Place:
Embassy Suites Downtown
Time:
Friday, June 6, 2008
Cocktails - 6:30 pm
Dinner - 7:30 pm
Cost:
$40 for Paid Club Members or $80 a couple
$50 All Others or $100 a couple
2008 Hall-of-Fame Inductee:
Mike Leonard
Archive for the 'Men' Category
WOW!! What a great year for our two ORFC men’s teams.
For the first time in our proud history our DII squad won the Florida Cup for the 2nd year in a row. Under the leadership of Capt Drew Percival and Coach Grant McLean the DII squad continued their winning ways finishing 2nd in the state and securing a berth in the USA South Rugby Playoff’s. Unfortunately, they were unable to continue in their winning pattern and lost in the South Play offs, away to Charleston SC.
CONGRATULATIONS & WELL DONE!!
The DIII Team had a fantastic spring season also, finishing in 1st place in the Florida DIII League. This accomplishment secured a Home Field Advantage USA South game versus Hilton Head. Under the consistent leadership of Capt Silas Sanderson and the brilliant defense of Jason Pratile they went on to win in fine fashion. This victory sent our young and promising side to Jacksonville to play in a USA South Semi Final Game against Montgomery. Unfortunately they came up short and lost to the eventual champions of the South.
On behalf of the Orlando Exec Committee and the Orlando OLDE Boys I congratulate both Teams and all the Players, Coaches, Team Managers and Fans that traveled and helped throughout the year.
Well done to all!! Let’s do it again next year and hopefully get one step further in both divisions.
Sincerely
Brendan O’ Mahony
President ORFC
Those that are interested in playing 7’s competitively this summer, there is a core group that will be meeting on Tuesday and Thursdays at 7:30 pm for practice. Our plan is to play in a number of tournaments and travel to the Qualifier tournament in Greenville on July 12th. Please come to practice beginning this Thursday May 1st at Cady Way Park. We will be able to provide you with more information in regards to schedule of tournaments and dues for the season.
Now, if you are not interested in playing competitively and just want to continue fitness training, the first part of practice will be fitness drills. Then the groups will be able to separate and those that would like to just play touch can do so.
Hope to see all out Thursday if you are interested.
Great spring season Div II and Div III.
All Div III players will be meeting at 7:30 AM at Spatz to travel up to Jacksonville for the South Championships Saturday, April 26, 2008. We will be playing at 12pm against Montgomery.
We need all players that will be playing for Div III that are eligible to be at training on Thursday and next week. We have three practices to go before the finals next Saturday, April 26. Also we need other guys too from Div II to come and help us out with drills and at the same time keep up the fitness to get ready for 7s!
South Finals on April 26 & 27 in Jacksonville, FL.
The D3 team will play Montgomery in the first Semi-Final at 12pm on Saturday. Note that there is no losers game on Sunday for D3, just the
Championship. So if we win on Saturday, we will play the final on Sunday at 10am. If we lose, the season is over.
Hotel Info
We secured a block of rooms at the hotel below. The rate is $89/doubles and $79/kings. This hotel was picked because it’s pretty much central to the city. It is 15 mi from Davis Park, 8 mi. from the beach, and has lots of restaurants, banks, and grocery stores within walking distance.
When booking your rooms ask for the group block for Jacksonville Rugby.
Hampton Inn Jacksonville/9A & Baymeadows
8127 Point Meadows Drive
Jacksonville, FL 32256
904-363-7150 Property Phone
904-363-7151 Property Fax
Below are a couple other hotel choices within the same area, however we do not have a special rate with them.
Marriott Courtyard Jacksonville Mayo Clinic/Beaches
14390 Mayo Blvd.
Jacksonville, Florida 32224
Phone: 1-904-223-1700
Hilton Garden Inn Jacksonville JTB/Deerwood Park
9745 Gate Parkway North, Jacksonville, Florida, USA 32246
Phone: 1-904-997-6600
Pitch
The games will be played at Davis Park. For those bringing families the facility also has a children’s playground and a dog park for pets. Concessions will be available. Below is the address to the park to mapquest directions:
Davis Park
2455 Palm Valley Rd.
Ponte Vedra, Florida 32082
Game Schedule
Saturday 12PM: D3, Montgomery vs. Orlando
D2, Jacksonville vs. Augusta
Saturday 2PM: D3, Triad vs. Huntsville
D2, New Orleans vs. Charleston
Sunday 10AM: D3, Winner vs. Winner for South #1 seed
D2, Loser vs. Loser for South #3 seed
Sunday 12PM: D2, Winner vs. Winner for South #1, #2 seed
Directions
Below are directions to the hotel and Davis Park. The directions are general so just start from I-95 S and use the directions after that. If you’re coming from I-10 E that will run into I-95 and then head south.
