Booker T. Washington Magnet High School in Montgomery, Alabama will play host to a "USA Rugby Coach Development Program Workshop: Introducing Rugby" course that will be run on October 16th-17th, 2010. 

Here are the specific details:

Saturday October 16, 2010  (9:00am to 5:00pm CST)
Sunday October 17, 2010 (9:00am to 4:00pm CST)

Register at usarugby.org. Here is the direct link to register for the course:

https://membership.usarugby.org/Courses/OnlineSignup/SelectCourses.aspx?Category=EVENTCAT_COACH

Please will officers of each member club please spread the word to it's members and community.

Nicholas Burgess

GRU Secretary

GRU Collegiate Members,

The GRU Collegiate Tournament will be held on October 2nd-3rd, 2010.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD TOURNAMENT POOLS AND SCHEDULE

Please will officers from each team take a look at it and then confirm that they have received the schedule by sending me an e-mail to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

I have also gone ahead and blocked off hotel rooms for the weekend of the tournament. I have worked out a deal where referees will stay for free if we book all the hotel rooms.

Here is specific information about the hotels:

Rooms: 35 2 QUEEN BED STUDIO SUITES NONSMOKING
Hotel: Candlewood Suites in Athens
Price: $55/room per night
Capacity/Room: 4
Distance from fields: 15 minutes (direct route)

This deal is in place until September 2nd. Please go ahead and book these hotel rooms as soon as possible. This hotel is really solid. I did a lot of research in terms of finding a hotel in Athens that would offer us such a deal.

Here is the direct link: http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/cw/1/en/advancedsearch?whichtype=suite&roomResult=none&hotelCode=ahncw&quickRes=city&_GPC=GRU&_requestid=1031380

Regards,

Nicholas Burgess
GRU Secretary
2010 GRU Tournament Director
(c) 770 310 8310

USA Rugby South Club 7s Championship

Atlanta Old White Repeats as South Champion

July 17, 2010 (Knoxville, TN) Atlanta Old White is the repeat champion of the South with a second half victory over Life University in the 2010 South Sevens Championship held at the Tennessee Rugby Park in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Life University led 5-0 at the half on the strength of a Fidelis Odoh try but Old White brought on Richard Kanda at the break who touched down two long distance tries to earn the come from behind 12-5 victory. Both teams advance to the USA Rugby National Sevens Championship on August 14 in San Francisco, California.

Old White dispatched of New Orleans in one semifinal while Life University outpaced Daytona in the other to reach the championship match.  Life’s Captain Ben Jones ran across two tries and Tui Osborne scored and converted all three tries to lead the Running Eagles over Daytona 21-14. Old White used two opportunistic tries by Leslie Mango to hold off the very elusive New Orleans 17-7.

The South Championship Tournament consisted of a seven-team competition played over the course of one day to determine the two representatives of the South to the USA Rugby National Championship event. Atlanta Old White defeated Little Rock and Daytona to advance to the semifinals while Life University tied New Orleans and defeated the Atlanta Renegades and Old White II to advance.

The 2010 South Sevens Championship was hosted by the Smoky Mountain Athletic Club, the University of Tennessee Men’s Rugby and the Knoxville Rugby Club.