Gentlemen,
We have our last match of the Spring this Saturday as we roll up to Aberdeen to defend our title at the North Bay Cup. For those of you who played in this tournament last year, I don't need to tell you the amount of pride that we have on the line after playing ironman rugby -- through the losers bracket -- to cap off one of the best days of rugby enjoyed by this club. For those who were not there, I encourage you to ask your mates what it was all about and understand that this is more than just a toss away tourney for a lot of us.
As said in practice on Tuesday, we are at the point in the season where I doubt we are going to learn too much more but what we need to focus on is our team unity and collective will. That is what will win the day and has defined our success (and failures) to this point more than skill or strategy. That means everyone warms up together, drills together, heads to the bar together, meets up at the car pool together, etc., etc. There has been too much individualism and it's an unwanted distraction that negates our collective strength as a team.
If you needed any more reason to get up for practice tonight and the match on Saturday, this is the last 15's match that we will be playing with Pete the Rock and Virgil for the foreseeable future. These guys are two of the longest tenured active players on the club and have given West Pot a good bit of its personality both on and off the pitch. Let's see them off right and even if you can't make it on Saturday to ensure a repeat victory, hit up practice and Hamilton's tonight.
Details for this weekend are below. If you are not at practice tonight but intend to play this weekend, I have to hear back from you ASAP so that we have an handle on personnel.
Your pal,
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Car Pool:
Meet @ 8:00; Wheels up @ 8:30 — Dunkin' Donuts @ 8th & Penn. SE (Eastern Market Metro)
Tournament:
First match is at 11:00; kitted up and ready to go at 10:00
Location — DeMarco Memorial Park:
979 Beards Hill Rd Aberdeen, MD 21001
That address is a little misleading -- the pitch is behind the Home Depot in that shopping center. Go around the right of the Home Depot and when you get to the back you will see a gravel access road that leads to the field parking lot.
2 comments:
To quote Murray, "Odds are against you, men are playing out of position, hurt, tired, short on water, no rest . . but no-one would even think of quitting."
The 16 of us who went up to the North Bay Cup came home with something more than hardware. We came back believing in ourselves and each other in a way that we hadn't before. Last year's North Bay Cup is a day that I will remember for a long, long time.
KJ
Get out there and take it to them boys! Heed what KJ is saying, Im pulling for you.
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