Minooka

Minooka park has a $5 per car entrance fee, so carpooling might be wise. If people are coming to watch please make sure they know about the fee.

Schedule change

Our first official game is this coming Sunday at Minooka Park in Waukesha. Instead of playing Brookfield we will be playing Muskego due to lack of Brookfield players. As I understand it, Sept. 20 is homecoming at Pius. Would you like this weekend off OR would you like me to try to find another game for Sunday???? Understand that without your input I make the decision!!!!!

Dann

There's a New Princess on the Field

The previous Princess has been dethroned!

Rikki had her coronation today.

Sunday

Let's meet at Pius at noon for Sundays scrimmage That way we can carpool and caravan together to Vernon If you need the link is up with directions to their pitch Bring plenty of water Its still summer Dann

Directions to Vernon

Vernon Park I-43 South

New promotional video endorsing sevens rugby for the 2016 Olympics - What Is Rugby?

If you have a minute read this or at least watch the video I liked it New promotional video endorsing sevens rugby for the 2016 Olympics - What Is Rugby?

weather

Just a reminder - rugby practices in the rain but NEVER in lightning. Dann will make the weather call an hour before practice. He has his cell 617-4163 otherwise you can try my cell phone after 3pm 617-6927. We will understand if it really bad when you get out of Pius and your parents would rather just take you home and are not able to drive back to practice - but please call us.

Dorothy Watters

Sunday Scrimmage

Players who I spoke with at practice Wed please contact me either by phone , email or post here if you are able to make it out to scrimmage with Oak Creek versus the Vernon Harlequins. Courtney and Erin I know were not at practice, so if any talks to them before Thursday have them contact me. this is going to be half practice and then 30 minutes or so of controlled game like setting I think this will be good for you and I am certain that you are ready. The players that started practicing for the first times this week are more than welcome to come along. I know you are not fully up to speed yet but there will be some non-contact drills to do. Learning is never a bad thing . Dann

Uniform Update

Not only are the uniforms now completely here (the box of shorts had no sense of time and took forever to join the wardrobe party), but they are looking fairly awesome-as seen below.


Modelled by a happy* Abby, fresh from practice.

*happy=sore

t-shirt fund raiser

We have had some requests to purchase a Pius XI girls rugby shirt. Originally Dann and I bought the team the shirts in an effort to unite the team. At practice last week the vote was unanimous that we keep the bright pink color for players only. I have ordered some shirts made in the following colors: light pink, florescent green and bright yellow. If you know anyone that would like to purchase a shirt please let me know ASAP so I can increase my order. I only ordered 2 dozen because I have to prepay for the shirts. The shirts are in men sizes - like your shirts and the company has promised that they will be here in time for our first game! So if anyones parents, siblings, friends, TAC teachers etc really want one let me know the color and size ASAP.

Dorothy Watters

Practice Pictures

Pictures from last week's practice.



If I knew how to put these behind a link, I would have.

Pius Princess Pwetty Hands

This week's Princess is

Ellie!

Rugby=Fun

Fun=Dress Up

Dress up=Bling

Bling=Potatoes

Potatoes=Ireland

Ireland=Rugby

It's a circle.

And that's how the game's played.

In a circle.

Game Schedule

Game Schedule

September 7....Minooka Park, Waukesha, 3 pm vs Brookfield (B side)September 14....Oak Creek, 1:15, vs North Shore (B side)
September 21....Oak Creek, TBA, vs Muskego (B side)
September 27....Minooka Park, 11:00 vs Catholic Memorial (B side homecoming game)
October 5....Dretska Park, 1:00 vs DSHA (C side)


This is an updated schedule as of Tuesday night. We still need to hear from a few more teams and are hoping to get a couple more games scheduled this fall. Please continue to watch for updates. Continue to RECRUIT!

All players must arrive at least one hour before the game and must bring cleats, mouth guard, socks, shorts and all other equipment. Girls must remove all jewelery and have finger nails trimmed down before taping.

Permission Forms

Just a reminder that if you get the permission forms to post pictures from practices, and eventually games, on the blog signed, we can start adding the photos from the past few practices. That way you'll have a photo documentation of your advancement. Plus parents get a view into how practices are going.

And so far, we can post one girl, so bring the forms as soon as you can (if you wish to).



Unless you want a blog of pictures of Sara.

Pizza & rugby

Since most of the girls and parents have not seen a real rugby game we will be watching a professional rugby game with commentary from coach Dann. We are hoping that the girls will be able to see how the drills and plays that we are working on will be used during play. The 'Sin Bin', which is owned by the Westside Harlequins (the rugby team that Dann has been affiliated with for almost 30 yrs) has agreed to allow us to use their facilities on Thursday Aug. 14 from 5:30-6:30pm to view a previously recorded rugby game so that we can stop it to discuss pertinent points. The 'Sin Bin's' (a rugby term for penalty box) manager has stated that the time we would be coming in is right at opening and that there are typically no patrons until 7:30ish. We are inviting parents and players (with parent permission) to watch about 50 minutes of rugby and have pizza/soda. While we understand that taking minors into a pub isn't an ideal situation, we feel that the early hours, our long term affiliation with the rugby club and with our supervision there will be no problems. We HIGHLY encourage any parents that are interested in learning more about the game of rugby to attend. We will drive the girls that have parental permission over to the Sin Bin (39th and National) at 5:20 on Thursday. You can pick the girls up around 6:30pm or if you need we can drive them home as we will be finishing an hourish later than usual. Please RSVP so that we know how many pizzas to order.
Thanks,
Dann and Dorothy Watters

Good news, Bad news

Bad news: We have been unable to locate available jerseys for us to borrow for this year.

Good news: We have found/purchased a decent jersey that we can use temporarily - this year or until our "permanent" jerseys can be funded.

Bad news: Underarmer is for sports with little to no contact and according to the sales reps they would not be appropriate for rugby.
Also, the reps felt that Adidas soccer shirts felt that they would be too thin and their rugby shirts would never be ready.

Good news: One company has soccer shirts that will hopefully work and can be here by our first game with numbers on them.

Bad news: We could not find pink or any florescent color (soccer only uses plain colors).

Good news: We ordered the soccer shirts that can be here in time. While not hot pink, they do look sharp - red/black stripes and we thought one red/one black sock with black shorts.
THESE ARE NOT THE TEAMS OFFICIAL JERSEYS - THE TEAM WILL STILL BE PICKING THE STYLE AND COLORS OF YOUR KIT. THE SHIRTS THAT HAVE BEEN PURCHASED WILL BE USED TEMPORARILY UNTIL WE HAVE THE FUNDING NECESSARY FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE SHIRTS THE TEAM DESIGNS!!!

Dorothy & Dann Watters

Comments

I think I fixed the comment section. So leave your thoughts and lets find out.

Team Colors + Name

We are still in need of team colors, so please comment on what you would like. We were able to find hot pink socks so if this is what you would like then please leave a comment or email me. Remeber that when we order jerseys they need to match the socks.

Also we are in need of ideas for a team name, so again please leave a comment either here or at my mail. Otherwise we are the Lady Popes, do you really want that to happen?

-Not Dann

Consent Form

For those who dont have a consent form you must copy and paste this into some type of Word document and print+fill this out before you can practice, along with a copy of your insurance card. Thank you.

PIUS Girls Rugby
2008-2009 REGISTRATION FORM
Name: ______________________________ Grade: _____
Parent name(s) ______________________________
Other Sports Played @Pius:_____________________________________
Player Email: ______________________________ ____________________
Parent Email: ______________________________
Circle Rugby Season(s) to play: spring / fall
Player Cell #: ______________________________
Parent Cell #: ______________________________

----------------------------------Consent to Medical Treatment for Minor-------------------------
In connection with _____________________________’s (insert full name) participation in the Pius Girls Rugby team, I authorize any accompanying adult bringing my daughter
to a treatment facility to consent to emergency medical treatment on the advice of a physician when the need for such treatment is immediate, and when efforts to contact me are unsuccessful. Valid for all team related activities from today’s date until the end of the 2008-2009 school year and summer session. I also hereby state that I have legal custody over the minor athlete listed below and that the athlete has medical insurance coverage of at least $100,000.
Athlete’s Name: _____________________________
Parent/Guardian’s signature: ______________________________
Date: ___________
Emergency Medical Information
Emergency Contact Person: Phone #:
Insurance Provider: Group #:
Family Doctor: Membership #:
-Medications Student is currently taking:
-Known allergies:
-Previous injuries or medical conditions relevant to athletic participation (asthma, etc.):

Practice is Approaching

Practice starts Tuesday, with the temperature being hot remember to bring WATER! Practice starts at 4-o-clock at Juneau and runs till
5:3o-ish.