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The Fort Lauderdale Ruggerfest Tournament!
ITS OVER--CLICK HERE FOR POST TOURNEY SUMMARY
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ITS OVER--CLICK HERE FOR POST TOURNEY SUMMARY
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The Virginia Cardinals Rugby Football Club, of late the "Virginia Reds" or/and "The Knights of the Goldenhorseshoe" are comprised primarily of master ruggers from the Virginia Rugby Union and Potomac Rugby Union that played for and against each other over the last 3 decades. We, however, welcome all master players over 35 regardless of your prior or existing affiliation--favorite quote from active master rugby player,"Old rugby talent is rare, always in demand, and welcome as long as it doesn't cut into my playing time,of course."
Reyn Kinzey and Mike Puopolo have stroked the checks for two sides in the Fort Lauderdale OB Division, 35 and over and 45 and over. Therefore,we are committed to assembling 40-45 mates ready to go to war in sunny warm tropical Fort Lauderdale. This Tournament is competitive by any standard for OBs in our country---you must be fit and prepared to contribute on the field of battle and "invited" in order to participate.
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 Phil Bassett goes up for the ball |
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How many day to KO? You do the math. |
Today is:
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Captain's social friday evening at Parrot Lounge next to Holiday Inn Ft.Lauderdale on Sundrise Blvd.
Sat Tourney Party-click on "Tournament Party" above.
45's first match is 9am Sat
35's first match is 10am Sat
We have a practice friday 4pm at Holiday Park on Sunrise Blvd just west of Holiday Inn,Ft.Lauderdale
No coolers or beer is permitted at Tradewinds Park. Six gallons of water will be provided to each team for each match--pick up at the tent. Cary will have gatorade and power bars--just ask.
Your kit is navy shorts and navy solid socks--Cary has a limited supply and expect Matt Godek, player with the 45's, to have a few for sale as well. If ya need shorts and socks contact me now.
Scroll to the bottom of this page for "message from the Tourney Director"
-lets get to Tradewinds Park on Sat one hour before KO-Murphy's Law is lurking everywhere
-on friday if we don't see ya at the Coral Ridge,then see ya at 4pm practice Holiday Park,Sunset Blvd friday afternoon, otherwise, catch ya at the Parrott Lounge that evening,otherwise,Sat am at Tradewinds Park ready to play some rugby!
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Click here for video.WMV of Skip Yeager dotting down in Norfolk 7's--for dial up modems wait about 2 minutes for loading
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 Tom Sarisky,#7 for the 45's  Lance Vandecastle,mighty lock for the 45's |
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The 45 and over side is being lead and organized by Mike Puopolo and John Ellis, respectively. Please direct your questions directly to these gentlemen in that regard.
John Ellis ellis@infionline.net
Mike Puopolo mdpuopolo@aol.com
Important notice from Johnny Ellis posted Jan 9th:
We need ALL definites for the Over 45's going to Ft Lauderdale to respond to this e-mail that you are going to play----or just going. Even if you have indicated to Mike Puopolo or to me that you intended to go, PLEASE respond again to this e-mail. Players, or anyone, that want a tournament jersey must send $50.00 immediately, made payable to John Ellis and mailed to :
 Sons of Beaches,lead by Ellis, win 45 and over Aspen Ruggerfest 2002 ID'ed in picture Sands,Whelan,Lonergan,Painter,Old,Herron and company
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John Ellis Sons of Beaches RFC P.O. Box 1131 Virginia Beach, Virginia 23451
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We still do not know "officially" when we play, yet the tournament is billed as Saturday and Sunday, February 28th and 29th, with the Over 45's playing only on Sunday. Regardless, we intend to have a practice at 4:00 PM on Friday, February 27th, so plan to arrive accordingly. Get the best flights you can to and from Ft. Lauderdale---there are no local packages from us. Refer to the web site if needed.
Hotel options are on the web sites. Dan Lonergan's personal favorite is the Holiday Inn Ft Lauderdale Beach. Let your budget be your guide, yet this hotel is in the thick of the social action. There are no $129 rooms left, yet they have $155 rooms as of now. Several players have booked there, several at the Coral Ridge Inn. Once we get an exact count of players, I will post it on the web site. Then we can also make sure we have enough rental cars to get players back and forth from hotels to the park.
We know an exceptional side has been formulated, so get your $50.00 payment in immediately.
Thanks. Contact me if you have any questions
John Ellis,Team Manager for the 45's
Bill Gardner
The 35 and over side Team Manager is Bill Gardner totalpkg@erols.com,high flying NOVA 7's Manager for many years, with able support from Cary Kennedy,as Tour organizer for the 35's. Cary@richmondrugby.net. Roster possibles for the 35 and over side are listed at the bottom of this page.
Bill Gardner totalpkg@erols.com
telephone: 703 591 2300
page:703 708 8868
Cary Kennedy cary@richmondrugby.net
telephone: 757 566 4727
-- Option 1. Kathleen and I are estabishing our headquarters at the Coral Ridge Inn (of late "Holiday Inn Express") and will have a hospitality on friday evening for the players at our room and opportunity for the guys to pick up their kit; we will retire to Parrott Lounge after our 4pm practice for dinner and more hospitality. Call 954 566 4301 for reservations. The Coral Ridge Inn is located about midday between our park and the beach and has favorable rates of $88/night. 3355 North Federal Highway,Ft. Lauderdale.
--Option 2. The Westin Hotel just off I-95 400 Corporate Drive in North Ft. Lauderdale is a full service hotel with pool,restaurant etc for $119/night. Call our travel agent Barbie at 1-800-826-6713 or email barbie@surfexpress.webmail.com
--Option 3. The Holiday Inn Pompano Beach is across the street from the beach with water view rooms ranging in price from $136 to $154/night. Call Gail at 1-800-223- 5844
--Option 4. The Riverside Hotel is Old Florida Style highly recommended by locals. Skip Yeager,Steve Yeager, and Al Lucas are crashing this elegant traditional venue. Click onto www.riversidehotel.com.
If you are traveling "economy" and need to crash a room with a sleeping bag, let Cary know and we will match ya up with a cooperative mate. Just get yourself to Ft. Lauderdale! Sorry, Kathleen and I are not sharing our rack.
Lex Maccubbin,steadfast scrumhalf for the 45's, is ready to share a room. Email lexmaccubbin@yahoo.com
Tour Emails
MAPS of the local area where we play
Our Jersey order-click here -check accuracy
for some information on Ft. Lauderdale accomdation,travel,car rentals.
John,Andy,Will,Chris B,Chris P.
 Darin "Barney" Darden and Chris "Pint" Porter |
 David "Dixie" Dean |
 Malakai "Mala" Delai |
 Dave "Can" King and Andy "Mad" Mattocks |
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The 35 and over Possibles as of mid Jan: "Possible"=Has been invited and interested
Tour kit is solid navy socks and solid navy shorts, you must acquire that on your own if ya don't have that color in your vast personal collection of rugby kit ---
Send $50 payable "Cary Kennedy,FTL Tour" to Cary Kennedy,9405 Barnes Road,Toano,Virginia 23168. OR pay instantly online with a credit card or paypal account go to www.paypal.com your payment email is seawright@webtv.net.
fax: 240 384 0346
1.Dave King
***The roster will be limited to 25 players or less with the right balance of positions. In order to guarantee your position on the roster you must get the "red ball" by your name. To get the "redball" by your name you must have tendered your tour deposit and confirmed your travel and accomadation with us.
Mike Bermes
Aherns 513 241 2324
Competition Schedule:
ORBS old renegades boys side
First match for Cards v Niagra 9am
Boca Raton old boys
First match for Cards v Albany 10am
Fellow Ruggers,
Well the tournament is right on top of us now (thank goodness) and
hopefully all of your squads are ready. Just a couple of reminders and
some new
things to know.
I have looked through the players handbook and there are some very
specific things you need to know about gametimes etc. For the first
time ever we
have a pre-published schedule and times, keep in mind anything can
happen at a
rugby tournament and we develope "Rugby time" so be prepaired to do
what needs
to be done to help things go smoothly, as to the handbook it states;
all matches will be 25 min halfs and all finals will be 40 min
halfs
Your team must be ready to play and at the specified field BEFORE
the
completion of the prior match and has 5 min to assemble on said field
after the
prior match is completed. This issue is paramount for this weekend as
we have
the maximum number of teams competing that we can fit in a weekends
playtime(46
teams, the largest tournament number by far)
also stated in the handbook; if after 5 minutes your team is not
ready to
compete on the specific field which is ready to be played upon you will
FORFEIT your match at the referee's discretion. They will drop the
hammer on you,
they know how critical the time factor is this weekend, so make sure
your team
is ready AHEAD of time and if you need players get to the announcement
area in
order to get men well ahead of time.
Substitutions: for the over 45's this is unlimited (we are lucky we
can
walk for 25 min, never mind 50 )
For the over 35's we would like to see you limit subs to something
more
normal (6 ish) but there is no mandate( there will be next year) so try
to be
more "normal" with subs in the over 35 div
The fun starts when you get here but the official monkey business
starts
on fri at the capt's party, this is for everybody not just the capt's,
you
dont want to miss this, great fun and mixing it up. this is at the
parrott
lounge across the street from the holiday inn at A1A & sunrise blvd, so
if you're
staying there you can stumble to and from. then we beat each other up
on sat
and sat night the "tournament" party (unlike some other major
tournaments where
you have to make your own party, we give you a BIG one) you dont want
to miss
this either, this year it is at the "DOWNTOWNER" saloon which is
nestled in
the newly done downtown party area which will be on fire with people
even if the
ruggers are not there, the addition of the ruggers should be
interesting and
as i said you really dont want to miss downtown ft lauderdale on the
weekend,
we will push the limits over the top, you'll see. then sunday if you
were
good enough, we get to beat each other up again !!! last but not least
a POST
tournament party !!! now this is something new for this year and it is
held at
the cafe BLUE FISH which is near the parrott across from the hloiday
inn on the
beach. at this venue your second beer is free and i am sure it will
spill over
into the streets.
Looking forward to seeing you all here, weather has been great, a
little
cold snap lately, down to the 50's at night high 60's in daytime but
going
back to 70's this weekend which is what i hope we have for the
tournament.
yours in rugby,
check website? www.ftlrugby.com
mike resta...littleman
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="Yes,I'm Going!"--to get the redball behind your name you must sent $50 dollars to the Tour Panel--Your deposit represents your earnest committment to the fixture, tourney fee,and you tournament jersey which will become your personal property and team hospitality at The Beach. 
