The 2008 Annual General Meeting of Tigers Rugby Football Club will be held at 12 noon on June 21, 2008.  The Alumni Match will kick off at 10:00 am at the Broadlands (Aspen Creek) Park.  The shelter adjacent to the field (on Meadow Mountain Drive – 2nd left south of 144th Ave on Sheridan) will be the site of the Annual General Meeting, unless rain drives us to another location.  At the end of the Annual General Meeting, Tigers Rugby Football Club will present their annual awards and hold elections of officers. 

If you would like to help, or play in the Alumni Match, please come and bring your kit by 9:00 am for set up.  The 2008 Tigers team will wear their new jerseys for the first time (and for seniors, their last).   The alumni match will feature “taggle rules”, grass pitch, and goal posts with 22 meter end zones.  As improvements to our practice pitch mature, could this be a future home venue for other Tigers Rugby matches?

The Agenda for the 2008 Annual General Meeting:

Behavior (Yellow & Red Cards, Suspensions)
Mandatory Referee Seminars
Respect for opponents/referees/ourselves/team
Respect for the game
New Coaches/Coaching Development Program
Pomona Rugby (Head coaches?)
Girls Rugby in CHSAA (fall 2009)
CYR Board Positions
Marketing/YourHub.com
Sponsors Recognition
Financial/Budget/Dues
Bylaws/History
Awards
Nominations/Elections

Congratulations goes to Travis McKee for his go-ahead try in the 2008 Colorado Youth Rugby U-18 All Star match.  Travis took an 8-man pick up to the house, set a maul and touched it down for 5 points.  Travis’ team won the match 37-36.

On Saturday, May 3rd, Tigers Rugby Football Club faced 12th ranked Ft. Collins Youth Rugby in the Colorado Youth Rugby’s State Championship Tournament at Dick’s Sporting Goods Complex.

The Tigers took an early lead on a try by Tony Costello of Pomona High School. The drop kick goal by Charles Martinez made the score 7 to 0.  Fort Collins answered with a penalty goal to put the halftime tally at 7-3.

A spirited and motivated Ft. Collins team, that has only beaten the Tigers once in their history, controlled the second half with a kicking game that confused the Tigers backfield in the swirling wind.  Late in the second half, Fort Collins’ kicking game intensely pressured the injured Tigers fullback to muff the ball at the right goal post. A resultant try, touched down by the well-covered attack of the Fort Collins wing, put the Tigers’ division rival ahead for good. By upsetting the 5th ranked North Division champions and their supporters, Ft. Collins advanced to the Championship bracket. Final score: Fort Collins 10, Tigers Rugby 7.

With the loss, Tigers Rugby failed to qualify for the championship bracket for the fifth year in a row and moved to the Plate Division. Tigers Rugby had an excellent opportunity to return to the finals and avenge their loss to Chaparral last year. Their opponent, the Glendale Raptor’s U-19 team, was just as inspired to play, hoping to avenge the early season loss to the …

The 2006 State Champion, SWARM (Southwest Area Rugby Men),  represented by Columbine, Chatfielld and Mullen HS students, hosted Tigers Rugby Football Club (represented by Holy Family, Pomona, Centaurus and Faith Christian Academy students) on April 28. Playing for a place in Colorado Youth Rugby top five rankings, Tigers Rugby pulled off a 10-5 upset with a great defensive effort and controlling, strategic attack.

Captain Quincy Anderson put the Tigers ahead 3-0 witha 25 meter penalty goal. SWARM fired back, intercepting a center pass and ran it in from 8 meters out to take a 5-3 lead.  Before the end of the half,  Center Joe Mack took it from straight upfield and Tigers Rugby Football Club put themselves in prime position for the “Kong” penalty play.   Markus Harvey ran the tap and go for a try and Quincy Anderson converted the points after kickfor a 10-5 halftime lead.  

The second half was at times undisciplined, but the defensive net that the Tigers cast was sufficient to snuff out the SWARM advances. Though there were a number of opportunities created by Tigers Rugby deep in SWARM territory, the second half was a scoreless affair as SWARM held up the Tigers in goal or stopped their poorly supported (close-in) penalty takes to keep it a nail -biter to the bitter end.Tigers also took the B-side match by a score of 15-5 on tries by Holy Family’s Joe Mack, …