Scores and more - 09/08/10

[Territorial News]

To One and All:

 

     A newsletter two weeks in a row . . . wow.  It's a short week with Labor Day being this past Monday, and as with most of us, I was enjoying the time off.  That being said here we go . . . all the current scores are below . . . enjoy . . .

 

     I'm still working on 'Club Totals', which I changed to 'Club Information' in-between 'Union Information' and 'Club Rugby' in the left-hand index, http://www.midwestrugby.org/midwestclubs.htm.  I changed it from Club Totals because that's not all I'm doing with each page, i.e., you'll notice that a lot of Clubs have their website link with the name of the Club, and I'll be putting at least one contact for each Club under each Club's listing.  I'm attempting to get a better picture of how many Clubs/Teams there are in the Midwest Territory 'cause the CIPP Data Base doesn't include any Club's Team that is playing in more than one Division, and there are many Clubs that have at least one additional Team playing in a different Division.  If you want to help me in that ongoing project please take a look at your page, i.e., LAU or Youth Organization, and send me your website, and/or two Club contacts.  The contacts can have a name, e-mail address, and phone number if the contact is okay with that, or just an e-mail address is fine too.  This will give everyone a place to go to for contact information on every Club in the Midwest, or at least those Clubs that want people, Rugby Enthusiasts, to know who they are and how to get in touch with them.  A Club's Contacts are usually the Club President and the Match Secretary, or the Club Administrator if you have one.

 

     I got a message from Gordon Brown, the creator of Rugby Scorer, which is an Iphone/Ipod Application.  It gives you the ability to keep score, along with other important information, and send that out immediately to anyone you want to send the latest news about the match your attending.  It's a free application . . . to get started go to http://www.rugbyscorer.com.  A number of Midwest Rugby members are already using the system, and the only complaint they have is that you can't edit an error until you send it out, i.e., then you can go back, edit it and send it out again.  So, it's good to also keep a pencil and paper trail also.  If you've got a huge fan base that don't attend the matches, but want the most current news the Rugby Scorer application may be something for you . . . check it out.

 

     Some members of our Midwest Rugby Community have been telling others, spreading a rumor, that I was fired by the Midwest as the Promotional Director . . . that is an outright lie, and any of you that have heard that should call the individual out on it, i.e., I QUIT at the AGM in 2009 . . . the fact that I quit never got in the minutes, and that doesn't shock me, like who would publish the Midwest AGM minutes correctly, with the truth.  It also doesn't surprise me that some people, with small minds and huge egos, are slandering me . . . heck, some people tell others that my website is illegal . . . jeez, what idiots.  Hope that clears a few things up for those that have heard the ludicrous rumors, which I laugh at hysterically.

 

     Once again a huge THANKS goes out to all of you that sent me your results, and that includes a bunch of Referees . . . I had to change the score of one match 3 times 'cause I didn't get the Referee's score until a few days later, which I always rely on for the final say.  Rugby Magazine had a few scores that were incorrect, but they rely on scores sent in by anyone, and so, they don't always have it right.

 

Cheers,

Shawn

 

P.S.  Don't forget to join the Google Group I've set up for the sheer convenience of getting my newsletters out in a timely fashion,
http://groups.google.com/group/MTRNews/about?hl=en. 

 

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Week ending Sunday, September 5th, 2010:

        
MEN:

 

    Division I Conference:

        Eastern League:

            Chicago Griffins - 30 vs. Cincinnati Wolfhounds - 12

                Highwaymen beat the Chicago Griffins 'B' Side

            Indianapolis Impalas -

28 vs. Detroit Tradesmen - 25

        Western League:

            Chicago Lions - 32 vs. Milwaukee Westside Harlequins - 14

            Palmer - 40 vs. Metropolis - 30

                For more information on the Eastern League go to http://www.midwestrugby.org/10mensdivision1easternleague.htm
                For more information on the Western League go to http://www.midwestrugby.org/10mensdivision1westernleague.htm
                For Division I Standings go to http://www.midwestrugby.org/10md1conferencestandings.htm 
 

    Division III:

 

        Western Conference:
           

            Central League:   

                Chicago Blaze - 34 vs. Lincoln Park - 0

                Champaign County Flatlanders - 34 vs. County Will Shamrocks - 32

                Chicago Riot - 102 vs. Chicago Dragons - 0

                Northwest Indiana Exiles - 34 vs. Rockford Ravens - 18

                Peoria - 48 vs. Illiana Misfits - 3

 

                    For more information on the Eastern Conference go to http://www.midwestrugby.org/10md3easternconference.htm

                    For more information on the Western Conference go to http://www.midwestrugby.org/10md3westernconference.htm

                    For Division III Standings go to http://www.midwestrugby.org/10md3conferencestandings.htm

    Division II:

 

        Idle . . .

 

            For information on the Eastern Conference go to http://www.midwestrugby.org/10md2easternconference.htm

            For more information on the Western Conference go to http://www.midwestrugby.org/10md2westernconference.htm

            For Division II Standings go to http://www.midwestrugby.org/10md2conferencestandings.htm

 

    Non-league:

        Pittsburgh DII - 34 vs. Washington Irish - 10

        Pittsburgh DIII - 29 vs. Slippery Rock University - 25

 

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COLLEGIATE MEN:

 

    Non-league:

        Bowling Green State University - 143 vs. State University of New York - Brockport - 0

            Chicago Blaze 'B' - 50 vs. Milwaukee Westside Harlequins 'B' - 5

        University of Notre Dame - 14 vs. Chicago Lions XV - 5

        University of Pittsburgh - 41 vs. Duquesne University - 10

 

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COLLEGIATE WOMEN:

 

    Allegheny League:

        University of Pittsburgh - 127 vs. Juniata College - 10

 

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TOURNAMENTS:

 

    Jesse James (Minnesota):

        Championship Match:

            Eastside Banshees beat the University of Minnesota

 

        Semifinals:

            Eastside Banshees beat the St. Cloud Bottom Feeders

 

        Pool Play:

            Eastside Banshees beat Minot (Minot, North Dakota)

            Eastside Banshees beat North Dakota State University