Several San Diego State alumni are on the teams roster of 60-plus, and six former Aztecs are on the 25-man traveling squad that will play in Albany. (select Performing Arts Social Society (P.A.S.S., Inc.)! Sam Whiting has been a staff writer at The San Francisco Chronicle since 1988. The Old Blues have recently invested heavily in new playing and social facilities, with a balcony overlooking the pitches completed in 2022. The men's varsity basketball team, for instance, was represented by just one player, the one carrying the sign. "A ball could get caught up in that oak tree. To the untrained eye, rugby is the most unorganized of sports. Game/Practice Field Location : Tom Bates Regional Sport Complex. In the modern era of rugby, we can look forward to many kinds of national championships, both club and all-star. Blues at Berkeley Social Clubs Dance Clubs Jazz & Blues Downtown Berkeley 6. In another season or two they will run out of fence. of Product Management, Mirapoint; WW Product Marketing Manager, Hewett-Packard, Cal B, Political Economy 1990, Northwestern MBA 1996. Founded in 1873, Old Blues RFC is an English rugby union club. A Cal football recruit would never set foot in here. It isn't a perfect pitch, like Stanford's, where the Final Four will be played in May. Every member of the squad was a collegiate football player and/or a professional football player who had played rugby during his collegiate days. Just before half-time OWs answered with a try of their own, to bring the scoreline to OBs 15-10 OWs and provided a warning to the Blues not to settle into complacency. Welcome to the Bedford Blues Official Club Shop Search. Men DIII & Women DII. Stanford, under the legendary Pete Kmetovic, won eight of the first thirteen Monterey Tournaments. Mike Kane / The Chronicle CQ LOUIS STANFILL, Cal rugby number 8 Louis Stanfill gets ready in the locker room before taking the field to play UC Davis at Berkeley, CA, on Saturday, January, 27, 2007. photo taken: 1/27/07 Search. A rugby match in front of 5,000 fans in a 70,000-seat bowl is depressing. Super League. To sell Rugby to students, alumni, and the public, Cal President Benjamin Ide Wheeler arranged for a touring New Zealand team to play British Columbia in Berkeley. The final score is 90-0, but the day is not over. And with over 1,400 student groups and organizations currently registered at Cal, there's plenty of options to choose from. Beginning with the season of 1906, the high schools and colleges of California dropped American-style football in favor of Rugby. OMBAC should be given credit for going out and building a strong team, Hickey said. It also meant that many colleges and universities, in order to comply with Title Nine, began to eliminate minor men's sports programs, which had varsity status. Next, Cal nipped the Phoenix club 7 - 6 and humbled the Allies 13 - 0. In 1936, the Stanford Rugby team won the Pacific Coast championship and carried on a winning campaign in Canada against the Universities of British Columbia, the Vancouver Rowing Club, and the All Stars from Victoria. On game day, everything is regimented and a moment before noon, the room goes silent. Training is on Wednesdays 19:30 - 21:00. The Old Blues are too solid a team. Informacin detallada del sitio web y la empresa: themaestroofrock.com Wagnermusic.com || Dick Wagner: Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist - Official Website "An ice bath makes you feel like a new man," he says. 1989 BMW 3-Series Red Car Old Blues Rugby Club Berkeley Original Color Print Ad $10.99 + $5.49 shipping 1989 BMW 3-Series Red Coupe Old Blues Rugby Club Photo Original Color Print Ad $10.99 Free shipping First Legacy Final Bf5 Touring Wagon Advertisement Blues Willis A3 Size Check Po $39.20 + $19.99 shipping Picture Information Then in 1980, the first National Collegiate Championships was played in Iowa and Cal won it, and the three after it. Dan Hickey, the current president of the Pacific Coast Rugby Football Union who lives in the Bay Area, agrees. This weekend, the OMBAC rugby team is in Albany, N.Y., looking for its first national championship. The Americans had won the gold medal. Your kind donations will be fully tax-deductible. OWs continued to press with OBs having to defend a number of penalties from their own try line. Six Nations. Berkeley All Blues Women's Rugby Team | Berkeley CA Ran on: 02-22-2007 Equality for women in sports has been a wonderful and righteous thing. Dcouvrez les 1 disques en vente de l'album Five years ago berkeley 1979 de Police sur CDandLP au format Vinyle et CD Cal learned much from their first experience with an organized rugby club. Powered By. Mark Davey then crashed over to put the OBs 12-5 up. But in addition to providing an in-place organizational structure and a strong fund-raising base, the club also serves as a social network. Everyone writes off the Boston Celtics every year, but they always come back. Old Blues RFC (@oldbluesrfc) Instagram photos and videos oldbluesrfc 171 posts 584 followers 399 following Old Blues RFC Old Blues Rugby Club | Founded 1873 Motspur Park | Excellent Title-Chasing Rugby + Superb Social | Training Wednesdays ~Currently Recruiting #ALLEZ www.oldbluesrfc.com Posts Reels Videos Tagged He is so steeped in the sport's English roots that he exhorts his side by yelling, "C'mon lads.". No other local area union has produced as many players for the National Team (the Eagles) as has the Northern California RU. Meet Our Teams SUPPORT US Donations This ended Rugby as an Olympic event. Founded in November 1869, 15 months before the Rugby Football Union (RFU), the story of Oxford Rugby is nearly as old as that of the sport of rugby itself. The Rugby heroes returned to the Bay Area without much fanfare. OBs took advantage of a loose ball and Mark Davey collected his second try of the day, conversion from Will Avery. We identified how the Old Blues were benefiting from their relationship with Cal, Watkins said. Colon de Santa Fe. 2013: Berkeley All Blues 2014: San Diego Surfers 2015: American Rugby Pro Training Center Cart 0. Arthur Road 59 talking about this. Team captain Saunders, a San Diego State graduate, has played for OMBAC since 1983. Loren Hawley, 64, has had radical surgery for throat cancer and can express himself only by writing notes on a clipboard. Inc., a 501c(3) non-profit organization. To edit click the first menuicon on the small HTML menu that appears when you click on this text. DIVISION. See how we. Previously held Sales & Marketing, community start-up, and Vice President roles before becoming Managing Partner of Continuing Life in 2013. The increasing strength and accomplishments of the National Union Teams is fostered by the strength of Local and Territorial Union representative teams. Old Blues Rugby Club | Founded 1873 Excellent Title Chasing Rugby + Superb Social based in Motspur. But rugby has a longer tradition at Cal, and its players appreciate history. Old Blues Rugby Club | Founded 1873 Excellent Title Chasing Rugby + Superb Social based in Motspur. The quality of athletes playing rugby in Northern California and on the West Coast went into decline when Congress passed Title Nine. Every February, the club sponsors the OMBAC rugby tournament, which is a fund-raiser for the rugby team. Women's rugby, ironically, has also led to more public exposure to the game itself and men's rugby has profited greatly by it. When Stanfill comes along, he expresses himself another way, with a bear hug. . Still woozy, he gets up and walks among the Cal parents, looking for his dad. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Colors, name, and logo were selected by Dan Hickey, Manager of the NCRFU All-Star team and later, NCRFU & PCRFU President. Arthur Road Berkeley All Blues Rugby is a competitive, member-run team of USA Rugby. It is an awkward up-and-down commute, but nobody complains. Ned Haig, a playing member of the Melrose, Scotland rugby club, devised the concept sevens tournament to make money for his club. Chairman, CEO & Founder, CBRE Philippines, Inc. Rugby Player 1987-88, Football Player 1986-87, Oxford Univ. On the whole, it was difficult for fans accustomed to American-style football to accept a game with no blocking; but as time went on, Rugby fanned an intensity and interest in the Bay Area. So we went to what was--at the time--a dormant program at San Diego State and worked to help that program get better.. Serves on the board of the YPO Coastal San Diego chapter and has served on the Board of Trustees for Francis Parker School and The Friends of Del Mar Parks. The All Blues team consists of approximately 40 women dedicated to the Club and the sport of rugby. The sport has since grown to 400 college teams in three divisions, but most are loosely organized recreation sports. James Sehr, Elk Grove, CA, a senior on Cal's rugby team, takes a moment to collect himself in the locker room before joining his team for warm-ups before taking the field to play UC Davis at Berkeley, CA, on Saturday, January, 27, 2007. photo taken: 1/27/07 75 00 . Rank 909. They don't call it the junior varsity, because that connotes a lower status, and players move back and forth. *Some pundits have suggested (lightheartedly) that this meaning could be applied equally to all those who play referee and administer the sport of rugby. Monterey/Pebble Beach Rugby Classic records, 1958-1995 Physical description 8.25 linear ft. At the library Special Collections Today's hours: 10a - 4:30p On-site access Researchers can request to view these materials in the Special Collections Reading Room. "It's a big deal, that's for sure," Stanfill says of the 125th season. 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Walter Thompson; Sr. "Headphones off," he says in passing. Pitchero provides everything you need to run your rugby union club online. Shouting. Stanfill can stand 10. Dress Shirt Classic Pink. Old Breed Rugby; Old Gold; Old Okaloosa Pirates; Panthers; Plattsburgh State; Portland Men; Portland Women; . Warhurst made his mark at the international level representing the USA Rugby Eagles in both 7s and 15s. For up to date information as to practice times and locations, as well as game times and locations, please call the Old Blues Hotline at (510) 601-9986. Men DIII. As a U.S. National. Rugby is often described as "organized chaos." OBs shape continued to look good in the second half with Charlie Kowzun marshalling the backs and James Peacock leading the forwards. We welcome new players looking to join one of the premier rugby clubs in the It's kooky, diverse and artsy. The Old Blues, an outgrowth of the University of California's highly successful program, has won the national club championship seven times in the nine years it has been held. O'Brien, a former star Cal rugby player, national team member and longtime coach of the Old Blues rugby club, has led the Gaels to numerous national championship tournaments since he began in 2001. OWs sustained pressure was rewarded with another try, closing the gap to 22-15. During the off season the club tours annually and enters several 7's tournaments in the Surrey and South London area. The Old Blues host Old Puget Sound April 5 and Old Mission Beach. At that time, the British Rugby evangelists of San Francisco converted Cal to Rugby-style football. The British, hosting the American team, gave them little hope. The event is streamed online annually, typically on YouTube or The Rugby Channel. The game ended in a tie 7 - 7. And was very close friends with many of his team mates such as Chuck Hextrum, Steve Rivera, John Dixon and Jack Clark. Use tab to navigate through the menu items. On Dec. 2, l882, the first Cal Rugby team to play an outside opponent lined up a group of Rugby-playing ex-Brits calling themselves the Phoenix Rugby Club of San Francisco. The name Alcatraz is derived from the Spanish "Alcatraces." "We don't have anything to say to the other team," Stanfill says. As a defender, he'll tackle by grabbing a jersey and pulling. A nearly lifelong resident of nearby El Cerrito, Calif., Figone was still a club member the Old Blues in 1985 when he came on board to join forces with Clark and athletic trainer David Stenger, the latter of whom had been serving the rugby team since the twilight of head coach Miles "Doc" Hudson's career in 1973 through the term of future Cal Why Join Clubs at Berkeley? In 1892 some 19,000 fans crowded into the old Kezar Stadium in San Francisco to watch the first Big Game between Stanford (managed by Herbert Hoover) and California. "St. Mary's is out there waiting to ambush you right now.". Amateur rugby club in NYC. "An honor to be a part of such a legacy.". OMBAC, the Pacific Coast champion, will face Denver Saturday, and Milwaukee will play Washington. Alex Sattersfield led out a squad of 18 for his first run as Captain of the 1st XV squad accompanied by a raucous crowd of supporters cheering on the Blues, some stalwarts of the club who attended the old boys dinner, and a collection of the walking wounded on the touchline. Updated: May 29, 2022 Blues Logo PNG Both the old and current logos of the New Zealand rugby union team Blues are inspired by the local nature. Tweets & replies. OMBAC, like the Old Blues before it, is favored to win the national championship. The addition of these players to Northern California Club and all-star competitions has made an enormous impact. Home; Products; collections; Menu. Sixty-seven years later, the All-Blacks played the newly formed US Eagles in Los Angeles. MoM awarded to Will Avery for a great game, outstanding defensively and his kicking helped to keep OBs points marching on. The monster disappeared from view, however in 1886 when Harvard's Oscar Shafter Howard introduced an East Coast interpretation of Rugby to the Berkeley campus. Mike Kane / The Chronicle **Tom Rooke, Cal rugby number 8 Louis Stanfill takes a hit while carrying the ball against UC Davis at Berkeley, CA, on Saturday, January, 27, 2007. photo taken: 1/27/07 The skeptical committee replied, "due to the fact that California is the only state playing Rugby in the US, the Committee will give sanction but no financial aid." David Witter is a freshman and, like his classmates on the team, is expected to be there at 9 a.m. on a Saturday hanging banners, selling sweatshirts, politely passing out programs. Asked if he was worried when his protege cracked heads, Stanfill jokes, "Well, he always was fragile.". With five minutes left, a St. Mary's forward takes a pass and comes straight at Hawley. In the early 1970s, rock musicwhich had been central to the counterculture of the '60swas becoming an ever-more massive business. NRL. Read our guides to club and sports team management. We are seeking to fill the following: Head Coach for our Women's Premier League (WPL) team Head Coach for our Division II team Assistant coaching staff for both WPL and Division II sides More information about these positions can be found here. At noon, straight up, Coach Clark walks in and heads for a chalkboard. Eighty minutes later, the shocked onlookers were numbed by an 8 - 0 victory for the United States. This kind of disorganized football foolishness continued for four years. Blues Rugby Ball. . Estudiantes de La Plata. Men DIII. Devised in New Brunswick, New Jersey on Nov. 6, 1869, when Princeton played Rutgers, this game was what we know today as American gridiron football. By now, the field is in the shade, the temperature is dropping and a cold wind is coming off the bay. Prep Rally is devoted to the SoCal high school sports experience, bringing you scores, stories and a behind-the-scenes look at what makes prep sports so popular. Welcome to the website of the Old Blue Rugby Football Club. Off the field, the sport doesnt seem much better. The San Francisco Bay Area is a hotbed of rugby with more than 40 clubs. Then the entire team lines up at one end and walks the length of the field, fixing divots in the grass. Built in the 1920s, it has all the amenities of a 1920s locker room. Their next opponent was a team made up of the best players from all the Rugby clubs in the Bay Area calling themselves the Allies. Times 10:00am - 3:00pm Kevin Banks (505) 328-6954 kevin@kutz4kidz.org Archive Photo 1997 Team Photo BRFC have a competitive A-side team, but also field: a B side for part-time/less experienced players, an Old Boys team (the "BOBs.") Over summer, BRFC play touch rugby twice a week, and have a rugby 7s team. Only a rugby player would be caught dead in these "Oski sweaters," as Stanfill calls them. Please enter your page detail here. The game jerseys look more like what Jack Nicholson would wear in a romantic comedy. Mike Kane / The Chronicle CQ LOUIS STANFILL, Cal rugby number 8 Louis Stanfill and teammates congratulate the University of British Columbia from Vancouver Canada after their match in Berkeley, CA, on Wednesday, February, 21, 2007. After the post-game handshake and huddle with the coach, Hawley goes over and lies down behind the Cal bench, holding his head. In 1775, the Spanish explorer Juan Manuel de Ayala was the first to sail into what is now known as San Francisco Bay - his expedition mapped the bay, and named one of the three islands, Alcatraces, and over time the name was Anglicized to Alcatraz. As of the 20/21 season the 1st XV competes in RFU Surrey 2 and the 2nd XV competes in Surrey Combination 1 North. Club Atletico Rosario Central. Affiliations. Very cool and great for a date!" more Outdoor seating 7. Our website uses cookies to give you a better website experience, by using this website you agree to our use of cookies in accordance with our Privacy Policy. With regular guest coaches from across professional game. The game was never in doubt as the US again won the Gold Medal by a score of 17 - 3. Four regional champions are in the national playoffs. The Club has won a combined total of 15 National Championships in both 15's and 7's rugby. Full Zip pro Active Jacket. The backs move swiftly up to the ball, passing it in synchronization, each move smoothly orchestrated. Cart 0. Mike Kane / The Chronicle, Tom Rooke, right, freshman, from Bloomfield Hills, MI, plays flanker versus UC Davis at Berkeley, CA, on Saturday, January, 27, 2007. photo taken: 1/27/07 League opponents include San Mateo, Olympic Club, Golden Gate, San Jose, Sacramento, San Francisco/Marin and Hayward. 1998 Men's Club Rugby Sweet Sixteen Bracket. This request was inconvenient for Stanfill, because it meant a 100-mile-round trip into farm country just to get the kid home after practice. By the time the US Rugby team arrived in Europe, Czechoslovakia and Romania had withdrawn from competition, and France, having won the European championship, was reluctant to play such a rag tag group of inexperienced Californians. The Club fields three sides (I, II and III). It was a leathery old aficionado of Anglo-Saxon, sitting in a darkened room many leagues below the Equator, who lovingly drew this to my attention. The actual ad you are buying is the one pictured above. Come join us!! View all the teams at Gloucester All Blues Rugby. But beyond the apparent disorder, there is a form and a structure to the game of rugby. The All Blues were founded in 1978, and have since supported female athletes and promoted women's rugby at all levels across the Bay Area. Saturday 22nd September OMBACs success has been a long time coming, said Bob Watkins, a former OMBAC player and coach who has been associated with the club since 1967. A tournament in Pebble Beach mixed club and college teams to crown an unofficial national champion, then they drained some kegs and sang some songs. But if a player is looking for the opportunity to be more successful, were not going to turn him down.. Old Blues Rugby has virtually a year-round schedule. The loss of varsity status for men's rugby on many of the campuses meant the loss of scholarship football players who easily adapted to the physical challenges of rugby. A bid was forwarded soon after to the US Olympic Committee for acceptance into the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. Most of the NorCal players were still playing collegiate rugby and some were playing professional football. Berkeley All Blues Rugby is a fiscally sponsored project of P.A.S.S. There is a bit of a slant. Old Blues Rugby has virtually a year-round schedule. The Oxford University Rugby Football Club (OURFC) has a long and illustrious history of sporting distinction and remains one of the world's leading and most renowned amateur rugby clubs. Winning the national championship was the last one.. Cal's reserve squad may be the second-best team in college rugby. Back then the rugby roster was filled out after the last football game. 13 00 13.00. Unfortunately, the French fans rioted in the stands after their defeat. Stanfill eases himself into the tub, as does Hawley, head still pounding and ear swollen from his collision. The start to the 2018/19 season saw the 1st XV and 2nd XV running out at Fortress Motspur; the weather being a familiar view, OLD BLUES RECRUITMENT DRIVE IN FULL FORCE, Old Blues RFC Appeal * YOUR CLUB NEEDS YOU *, OLD BLUES 1st XV GIVE IT SOME WELLY FOR OPENING WIN. "The locker room we have here, it suits us just fine," Stanfill says. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. He lives in San Francisco and walks three miles a day on the steep city streets. At the end, after standing in the end zone and waiting for about 15 minutes, here came the rugby team, all in khaki slacks, brown shoes and belt, white button-down shirts and their varsity sweaters -- a heavy, dark-blue Fred MacMurray cardigan with 15 gold stripes on the sleeves. Noise. 1961) sides from which it sprang. Blues Sliders. Football and basketball players will walk out on a full scholarship as soon as they are marketable. We dont go to teams and recruit players. An easy way to follow the action is to get a fix on the dominating Stanfill, who is 6 feet 4 inches and 245 pounds, and the dashing Hawley, 6-foot-3 inches and 189 pounds, and stay with them. This was one year before the formation of the United States Rugby Union. But we have had to work to attract quality athletes., OMBACs evolution into a rugby powerhouse has not occurred without criticism. We set goals throughout the year. The All Blues were founded in 1978, and have since supported female athletes and promoted women's rugby at all levels across the Bay Area. The Golden Bears sit quietly on hard wood, but if you pull Lou Stanfill and Colin Hawley off this long, blue bench, they tell the story of the long, blue line that is college rugby at Cal. Midway through the second half, Cal's 48th consecutive victory against a U.S. college is at hand (now 58 games over three years) but they are still hitting the St. Mary's guys as hard as they will hit anybody all season. It also marked the first tour ever by a team that could legitimately call itself a Pacific Coast Representative team. of Defense Language Institute, Chief Marketing Officer, Elance; VP Marketing Posterous, Cal BS Business Administration 1989, MBA Haas 1998, Cal BA 1969, University of Chicago MBA 1986, Northwestern MS 2001, President and CEO, Central Garden & Pet Company, Chief Operating Officer, Lifestyle, Household and Global Operating Functions, Clorox; Chairman of the Board, Clorox and Procter & Gamble Glad Products Joint Venture; Advisory Board Member, Gryphon Investors, Board Member, East Oakland Youth Development Foundation. Start your free 30 . If a new player needs a job or a place to live, he can plug into the clubs existing network. Best Winning Percentage (Minimum 30 games played): Most Appearances (Overall and Consecutive): Largest margin of victory in a Cup Final: 54, by Old Mission Beach Athletic (54-0; 2002 Club 7s), This page was last edited on 18 January 2023, at 00:30. Go to cart; Home; Team Stores ; Open a Store; Exit to Ruggers.com; . It is dusk when they walk back across Stadium Rimway, down the steps and into their dank and dim locker room. The Berkeley All Blues are a nationally-ranked women's club rugby team. Then Coach Clark starts pacing on the sidelines. The Golden Bears came from behind to win 32-17. photo taken: 2/21/07 OWs improved, however, looking strong for large swathes of the second half with some good kicking and scrum work. The popularity of American football was immediate. Please use the elements on the right if you wish to construct a richer page content with headers, images and layout grids. Eagles Brian Vizzard, from Michigan State, and Kevin Higgins, from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, came to OMBAC last season.
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