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Thanks to Brandywine Rugby for submitting their tournament to the Rugby Tournament Listing at Your Scrumhalf Connection. Submit your rugby tournament TODAY!

Philadelphia, PA
Club, Collegiate, High School, Anyone can come!

If you have any scores, videos, photos etc from this Tournament I would love to post them, please send them to me at scrumhalfconnection@gmail.com.

Thanks to Philadelphia Rugby for submitting their tournament to the Rugby Tournament Listing at Your Scrumhalf Connection. Submit your rugby tournament TODAY!

WHEN: Pumpkinfest 2009 will take place on September 12th & 13th, 2009
WHERE: Pennypack Park in the City of Philadelphia
HOW MANY: - 24 teams participated in 2008
(9 in the Competitive Division, 8 in the Social Division, and 7 in the College Division)

Please contact the Tournament Director, Kerstin Nordstrom, to register your team at

ENTRY FEES:
- $350 for one side (either division)
- $600 for 2 sides (either division)
- $300 for first time teams and Pacific Coast Teams ENTRY DEADLINE:
- JULY 27th, 2009
To secure your spot you must submit a check by this date.

If you have any scores, videos, photos etc from this Tournament I would love to post them, please send them to me at scrumhalfconnection@gmail.com.

Thanks to Southern Miss Rugby for submitting their tournament to the Rugby Tournament Listing at Your Scrumhalf Connection. Submit your rugby tournament TODAY!

On April 4th the Georgia Tech Women's Rugby Football Club is hosting a collegiate women's tournament. Teams attending are:

-Georgia Tech
-University of Southern Mississippi
-Emory
-Georgia Southern
-North Georgia
-Knoxville

The winning team will be get sashes and will have bragging rights for the next year. We are hoping to make this an annual event and have more teams from the south join in.

If interested and in the area please come out to GT campus and cheer on some talented ladies. Kick off will start at 10:00AM and will continue until 5:30PM.

If you have any scores, videos, photos etc from this Tournament I would love to post them, please send them to me at scrumhalfconnection@gmail.com.

Thanks to Southern Belle Sevens Rugby for submitting their tournament to the Rugby Tournament Listing at Your Scrumhalf Connection. Submit your rugby tournament TODAY!

WHAT: SOUTHERN BELLE SEVENS RUGBY TOURNAMENT

WHO: SENIOR WOMEN'S CLUBS

WHEN: MAY 16TH, 2009

WHERE: LEXINGTON SPORTS COMPLEX AREA
140 Duffie Drive, Lexington, South Carolina 29072

COST: $160/team before April 17th
$190/team before May 1st
$200/team after May 1st

SOCIAL LOCATION: TBA

SOUTHERN BELLE HAT COMPETITION AT THE SOCIAL, WEAR YOUR "FINEST" AND MOST UNIQUE SOUTHERN BELLE RUGBY HAT AND SHOW YOUR SOUTHERN PRIDE!

If you have any scores, videos, photos etc from this Tournament I would love to post them, please send them to me at scrumhalfconnection@gmail.com.

Thanks to Detroit Rugby for submitting their tournament to the Rugby Tournament Listing at Your Scrumhalf Connection. Submit your rugby tournament TODAY!

Collegiate Tournament Only

If you have any scores, videos, photos etc from this Tournament I would love to post them, please send them to me at scrumhalfconnection@gmail.com.

Thanks to Pax Rugby for submitting their tournament to the Rugby Tournament Listing at Your Scrumhalf Connection. Submit your rugby tournament TODAY!

Parade of Bagpipers 9:15 AM
Women's Tournament 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Youth Rugby Clinic 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Men's League Match 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Old Boys Tournament 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

If you have any scores, videos, photos etc from this Tournament I would love to post them, please send them to me at scrumhalfconnection@gmail.com.

from Taylor Dunham and the Four Leafs 15 Tournament blog:

Thank you to all who participated in the tournament and made it a success. Stay tuned as we will begin accepting Registration Forms for next years tournament shortly.

The results were as follows:
Men’s Club: Monmouth 12, Long Island 0
Men’s Social: Brooklyn 18, Montclair 15 (sudden death)
Men’s University: Uconn 38, Seton Hall 31

Women’s Club: Beantown 41, NY 0
Women’s University: Northeastern 12, Clarion 5

See the write-up from AmericanRugbyNews.com for further color.

Best Regards,
Tournament Committee

from WashingtonRugby.org:

I LOVE websites that have full tournament results and scores posted in a timely manner! See below for full results from the 43rd Annual Cherry Blossom Rugby Tournament on April 4-5, 2009:

Saturday Results

8:15am
Field 1 College Men - Stony Brook 5 – Georgetown 17
Field 2 College Men - Fordham 28 - George Washington 5
Field 3 College Women - RPI 5 - Catholic 0
Field 4 College Women - West Point 31 - George Washington 5
Field 5 High School - St. Mark Catholic 0 – Preston 19

9:10am
Field 1 High School - JF Ross 6 - Greenwich 11
Field 2 College Women - Elon 5 – Navy 14
Field 3 College Men - Kings Point 12 - Maryland 5
Field 4 High School - Huron Heights 0 – Gonzaga 13
Field 5 College Men - UMass Amherst 12 - William and Mary 6

10:05am
Field 1 College Women - Virginia Commonwealth 0 – Maryland 66
Field 2 High School - Pine Ridge 7 - State College 5
Field 3 High School - Ridley College 3 – Merivale 0
Field 4 College Men - Indiana of PA 5 - Old Dominion 12
Field 5 College Men - Binghamton 22 - California of PA 10

11:00am
Field 1 College Men - Stony Brook 8 - James Madison 15
Field 2 College Men - Fordham 19 – Radford 0
Field 3 College Women - RPI 20 – Pittsburgh 0
Field 4 College Women - West Point 7 - Slippery Rock 3
Field 5 High School - St. Mark Catholic 0 – Doylestown 14

11:55am
Field 1 High School - Greenwich 34 - Calvert Hall 0
Field 2 College Women - Northeastern 0 – Navy 7
Field 3 College Men - Kings Point 7 – Virginia 7
Field 4 High School - Springfield Youth 7 – Gonzaga 17
Field 5 College Men - UMass Amherst 17 - Slippery Rock 10

12:50am
Field 1 College Women - Buffalo 17 - Virginia Commonwealth 0
Field 2 High School - Medway Cowboys 26 - State College 0
Field 3 High School - Ridley College 3 - West Shore United 48
Field 4 College Men - Old Dominion 17 – Cornell 0
Field 5 College Men - Binghamton 29 - Virginia Commonwealth 3

1:45pm
Field 1 College Men - James Madison 22 – Georgetown 10
Field 2 College Men - Radford 19 - George Washington 5
Field 3 College Women - Pittsburgh 7 – Catholic 17
Field 4 College Women - Slippery Rock 12 - George Washington 0
Field 5 High School - Preston 14 – Doylestown 3

2:40pm
Field 1 High School - Calvert Hall 0 - JF Ross 3
Field 2 College Women - Elon 19 – Northeastern 12
Field 3 College Men - Virginia 38 – Maryland 0
Field 4 High School - Huron Heights 5 - Springfield Youth 8
Field 5 College Men - Slippery Rock 17 - William and Mary 8

3:35pm
Field 1 College Women - Buffalo 0 – Maryland 36
Field 2 High School - Medway Cowboys 23 - Pine Ridge 7
Field 3 High School - Merivale 0 - West Shore United 23
Field 4 College Men - Cornell 0 - Indiana of PA 10
Field 5 College Men - California of PA 17 - Virginia Commonwealth 13

Sunday Results

College Men	College Women	High School (HS)
Cup	Cup	Cup
Fordham University	University of Maryland	West Shore United
Binghamton University	West Point WRFC	Medway Cowboys
UMass Amherst	RPI	Greenwich High School
Old Dominion University	Navy	Preston High School
James Madison University		Gonzaga College High School
University of Virginia	Plate
	Slippery Rock University	Plate
Plate	Catholic University of America	Doylestown Jr. Rugby Club
Kings Point RFC	Elon University	JF Ross High School
Indiana Univ. of PA	University of Buffalo	Springfield Youth Club U-19
Slippery Rock University		Pine Ridge High School
Georgetown University	Bowl	Ridley Colege Tigers
Radford University	Northeastern University
California Univ. of PA	University of Pittsburgh	Bowl
	GW	Huron Heights SS
Bowl	Virginia Commonwealth University	Merivale High School
The College of William & Mary		State College High School
Stony Brook University	Cup	St. Mark Catholic School
Cornell University	University of Maryland	Calvert Hall College High School
Virginia Commonwealth University	West Point WRFC
George Washington University	RPI
University of Maryland	Navy

7:45am
Field 1 College Men’s Bowl Quarters - Cornell 7 - Maryland 24
Field 2 College Men’s Bowl Quarters - VCU 8 – George Washington 40
Field 3 High School Cup Quarters - Preston 17 – Gonzaga 10

Field 4 High School Plate Quarters - Pine Ridge 17 - Ridley College 3
Field 5 High School Plate Quarters - St. Mark over Calvert Hall 0 (Forfeit)

8:35am
Field 1 College Men’s Cup Quarters - UMass 16 - Univ. Virginia 20
Field 2 College Men’s Cup Quarters - Old Dominion 0 - James Madison 8
Field 3 College Men’s Plate Quarters - Slippery Rock 22 - California of PA 0
Field 4 College Men’s Plate Quarters - Georgetown 6 – Radford 20
Field 5 College Women’s Bowl Semis - Northeastern 36 – VCU 0

9:25am
Field 1 College Women’s Cup Semis - Univ. Maryland 17 – Navy 5
Field 2 College Women’s Cup Semis - West Point 54 – RPI 0
Field 3 College Women’s Plate Semis - Slippery Rock 19 – Buffalo 0
Field 4 College Women’s Plate Semis - Catholic 14 – Elon 19
Field 5 College Women’s Bowl Semis - Pittsburgh 5 - George Washington 29

10:15am
Field 1 College Men’s Bowl Semis - William & Mary 7 – George Washington 3
Field 2 College Men’s Bowl Semis - Stony Brook 24 – Univ. Maryland 3
Field 3 High School Plate Semis - Doylestown 7 vs Pine Ridge 10
Field 4 High School Plate Semis - JF Ross over Springfield (score not reported)
Field 5 High School Bowl Semis - Huron Heights 0 - St. Mark Catholic 12

11:05am
Field 1 College Men’s Plate Semis - Kings Point 17 – Radford 7
Field 2 College Men’s Plate Semis - Indiana of PA 23 - Slippery Rock 8
Field 3 High School Cup Semis - West Shore United over Preston (Forfeit)
Field 4 High School Cup Semis - Medway 8 – Greenwich 18
Field 5 High School Bowl Semis - Merivale 14 - State College 7

11:55am
Field 3 College Men’s Cup Playoffs - Fordham over JMU (score not reported)
Field 4 College Men’s Cup Playoffs - Binghamton 31 – Univ, Vurginia 0

12:45pm
Field 1 College Women’s Cup Finals - Univ. Maryland 0 - West Point 31
Field 2 College Women’s Plate Finals - Slippery Rock 26 – Elon 0
Field 3 College Men’s Bowl Finals - George Washington 5 - Stony Brook 17
Field 4 College Women’s Bowl Finals - Northeastern 0 – George Washington 5

1:35pm
Field 1 High School Cup Finals - West Shore 7 – Greenwich 14
Field 2 College Men’s Plate Finals - Kings Point 10 – IUP 3
Field 3 High School Plate Finals - JF Ross over Pine Ridge (score not reported)
Field 4 High School Bowl Finals - Huron Heights – Merivale: Co-Champions

2:25pm
Field 2 College Men’s Cup Finals - Fordham over Binghamton (score not reported)

College Men	College Women	High School (HS)
Cup Champions	Cup Champions	Cup Champions
Fordham University	West Point WRFC	Greenwich High School
Plate Champions	Plate Champions	Plate Champions
Kings Point RFC	Slippery Rock University	JF Ross High School
Bowl Champions	Bowl Champions	Bowl Champions
Stony Brook University	George Washington University	Huron Heights SS & Merivale HS

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