Fresno Rugby Club         May 10, 2008

Touch Rugby at Buchanon High School

We are  meeting at Buchanon High School (see the directions page) We will play touch from 6:30pm till ??? Tuesday and Thursday nights. Matt Smith and Mark Miranda are also in the process of researching 7's tournaments and will be setting up a schedule for the summer.

End of the Year Banquet

When: Saturday the 17th. Dinner will be served at 7:00. The bar will be open at 6:00.
Where: Richard's Steak House.The address is 1609 E.Belmont Ave, Fresno, CA 93701
How much: The cost will be $25 per person. Do not let a lack of money be the reason for not attending! Talk to a Baord member if it is.

This should be a fun way to wrap up our season so make plans to attend. Walt has worked it out so that we have the restaurant to ourselves. Andrew is planning a slide show. There will be awards. And of course there will be plenty of laughs.

RSVP to Walt at 1hooker3@gmail.com or 974 4602.

Pacific Coast Grizzly- Andrew "Walt" Pickrell

Congratulations to Walt on being selected to the Pacific Coast Grizzlies rep side. He represented Fresno at the National All Star Championships held in Florida this December. He helped to lead the Grizzlies on to a semi-final over the Mid- Atlantic Union, followed by a finals victory over Southern California (former Fresno player Jason Geurts played with the So Cal side).

Walt was selected from amongst the top players in Northern California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Utah.

Our New Home

Thank you to all of the individuals that worked towards securing our new home field. Special thanks goes out to Barry Foley for leading the project. We now have a top level field/complex to call home. Check out the Fresno Regional Sports Complex on Jensen and West. We will be putting up permanent goal posts in the weeks to come. Plans are already in the works to host tournaments in the near future. Great work guys!

Plans for U-19 Team

We have field, we have coaches who are interested, we have at least one team signed up for a home-and-away series in the fall.  We now need PLAYERS. We have had several prospective players from Hanford, Clovis, Sanger, Fresno City and Fresno State joining this summer for touch practice, but we need more. We are looking for contacts for us to speak to local High School and Junior College's to pitch why they should come join the rugby world.   If interested or you have contacts, please email us.   This venture, which holds great promise for the Fresno Metro area, will not be easy any help given will be appreciated.     If anyone is interested in playing for the U-19 team or men's club, or is interested in helping, please email herb.breen@gmail.com or fresnorugby@hotmail.com.

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