I hope this email finds you well.

Last weekend in Columbia, South Carolina the Tampa Krewe won both games in the Sweet 16 and now have advanced to the National Final 4 June 5th and 6th in Glendale, Colorado. This is an amazing experience and we are humbled by the honor to represent the South and Florida in the last round of the National Tournament.

With this being said it is quite an undertaking. Now we need to find a way to get 28 players and the training and coaching staffs to Colorado. We have been playing and training since August and this is the third long trip that we have made in the playoffs, the first two were to South Carolina, only 3 weeks apart.

I know the economy is tough right now but I am reaching out to you to see if you can help. We are doing are best to finance this, but we need our rugby family now more than ever! No amount is too small and you have no idea how much we will appreciate this! If you are able to help there are a couple of ways to do this:

Option 1:
Use our PayPal account… go to: www.krewerugby.com and click the donate button in the lower right corner of the front page
Option2:
Contact me either by email: gootwin@hotmail.com or by phone at 813-841-4913 and we can make arrangements

Rugby is the greatest sport in the world, the closeness, the camaraderie that we share is absolutely unparalleled and we will do our best to bring the trophy home!!!

Thank you,
Michael “Goodie” Goodwin
Krewe Rugby
813-841-4913

Date: Saturday,  June 5, 2010

Time: 9am to 5pm

Cost: Course Fee $50

The Florida Rugby Referees Association (FRRA) will offer the Level 1 Officiating Course which is the basic refereeing course.  There are no prerequisites for attending this course and it is the sole training vehicle for the education of entry level referees as certified USA Rugby referees.  The Level One Course covers the referee’s priorities, provides an introduction to the Laws, and examines scrums, ruck/mauls, tackles, lineout’s, offside, and advantage with focus on the critical parts and how to referee them.  When a student has completed this course, and the accompanying test which will be administered on the day, they are ready to begin refereeing safely.  Students that do not pass will be given opportunities to retest onsite.  The objective is to ensure Law knowledge and to assure that the understanding of the course material has been met.

However, this is just the first step in a referee’s education, but it is the necessary beginning.  The course by itself is useful for coaches and players, in addition to the primary goal of starting people as referees. Students who pass the examination and then become active referees will be reimbursed the Course Fee by Florida Rugby Union (FRU) after they have refereed a minimum of five matches.

Individuals who are registered with USA Rugby (CIPP’ed), may register and pay online by going to the site www.usarugby.org click Enter Site, Referees, Register for a Referee Training Course [go to the date and site you wish to register for].  If you are not currently a USA Rugby member, you will be offered a chance to register.  Please send the course educator an email that you have registered online.  All others may register on site.

PLEASE REGISTER EARLY to assure the proper amount of course material is available!  Walk-ins are welcome.

LOCATION: UCF Campus, Orlando, building # 88 which is the UCF Recreation and Wellness Center, Room # 206, located near the rugby fields.

Contact Gerry FitzGerald (Course Educator) rugbyreffl@aol.com to register.

A very special Thank you goes out to Becky Rodriguez for her passion and stamina and making this team what it is today.

It was awesome that Becky was present at the event cheering on her team — SO PROUD!!

The Olde Boys, The Hall of Fame and the General Membership are extremely proud today. Our Club is a National Champion. This is BIG!!! We applaud you and look forward to continue in our winning ways!

Thanks to all that helped pull off another great fund raising effort at the Seminole Soccer Complex – Job Well Done!!!! We made some money and finally we are THE CHAMPIONS!!!!

It was awesome drinking out of that cup last night — SPECIAL, SPECIAL Time in the history of ORLANDO RFC!

Sincerely

Brendan O’ Mahony
President
Orlando RFC

November 8th – 11:00am – Providence
November 8th – 3:00pm
November 9th

NOTE: This Thursday all teams will be practicing at the Seminole Soccer Complex!

Before the end of this year we have four games as part of our D2 schedule : Nov 15 – Krewe (Home); Nov 29 – Brevard (Away); Dec 6 – Daytona (Away) and Dec 13 – Gainesville (Home). Please diarize these dates. We are looking to reserve Thunder Field for the two home games.

We begin 2009 with two games in January – 10th – Jacksonville (Home) and 17th – Pelicans (Away)

The full D2 schedule will be posted to the website shortly.

ALL GAMES WILL BE CANCELLED AND FORFEITS ISSUED TO TEAMS FAILING TO HAVE THEIR CLUB REGISTERED AND HAVE THE PROPER NUMBER OF CIPP’d PLAYERS APPEARING ON THE USA RUGBY WEBSITE.

Please be sure at least 18 players are CIPP’d FOR EACH SIDE ENTERED IN THE FLORIDA CUP COMPETITION. (Example: Orlando needs to show a minimum of 36 players CIPP’d on the USA Rugby Website because they have 2 teams entered in the Cup.)

Also please be aware that proper rosters must be furnished to opposing captains prior to the game and if ID’s (identification) is asked for, proper ID is required or that player may not participate in the game.

I will advise Gerry Fitzgerald to check the USA Rugby Website 10:00 PM Friday September 12, 2008 and any game scheduled in the Florida Cup with a team not registered and without proper player count will be cancelled, a forfeit issued to the offending team(s) and proper fines levied against the club.

There is plenty of time to take care of business and get your club up to date with USA Rugby as well as the FRU.

Please also be aware that there may be liability issues with non-CIPP’d players and clubs. Each officer in fact may be liable should some mishap occur during a sanctioned event.

Questions? Please call me at 305-793-4477 anytime.

Franklyn Williams
VP Operations, FRU

- Nicole Belkin – Orlando (FRU)
- Tiffany Cunin – Orlando (FRU)
- Casey Fields – Orlando (FRU)
- Carmel Glynn – University of Florida (FRU)
- Crystal Phillips – Miami (FRU)

A total of six lady ruggers were invited to the pool.  The five Florida players chosen represented FRU on the SOUTH team at the National All-Star Championships in June 2008, participated in the SOUTH vs. MARFU match hosted in Raleigh prior to NASC, and attended camps hosted in December and March.

Excellent job ladies … stay committed… and good luck!!!

Teena Maestrangelo
Christy Ringgenberg
Ellie Karvoski
Jen Starkey
Tyshawn Henry
Jessica Watkins
Phaidra Knight
Jo Anne Ward
Melissa Mckibben
Stacy Bennett
Ines Rodriguez
Lindsey Stephenson

Congratulations to Lindsey Stephenson for her selection! Good luck Lindsey!