Morris Rugby Newsletter ~ October 2024
Greetings from the Morris Rugby Board of Trustees!
Here’s what has happened recently, is happening now and what will be happening in the future!
We’ve put short highlights at the top, details about those items below it and useful information at the bottom.
Upcoming and recent events
- Referees needed for 7s tournaments on Sundays.
- Referee Training and Education Courses in Philadelphia on Sunday Oct 6 and Nov 2.
- Morris Women’s Rugby Tackle-a-Thon 2024
- Youth Rugby have several things going on. See below
- Munster Rugby Coaches hold a training session with Morris Rugby Youth Teams
- Morris Rugby’s Tess Feury captains USA Rugby Women’s team while visiting Japan.
- Morris Holds the Umptyninth Annual Golf Outing
- Bill Dobbs appointed Director of Coaching.
- Bill Dobbs has been appointed as Morris Rugby Director of Coaching for the tackle programs.
His focus will be on the youth teams initially.The role’s purpose is to support coaches in a mentoring
capacity and cultivate a strong, unified culture that is crucial for sustained success across all teams, not
only on the field but also in creating a supportive and inclusive environment off the field.
Recent Matches
- The Men’s team is 2-1 after defeating Bayonne 31-12 and the New Jersey Exiles 35-20 but coming up on the short end against Union, x-x
- The Women’s team is 2-1. Victory over Village Lions 23-5, loss to Union 39-14 and a win vs Princeton Athletic Club, which was technically a forfeit but the played anyway.
- Morris Masters: The Masters participated in a Rugbypalooza on Long Island on Labor Day Saturday, played in the Atlantic Cup tournament in South Jersey,
hosted the Annual McDevitt Cup match vs the Old Breed and hosted a Rugbypalooza. No one cares what the scores were. More information below.
Upcoming matches
- Oct 5: Women vs Fair Haven/Hudson Valley. Pocono Rd. 11:00 AM
- Oct 5: Men vs Montclair at Montclair.
- Oct 6: U12/14 Boys are playing against NJ/NY at Lansdowne in Yonkers, NY. Other mini tournaments take place later in the fall.
- Oct 12: Women at Long Island
- Oct 13: High School BoysNJ Rugby Fall 7’s tournaments at St Augustine Preparatory School in Richland.
- Oct 19: Men at Bayonne
- Oct 19: Women’s match – opponent and venue TBD
- Oct 19: Morris Masters vs Harrisburg in PA
- Oct 20: Both Girls teams are hosting a home tournament at Pocono Rd, part of the fall 7’s series
- Oct 26: Women’s match – opponent and venue TBD
- Oct 26: Morris Masters visit Bayonne for the final Rugbypalooza of the season
| Referees needed for 7s tournaments on Sundays.Rugby NJ is looking for certified refs to referee at the 2024 Fall 7’s Series. The 7s season is in dire straits. If you are a certified ref….. and are available for any of these dates please let Andrea Matthews know. We can use your help.Teams / Games may need to be dropped if we cannot fill the spots. The Ref Fee for each tournament is $170 |
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| November info:
Below are upcoming USA Rugby Development Courses for Referees and Coaching: Level 1 Referee Nov 2, 2024 Christian Brothers Academy – Lincroft, NJ Level 1 Coaching Nov 2, 2024 Christian Brothers Academy – Lincroft, NJ
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| Morris Women’s Rugby Tackle-A-Thon 2024
Join in the fun by supporting the Morris Women in our Tackle-A-Thon Fundraiser! How it works: – You select a player and pledge an amount for each tackle, try, or kick (you pick!) that the player makes during the game! – During our home game on October 5th 2024, someone will be counting the tackles, tries, and kicks made by each player. You do NOT need to attend the game… but of course, we love having fans! – After the game, we’ll tell you how many tackles/tries/kicks were made by your player, and you’ll send us the amount you pledged. We can take Venmo, Paypal, cash, or check. If you would like to pledge for 2 different categories or for different players, please enter a second form. Don’t have a player to support, but still want to participate? Enter “surprise me” for the player name and we’ll give you a player! Please email emilylaura2213@gmail.com or morriswrfc@gmail.com with any questions or if you would just like to donate to the team |
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Munster Rugby Coaches hold a training session with Morris Rugby Youth Teams Many members of the USA branch of the Munster Rugby Supporter’s Club were also in attendance. |
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| Morris Rugby’s own Tess Feury led the USA Women’s Eagles to a 1-0-1 record vs Japan.
After tying 17-17 on August 11, the Eagles won the second match 11-8 on August 17. Tess was captain for both matches.
Read about it here. |
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Morris Rugby held the Umptyninth Annual Golf Outing.
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Other Stuff
REMINDERS
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