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Thursday, June 4, 2009
West Potomac Hunt Update
Below is the Update for the HUNT
WHERE: The 5th Annual West Potomac Scavenger Hunt will take place this Saturday June 6. We will begin at 1pm at Chef Geoff’s at Metro Center 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20004 (Hint, get a head start by enjoying a Super Mug)
The Hunt will conclude at Hamilton’s at 6pm so plan your transportation accordingly. Driving is strictly prohibited during the Hunt and public transportation is strongly encouraged.
WHO: This is an important chance to include your friends in a fun WestPot event. Everyone who has joins us has had a great time (actual fun may vary). Assemble teams of up to six members with no more than 3 WestPot players on any team. (Hint: Smaller teams are better). If you bring 10 unaffiliated friends, you get half-off your fall dues. If you need to be put with a team, email me at bensalisbury (at) hotmail (dot) com or show up early.
WHAT TO BRING: Each team will need a digital camera with a fully charged battery.
The hunt is carefully crafted so that it can be enjoyed by the athletic and the lazy alike. It is all about being creative and having fun. Dress comfortably. It goes without saying, rookies are expected to wear their silly hats. (Hint: You can expect some sort of bonus for teams appropriately attired in Pabst schwag, WestPot gear, Rocklands clothes, and or blue and pink MABC socks).
WHY: Proceeds from the $10 per player donation will be split between Men Against Breast Cancer and West Potomac.
Prizes include 4 premier tickets to a Nationals game of your choice (another good reason to keep teams small) among other fabulous prizes.
We are still looking for more prize donations (Weekend at your beach house, 21 year old scotch, backrub coupon) email bensalisbury (at) hotmail (dot) com. Your team will get one point for each approved prize donation (potentially more).
Chef Geoff’s
Hamilton’s DC
233 2nd St NW, Washington, DC 20001
First annual Furies Beer Run Relay at Hamilton's Bar & Grill (June 27 at 2pm)
We have an invitation to the Furies Beer Run Relay. Even though there is too much physical activity and too many rules, there is beer!
-Grant
Plenty of rugby players are fast on their feet. And even more can quickly down a beer. But on Saturday, June 27, the Washington Furies will host the first annual Furies Beer Run Relay at Hamilton's Bar & Grill, giving area rugby teams, veteran hashers and their friends the opportunity to see who is best at both.
Each relay team is composed of five runners doing four laps. The first runner will chug a beer, run a lap around the block and return to the transition zone, where they will slap their teammate's hand to "hand off" to the next runner. When the fifth runner finishes, the first runner is next in line.
Teams must drink/run the relay in order, and each runner must drink four beers and run four laps (about 1.3 miles total). The first team to complete the four laps of the relay in each division wins. Cheaters will be roundly mocked at the after-party and may be assigned embarrassing or unpleasant tasks.
Race volunteers will be stationed to help runners navigate and answer race-day questions, but teams themselves are responsible for getting their teammates into the transition zone for the next lap. This could be complicated because drinking between laps is encouraged and will win style points with the organizers.
Teams compete in one of three divisions: Men's, Women and Co-Ed. Individuals may register and will be assigned to teams according to their estimated mile time and division preference. If you have just two or three friends who want to compete, but not enough for a full team, that's fine -- list each other's names during registration to be assigned to the same team. We'll round out your team with other runners.
Participants need to be at metro-accessible Hamilton's by 2 p.m. to get their numbers and listen to pre-race announcements. The race will begin promptly at 2:30 p.m. Prizes will be awarded to the winner of each division and for Best Team Spirit, which can be displayed in the form of costumes, team names or songs/chants. All runners get a commemorative t-shirt, even if they finish dead last. Drink specials will be available to those who stay at Hamilton's after the race.
Team registration is $100 ($20/person) and includes five t-shirts and 20 beers. Individual registration is $25 and includes one t-shirt and four beers. All funds raised from this event will benefit the Washington Furies Women's Rugby Football Club, who invite you to drink, run and be merry.
Questions? Concerns? E-mail race coordinator Margaret McElligott at gotmce (at) yahoo (dot) com.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Men Against Breast Cancer Fundraiser
Please join West Potomac RFC this Saturday after our annual Spring Thaw Tournament as we kick off the 2009 season and raise money for Men Against Breast Cancer (MABC).
Where: Hamilton's Bar & Grill - 233 2nd Street NW, Washington, DC
When: Saturday, March 7 from 7:00 – close
What: $5 donation to MABC gets you $1 PBR cans, give-aways, and other specials throughout the evening
Who: West Potomac and our guests from Quantico RFC, Winchester RFC, and Washington RFC
Why: Just about every rugger we know has a mom, sister, daughter, girlfriend, or wife that has supported his exploits on the pitch (or forgiven his antics at the drink-up). Helping MABC is just a small way to say "thank you" to the women in our lives.
About MABC
Steve Peck and Marc Heyison co-founded Men Against Breast Cancer (MABC), the first national non-profit organization to provide targeted support services to educate and empower men to be effective caregivers when breast cancer strikes a female loved one; as well as, target and mobilize men to be active participants in the fight against breast cancer.
MABC recognizes breast cancer is a family issue that devastates the entire family. Its philosophy is to leverage the support of the whole family to help the patient, with special emphasis on the important role of the husband/partner in caring for the woman he loves. At the same time, MABC recognizes and supports that the ultimate decisions regarding treatment and care are those of the patient.
Thank you to our sponsors for this event:
Pabst Brewing Company
Hamilton's Bar & Grill
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Wednesday Rugby Happy Hour
Setanta is airing live action Wednesday night from the Churchill Cup as The Eagles take on Ireland A. Kick off is at 7:00 and we are trying to get a crowd together to check it out and do some recruiting at Hamilton's.
What: USA vs. Ireland A
When: Wednesday, 6/11 @ 7:00
Where: Hamilton's
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
West Potomac Raises Over $1700 for MACB
I need to start by apologizing for taking so long to get this information posted. Mia culpas out of the way, I am happy to say that our 2008 Spring Thaw fund raiser was a wild success. When all was said and done, we crushed our $1000 fund raising goal and were able to send Men Against Breast Cancer (MABC) over $1700 in donations!
The first portion of this support came through the sale of pink and blue rugby socks to the participating clubs. The socks were donated by Steamroller Rugby Supply and we managed to sell out our entire supply to the 80-plus ruggers in attendance. The mixed colors represent the pink and blue in the MABC logo – a symbol of men and women working together to fight the disease. The Marines added their own spin by combining the pink socks with their traditional green and quite a few pictures of the day made it into the Washington Post's story about the Quantico Rugby Club.
After the match, we extended the fund raising to the drink up. Thanks to the folks at Hamilton's and PBR, we ran a special offering anyone who made a five dollar donation $1 PBR cans throughout the evening. We were very happy to see fans, friends, family, and members of other rugby teams around the area show up and lend their support.
Finally, a special thanks to the individuals that wrote us checks or slipped us extra cash that we were able to add to the grand total. Your generosity did not go unnoticed!
Thanks to everyone who donated, participated, and supported this event. We have definitely raised the bar for next year's Thaw and we hope to use our experience with this event to develop a turn-key solution for other rugby clubs and unions that would like to add a charitable component to their next tournament.
You can check out some swell pictures that Jen Bentley took of the West Pot matches here.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
WestPot Tops James River, 37 -20
It was a tale of two halves for West Potomac when the hosted James River on 3/22. The Men in Red went into halftime behind 13-8 but some strategy and attitude adjustments during the intermission — plus a couple lucky bounces — seemed to do the trick and the good guys put down five tries in the second frame. James River only had fifteen due to the holiday, but a few of their guys offered to run a second match and we got in a good mixed-sides B game despite having to go to uncontested scrums due to personnel/inexperience.
Even though our centers were leading candidates for the Red Jacket, they were not at the drink up and the honor went to MJ who had a nice little try off a line-out drive (and was also celebrating his birthday). The Red Pants went to Jason who showed the other rookies how it's done and put down a couple tries in the second game.
The drink up was a little odd. Only a couple guys from James River were able to make it out, so we assumed that it was just going to be WestPot players, friends, and family. Well, that would have been the case if we were not sharing the bar with a horde of Wisconsin basketball fans (go badgers!?), participants in the Capitol Hill Bunnyhop, and random female ruggers masquerading as kickball players. The result was a very lively drink up with plenty of wine (read: PBR, flip cup challenges), women (see: above), and song (is "Jesus Can't Play Rugby" a good idea on a day bookended by Good Friday and Easter?). To make things even more interesting, they had us downstairs by the main entrance so we were able to put on a show for coming/going from Hamilton's.
Scoring:
Tries: Andy (2), Sunshine, Rueben, MJ, Bible
Conversions: Bible 2/6
Penalties: Bible 1/1
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