between WW2 memorial and Washington monument. The mall and tidal basin are roped off, and with the soggy ground we don’t want to give the park rangers a reason to dislike us.

It will be in the low 60s, and even though it’ll be a little wet under foot, the rain will be gone by the time we play.

No touch on Jan 1st. Even though it falls on a Saturday, we’ll all need a day to recover from the revelry ushering out 2021. Also It’s going to be rainy all day long. Sloshing around hungover in the wet and cold didn’t seem like a good way to start the year. So have a hot cocoa, read a book, watch some netflix, stretch, and get ready for lots of touch in 2022.

We’ll play tonight at Bundy Field 5:30p. There is only about 50% chance of very light rain, and it should be a relatively warm 53 degree evening.

COVID note: The DMV area has seen a tremendous uptick in the number of cases in the last week. I don’t want DC touch to be a superspreader activity, but short of going into lockdown again, it’s going to be difficult not to get this more contagious variant. If you aren’t already, please get vaccinated and boosted. This is the best way to prevent serious illness if you do catch the virus. Wear a mask, avoid crowded indoor areas, and take precautions so our rugby community can stay healthy. We want everyone to come out and play, but make an honest assessment of your risk profile before coming to play. If you help your elderly parents or grandparents every week, or you have young children that could bring the virus from or take the virus to the classroom, or you work in a hospital, these are all examples when it might be best for you not to play.

No touch on Saturday

Come play touch at Bundy field tonight at 5:30pm. It will be very cold, in part due to expected moderate wind chill. But we had a great run Monday in almost the same conditions.

If it doesn’t look like there will be enough people, I’ll put up a cancellation here. But for now assume we are on.

It’s going to be cold this evening, but we’ve got enough interest to get out and play. 5:30pm at Bundy field. The more the merrier, or misery loves company depending on your perspective of running around at 40 degrees

Come play touch on the mall, 9:30 am near Smithsonian metro station. Don’t forget to wear your holiday sweater (or full Santa suit if you’ve got it).

The weather will be fairly mild, but still a little on the chilly side.

It feels like a week since we’ve played…..funny how time works. 9:30am by Smithsonian metro. The Tidal Basin is still sadly under refurbishment.

Weather will be comparatively warm compared to the last few days, but there will be a chilly wind. Rain possible later in the day, so bring an umbrella just in case.

For those of us that couldn’t go to Dubai, we’ll have to settle for playing on the mall tomorrow at 9:30am. But we miss all our friends who are out there playing.

We’re settling into that wonderful season where it isn’t a matter of if it will be cold, but the degree of cold. In that sense, tomorrow should be pretty pleasant. There will be partial sunshine, no wind, and a balmy 50 degrees.