But beyond the apparent disorder, there is a form and a structure to the game of rugby. With five minutes left, a St. Mary's forward takes a pass and comes straight at Hawley. "It's a big deal, that's for sure," Stanfill says of the 125th season. The Old Blues -- the Cal alumni club that was once so cool it was hired to endorse BMW in a TV commercial -- is defunct. Berkeley All Blues Rugby is a competitive, member-run team of USA Rugby. "I would say there must have been 15 or 20 of us off the football team who would just go right to rugby," recalls Clark, an offensive lineman. It involves the best sixteen men's and women's clubs (32 clubs total) in the United States. The Old Blues are too solid a team. Affiliations. The Junior Pelicans team was established in l979 and defeated the Southwestern Ontario Union Rep. team in its first game. This is an advantage in a weekend tournament, such as the final four, which tests a team's depth. Organization also breeds success off the field. They later defeated Leamington of New Zealand and lost to Auckland (N.Z.). Still woozy, he gets up and walks among the Cal parents, looking for his dad. Most of the NorCal players were still playing collegiate rugby and some were playing professional football. New Zealand won 43 - 6 before an enthusiastic crowd of 2,500. Your kind donations will be fully tax-deductible. Serving the East Bay, the Berkeley RFC is a nonprofit Rugby Club that brings together rugby lovers from across Bay Area. No further treatment necessary. Old Blues Rugby Club | Founded 1873 Excellent Title Chasing Rugby + Superb Social based in Motspur. The name Alcatraz is derived from the Spanish "Alcatraces." 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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. We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. Loren Toews (Cal-Berkeley and Pittsburgh Steelers), Mickey Ording (University of Oregon & L.A. Rams draftee), Jack Schultz (Stanford *MVP in Rose Bowl), Carl Ekern (Cal-Berleley and "C" of the Los Angeles Rams), John Wilbur (Stanford and Washington Redskins). OWs sustained pressure was rewarded with another try, closing the gap to 22-15. The Old Blues provided the model for success. 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. Mark Davey then crashed over to put the OBs 12-5 up. Cart 0. Final score was 51-3 for the All-Blacks. The sport has since grown to 400 college teams in three divisions, but most are loosely organized recreation sports. Getting out of the football stadium and into its own designated rugby stadium 10 years ago was the best thing to happen to Cal rugby in 125 years. Women DII. Welcome to the Christ's Hospital Old Blues' Association (CHOBA) Your relationship with Christ's Hospital continues long after you finish studying with us and CHOBA is here to help you keep in touch with the ever growing network of Old Blues across the globe. 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. Unless the Eagles (national touring team) call, there is nowhere up from here. 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Old Blues RFC Contacts Established 1873 Phone +44 7507 791517 Email [email protected] Address Dornan Fields Arthur Road Motspur Park, nr New Malden UNITED KINGDOM SURREY KT3 6LX General Enquiries Contact: Mark Davey 07886 015010 Directions Directions By Road: At New Malden underpass on the A3 take the Worcester Park exit. Use tab to navigate through the menu items. Full Zip pro Active Jacket. Final score OB 29-15 OW. Colon de Santa Fe. Founded in 1963. Tony Delacruz, who works in the UC Student Store, was returning from his break sometime after 4pm when he witnessed the man engulfed in flames and rushed to the scene. Men DIII. Feet stomping. Mike Kane / The Chronicle ** James Sehr, Cal rugby number 8 Louis Stanfill makes a toss during a tough match against the University of British Columbia from Vancouver Canada in Berkeley, CA, on Wednesday, February, 21, 2007. Arthur Road Sixty-seven years later, the All-Blacks played the newly formed US Eagles in Los Angeles. join. Times 10:00am - 3:00pm Kevin Banks (505) 328-6954 [email protected] Six Nations. Four years later, they are a senior and a sophomore all over again in the 125th anniversary season for Cal rugby. Old Blues Rugby - 2022 USA CLUB RUGBY NATIONAL 7S CHAMPIONSHIP | AUGUST 13-14, 2022 | LOCATION TBA Old Blues Rugby (CA) Highest Finish: 1st (1994) Last Appearance: 1994 (3rd Appearance) Appearances: 1985, 1992, 1994 News Club is now defunct. There is a lot of history preceding the formal organization of the Northern California Rugby Union that merits mentioning as a preface. After a few years of informal women's invitationals, a formal women's competition was added to the event in 2011. A good example of this would be the l974 Northern California RU All-Stars. In 1884, Cal beat the Merions and Wanderers 19 - 0 and 9 - 0 respectively. Spurred on by the somewhat rude treatment they had been accorded in Paris and by the overwhelming challenge of it all, the American ruggers trained hard. Joining the club this season were Sam Vaca, a national team player who previously played with the San Francisco Rugby Club, and Rick Crivellone, an Eagle who came from Portland, Ore. We have become a rugby oasis in the middle of a wasteland, Watkins said. Then he feigns to kick him while he's down. It isn't a perfect pitch, like Stanford's, where the Final Four will be played in May. Hella Fitzgerald 25 Musicians Jazz & Blues Performing Arts $$Oakland "Hella Fitzgerald delivered. The continued pressure from the Blues forced another penalty which Avery skilfully put away. That part sounds familiar. Home . A rugby match in front of 5,000 fans squeezed onto risers or bunched along the end lines is the way it was meant to be. The stunned French suggested that the US team tour France, which they did; winning three out of the four matches they played. But the l924 Olympics ("Chariots of Fire") caused France to challenge the US to defend its title. Super League. Mike Kane / The Chronicle, RUGBYMAGXX_3312_MBK.JPG OLD-SCHOOL ACOUSTIC BLUES - Laid-Back Delta Blues on the Resonator Guitar Justin Johnson 1.43M subscribers Subscribe 36K 1.5M views 1 year ago #blues #acoustic #guitar Want to drift off to. Four regional champions are in the national playoffs. Next, Cal nipped the Phoenix club 7 - 6 and humbled the Allies 13 - 0. 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. The Old Blues and Golden Gate will be home again March 29, hosting the Denver Barbarians and the Aspen Rugby Club. The cathedral -- which includes an old men's room from the football stadium converted to a classy field house -- is named for its major benefactor, the Dean Witter brokerage family. Eagles Brian Vizzard, from Michigan State, and Kevin Higgins, from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, came to OMBAC last season. Steve was an important member of the very successful Cal Teams back in the early 1970s. "The field is critical to us," says Clark. RUGBY LEAGUE. 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 In l913, the New Zealand All-Blacks came to the West Coast, completing a successful European tour winning all thirteen of their games. Team captain Chase Brogan walks over to round up his "First 15" to watch the reserves. This can be HTML or text. Dcouvrez les 1 disques en vente de l'album Five years ago berkeley 1979 de Police sur CDandLP au format Vinyle et CD Warhurst made his mark at the international level representing the USA Rugby Eagles in both 7s and 15s. The Old Blues host Old Puget Sound April 5 and Old Mission Beach. A rugby match in front of 5,000 fans in a 70,000-seat bowl is depressing. 1998 Men's Club Rugby Sweet Sixteen Bracket. Twenty-two years later in Hong Kong, as I witnessed the closing moments of the British Empire, a Royal Guards band struck up the perfect hymn: "The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended." Bud Lyons Leads California Rugby Advisory Board A member of the famed 1971 Cal rugby tour Down Under, a successful businessman, Builder of Berkeley, UC Berkeley Trustee and, since 2011, the Chairman of the California Rugby Advisory Board, Irving Lyons III has always been in the middle of it. The Club has won a combined total of 15 National Championships in both 15's and 7's rugby. The San Francisco Bay Area is a hotbed of rugby with more than 40 clubs. This is a carousel. 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. (select Performing Arts Social Society (P.A.S.S., Inc.)! The Golden Bears came from behind to win 32-17. photo taken: 2/21/07 Between 1920 and 1924, Rugby virtually disappeared once again as American-style football soared in popularity. On a good team, the large forwards fight for field position and possession of the ball. Cal rugby goes out of its way to fight against stereotype. "They really love each other," Hawley Jr. says. We identified how the Old Blues were benefiting from their relationship with Cal, Watkins said. 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. At that time, the British Rugby evangelists of San Francisco converted Cal to Rugby-style football. OWs improved, however, looking strong for large swathes of the second half with some good kicking and scrum work. Men DIII. Everyone writes off the Boston Celtics every year, but they always come back. The first match was played in November 1873 against the Christ's Hospital 1st XV, on a field in Palmer's Green. Still skinny, Hawley is a finesse player, a dancer and a twister when he has the ball. of Product Management, Mirapoint; WW Product Marketing Manager, Hewett-Packard, Cal B, Political Economy 1990, Northwestern MBA 1996. If you were to take a look at the number of national championships won by Northern California men's and women's teams, you would find that no other local area union in USA Rugby can match the accomplishments of NorCal. "Headphones off," he says in passing. 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For the past few years, OMBAC has worked in a methodical and organized fashion to strengthen its team, turning it into one of the countrys top rugby organizations. There is the ice bath a third of the way around the stadium in the training room. An excellent performance for OBs start to the season, as the 2s also had a convincing win at home. Only a rugby player would be caught dead in these "Oski sweaters," as Stanfill calls them. It also marked the first tour ever by a team that could legitimately call itself a Pacific Coast Representative team. Cal's Louis Stanfill emerges with the ball during the Bears' 32-17 win over the University of British Columbia in the World Cup. American football was fierce, and as time went on and injuries mounted, the public became alarmed at its brutalities. After the post-game handshake and huddle with the coach, Hawley goes over and lies down behind the Cal bench, holding his head. Watkins also serves as chairman of the U.S.A. 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Received a masters degree in business administration from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University where he coached the womens rugby team to the national championship. Every February, the club sponsors the OMBAC rugby tournament, which is a fund-raiser for the rugby team. Because of the surplus of outstanding players, the NorCal RU fielded three teams; 1st, 2nds, and 3rds. This brought to a close what has been called "one of the strangest and yet most spectacular eras in the history of Pacific Coast Football. Men DII & DIII. Last year, the Aztecs won the national championship, and this year they lost to Cal, a frequent national champion, in the regional finals. Co-Founder & Board Member, BrightHouse, Inc.; Co-Founder, Pricelock; Founder & CEO, TrueCar, Inc. First played in November 1985, the tournament moved to the summer in 1986 and has been a fixture of the summer rugby season in the United States ever since. Cal is the only men's rugby team with full varsity status among 327 Division I schools. 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. This forced the colleges and universities to open up sports programs to women on an equal basis with the men or lose federal funds. Your kind donations will be fully tax-deductible. "Show support" is all he has to say, and stiff muscles ease onto cold aluminum benches, including Hawley with a possible concussion. Ned Haig, a playing member of the Melrose, Scotland rugby club, devised the concept sevens tournament to make money for his club. 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Walter Thompson; Sr. Go to cart; Home; Team Stores ; Open a Store; Exit to Ruggers.com; . But thats not wrong. Eighty minutes later, the shocked onlookers were numbed by an 8 - 0 victory for the United States. France - Top 14. The All-Blacks won again but by a score of 53 - 6. This makes the Club one of the oldest clubs in the World. 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. Proof came. The USA Rugby Club 7s National Championship is the top annual American rugby sevens competition organized by USA Rugby. A rugby side is 15 players, but Cal has 50 or 60 parts that are interchangeable. Men DII & DIII. 10 00 10.00. Elbows flying. OBs advanced further and sustained their pressure by kicking for the corner and subsequently setting up a superb driving maul from the lineout. The Old Blues -- the Cal alumni club that was once so cool it was hired to endorse BMW in a TV commercial -- is defunct. Training is on Wednesdays 19:30 - 21:00. 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 "Cal rugby is a one-of-a-kind experience," says Hawley. Start your free 30 . Men DII. "If you're not absolutely f -- miserable today, then we are not where we need to be as a team," Clark says, breaking his own silence. Combine as many ads as you wish for one flat rate. Meet Our Teams SUPPORT US Donations So we went to what was--at the time--a dormant program at San Diego State and worked to help that program get better.. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Proof came at the Cal-Washington football game in October on an Indian Summer afternoon. By noon on this cold January Saturday, the pregame ritual has been going on for three hours at Witter Rugby Field, which is above the football stadium and deeper into Strawberry Canyon. The San Diego State program has served as a feeder program to OMBAC. 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. Maximum 5 items per day. 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. 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. Berkeley All Blues Rugby is a fiscally sponsored project of P.A.S.S. All Blues Rugby @AllBluesRugby . Players on other teams have sported shirts bearing the OMBAC symbol with a red slash through it and the words OMBAC, the best team money can buy., Said Boyle: And our team made up their own shirts that say, So, wheres my check? Its an unfair characterization that is a combination of jealousy, misinformation and humor., Said Watkins: Were not doing anything different from other teams. The Northern California Rugby Union has had to make many modifications and adjustments in the new era of professional rugby. 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. 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. The School Won. Originally composed of former pupils of Christ's Hospital (known as "Old Blues"), Old Blues Rugby was founded two years after the Rugby Football Union itself and the year after the very first Oxford University vs. Cambridge University Varsity Match was played. The men's varsity basketball team, for instance, was represented by just one player, the one carrying the sign. He passes the test, which is to recite the score of the game. Cal and Notre Dame also staged some epic battles, which could also have laid claim to a national championship. Games were played in the winter mud in the deserted stadium, and nobody seemed to notice. The Gael lowers his shoulder and the top of his head hits Hawley just above the left ear. "An ice bath makes you feel like a new man," he says. The rugby dressing room sits right on the fault line and is where they stick the visiting team for football games, to get them rattled. Gaining knowledge, meeting new people, finding new passions, building experiencethese are all reasons students join clubs at UC Berkeley. The Americans had won the gold medal. OMBAC, like the Old Blues before it, is favored to win the national championship. He lives in San Francisco and walks three miles a day on the steep city streets. The Club fields three sides (I, II and III). Rugby is often described as "organized chaos." All Blues 1st XV. In a primitive locker room in Memorial Stadium, Cal waits to host St. Mary's in the primitive sport of rugby. Chaos. 59 talking about this. 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