To follow up on a couple questions/conversations from this weekend, I submit for your consideration:
Lastly, start hyping up the match this weekend to friends and family. We are going to be playing down on the National Mall (15th & Independence) at 2:00. It should be a beautiful day and a great spot to get folks out to take a look at the club and hopefully sign on for summer sevens.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Things & Stuff
Friday, May 2, 2008
North Bay Cup
Our first match in the North Bay Cup this weekend is @ 10:45 against Whitehorse RFC. we want to be up there no later than 10:00 so we will have out meet up at 8:15/on the road by 8:45. Carpool will leave from the Dunkin' Donuts on 8th and Penn. (Eastern Market Metro Stop).
The matches are being played at North Bay's regular pitch -- DeMarco Park in Aberdeen, MD. Here are directions and a map to the Home Depot (pitch is literally behind it):
Off Interstate 95 North , Exit 85 (Aberdeen, Route 22). Head East on Route 22 towards Aberdeen. Left at first stoplight (Beard's Hill Road). Enter Beard's Hill Shopping Plaza through the 2nd entrance on right. Head straight back towards Home Depot. Go right, and follow road around the back of Home Depot. Continue to the gravel road on the right, follow gravel road to the parking lot for DeMarco Park.Depending on how we do in the first match, we will play again at 12:15 (vs. Quantico if we win) or in the losers' bracket at 1:45.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Warrenton/Washington Irish Round Robin
We just got some of the details for the round robin that Warrenton is hosting this Saturday (4/26). The format that the teams have agreed on is to play A-Sides in the first half and then sub in their entire reserve/B-Side in the second half. West Pot will have the first match at noon against Warrenton and then play the Irish after they and Warrenton square off. This gives us a nice little break in the middle but means we have to get on the road early.
Here is the info for the two carpool loactions — each one will have a 9:00 meet time and 9:30 wheels up. Make sure you let Bible and/or Sideshow know how you plan on getting out there so that nobody gets left behind with Kirk Cameron.
DC MEET-UP
Dunkin' Donuts @ 8th and Penn. Ave. SE
(Eastern Market Metro Stop)
ARLINGTON, VA MEET-UP
1000 Randolph St.
(Intersection of N Fairfax and N Randolph St. — near Ballston Metro stop)
Warrenton's pitch is at the Great Meadow in The Plains, VA (near Old Tavern). I am not making any of this up, apparently everything outside of the Beltway was named by A. A. Milne. Anyway, here are directions:5089 Old Tavern Rd, The Plains, VA 2019 (this gets you to bullet 3 below)
- Take I-66 west to exit 31 (Rte 245, The Plains, Old Tavern)
- Go left (south) on 245 for about 3 miles.
- In Old Tavern enter Great Meadow main gate on the left.
- Go right immediately and follow the “Rugby” signs
Friday, April 18, 2008
Match Vs. Western Suburbs
We kick off against Western Suburbs this Saturday @ 1:00. We are setting up a carpool from the Dunkin' Donuts on Penn. & 8th (Eastern Market Metro stop) -- meet at 9:30 and wheels up at 10:00. For everyone else, plan on being out to the pitch by 11:30.
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DIRECTIONS:
13731 Old Springhouse Ct
Lovettsville, VA 20180-2956
1.) From Points East: take the Dulles toll road to the Greenway to Leesburg. (or take Rt. 7 West towards Leesburg).
2.) Follow the signs for Route 7 West towards Winchester/Purcellville, etc.
3.) Take Route 9 West towards Charles Town exit, stay on Rt. 9 until
you reach a traffic light for Rt. 287 and take a right, which is
North.
4.) Go 4.1 miles and make a left on to Bolington Rd.
5.) Go a about a mile and make a left on Old Springhouse Ct.
6.) Go all the way to the end to 13731 Old Springhouse Ct.
If you get lost, call Kermit's cell #703 626-8148.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Game On (MARFU in VA)!
The weather held out for us so we are kicking off at 1:30 in Manassas, VA. The match is at Signal Hill Park and folks helping with field set-up need to be out there by 9:30 - 10:00. Everyone else should plan on being at the pitch and ready to go by noon.
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Pax River this weekend!
We have a match(es) against Pax River this weekend at their home pitch at Mill Creek Middle School in beautiful Lusby, MD. The first match will kick-off at 1:00, which means that we will want everyone out there by 11:30 at the latest. We will definitely be running a second match, so please make every effort to be there so that we can get a full 15/15.
We will be organizing a carpool leaving from the Dunkin' Donuts on Penn. Ave. and 8th Street SE (Eastern Market Metro). Plan on meeting around 9:00/9:15; wheels up at 9:45. Make sure you let some one know if you are carpooling so nobody gets left behind with Kirk Cameron.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
NYC Tournament Info
Here is the info that you need for this weekend. Our first match is at 9:30, so make plans to get to the pitch by 8:30 at the latest. Make sure that someone going has your cellphone number and that you have Sideshow, MJ, or Bible's.
CONFIRMED PLAYERS:
Below are the folks that have formally confirmed that they are in for this weekend. We have gotten verbal commitments from a couple guys that need to email Sideshow to confirm that they are still in (Jimmy, Jesse, Firedog, et al).
- Sunshine
- Koz
- Reuben
- KJ
- The Beard
- Grant
- Ben
- Pat
- MJ
- Bible
- Sharp
- Cochran
- Peter
- Sideshow
- Ron
- Dain
MATCH LOCATION/INFO:
The Tournament is on Randalls Island, which is an island in the East River, between Manhattan and Queens, directly beneath the Triborough Bridge, most are played on Field 13-14 which is on the northeast corner of the island right beneath a train trestle that runs next to the Triborough Bridge.
www.villagelions.org/tournament/directions.php
DRINK-UP LOCATION/INFO:
Lansdowne Road
599 10th Ave
New York, NY 10036
(212) 239-8020
www.lansdowneroadnyc.com
HOSTEL LOCATION/INFO:
Everyone staying at the hostel needs to have $40 cash for each night they are staying.
Central Park Hostel
19 West 103rd Street
near Central Park West
New York, NY 10025
tel: (212) 678-0491
fax: (212) 678-0453
info@centralparkhostel.com
Directions for Subway, Trains, and Planes:
http://www.centralparkhostel.com/location.html
Driving directions from DC
PLACES NEAR THE HOSTEL TO FIND PABST PRODUCTS:
Chris (our PBR) checked with his counterpart up in NYC to get us the run down of bars that serve drinkable beer. The Ding Dong Lounge is only 5 blocks from the hostel – if you think that we are not going to meet up there at some point, you are very much mistaken.
Ding Dong Lounge
929 Columbus
PBR family of products (including the pounders).
Dinosaur BBQ
2293 12th Avenue
PBR, Schaefer, Schlitz and Lonestar
Lions Head Tavern
995 Amsterdam Ave
PBR 12 ounce cans
Havana Central
2909 Broadway
PBR draft
Radio Perfecto
1187 Amsterdam Ave
PBR 12 ounce cans
O’Connell’s
2794 Broadway
McSorley’s Ale draft
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
Usually a bald hooker is that LAST thing a sick kid needs...
Dain is participating in St. Baldrick's at the tournament in NYC to raise money for children's cancer research. He'll be getting his head shaved on the field at 3pm. People can donate online to sponsor him and this event. There are several people from other teams doing this as well.Click below to support Dain, and show the West Pot spirit of charity. I promise to take pictures and share with all!http://www.stbaldricks.org/participants/shavee_info.html?ParticipantKey=2008-48159
Thanks for considering!
Cheers,Jen
