LIVE TOUGH, LIVE HARD, LIVE RUGBY!!!
Welcome to the home of the Black and Blue,
the Fort Wayne Rugby Football Club.

Everyone needs to go to USA Rugby's website and get CIPP'ed!!!  It is a requirement to play with the club.

The website address is https://membership.usarugby.org/

The Fall 2008 match and practice schedules are now posted!

 AGM: EVERYONE MUST ATTEND!!! We thought we'd try something different this year; we're going to hold the AGM at 7 p.m. on Monday, November 19th at the Fox and Hound. This decision was made to hopefully get more of you to attend without killing half of your weekend! We will stick to a strict 2 hour time limit, finish up and have a few brews and catch the MNF game. Please make every effort to attend, we will discuss the future of Fort Wayne Rugby and elect (or re-elect) your officers. BE THERE!!!!

Winter Tournament: The Dome is holding the First Annual Indoor 7's at the Dome this year on December 1st and hopefully 2nd (depending on participation). This will be a full field 7's tourney inside the Dome. Keep your eye on the website for more details as they become available.

Fort Wayne RFC, Congratulations on the season boys! We all had a taste of what hard work and a commitment to the team can do for us in a short period of time. Our tough spring schedule gave us a hint of the level we'd need to play at in the fall, and we rose to the occasion. That being said, we all have a lot of work to do this off-season to keep Fort Wayne Rugby rolling in the right direction. This off-season, we need to continue on the path that your VP Chuck Geyer started last off-season, that being a rigorous conditioning program. Watch for an e-mail and the website to for when we will begin off-season training.

As for the Dome, I am in the process of working with them about putting up a set of new posts, but we'll need help paying for them. Anyone interested in donating to the "post fund", please let me know ASAP. We will also be collecting funds at the AGM and Leather Ball.

Again, great job this season, and I look forward to next year where we can continue to grow and come together as a team.

Cheers,

Jeremy Steele President, Fort Wayne RFC

FWRFC, Gentlemen,a few closing comments on this season. First Congrats ,a lot of hard work and commitment went into this fall, practice, conditioning ,traveling and all the extra stuff that needs to happen happened. Playoffs , new players, a new attitude...

As your Coach: we are a smarter playing team, less penalties, less sin bins, cleaner play but more physical. A lot of players played different positions and adapted well. We know what to do with the ball and how to retain possession. We are better at where to be in loose play. The best thing is we are better teammates, no more in fighting, no arguing on or off field. A "Club" this is what I am most proud of.

What we need to improve on, #1 Improve ourselves, can you be faster, can you be stronger, better passer, better kicker. If possible do it. # 2 Set pieces it might help if you make it to Thursday practices so we have the positions in place. This takes repetition, We have improved, but we can get a lot better. # 3 Communication , Talk on the field to your team players. #4 Retain possession, into contact, before contact, and after contact. ( we were much better, I don't think Chuck led the league in first downs this year. good job Chuck. and Puckie didn't swallow the ball every time, Improving our eating habits are a must.)

I'll help in spring as much as I can. Remember the buddy system on attacking and defending. and remember its a team of fifteen, not fifteen on a team. The number on your back is for the referee to write down when you have sinned, and the chicks to tell the police the next day,

Administrators, Get organized, feed assignments to the club. Like a Telephone List, a new and improved E-Mail list, Check to get Cipps, Game balls, tees, Med kit. If we are going to play at the Dome we need Goal Posts and those ditches have to get at least cleared of brush, how about a bridge so we don't have to walk a mile to take a dump. we can't afford the balls. Every one will help just ask.

As an old boy and a "Black and Blue" I see a good future for the club. Tradition is important, almost forty years. So let's make some improvements. Singing you guys suck. Fundraising and sponsors it costs money to be great. Three Rivers, what will keep this a great summer venue, One day? Two day. How many teams, can teams bring a high school side. Old Boys ? get the point, The Annual General Meeting is our next event so show up and put in your two cents or maybe just a penny for your thoughts.

True Black n Blue Joe D.

Gentlemen get out to practice! We only have one more before our match this Saturday against the Lake County Gladiators in Gurnee, IL. The match will be at 1:00pm IL time (Remember they are one hour behind us). Their pitch is located at the following address:

36630 Hutchins Rd.

Gurnee, IL 60031

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