Dear Rugby Texas Fans:
Congratulations to St. Thomas and Alliance for their championship victories on Sunday. Good luck to them and to Woodlands Rugby and Jesuit at Western Nationals in two weeks. To view and purchase photos from this weekend simply click on: http://teamdgl.exposuremanager.com/g/rugby_state_championships Ordering photographs is quite simple, but I want to explain a few other items you may purchase on the site. n To order an individual poster simply order the one with your team and then email me at david@dglsportsphotos.com with the # of the photo you want on the poster and the player’s name. n I have made two championship posters for St. Thomas and Alliance that have the team photo taken after their victories that measure 16×7 on a 20×16 print. The extra space is for teammates and coaches to sign. With all the names signed to the poster it will make a great keepsake to frame. n Finally you can order a slideshow put to music of your team’s two games on a DVD. This is not a DVD that will allow you to print the photos. It works like a movie, comes in a DVD case with a cover (to be designed shortly) and will play the photos from the games. You can preview these movies at my blog: http://dglsportsphotos.com/. (DVDs will be mailed separate from photos) I want to thank Rick Marshall and the Rugby Texas Committee for selecting me to be the official photographer of the state championships. I am donating a portion of the sales made by May 17, 2011 to Rugby Texas, so please order by that date as it helps Rugby Texas. If you have questions, concerns, or comments please send me an email and I will respond. Sincerely, David G. Lewis |
Pictures from State Championships
College Opportunity
Varsity Rugby – Lindenwood University, St Charles, Missouri – Full & Partial Tuition Grants.
Woodlands Rugby Gears Up for Playoffs
Jordan Allen - Woodlands Youth Rugby
The Woodlands rugby gears up for playoff opener . Fresh off of a spring break tour of Scotland, The Woodlands Youth Rugby Club’s U19s are readying for the playoffs. read full story – The Courier Online >>
Tour Meeting Tonight
The tour meeting tonight is at 7 pm at St Lukes Hospital: 17200 St Lukes Way in the Medical Arts I building, first floor in conference rooms 1-4. There will be signs up.
Please be on time as we have kit to hand out and information to cover. This meeting is mandatory for players and parents as it will be our last group meeting before we depart.
Thank you and will see everyone at 7 pm.
Donovan
Matches at LoneStar College
Here’s a map to the Rugby fields for this weekend’s matches at LoneStar College:
Address: 3200 College Park Drive Conroe TX 77384
Katy Matches at Alden Bridge
Matches against Katy are at Alden Bridge.
U19 is at 3:30, followed by U17. These groups are taking pictures at Falconwing Park at 12:30 (please be on time).
U11 play time is 4:00 (pictures at Falconwing at 2:00)
U13 play time is 5:00 (pictures at 2:00)
Falconwing Park located at 5610 Rush Haven Dr, The Woodlands. 77380
If you did not previously turn in photo money and form, please have form filled and and payment ready before arrival so that we can get through this quickly.
Woodlands Kicker at Football Showcase
This wasn’t just for kicks
Meya Bizer, a senior place kicker from The Woodlands, has an unorthodox delivery. Thomas B. Shea For the Chronicle
Woodlands kicker is only girl among 500 at football showcase
Hunched down in preparation for her 40-yard-dash attempt, Meya Bizer tried to block the distractions. She knew all eyes were locked on her the moment she lined up to race David Gamez — a hulking lineman nearly twice her size.
The attention was inevitable, considering Bizer was the only female participant at the third annual Greater Houston Senior Football Showcase, a program for overlooked senior football prospects to showcase their skills in front of college recruiters. Read the story on Chron.com
But once the whistle blew, gender disparity went out the window. And Bizer launched from her stance and whizzed past Gamez.
U17 U15 v St Thomas
U17 U15 v St Thomas.
U17 – Kick Off 4:15
U17 Players – Be at TWHS @ 245 for 3pm depart. Coach Tibbs will meet you there, but will be unable to leave at that time. Coach Phil will meet you @ St. Thomas around 4. Make sure to bring everything you need with you to school.
U15 – Kick Off 5:15
U15 Players – Meet at McC @ 4pm for 410 depart. Coach Tibbs will be meeting in the parking lot under the Football Practice fields away from the school. Make sure you bring everything you need for the game with you to school.
St. Thomas High School
4500 Memorial Drive
Houston, Texas 77007 I-45
South to I-10 West Take the Durham/Shepherd exit approx 4 miles on I-10 west Take Durham/South (left) approx 3 miles St. Thomas is on Durham and Feagan on the left before Memorial Dr. (if you go to Memorial, you’ve gone too far) The Field is at the very back of the Campus
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Practice Times and Field Change
Players and Parents,
Despite our very strong efforts, concessions and flexibility beginning last winter to secure adequate practice fields/times for this season at ABSP, we have once again been displaced by Rush soccer. We have a secured contract for our days/times at ABSP, and have unfortunately been cross-booked with Rush soccer at ABSP from 6-8 pm on Tues/Thurs as an honest error by Parks and Recreation. So the end result is that we have had to concede everything at ABSP and Rush has conceded none of the 6-8 pm overlap. I am working night and day to rectify this situation, but the reality is that we catch whatever scraps are left over as has been the case for years. I sincerely hope everyone knows we are committed to this community, and providing rugby to as many youth in our community to rugby who want to experience the greatest sport in the world.
While we are understandably very frustrated (as I am sure you will be), the reality is that we are (to use Coach Phil’s term…) ’second fiddle’ to Rush, and must accommodate whatever Parks tells us to do or we will be without a field completely. So please see the changes below for the respective teams.
Please understand that we have spoken with your respective coaches to ensure their flexibility and VERY much appreciate their willingness to be flexible!! We are all volunteers and have to work our schedules around practices/matches. So I would ask each age group to stop for a moment and appreciate the commitment from your respective coaches and certainly Coach Beck who has spent most of his day either with me dealing with Parks and with your coaches to ensure we have coverage for your players.
I would also like to thank each of you for your understanding as we move through these changes. We do understand each of you has a very busy life, and appreciate your flexibility as we sort the rest of our season. Please do not hesitate to contact me personally with questions/concerns. We will continue to push for some sort of recognition and equality regarding field allocation for community sports field allocation. We were assured this was happening this season, but as the ‘rubber hit the road’ this past week, it has been quite clear that we are far from that.
Regards and thank you again tremendously for your time, dedication and commitment to this great sport and organization.
Donovan Earley
President, Woodlands Youth Rugby
(281) 433-7169
THIS WEEK
U11/U13
Tues/Thurs 730-830 Lakeside Park Small Field
U15
Tues/Thurs 8-930 ABSP Field 1
Ladies
Tues/Thurs 8-930 ABSP Field 1
U17/U19
Tues/Thurs 8-10 ABSP Field 2
NEXT WEEK
U11/U13
Mon/Thurs 6-730 Stonebridge Church
ALL OTHER TEAMS REMAIN THE SAME
Alliance – Saturday Feb. 12, 2011
U17 & U19 Players.
Woodlands Rugby
Meet at TWHS at 7:30AM for 7:45 departure.
The Alliance game will be played at Keller Sports Park 265 Golden Triangle Boulevard, Keller, TX 76248
U17 Kick Off @ 1pm U19 Kick Off @ 2:30pm