Mark Davey then crashed over to put the OBs 12-5 up. After clearing their lines, OWs were then on the back foot. You can hear the crack, like one of Stanfill's tackles. The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. He and other members who have been with the club from its early days in the late 1960s--including OMBACs current coach, Bing Dawson, and club president, Pat Boyle--decided around 1980 to work to build OMBAC into a team of national prominence, capable of attracting top talent. Joining the club this season were Sam Vaca, a national team player who previously played with the San Francisco Rugby Club, and Rick Crivellone, an Eagle who came from Portland, Ore. We have become a rugby oasis in the middle of a wasteland, Watkins said. The name "Pelicans" was selected because the bird was indigenous to the San Francisco Bay Area. 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. Twenty-two years later in Hong Kong, as I witnessed the closing moments of the British Empire, a Royal Guards band struck up the perfect hymn: "The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended." Fifty thousand people assembled in Antwerp Stadium to savor the certain American defeat. Tweets. 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. 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"The locker room we have here, it suits us just fine," Stanfill says. Eagles Brian Vizzard, from Michigan State, and Kevin Higgins, from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, came to OMBAC last season. An easy way to follow the action is to get a fix on the dominating Stanfill, who is 6 feet 4 inches and 245 pounds, and the dashing Hawley, 6-foot-3 inches and 189 pounds, and stay with them. Individuals can donate on PayPal or shop online at Amazon Smile (select Performing Arts Social Society (P.A.S.S., Inc.)! In all, an eight-hour day to play an 80-minute game. OWs continued to press with OBs having to defend a number of penalties from their own try line. Cal learned much from their first experience with an organized rugby club. "Show support" is all he has to say, and stiff muscles ease onto cold aluminum benches, including Hawley with a possible concussion. In the modern era of rugby, we can look forward to many kinds of national championships, both club and all-star. Organization also breeds success off the field. Once the big ball gets buried in a pile of bodies, it can be as hard to find as the puck at an ice hockey game. Mike Kane / The Chronicle **. When you meet players they will wear out your hand shaking it before, during and after a conversation. The Americans ran out on the field amid a deafening cacophony of jeers. Cal rugby goes out of its way to fight against stereotype. The loss of varsity status for men's rugby on many of the campuses meant the loss of scholarship football players who easily adapted to the physical challenges of rugby. Stanfill can stand 10. The OBRFC appeared in four USA Rugby Men's XV Finals in seven USA Final Four appearances, and qualified for the men's club D-I national playoffs every year from their inception in 1979 until 2001, during which time D-I play was the highest level of men's rugby in America. Co-Founder & Board Member, BrightHouse, Inc.; Co-Founder, Pricelock; Founder & CEO, TrueCar, Inc. The culmination of that work occurred April 17, when OMBAC beat the defending national champion, Old Blues of Berkeley, coming back from a 16-3 deficit to score 25 unanswered points for a 28-16 victory. View all the teams at Gloucester All Blues Rugby. The author believes that one thing is absolute however, and that is that University of California ' Berkeley will continue to set standard and raise the bar in Collegiate Rugby for many years to come. Berkeley All Blues Rugby is a fiscally sponsored project of P.A.S.S. But in addition to providing an in-place organizational structure and a strong fund-raising base, the club also serves as a social network. It's kooky, diverse and artsy. Home; Products; collections; Menu. "St. Mary's is out there waiting to ambush you right now.". California high schools, colleges and universities returned to American-style football after the 1914 season. 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 We have territorial competitions for both men and women. By the time the US Rugby team arrived in Europe, Czechoslovakia and Romania had withdrawn from competition, and France, having won the European championship, was reluctant to play such a rag tag group of inexperienced Californians. STL Blues: Team Total Goals - 1st Period. SoCal did the same. The Berkeley All Blues Women's Rugby Club is accepting applicants for a wide array of staff positions! All Blues Rugby's Tweets. Since there was no clear-cut winner in this melee, the football was sliced up and shared by the two classes. The Rugby heroes returned to the Bay Area without much fanfare. Inc., a 501c(3) non-profit organization. Mike Kane / The Chronicle CQ LOUIS STANFILL, Cal rugby number 8 Louis Stanfill and teammates congratulate the University of British Columbia from Vancouver Canada after their match in Berkeley, CA, on Wednesday, February, 21, 2007. This is an advantage in a weekend tournament, such as the final four, which tests a team's depth. France - Top 14. Women WPL & WDII. From the stands you can see his tackles, and an instant later you can hear them, like thunder. OMBAC should be given credit for going out and building a strong team, Hickey said. Colors, name, and logo were selected by Dan Hickey, Manager of the NCRFU All-Star team and later, NCRFU & PCRFU President. Welcome to the Christ's Hospital Old Blues' Association (CHOBA) Your relationship with Christ's Hospital continues long after you finish studying with us and CHOBA is here to help you keep in touch with the ever growing network of Old Blues across the globe. Fifty-one players saw action and not one was a ringer from Cal's co-championship football team. The Old Blues have recently invested heavily in new playing and social facilities, with a balcony overlooking the pitches completed in 2022. The game was never in doubt as the US again won the Gold Medal by a score of 17 - 3. 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. It started back in high school in the Sacramento Valley, where Stanfill was a senior football stud and Hawley a scrawny sophomore. Ran on: 02-22-2007 Proof came. Mike Kane / The Chronicle **Tom Rooke, University of California Golden Bears rugby team await their coach before taking the field to play St. Mary's at Witting Rugby Field in Berkeley on Saturday, January, 13, 2007. photo taken: 1/13/07 Previously held Sales & Marketing, community start-up, and Vice President roles before becoming Managing Partner of Continuing Life in 2013. This makes the Club one of the oldest clubs in the World. Cal lost to the Phoenix club 7 - 4. President Theodore Roosevelt threatened to outlaw it by presidential fiat unless the national rules committee made changes that satisfied the Eastern schools. Midway through the second half, Cal's 48th consecutive victory against a U.S. college is at hand (now 58 games over three years) but they are still hitting the St. Mary's guys as hard as they will hit anybody all season. They defeated Romania 37 - 0. The Old Blues Rugby Club competes in the first division of the Northern California Men DII & DIII. 4 talking about this. On a good team, the large forwards fight for field position and possession of the ball. The Old Blues are too solid a team. 400-408 Gilman St. Berkeley, CA 94710 An excellent performance for OBs start to the season, as the 2s also had a convincing win at home. The USA Rugby Club 7s National Championship is the top annual American rugby sevens competition organized by USA Rugby. San Diego State has become better. After Kemtovic retired from coaching in 1972, Stanford Rugby took a nosedive and has been struggling as a club sport ever since. Blues at Berkeley Social Clubs Dance Clubs Jazz & Blues Downtown Berkeley 6. He lives in San Francisco and walks three miles a day on the steep city streets. No further treatment necessary. . The rugby dressing room sits right on the fault line and is where they stick the visiting team for football games, to get them rattled. We welcome new players looking to join one of the premier rugby clubs in the United States. OBs shape continued to look good in the second half with Charlie Kowzun marshalling the backs and James Peacock leading the forwards. Every February, the club sponsors the OMBAC rugby tournament, which is a fund-raiser for the rugby team. THE LONG, BLUE LINE / One hundred and twenty-five years of the purest of all college sports, rugby at Cal, RUGBYMAG_461_MBK.JPG Colin Hawley, a sophemore at UC Berkeley from Trowbridge, CA, makes a toss during a match against St. Mary's at Witter Rugby Field on campus in Berkeley, CA, on Saturday, January, 13, 2007. photo taken: 1/13/07 Mike Kane / The Chronicle ** Colin Hawley MANDATORY CREDIT FOR PHOTOG AND SF CHRONICLE/NO SALES-MAGS OUT, RUGBYMAGxx_4335_MBK.JPG Louis Stanfill racks a clean from the hang position at the athletic facility in Berkeley, CA, on Tuesday, January, 23, 2007. photo taken: 1/23/07 Mike Kane / The Chronicle ** Louis Stanfill MANDATORY CREDIT FOR PHOTOG AND SF CHRONICLE/NO SALES-MAGS OUT, RUGBYMAGXX_3692_MBK.JPG Lou Stanfill, right, shows some post-game affection to James Keady, in yellow, a senior from Santa Clara, at a fraternity on campus after Cal Rugby shut out UC Davis in Berkeley, CA, on Saturday, January, 27, 2007. photo taken: 1/27/07 Mike Kane / The Chronicle MANDATORY CREDIT FOR PHOTOG AND SF CHRONICLE/NO SALES-MAGS OUT, RUGBYMAGXX_3808_MBK.JPG Loren Hawley, rugby legend and Cal Alumni, congratulates his son Colin, a sophomore from Trowbridge, CA, immediately following Cal's shut out versus UC Davis at Berkeley, CA, on Saturday, January, 27, 2007. photo taken: 1/27/07 Mike Kane / The Chronicle ** Colin Hawley MANDATORY CREDIT FOR PHOTOG AND SF CHRONICLE/NO SALES-MAGS OUT, RUGBYMAGXX_3419_MBK.JPG Lucas Watson, freshman, Walnut Creek, CA, is taken down by UC Davis at Berkeley, CA, during Saturday's match January, 27, 2007. photo taken: 1/27/07 Mike Kane / The Chronicle ** Lucas Watson MANDATORY CREDIT FOR PHOTOG AND SF CHRONICLE/NO SALES-MAGS OUT, RUGBYMAGXX_3787_MBK.JPG Louis Stanfill stretches for control during a line-in as Cal makes its way to a shut out versus UC Davis at Berkeley, CA, on Saturday, January, 27, 2007. photo taken: 1/27/07 Mike Kane / The Chronicle ** Louis Stanfill MANDATORY CREDIT FOR PHOTOG AND SF CHRONICLE/NO SALES-MAGS OUT, The Cal rugby squad stands for the national anthem before playing UC Davis at Berkeley, CA, on Saturday, January, 27, 2007. photo taken: 1/27/07 Arthur Road 1961) sides from which it sprang. Money for rugby programs was cut off and so were all the other things scholarship footballers received such as medical care, trainers, food tables, etc. One day, Stanfill got a call from Hawley's father, asking him to help turn his kid into a Cal rugby player. During the l970s, 80s, and early 90s, the Northern California Rugby Union teams won nearly all of the national club and collegiate championships sponsored by the USA Rugby Union. We set goals throughout the year. *Played on SoCal Rep. Side but played Collegiate Rugby in Northern California.easy. Still woozy, he gets up and walks among the Cal parents, looking for his dad. Old Blues Rugby Club | Founded 1873 Excellent Title Chasing Rugby + Superb Social based in Motspur. Go to cart; Home; Team Stores ; Open a Store; Exit to Ruggers.com; . The Golden Bears sit quietly on hard wood, but if you pull Lou Stanfill and Colin Hawley off this long, blue bench, they tell the story of the long, blue line that is college rugby at Cal. Club Tie. The first match was played in November 1873 against the Christ's Hospital 1st XV, on a field in Palmer's Green. The All Blues strive to provide fellowship, coaching, and peer mentoring to attain the highest levels of personal and team play. 7s World Series. But it doesn't mean there are scholarships. That part sounds familiar. Old Blues Rugby Club | Founded 1873 Excellent Title Chasing Rugby + Superb Social based in Motspur. 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. Still skinny, Hawley is a finesse player, a dancer and a twister when he has the ball. 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. A Cal football recruit would never set foot in here. Monterey/Pebble Beach Rugby Classic records, 1958-1995 Physical description 8.25 linear ft. At the library Special Collections Today's hours: 10a - 4:30p On-site access Researchers can request to view these materials in the Special Collections Reading Room. In a primitive locker room in Memorial Stadium, Cal waits to host St. Mary's in the primitive sport of rugby. Inc., a 501c(3) non-profit organization. of Product Management, Mirapoint; WW Product Marketing Manager, Hewett-Packard, Cal B, Political Economy 1990, Northwestern MBA 1996. The Golden Bears came from behind to win 32-17. photo taken: 2/21/07 The Old Blues provided the model for success. Final score OB 29-15 OW. The game jerseys look more like what Jack Nicholson would wear in a romantic comedy. Old Blues RFC | New Coaching Team 2020 Thu 29 Oct 2020 21:04 OLD BLUES 1st XV GIVE IT SOME WELLY FOR OPENING WIN Sun 11 Aug 2019 11:37 Saturday 22nd September Old Blues 29 - 15 Old Wellingtonians The start to the 2018/19 season saw the 1st XV and 2nd XV running out at Fortress Motspur; the weather being a familiar view 1 2 Match Reports There is the ice bath a third of the way around the stadium in the training room. That infrastructure is a support system that gives us the ability to do a lot of things., Said Boyle: Its a situation thats very different than most amateur athletics.. Berkeley All Blues Rugby is a competitive, member-run team of USA Rugby. Please enter your page detail here. We dont go to teams and recruit players. Men DIII & Women DII. Sevens Rugby 1883-1976 The first seven-a-side rugby tournament was held in Melrose, Scotland on April 28, 1883. Meet Our Teams SUPPORT US Donations 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. Cal lost to the Phoenix club 7 - 4. This weekend, the OMBAC rugby team is in Albany, N.Y., looking for its first national championship. Chaos. A favorite was "Jonestown," a lyrical update of Petula Clark's "Downtown.". The US team entered the competition when the French had already defeated Scotland. The USA Rugby Club 7s National Championship is the top annual American rugby sevens competition organized by USA Rugby. The men's varsity basketball team, for instance, was represented by just one player, the one carrying the sign. OBs took advantage of a loose ball and Mark Davey collected his second try of the day, conversion from Will Avery. Coach Clark's pregame pep talk notwithstanding, Cal is slow to embrace the concept of being "absolutely f -- miserable today." Request materials at least 2 business days in advance. "They really love each other," Hawley Jr. says. "An honor to be a part of such a legacy.". Old Breed Rugby; Old Gold; Old Okaloosa Pirates; Panthers; Plattsburgh State; Portland Men; Portland Women; . There is a lot of history preceding the formal organization of the Northern California Rugby Union that merits mentioning as a preface. They compiled a 3-9-2 record playing the top provincial teams in New Zealand. Hella Fitzgerald 25 Musicians Jazz & Blues Performing Arts $$Oakland "Hella Fitzgerald delivered. He was a member of the Old Blues Rugby Club of Berkeley and helped the team to seven national club championships from 1979-87. The skeptical committee replied, "due to the fact that California is the only state playing Rugby in the US, the Committee will give sanction but no financial aid." See how we. Archive Photo 1997 Team Photo The British, hosting the American team, gave them little hope. 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.