Portland Rugby Club's 40th Spring Season will get under way this Saturday evening, at 7:00pm on Memorial Field (Deering High School). The visitors will be newly promoted Middlesex RFC. There will be two games, so bring your kit and you can enjoy some rugby into the wee small hours.
Directions below:
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Indoor Training
If the lack of sunlight and sub-zero temperatures has you falling helplessly into a spiral of depression, don't lose hope. Help is at hand.
All you lack is endorphins. As nothing more than a walking, talking meat-sack, your delicate chemical balance has been upset by your Winter torpor. While you might think you what you feel is emotion, it is nothing more than the release and reception of tiny amounts of stimulants and tranquilizers deep within your reptile mind.
And so, the answer to your problem has less to do with therapy, and more to do with returning to your hunter-gathering ways (at least in a modern day sense).
So, in the absence of a Wooly Mammoth, the next best thing is to get you some rugby, in whatever shape you can. Fortunately the Club has anticipated your chemical dependancy, and arranged for training to begin this week and stave of those homicidal thoughts.
Your cure can be found on Tuesday and Thursday nights, from 7 to 9 pm at the Saco Fitness Center (formerly Southern Maine Sportszone, formerly Howard Sports). Bring sneakers, bring water and $5 to help defray the costs.
Map below.
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All you lack is endorphins. As nothing more than a walking, talking meat-sack, your delicate chemical balance has been upset by your Winter torpor. While you might think you what you feel is emotion, it is nothing more than the release and reception of tiny amounts of stimulants and tranquilizers deep within your reptile mind.
And so, the answer to your problem has less to do with therapy, and more to do with returning to your hunter-gathering ways (at least in a modern day sense).
So, in the absence of a Wooly Mammoth, the next best thing is to get you some rugby, in whatever shape you can. Fortunately the Club has anticipated your chemical dependancy, and arranged for training to begin this week and stave of those homicidal thoughts.
Your cure can be found on Tuesday and Thursday nights, from 7 to 9 pm at the Saco Fitness Center (formerly Southern Maine Sportszone, formerly Howard Sports). Bring sneakers, bring water and $5 to help defray the costs.
Map below.
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Thursday, December 04, 2008
New Officers for 2009
The AGM has done its work, and coughed up a new(ish) batch of officers to steer the club on its unwavering course for the next 12 months. We've got something old, something new...well, mostly something old. But that just means more wisdom, right?
So here they are:
President - Jerry Alves
Treasurer - Ryan Facey
Secretary - Tom Lovering
Fixtures - Derik Hammond
Captain - Steve Stewart
Vice Captain - Alan Gibbon
Selectors - Scott Derrig, Jeff Keating
Recruitment - Fraser Boyd
Social Chair - Jason Henry
Fundraising - Dan, Calvin and Josh
So there you have it. With a team like that, what could possibly go wrong?
That was a rhetorical question.
So here they are:
President - Jerry Alves
Treasurer - Ryan Facey
Secretary - Tom Lovering
Fixtures - Derik Hammond
Captain - Steve Stewart
Vice Captain - Alan Gibbon
Selectors - Scott Derrig, Jeff Keating
Recruitment - Fraser Boyd
Social Chair - Jason Henry
Fundraising - Dan, Calvin and Josh
So there you have it. With a team like that, what could possibly go wrong?
That was a rhetorical question.
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
The Banquet Is Upon Us
Rounding out the year like a well place exclamation point, the Annual Banquet has been scheduled for Saturday, November 22nd, at the Eagles Club in Portland.
Unlike last years premature gathering, this year's event has been scheduled at a more traditional hour, beginning at 6, and running through until 10. At which time you'll be free to continue the revelry as you see fit.
I've been informed that, uncharacteristically, some of you are clamoring for a PayPal button so you can pay in advance. Well, I'm game for a laugh, so, I've dusted off last year's untouched button and am prepared to give you the benefit of the doubt.
$25 per head gets you a hot meal (that's a $5 reduction over last year - who says the economy is in rough shape?). I think you're on your own for booze, although there will be a cash bar.
See you there.
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Unlike last years premature gathering, this year's event has been scheduled at a more traditional hour, beginning at 6, and running through until 10. At which time you'll be free to continue the revelry as you see fit.
I've been informed that, uncharacteristically, some of you are clamoring for a PayPal button so you can pay in advance. Well, I'm game for a laugh, so, I've dusted off last year's untouched button and am prepared to give you the benefit of the doubt.
$25 per head gets you a hot meal (that's a $5 reduction over last year - who says the economy is in rough shape?). I think you're on your own for booze, although there will be a cash bar.
See you there.
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Monday, August 11, 2008
Amoskeag Warm Up Added
Well, the headline pretty much says it all. The first warm up game has been added to the schedule for August 23rd, away at Amoskeag. You probably could have figured that out from looking at the schedule over on the right, but it never hurts to beat you over the head with this kind of information.
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
Fall training begins to take shape...
For those of you who have been so far avoiding our Thursday night run-arounds because Tuesday is the only day you're allowed out of the house, mark down August 19th as the official start of Fall training for you.
Having said that though, Thursday seem destined to pick up in their intensity from now on, if the rumblings from the coach's corner are anything to be believed.
But anyway, I digress. The normal Tuesday and Thursday 6-8 p.m. schedule that you're used to will start up in earnest on the 19th, with a couple of warm up games lining up between then and the start of the league season. The only potential fly in the ointment at this point is the venue, because although Fox Street is intended as our firm Fall home, Maine Special Olympics has the field booked on the 19th and the 26th.
While there are those that might say you'd have a hard time distinguishing our training sessions from an event at the Maine Special Olympic, when they start handing you a medal for coming last, then you'll know you're at the wrong place.
So stay tuned for the ultimate location, but start polishing your boots in anticipation of the 19th. Of course if you want to make an earlier start, join us any regular Thursday night at Fox Street for a decent workout.
Having said that though, Thursday seem destined to pick up in their intensity from now on, if the rumblings from the coach's corner are anything to be believed.
But anyway, I digress. The normal Tuesday and Thursday 6-8 p.m. schedule that you're used to will start up in earnest on the 19th, with a couple of warm up games lining up between then and the start of the league season. The only potential fly in the ointment at this point is the venue, because although Fox Street is intended as our firm Fall home, Maine Special Olympics has the field booked on the 19th and the 26th.
While there are those that might say you'd have a hard time distinguishing our training sessions from an event at the Maine Special Olympic, when they start handing you a medal for coming last, then you'll know you're at the wrong place.
So stay tuned for the ultimate location, but start polishing your boots in anticipation of the 19th. Of course if you want to make an earlier start, join us any regular Thursday night at Fox Street for a decent workout.
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