5/23 Dawn Farrell has reserved pavillion #4 at Hudson Mills for our banquet next Friday 5/30 at 5:00pm. Everyone needs to bring a main dish to pass. Also those with the last name A-M bring a salad and those N-Z bring a dessert. We also need a couple people to bring drinks as well. Dawn has graciously done most of the planning for this. If anyone has questions her email is deltadawn109@hotmail.com Saturday is our 2nd Annual Old Boys Game at Wylie kick off will be around 1pm. Feel free to invite friends and family to this event. Deanna Lemasters will be planning the cookout to follow. If anyone wishes to volunteer to help plan or grill her email is no1yzerfan@yahoo.com.
5/15 I just recieved the bracket and directions this morning. Roguewood Elementary School
3900 Kroes St. NE
Rockford, MI 49341
Our first game is at 11:00am so we need to leave Wylie at 7:30am to arrive in Rockford by 10:00am for a proper warm-up. 5/7 Tim Bertsos has taken several pictures and has posted them HERE The rooms the team has reserved are primarily for the players that don't have family going. Some of you plan to stay with your parents and some wish to remain in the rooms they signed up for. I didn't really anticipate having so many parents go. Also it seems that all the chaperones have gotten their own room already. So..... now that we are only getting five rooms, if you are staying in a team room you need $60, if you are staying with your parents you need $15 to help cover tournament costs. I know this seems confusing but I'm trying to make this as fair as possible. 5/6 I made changes to the room assignments I posted yesterday. If you don't see your name on the list or its in the wrong spot please contact me I will be letting Paul know tommarrow morning the final room count. I have only 21 people counted that are confirmed going, thats not the minimum 22 we need! Be at the field tommarrow at 4:00pm 5/5 I forgot to add sales tax to the hotel rooms which are acctually $69/night so the per person cost will be $80. Checks can be made to Dexter Rugby Club. Also the two team dinners in the itinerary will be paid for by the club, it will probably be very similar to what we have done before. Bring money for lunch and any other snacks or needed supplies for the weekend. Any free time we have available especially Saturday evening you must check in with your designated chaparone. Please be responsible, not only do we represent Michigan, but we also represent Dexter and its community. This is our first appearance at midwest and we need to make a good impression. If we happen to loose our first game or are eliminated from nationals we will make sure everyone that has registered for the weekend gets to play in the remaining games. Following are room assignments for this weekend. There were several of you at practice today that didn't sign-up. We need to know Wednesday at the latest so we can eliminate rooms. Room 1 Chaparone: Psujek JJ, Pat Sinnot, Aaron Psujek, Ben Vanderput Room 2 Chaparone: Gail Mertz Brad, Travis, Kyle, Steve Mertz Room 3 Chaparone: Tim Bertsos Frodo, Pat Farrell, Bertsos, Janos Room 4 Chaparone: Kim Lomax Evan, Aaron Shantz, Alex Frost, Jason Lomax Room 5 Paul, Doug, Dave
Families that are getting their own room: Swager +Mike Silvasi +Mike Psujek Bertsos Vanderput Gail Mertz and Kim Lomax Umstead +Adam Shantz Semifero +Jay Janos
People in question: Steve Mertz, Ephy Love, John Crist, Mike Babboni, Alex Derloshon, Zach McCown, Derek Wooton, Francis Bremmer Mertz, McCown and Bremmer need to register and or turn in dues.... Boren, Mcgriff, and the other new kid please contact me. I know you are only getting to play half a season or less due to injury or late start. I also have some parents that said they "can" go or are "planning" to go. I need a deffinate answer weather you are going and if you plan to get a family room or would like me to put you in with the other chaperones.
5/4 I believe we will be staying in the Ramada Inn, they have ten rooms available. Paul needs to confirm it with a salesman. If you would like to book your own room for a family there is some information available below on hotels and the area. If you can't get a room at the Ramada please try to get one as close as possible. I would like to have everyone in the same place if at all possible. As I said before we have three games total, two Saturday and one Sunday so all rooms need to be booked through Saturday night. Please review all of this information: Ramada Inn is $65/night, the cost for us to participate in the tournament is $300. So for ten rooms, two nights and tournament cost the bill is $1600. Spread over 22 required players for the trip the total cost per player is $73. If anyone has trouble finding money to go PLEASE contact me asap and we will work something out. This all needs to be turned in Friday before we depart Dexter. I really need an accurate count of everyone so the cost may change. Those of you that will be getting a room for your entire family please let me know, we may be able to eliminate a room and lower the cost. Friday 2:00pm Depart Dexter (2hr 41min Map) 4:45pm Arrive in Elkhart 5:00pm Formal check in at Moose Grounds Facility, Remember you need a photocopy of either your drivers license or birth certificate, health insurance, and school ID or proof you attend Dexter High (except Evan) 7:00pm Check in at hotel 7:30pm Team Dinner TBD 9:30pm Return to hotel 11:00pm Lights out Saturday 7:00am Wake up 7:30am arrive at Moose Grounds Facility setup camp site. Begin warmup 8:30am captians and coaches to ref tent for coin toss and starting lineup. 9:00am Kickoff Dexter vs Penn 11:00am Lunch 11:30am Begin warmup 12:30pm captians and coaches to ref tent for coin toss and starting lineup. 1:00pm Kickoff Dexter vs TBD 5:00pm Team Dinner Evening open 12:00am Lights out Sunday Check out of hotel Times will depend on our performance Saturday. Assume that we will arrive at the grounds at least an hour and a half before kickoff. Kickoff Dexter vs TBD Lunch Play/Watch Finals Ceremony Depart for Dexter
5/02 I finally recieved the info packet for the tournament, we are going to have to leave Dexter at 2pm friday so we can get to Elkhart to do our formal check in before the grounds close. Please read everything below very carefully there are a lot of important things to note. One big thing to note, all players must have a photocopy of proof of ID, proof of health insurance, and their student ID. Also I thought we would only be playing two games but we will play a deffinate three games in the tournament, two games saturday at 9am and 1pm, and then one game sunday TBD. If we make it to the finals we will have a fourth game on sunday. I will post more information later this weekend. Thanks again to everyone for your continued support. HS Midwest Rugby Championships Site: Moose Rugby Grounds
Welcome: We would like to congratulate you and your team on making it to the Midwest HS Boys Rugby Championships. This is the best of the best in our region and you should be proud to represent your area. This event will provide a safe and fun weekend of great rugby competition. We will crown a HS MW Champion and send our top 3 teams off to the National Finals later in May. The event staff will provide top quality playing grounds, facilities and a first class event from start to finish. We require and demand your support with following all the rules so this is a perfect experience for all teams. Please distribute this information to your team, fans & coaches, so when we tell mom she can't have her dog on site or dad he cant park on the grass, they are not surprised- thanks!.
Facility Rules
GENERAL INFO FOR ALL TEAMS Gate & Entry: Upon check in your team will be given admission passes. All teams should check in for the first time at the front gate area only- and do so as a complete team. Team/Event entry fees are due at this time/check-in. Checks can be made out to: Moose Rugby Grounds ($300.00 for Championship team, $250.00 for Festival team and $100.00 for Developmental). One gate pass per CIPP listed player will be issued (plus coaches) during check-in. Players and coaches must present these passes to enter the facility at all times- no exceptions. All fans will be charged a $5.00 per day or $7.00 weekend pass fee. Concessions & Restrooms: The Grounds has full on site concessions. Teams can expect a full hot menu and several cold drinks at reasonable rates. Restrooms are next to the concession area under the pavilion. Additional port-o-lets will be on the grounds too. Please use the restrooms. Failure to do so is cause for removal as well. Rugby Imports: Will again be on site for the entire weekend. Please support them and buy your rugby gear from them at this event and thru the season. Teams Camp Sites: Please stick to the assigned site location as posted. Sites shown upon check-in. This helps us to find you if needed. Please clean up your site from all trash and such after each day. We may mow each night & turn on sprinklers, so please collect the trash and use bins. Tents: Teams may order tents from Grand Event Tent Service – they may only be delivered on Friday prior to the event as the host staff will be there to direct the tent company for set up locations. No team may erect its own tents without checking with host staff first due to irrigation line and past breaking of those lines by teams.
Trainers-Doctor-Hospital: The event will have 3-4 medical trainers on site all weekend, as well as a doctor centrally located. See the medical tent for your needs. Pre-match taping is also available for no cost if you provide the tape. The hospital is 10 minutes away if needed and directions are at the medical tent as well as concession stand. Only referees will be able to call medical assistance onto the fields. Ropes & Restraints: No players are to be in front of the ropes at anytime. Two coaches from each team will be allowed in front on each sideline (4 total coaches from each team). Coaches are expected to control players, fans and fellow coaches at all times. You must demand good sportsmanship, use of language, and behavior standards. Teams should occupy opposite sides of the fields during all matches.
Parking: There is paved parking in front of the facility for 300+ cars. There is also a back parking lot that fills quickly for another 200 cars. The drive between the fields will be closed for traffic. All gate traffic is walk-thru only. Busses should drop off and pick up in the front lot. Event security will direct traffic- please obey them. Hotel Info: See the attached documents for several choices. All hotels are no more the 3 minutes from the Grounds. Please list your hotel with the check in person so we know how to reach you if needed. Pre-Game/Warm-Ups: The festival field is often open for pre-match warm ups. If it is booked with a festival match, they have first right. Warm up at your discretion in other common sense areas. No warm-ups are allowed on the fields before any games. Also, team chants, field grinding should be done off the field playing area- not under the goal posts tearing up the ground. Match & Event-Discipline: The referee will have the final say in all on field issues. Yellow and red cards will be reported to the MW. An issued red card is dismissal for the event. Local police will be on site for event security as well as event security-please obey their requests. Anyone can and will be escorted from the Grounds by police that is not acting in an orderly fashion. Teams are expected to control all fans, players and coaches at all times, and act with sportsmanship. Players caught stealing from vendors will be removed and prosecuted. That players team will also not be allowed to return for 2 years to the event.
Tournament game balls: are provided by Rugby Imports. If your team kicks one over the fence on the Red Field, the COACH ONLY near the road should get it- WATCH TRAFFIC- NO PLAYERS IN THE STREET PLEASE. Trash & Clean up: Please keep the grounds clean by using the trash bins. Your site is your responsibility to keep clean. Your union may lose a seed next season if your site is not clean each day when you leave the Grounds. The Pavilion: seats about 200 people. It is not a dressing room or camp area. It is for vendors and for people to enjoy the concession area. No Pets or grills are allowed into the grounds for the safety of others. Play Area-Kids: There is a great play area for young kids. They must be supervised at all times by an adult. Also, understand that this area is near the field and balls do fly into the play area. As always, “play at your own risk”. The Lodge: the Moose Lodge building or main building in front is a private club; you may not go into the main lodge for any reason. Thanks for your cooperation. FESTIVAL BRACKET TEAMS ONLY CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET TEAMS ONLY Each player will show at check in, a single Xerox sheet with the following on it: Team Requirement The coach will provide a current CIPP listing off the web site as his team rooster/check in sheet.
Championship Bracket-Team Entry Fee: All teams must pay a $300.00 fee to compete. This fee is due at team check in. The check may be payable to Moose Rugby Grounds. The MW no longer has a budget for this event, so your fee covers referee, medical, and all cost associated with running this event. The host does not profit from your entry fee! Event Format: Bracket style. The brackets will be sent as soon as each union releases the competing teams. Teams will all play 3 games (2-sat and 1-sun), 25 minute halves. The 4 teams that are playing for the final 3 MW bids will each play a fourth match that will determine final MW rank. This format will be easily understood when the bracket is seen. All games must be played/honored or your union may loose a seed next year. Scoreboards: the boards are for general information only. They are not official and may not be always correct. You must check with the referee for official scores and exact times…he is sole judge and final say on that subject. Coin Toss: Your captain must report to the referee tent 30 minutes prior to kickoff for the coin toss. Each captain is to bring the starting lineup sheet and the jersey color. If you are late, the process will go on without you. Match Subs: You must submit an official starting lineup to the ref at the coin toss. Your 7 allowed subs per game need not be declared at this time. Fill out only the starting 15. As a sub reports onto the pitch, the referee will enter his name onto the sheet, keeping track of your total subs and players names in the match. CIPP #s are not necessary on this sheet, as they have been checked at formal team check-in. (These same sheets will be used as recruiting tools for the USA Coaches watching the games- keep in mind that this is a great venue for your players to be seen by these coaches and invited to formal camps. Game times: are 25min halves due to the IRB rulings on maximum time allowed for Under 19 players to play in a 24 hour period. Overtime: Teams will play a 5 minute sudden death OT. If still tied after this 5min period, we go to kicks. Each team will select 3 players (from the field of play only) that will take 3 kicks at goal from behind the 22 directly in front. The other team must then repeat and beat the results to win, or match the results to force another repeat. If repeated or tied again the ball starting point is moved back 10 meters. This format will be used in all games except for 3rd-4th place and 1st-2nd place games that determine seeds to National Championships- where a 10 minute period (NOT SUDDEN DEATH) will be played & repeated until a winner is declared. Tournament Awards: A formal presentation of trophies, awards, and bid acceptance to Nationals will follow in the pavilion after the championship game (about 3pm local time). The 3 teams advancing are required to attend and all teams are welcome.
5/01 I still haven't recieved anymore information reguarding the tournament. We do however need to get a count of everyone that is going so we can book hotel rooms this weekend. Paul and I have agreed that we need one adult per four players. I have thirty four players on our roster. Excluding Paul and myself we need nine parents to chaparone this trip assuming everyone goes that wants to. There are still people that have not turned in dues or paperwork and will NOT be playing if I don't have you checked off my list by monday. We need a starting side of fifteen and we will be allowed seven subs. The only other subs allowed are for a blood bin or loss of a front row player due to injury. Right now I honestly couldn't tell you who our starting fifteen or seven subs are, but I would like to encourage everyone to come even if you know you will only be there to support your team. I don't want anyone to feel excluded from this, it is not something we do every year and I want all of you to experience the tournament. Please confirm with me either by phone, email, or at practice that you are going so I can get a deffinate head count. For those of you that plan on bringing your entire family and would like for me to reserve an extra room please let me know. I plan to book rooms nine rooms this weekend as a rough start which will cover the starting fifteen, seven subs, two coaches and nine parents. I will hopefully have a per person cost by mondays practice. Lastly, we plan to leave Wylie around 5:00pm Friday to head for Elkhart. I will keep everyone informed as I recieve information. 4/28 Today I recieved an email from the VP of the league that there was an opening available in the Midwest tournament in Elkhart. We are the next in line to go from Michigan and have a 90% chance to go as long as everything is confimed. Therefore we really need parent support in organizing this weekend to Indiana. I sent an email to the head of the tournament asking for information to help us get organized. I should know more wednesday at the game. 4/26 Good job today at Brighton. Being first in the state is a difficult position to hold onto. We cannot go into every game and assume we will do well just because our opposition is ranked below us. Brighton did a good job exploiting that today. There have only been two teams this year to have scored on us and only one to have scored before us. We need to play every game with the same concentration and intensity we had against Birmingham. Below is a good reminder.
4/24 I wanted to congradulate all of you this week for a very hard earned win. Everyone was unselfish with the ball and maintained composure throughout the game. Our goal line stand at the end of the first half crushed their morale and was a huge turning point in the game. As with most games the forwards were the unsung heros and stood up a very strong and well drilled pack. As for the the pretty backs, you all made it look easy in the second half. This week was a big step forward to remaining undefeated this season. Keep up the hard work. For Saturday kickoff is suppose to be at 1:30. Anthony Wayne is playing Brighton B at 12:30 and we are to start following their game. Directions: US23 north to I-96 west, first exit Spencer Rd. Make a right off the exit the high school is approx 2 miles down the road on the left. We are playing in the staduim.
4/23 Sorry for the inconvenience I just recieved the directions late today, I had emailed their coach earlier in the week. Kickoff is at 5:30pm.
4/14 Please meet at Wylie at 3:00pm Wednesday. Please give either Paul or myself a call if there is any problems. Any parents that can drive their van or car, we need extra drivers. Farrell, Bertsos, and Swager have all volunteered to drive. Directions are below per Finlay coach. Kick off should be around 5:30 given we don't have any problems. Pitch Direction..
I-75 to Van Buren exit 164 West on SR 613 3 miles South on CR 140 1 mile Rugby Park Lane to pitch on the left At I-75 mile marker is rest area..about 15 minutes from the pitch
porta jon on the pitch also
3/12 Outdoor practices will begin next week Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 4-6:30pm at the Webster Church field. Come to practice with all necessary equipment. 3/11 The scrimmage Saturday is still in the works mostly due to the relentless Michigan winter. If we don't scrimmage CC Saturday we will have a team scrimmage/practice at the Webster Church field around noon. Outdoor practice Friday the 14th 4:00-6:30pm, at Webster Church, rain or shine. Come to practice ready to work and prepared for the weather. We have a lot of work to do before April. PLEASE get your forms and dues turned in. You will not play until everything has been turned in. 2/17 The schedule is posted for the 2008 season. We only have six games due to the way our spring break falls. Good news is we only have to travel to one of the Ohio teams, Findlay. An email field was added to the registration form. USA Rugby wants an email address from everyone when you get registered for insurance.
1/27 Please register with the team, click on the register tab above to begin. If you know anyone who missed practice this week please let them know. There is a parent meeting next week following practice. The meeting will mostly consist of a brief overview of the season, and discussion over the topics mentioned in the player parent letter. Anyone that is not registering with the team but would like a sweatshirt (ie parents, family, friends...) please fill out basic information under registration and check the box for the sweatshirt. I will place the order next week Monday after we have our parent meeting. DEXTER RUGBY Dear Players and Parents, Welcome to the 2008 Dexter Rugby season. As we enter our fourth season we are excited to continue the success of the past three years. In 2005 a group of high school students and two college students decided to form a high school rugby team for Dexter. In our very first year we finished as division three champions. The team has improved with every succeeding year. In 2006 we moved into division two and finished in second place. Last year we earned a place in division one and ended the season ranked sixth in the state. This success has afforded the players, coaches and parents a great source of pride as well as opportunities to grow as individuals and as a group. In the 2008 season we will have many opportunities to advance as a team. This year there are two major opportunities for the Dexter Rugby team to grow as a team and as an organization. The first opportunity is a possible chance to play in the Midwest Rugby tournament, held this year in Elkhart, Indiana May 9 and 10. There are three available seeds for Michigan. We have to express a commitment to go by April 3. On April 17 the MYRA officers will select the three teams with the best current season record from those who have made the commitment to attend. There are nine teams in Michigan that have expressed an interest in this tournament. As a higher ranked team we have a good chance of making the cut if we can commit to the financial requirements. The three teams that go from Michigan will be placed in a 16 seat bracket for the Midwest (six states). The top four teams at the Midwest Tournament are required to go to nationals held in Pittsburg, PA May 30, 31 and June 1. Our second growth opportunity as an organization is to expand our support of these outstanding young athletes. As many of you know the availability and condition of playing fields has been a problem that constantly plagues our team. The fields we are able to use are not maintained as playing fields. We have to schedule practices around limited field availability, construct removable goals and sometimes have to cancel due to poor field conditions. In support of this program the Webster Township board has informally agreed to allow us exclusive use of a field located near their Township Hall. To have this opportunity we are required to make the improvements needed to make this a regulation rugby field. The first bid for these improvements comes from Todd’s Services for $10,000 which includes a full size rugby pitch with a 5m border, new athletic turf and proper drainage. The challenge we face is gaining the financial support needed to make this opportunity a reality. An important element of our success has been our parent and community support. With the challenges and opportunities that we face this season we need to refine and strengthen that support. There will be a parent meeting immediately following next Sunday’s practice. Opportunities for parents to help include, but are not limited to, the following:
Please consider how you can help our team grow. I hope to see all parents at the meeting next Sunday, February 3. I greatly appreciate the parent support we continue to receive and welcome feedback either after practice, by phone, (810) 599 - 8165, or email doug@dexterrugby.com . Regards,
Coach Doug
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