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Saturday, Carson (CA), 8:30
Rocky Mountain
Regional Rugby Report
In this Issue:
3-for-2: men’s clubside National 7s Qualifier in Omaha
Fishing Bristol Bay, Alaska: The Sockeye Salmon Run, touch rugby and kick
docks with Bears, Mustang… and a Lion: p 2
Breckenridge-to-Brit ish Columbia
Black Ice Career Appreciation Night Things to do in (and around) Denver When You Can
o Bovine Metropolis Theatre o Denver Botanic Gardens
altitude amidst the f inest attitudes imaginable: GlobalComps: Richard & Trotski
Super XV Rugby Round
Rugby Time and Line - 2 weeks’ hence: p 14
hR’s Back Page(s): pp 15-17
o Daktari’s Rugby Cyphero Down the Whistler: “Super Rugby Playoff Mysticismo Rugby Dogs: “Wrong Tree”o At Rugby Hospital:
USA v Japan Carson (CA), 8:30pm MT on Universal Sports cable channel
Rocky Mountain
Regional Rugby Report
2: men’s clubside National 7s Qualifier in Omaha - luck in that
The Sockeye Salmon Run, touch rugby and kick
with Bears, Mustang… and a Lion: p 2
Brit ish Columbia: Peter Clarke earns an eh +: p
Black Ice Career Appreciation Night and the 7-a-side Continuum Things to do in (and around) Denver When You Can : and that won’t break your bank!
Bovine Metropolis Theatre - Improv your l ife, it ’s udderly amazing!Gardens-sponsored Mt. Goliath trail hike: lessons learned at
amidst the f inest attitudes imaginable: Trotski
Super XV Rugby - 1s t Round Scinti l lators favor homesides and on to Semifinal
2 weeks’ hence: p 14
Daktari’s Rugby Cypher : double-down, Dak! Super Rugby Playoff Mysticism”
“Wrong Tree”
Ice at the Diana Larsen (ba ll above head) sendoff
MT on Universal Sports cable channel
Rocky Mountain
Regional Rugby Report
7.24.14
luck in that draw: p 1 The Sockeye Salmon Run, touch rugby and kick-tennis on the
won’t break your bank! Improv your l ife, it ’s udderly amazing!
lessons learned at
Scinti l lators favor homesides and on to Semifinal
Ice at the Diana Larsen (ba ll above head) sendoff
There are three sides vying for two national qualifying tournament seeds this Saturday at
the Omaha 7s. Denver Barbarians, Glendale Raptors and Kansas City Blues are locked at the
top of our West Geographic Rugby Union (GRU) table with eight points for each; by
sundown on the day, two of the teams wil l be arranging transit to Seattle for USA Rugby
men’s clubside 7s National Championship Tournament, while the third need not bother.
The attainment of a slot in the f inals of Omaha assures the clubs that reach the
tournament’s terminal stage go on to the northwest in a fortnight for premium clubside 7-
a-side determination. To be sure, there wil l be a Dark Brumbie or two in the elite division
mix looking to declare their club champion, or individually impact members of the national
7s selection panel well. Those USA Rugby men and women wil l be on hand spectating or
remotely viewing match video for certain.
No clear, odds-on favorite as the Barbo have recent experiential success making last
season’s championships, Blues were form in taking their own tourney earl ier this month and
those who would discount Raptors would do so at peril . Suffice to say, there wil l be much
more than the weather happening in Omaha, on the banks of the great Missouri River, this
upcomer.
7s
7-per-side
Bruins, Brumbies and one great Lion-heart on the Bay
If you’re young (or just thinking that way) f it and up for it , a six-week working tour of
Bristol Bay, Alaska’s f ishing grounds might be just the thing to put a signif icant amount of
cash in your pocket and perhaps bring into perspective just about everything that needs
bringing in a rugby l i fe.
First there was former Colorado Springs Grizzl ies f lanker and current Cal Poly Mustang
openside, Matt Ryan, who worked the catch in the summer of ought-12, and that bear told
other Grizzl ies; then Dallas Frye and Dan Bird made the trip in the summer of 2013; this
year, 11 rugby-playing young men from our State (plus two Cal Poly boys for a total of lucky
13) traveled to the Bristol Bay f ishery, got jobs aboard the boats that work the enormous
bounty of the Bay, and have returned home each with a s ight more dollars and a
considerable amount more sense than they left home with.
Dallas Frye, former Colorado Springs Grizzl ies backrow dynamo, lately with University of
Northern Colorado Bears and soon-to-be with Lindenwood University Lions, made the
signif icant effort and has the bank to prove it , though “the catch exceeded forecasts and
thus a price drop affected the end pay.” However, Frye states that each worker wi l l receive
a “retro-bump” in pay should the price-per-pound eventually rise through the summer
season.
Locals and working f isherfolk in town looked askance the group of young men tossing the
rugby bal l about on “about the only grassy patch in Naknek,” reports the redoubtable Frye,
“and they asked what we thought we were doing, expecting us to give up (on obtaining the
well-paid, but strenuous work aboard the 32’ f ishing boats that farm Bristol Bay). Well,
everybody got (on) a boat and we even picked up three of those f ishermen, drafting them
into our games of touch and kick-tennis.”
It ain’t easy toi l . “Sometimes at night my muscles would spasm,” says Dallas, of the non-
stop, 18-hour days where they’d f ish “two tides a day”, but at least, “this did not allow for
the cold to creep (into your bones),” Frye claims of the chi l ly, wind-whipped sea and steady
action - kinda l ike on the pitch without the seabreeze!
If you’re reading this and thinking, “Maybe I’d l ike to try it ,” Mr. Frye wil l happi ly hook you
up and he may be contacted via email - [email protected] - put rugby in the subject
space of your email.
Though most of the boys returned to Colorado via Cali and are home preparing for the fall
semester, Matt Ryan and his Cal Poly mates are currently backpacking Denal i National Park
in the big state, and that’s not saying they’re malingering… it’s just that their adventure is
continuing!
Dallas Frye’s boat, which also counted Glendale
Raptors Christian Sarmento amongst its crew,
hauled one of the largest catches of al l boats in the
Bristol Bay Fishery region (Alaska has f ive). Those
who know the work ethics of that pair should not
be surprised!
Frye and Sarmento's boat: Sun l ight I I I
PC's Epic Breckenridge-to-Vancouver Bike Challenge
not to scare you or anything, but 2014 Halloween falls on
Friday this year… raise your hand if you’d like to see a
doubleheader, maybe Lady Raptors v Black Ice , and Raptors v
Barbos or possibly Highlanders v Harlequins in the Kettle prior
to a rockin’, rollin’ … perhaps a bit of ravin’ as well…
Halloween Costume Rugby Ball in the stadium
pro sa ic o r p roac t ive
… keep tho se hands up…
He se r io u s?
I ’m af ra i d
so
Wha t i f Mom f i nd s out?
br i ng ‘er
I ’ l l b e H i la ry… a l be i t a
ver y , ver y
st r i k i n g H i la ry
I ’m go in’ , you go in ?
Yep !
Dea n V er no n Wo rme r st i l l ru n ni n g t h e
show t he re ?
are yo u af ra id ?
W e’ l l be Bo n ni e a n d C ly d e
I , a l so , mu st go
Bu nn y an d
who?
I ’m af ra id o f wha t I
mig h t beco me…
slithy tove
Yah, b ut I he ar h e’ s t ry i ng to cha ng e…
T h i n k th e y ’ r e c l a s s y e n o u g h ?
C l a s s ? … s u r e ! I m a g i n a t i o n ?
T h a t ’ l l b e i s s u e
y o u e v e n th i n k a b o u t s t r i k i n g H i l a r y , w e g o t p r o b l e m …
Clarke at Tra i l 's End, Vancouver , BC
By any man’s standard, a tr ip to Vancouver, Bri t ish Columbia, Canada is remarkable, but when you make the transit by bike, wel l that’s another couple of levels above everyday, Middle Kingdom activity. Blue Goose breakaway and former Mountain League Chairman Pete Clarke’s just done it for the benefit of Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center - for dai ly blog reports from the rider, go to: http://www.peterc larke1967.blog.com
Kudos, Pedro!
Black Ice ce lebrat in g Ru gb y L i fe !
Black Ice Women’s RFC turned out in force last Fr iday to honor a few of their own who are
hanging up their A s ide boots in favor a more clement, though yet awesome, old lady-style
tournaments-and-special-occasion rugby competit ion . Diana Larsen’s retirement was the
draw, but as the consummate f lyhalf was quick to share: “our fullback/scrumhalf, ‘Li l ’ Kim
Hil l and Robin Smith, who covers second row and f lanker spots, are also retir ing tonight,”
Larsen reported ensuring, as ever, an equal distribution of the spotlight on teammates she
has shared the bal l and the pitch with for near a decade.
But Diana and company are not call ing it entirely quits, you’l l be able to catch them - if you
can - on the pitch with Black Ice’s newly-formed, mature and quite Awesome Old Ladies
(AOL) side that wil l get together as circumstances dictate for vintage extra-time action.
More info on the AOL may be gotten by contacting Jess Lincoln via email -
War atahs 12 4 0 58 Crusaders 11 5 0 51 Shar ks 11 5 0 50 Brumbies 10 6 0 45 Chiefs 8 6 2 44 H ighlander s 8 8 0 42 Hurr ican es 8 8 0 41 Force 9 7 0 40 Bul l s 7 8 1 33 Blu es 7 9 0 36 Stormers 7 9 0 32 L ion s 7 9 0 26 Reds 5 11 0 28 Ch eetah s 4 11 1 24 Rebels 4 12 0 21
Final 2014
Super XV
Rugby
Standings
2.3
0.9
1.6
Rugby Life
23 24 25 July 26, Sat: Vail v Barbarians July 27, Sun: Women’s 7s at Infinity, 2pm on StoveTop, mini-Tourney 28 29 30 31 August 1, Fri: USA v Ireland at 2014 WRWC, Stade Marcoussis, France August 2, Sat: SkiTown Rugby Tournament at Missoula, MT 3 4 August 5, Tue: USA v Kazakhstan at 2014 WRWC, Stade Marcoussis, France 6 7 8 August 9, Sat: SSRFC v Glenwood, Breck v GJ, Vail v Aspen 10
23 24 25 July 26, Sat: DHRFC 22n d Annual Lester Townshend Memorial Tour de Chump Bicycle Pub Crawl… leaving no bike intact since 1992 27 28 July 29, Tue: Harlequins 1s t 15s training, 6pm Cook Park 30 31 1 2 August 3, Sun: Colorado Rush, Board Meeting, 11am 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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*Daktari’s Rugby Cypher last week’s solution
solution #1: “The effort was good, but the
execution was very poor,” Reds captain James
Horwil l on season
solution #2: "We could have done with another
few minutes,"
Plessis, referring to
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oksxe exrxlylmd vsomulmd iyoslim;
to solve: substitute letters in the pattern above to determine the rugby