Serves on the board of the YPO Coastal San Diego chapter and has served on the Board of Trustees for Francis Parker School and The Friends of Del Mar Parks. After a few years of informal women's invitationals, a formal women's competition was added to the event in 2011. NRL. (select Performing Arts Social Society (P.A.S.S., Inc.)! Mike Kane / The Chronicle CQ LOUIS STANFILL, Cal rugby number 8 Louis Stanfill gets ready in the locker room before taking the field to play UC Davis at Berkeley, CA, on Saturday, January, 27, 2007. photo taken: 1/27/07 The Old Blue Rugby Football Club's initial impact forty four years ago in official Eastern Rugby Union league play proved to be an even more auspicious beginning than that of the championship Columbia College RFC (Est. One could say that that remains true even today with such a great many players and fans who come from Great Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, France, and other rugby playing countries.Living far from home in a frontier city, these British souls attempted to develop some semblance of the game they knew and loved so well. But I think its too early to talk about dynasty, Hickey said. Founded in November 1869, 15 months before the Rugby Football Union (RFU), the story of Oxford Rugby is nearly as old as that of the sport of rugby itself. The Golden Bears came from behind to win 32-17. photo taken: 2/21/07 Stanfill can stand 10. Leo Gadsby went in underneath the posts (conversion from Will Avery) to take it to 22-10. Men DII. Cal learned much from their first experience with an organized rugby club. Before the end of the first half against the St. Mary's reserves, it is 48-0. It also meant that many colleges and universities, in order to comply with Title Nine, began to eliminate minor men's sports programs, which had varsity status. The game jerseys look more like what Jack Nicholson would wear in a romantic comedy. It involves the best sixteen men's and women's clubs (32 clubs total) in the United States. No further treatment necessary. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. It has also meant that women too could play rugby and their participation in the sport has been phenomenal. Last year, the Aztecs won the national championship, and this year they lost to Cal, a frequent national champion, in the regional finals. 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. 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. Teams Senior . There is no styling, no chirping. 2013: Berkeley All Blues 2014: San Diego Surfers 2015: American Rugby Pro Training Center A rugby side is 15 players, but Cal has 50 or 60 parts that are interchangeable. RUGBY UNION. Mike Kane / The Chronicle **Louis Stanfill Best Winning Percentage (Minimum 30 games played): Most Appearances (Overall and Consecutive): Largest margin of victory in a Cup Final: 54, by Old Mission Beach Athletic (54-0; 2002 Club 7s), This page was last edited on 18 January 2023, at 00:30. "He started out as a football player and then realized what a great game rugby was and started playing it." SoCal did the same. Arthur Road 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 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. To the untrained eye, rugby is the most unorganized of sports. An excellent performance for OBs start to the season, as the 2s also had a convincing win at home. "It's a big deal, that's for sure," Stanfill says of the 125th season. This weekend, the OMBAC rugby team is in Albany, N.Y., looking for its first national championship. Watkins also serves as chairman of the U.S.A. Rugby Football Union and is a former president of the Pacific Coast Rugby Football Union. The Rugby heroes returned to the Bay Area without much fanfare. Come join us!! 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). Then the entire team lines up at one end and walks the length of the field, fixing divots in the grass. Reserve players -- who could be starters on most college rugby clubs -- have been setting up the stands and climb-ing the Cyclone fence to hang the 22 National collegiate championship banners, ending with 2004, 2005 and 2006. He started as a feature writer in the People section, which was anchored by Herb Caen's column, and has written about people ever since. Gaining knowledge, meeting new people, finding new passions, building experiencethese are all reasons students join clubs at UC Berkeley. Football has become a television show before a live studio audience. 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 When the match starts, it becomes obvious why football and rugby have drifted apart. There were too many accomplished Rugby players in California, however, to let Rugby get away too far. Prep Rally is devoted to the SoCal high school sports experience, bringing you scores, stories and a behind-the-scenes look at what makes prep sports so popular. 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. Founder & Chairman, Build-to-Order; Co-Founder, Direct Ventures; Founder & Chairman, Advertise.com; Founder & CEO, CarsDirect.com; Founder & CEO, Vision Incorporated; Founder & CEO, Dental Advantage; VP of Marketing, 1-800-DENTIST; 1-800-CAR-SEARCH; Founder & CEO, INFOAccess and AUTOAccess; Airborne Spanish Interrogator, US Army, Cal 1991-93, U.S. Military Academy, Dept. Read our guides to club and sports team management. O'Brien, a former star Cal rugby player, national team member and longtime coach of the Old Blues rugby club, has led the Gaels to numerous national championship tournaments since he began in 2001. The Old Blues have set the standard of excellence for U.S. rugby, one that OMBAC has worked hard to emulate. Six Nations. Amateur rugby club in NYC. In the modern era of rugby, we can look forward to many kinds of national championships, both club and all-star. The US team entered the competition when the French had already defeated Scotland. We are regulated by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement as an Internet gaming operator in accordance with the Casino Control Act N.J.S.A. 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. Other teams have accused the club of recruiting and stealing players. We are proud to field 4 teams that cater to all levels of experience throughout the year: Women's Premier League (WPL), Division 2, Sevens, and High School. By now, the field is in the shade, the temperature is dropping and a cold wind is coming off the bay. OWs continued to press with OBs having to defend a number of penalties from their own try line. It is an awkward up-and-down commute, but nobody complains. 18 00 18.00. Welcome to the website of the Old Blue Rugby Football Club. Berkeley All Blues Rugby is a competitive, member-run team of USA Rugby. The name Alcatraz is derived from the Spanish "Alcatraces." That's what makes it a little bit of a cathedral, like Fenway Park.". With five minutes left, a St. Mary's forward takes a pass and comes straight at Hawley. Games were played in the winter mud in the deserted stadium, and nobody seemed to notice. The California Rugby Advisory Board (CRAB) is comprised of alumni and parents of players who together serve the board in its two-fold mission to preserve the legacy of the oldest intercollegiate sport at the University of California and to take an active role in maintaining the financial well being of the program. Old Breed Rugby; Old Gold; Old Okaloosa Pirates; Panthers; Plattsburgh State; Portland Men; Portland Women; . It isn't a perfect pitch, like Stanford's, where the Final Four will be played in May. 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. In l913, the New Zealand All-Blacks came to the West Coast, completing a successful European tour winning all thirteen of their games. We set goals throughout the year. Shouting. Berkeley All Blues Rugby is a fiscally sponsored project of P.A.S.S. The Americans had won the gold medal. 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. Youth Coach, Administrator, Board Member, Lamorinda Rugby Club; Former Board member and Treasurer, Rugby NorCal; Former Commissioner, Bay Conference, Chief Medical Officer Doctor On Demand and Clinical Assistant Professor (Affiliated), Stanford University Medical Center. Archive Photo 1997 Team Photo 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. The USA Rugby Club 7s National Championship is the top annual American rugby sevens competition organized by USA Rugby. *Played on SoCal Rep. Side but played Collegiate Rugby in Northern California.easy. Colon de Santa Fe. France - Top 14. "Cal rugby meant so much to Rick," Elizabeth Bailey said. All Blues Rugby @AllBluesRugby . On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Because of the surplus of outstanding players, the NorCal RU fielded three teams; 1st, 2nds, and 3rds. Managing Director, Lombard Investments, Inc. When you meet players they will wear out your hand shaking it before, during and after a conversation. Ran on: 02-22-2007 "The locker room we have here, it suits us just fine," Stanfill says. OBs advanced further and sustained their pressure by kicking for the corner and subsequently setting up a superb driving maul from the lineout. "The field is critical to us," says Clark. The Old Blues are too solid a team. We love the hunt! Both sides play home matches in Motspur Park, South West London. The success of the Old Blues is based on 50 years of rugby tradition at Cal and Stanford. The Northern California Rugby Union has had to make many modifications and adjustments in the new era of professional rugby. Blues at Berkeley Social Clubs Dance Clubs Jazz & Blues Downtown Berkeley 6. The quality of athletes playing rugby in Northern California and on the West Coast went into decline when Congress passed Title Nine.