Please come along and support our young players as they compete against their peers from Sainte Anne de Bellevue, Beaconsfield RFC, Cheslea Rugby, Rugby Club de Montreal, Ottawa Indians and Barrhaven Scottish RFC.

 

Event:       2nd Annual MTRFC Fall Mini-Rugby Jamboree  

Date:     12^th September 2010

Time:      10:00 – 15:00

Location:   Arundel Municipal Park, Chemin White, Arundel, Québec. J0T 1A0

The rugby will be of a high calibre, so come along and support your local team, pick-up some goodies from the bake sale (in support of the charity Right to Play), grab a coffee (Tim Hortons!), and watch the next generation of young rugby players demonstrate their considerable skills.

 

See you there! 

MTRFC Fall season resumes on Sunday 29th August 2010 @ 09:00 at Parc Boivin. All members will be receiving an email containing all information relating to the upcoming season.

 

New this Season: Bring a Friend! Why not bring a friend along to practice this season? If they come along, enjoy themselves and sign-up, you will receive a discount on next year's membership fees. Any new player can come along to 2 practices before they have to sign up, so come on, make some calls and bring along a few friends! The player who brings along the most friends will receive a genuine International Rugby Jersey from Canterbury!

Look for ward to seeing you all on Sunday!

 

The Coaching Team.

Message en francais ci-dessous:

 

3 Important Notices from MTRFC:

 

Registration and Payment:  All players must have completed ALL Registration paperwork and paid Registration Fees by this Sunday (6th June) to be considered eligible for playing at the Ste Anne de Bellevue Mini-Rugby Jamboree on Sunday 13th June. There will be no exceptions to this rule. As such, please ensure you bring any outstanding payment or paperwork with you on Sunday.

 

MTRFC Personalised Jerseys: We intend to submit an order for MTRFC Personalised jerseys on Monday 7th June. If you wish to purchase a personalised club jersey, please respond to this email indicating name (for back of shirt); number (1-99) and size (from JXS to XXL) by this Sunday (6th June) at the very latest. If you have any questions, please see Mark at practice on Sunday.

 

Luge Charity Fundraiser: Many thanks to all the club players, families and friends who joined us on Sunday to raise money for the charity Right To Play. A great time was had by all. Make sure to visit mtrfc.com later this week to check out photographs of the event. Big thanks to Danny and his team at Northsky Luge for partnering with us for this Event.

 

3 nouvelles importantes du MTRFC

 

Inscription et paiement: Tous les joueurs doivent avoir compléter TOUS les documents requis pour l’inscription et s’être acquitté des frais d’inscription au plus tard ce dimanche (6 juin) pour être éligible pour jouer au Jamboree de mini-rugby de Ste-Anne de Bellevue dimanche le 13 juin. Aucune exception ne sera faite. Donc, veuillez SVP apporter toute la paperasse et les paiements non faits avec vous ce dimanche.  

 

Chandails personnalisés du MTRFC : Nous voulons placer une commande pour les chandails personnalisés du MTRFC lundi le 7 juin. Si vous désirez vous prévaloir d’un chandail personnalisé, veuillez SVP répondre à ce courriel en indiquant le nom (au dos du chandail), numéro (1 à 99) et la grandeur (JXS à XXL) au plus tard dimanche le 6 juin. Pour toutes questions, veuillez SVP vous adresser à Mark à la pratique de dimanche.

 

Levée de fond à la luge : Merci à tous les joueurs du MTRFC, leur famille et amis qui se sont joints à nous dimanche afin d’amasser des fonds pour la fondation « Right to Play ». Tous ont passé un agréable moment. Des photos de l’évènement seront disponibles sur notre site, mtrfc.com, au courant de la semaine. Un énorme merci à Danny et à son équipe du Nothsky Luge pour son partenariat.

2 Important notices from MTRFC:

 

We are pleased to announce that 3 of our players have been invited to participate in the Rugby Quebec Inaugural Junior "All Star" games this weekend. The All Star games are a key stage to possible selection for the Quebec Caribou Provincial Teams. Congratulations, and good luck, to Anthony Dubois Trottier, Craig Bowler and Doug Cole.

 

This Sunday, at 11:30 (after practice!) MTRFC is partnering with Northsky Luge to offer heavily discounted luge rides at the Resort ($3 per ride, maximum of 3 rides) for all our mini/junior rugby players.  Remember to turn up at the mountain wearing your club uniform!  All proceeds will be donated to the Charity Right To Play. The weather looks great, so please come out and support this MTRFC Fundraising Event.

 

Look forward to seeing you all on Sunday!

Hello all, Bonjour a tous,

 

On Sunday 30th May - from 11:30 onwards - all our mini/junior rugby players are invited to experience the excitement of the Northsky Luge @ Mont-Tremblant (http://www.northskyluge.com/canada-english.html)

 

All our mini/junior rugby players can ride the luge at the heavily discounted rate of $3 per ride (maximum 3 rides per person).

 

This year, MTRFC is partnering with the charity Right To Play (http://www.righttoplay.com/canada/Pages/Home.aspx). All proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to Right To Play.

 

All players MUST wear their club uniform to receive the discounted ticket price.

 

Thanks to Danny and his team at Northsky Luge for supporting this event.

 

More details to follow.

Please see our "Registration" page for full details on how to register for our upcoming mini-rugby season.

Dates for 2010 Spring Season:

Sunday 2nd May to Sunday 20th June

 

Dates for 2010 Fall Season:

Sunday 29th August ro Sunday 17th October

 

Costs:

6-14 yrs:   $60

15-18 yrs: $120

Non-Residents of Mont-Trembant will be levied a $20 Non-Resident Fee by the Municipality.

 

Registration:

Will open w/c 5th April. An email will be sent to all MTRFC members announcing the opening of Registration along with other important news for the 2010 Season.

Hello all, Bonjour a tous,

 

Here are the results of the recent club elections / voici les resultats de nos elections:

 

Executive:

President:    Mark Morrissey

Secretary:   Mike Badke

Treasurer:   Warren Spurr

Head Coach:  Alistair Greenfield

 

Non-Executive:

Player Rep:  Thomas Gagne

Parent rep:  Ron Cole

Translator:  Caroline Jubinville

 

Many thanks to those who attended the AGM / merci aux membres qui ont participe a l'AGA.

Bonjour a tous, hello all,

 

Message en francais ci-dessous.

 

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As you know, we have our Club AGM this Saturday (6pm @ Nelly O’Connors) and a number of Club Executive and Non-Executive Roles are up for election. We have been asked to provide a description of each Role :

 

MTRFC Job Descriptions

 

 

Executive positions:

 

President:

Chair AGM

Liaise with the Federation de Rugby du Quebec (FRQ) and the Quebec Caribou (provincial team)

Represent MTRFC at the FRQ AGM (Feb each year)

FRQ conference calls (3 or 4 per year)

Coordinate with other mini rugby programs (e-mail & conference calls) (Head coach to assist)

Coordinate officials for all home games.

Coordinate coach’s certifications and training

Coordinate uniforms orders with our suppliers

Coordinate corporate sponsors and payments

Approve publication of MTRFC collaterals

Head the coordination of our annual MTRFC jamboree

 

Secretary:

Chair Exec Meetings (bimonthly)

Prepare & Coordinate press releases in both French & English

Liaise with the town of and other local clubs (publicity, fields, lockers, keys, pads…)

Liaise with the local schools

Contact non corporate sponsors for donations (Club Richelieu, Rotary club…)

Coordinate the Luge fundraiser work day

Coordinate team pictures, medals and trophies

Coordinate MTRFC Participation at other mini-rugby Jamborees

 

 

Treasurer:

Monitor on line registration

Coordinate player payments at the beginning of the season

Remit tax receipts in Jan each year

Make sure all players have paid their dues

Remit payment to the FRQ

Register all players with the FRQ

Make sure suppliers are paid on a timely manor

End of year financial report for AGM

Help coordinate local jamboree

 

Head Coach:

 

Prepare season coaching plan.

Coordinate coaches for MTRFC senior and mini rugby Practices

Coordinate practices for mini-rugby practices

Participate in FRQ Coaching calls

Participate – with President – to Mini-Rugby Conference Calls

Make sure game sheets are filled out and submitted to the FRQ after each men’s game

Coordinate the teams & game schedule for our local jamboree held in Sept (Assistant to the President)

Coordinate the players available for games and jamborees

Help coordinate our local jamborees for the kids

Coordinate coach’s police background checks

 

Non executive positions:

 

Webmaster (no web experience necessary)

Update website in both French & English (content to come from Executive)

Update on line registration form before each season (Jan or Feb)

 

Translator:

English to French text

French to English text

 

Parent rep:

Liaise between parents and executive committee

Send out communication to parents for upcoming events

Gathers Feedback from parents for Meetings

Attends Exec Meetings (monthly) for specific part of meeting.

Coordinate snacks and water for practices

Help coaches set up practices

Help with team pictures, payment and distribution.

Help with uniforms & equipment

Help coordinate local jamboree

 

Player rep:

Liaise between players and executive committee

Gathers Feedback from players for Meetings

Attends Exec Meetings (monthly) for specific part of meeting.

Support coaches in ensuring players attend club events.

Coordinate practices for senior men’s team

 

 

IF YOU WISH TO BE CONSIDERED FOR ONE OF THE ABOVE ROLES, CAN YOU PLEASE PROVIDE WRITTEN CONFIRMATION – BY EMAIL TO markm@digitalhumaninc.com NO LATER THAN FRIDAY AT 7PM.

 

ALSO, CAN YOU PLEASE CONFIRM – BY EMAIL - WHETHER YOU INTEND TO PARTICIPATE AT THE AGM

 

 

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Le MTRFC tiendra son assemblée générale annuelle (AGA) le 13 mars 2010 à 18h au Nelly O’Connors. Voici les descriptions de chaque role pour nos elections

 

 

 

MTRFC Descriptions des postes

 

 

Postes exécutifs:

 

Président:

Présider AGA

Lien avec la Fédération de Rugby du Québec (FRQ) et Quebec Caribou (équipe provincial)

Représenter le MTRFC à l’AGA de la FRQ (en février de chaque année)

Appels conférence de la FRQ (3 ou 4 par année)

Être en contact avec d’autres programmes de mini-rugby (courriel et appels conférences) (Assisté par l’entraineur en chef)

Organiser l’arbitrage pour toutes les parties à domicile.

S’assurer de la formation et certification des entraîneurs

S’occuper des commandes d’uniformes auprès des fournisseurs

S’occuper des commanditaires corporatifs et paiements

Approuver les documents publiés

Diriger l’organisation du Jamboree annuel du MTRFC

 

Secrétaire:

Présider les réunions exécutives (bimensuelles)

S’occuper des communiqués de presse en français et anglais

Lien avec la ville de Mont Tremblant et autres clubs locaux (publicité, terrains, casiers, clés, protections…)

Lien avec les écoles locales

Contacter les commanditaires non corporatifs (Club Richelieu, club Rotary…)

Coordonner la journée de levée de fonds à la Luge

S’occuper des photos d’équipes, médailles et trophées

Organiser la participation du MTRFC à d’autres jamborees de mini rugby

 

Trésorier:

Superviser les inscriptions en ligne

S’occuper des paiements des joueurs en début de saison

Émettre les reçus de taxes en janvier de chaque année

S’assurer que tous les joueurs ont payés leur dû

Émettre le paiement à la FRQ

Enregistrer tous les joueurs à la FRQ

S’assurer que tous les fournisseurs sont payés dans les délais

Préparation de l’état financier de fin d’année pour l’AGA

Aider à la préparation du jamboree local

 

Entraîneur en chef:

Préparer le plan d’entrainement de la saison.

S’occuper des entraineurs pour les pratiques du MTRFC, senior et mini rugby

Coordonner les pratiques de mini rugby

Participer aux appels de formation de la FRQ

Participer, avec le président, aux appels conférence pour le mini rugby

S’assurer que les feuilles de jeu sont complétées et soumises à la FRQ après chaque partie des hommes

Coordonner les équipes et les horaires de jeu pour notre jamboree local en septembre (assistant du président)

Rassembler les joueurs disponibles pour les parties et jamborees

Aider à la préparation du jamboree local pour enfants

S’assurer de la vérification d’antécédents judiciaires des entraîneurs

 

Postes non exécutifs:

 

Webmestre (expérience en web non nécessaire)

Mettre à jour le site internet en anglais et français (contenu à être fourni par le comité)

Mettre à jour le formulaire d’inscription en ligne avant chaque saison (Janvier ou février)

 

Traducteur:

Textes de l’anglais au français

Textes du français à l’anglais

 

Représentant parental:

Lien entre les parents et le comité exécutif

Envoyer les informations aux parents pour les évènements à venir

Recueillir les rétroactions des parents pour les réunions

Assister aux réunions exécutives (mensuelles) pour une partie spécifique de la réunion.

Coordonner collations et eau pour les pratiques

Aider les entraineurs à préparer les pratiques

Aider pour les photos d’équipes, paiements et distribution.

Aider pour les uniformes et l’équipement

Aider à coordonner le jamboree local

 

Représentant des joueurs:

Lien entre les joueurs et le comité exécutif

Recueillir les rétroactions des joueurs pour les réunions

Assister aux réunions exécutives (mensuelles) pour une partie spécifique de la réunion.

Soutenir les entraineurs en s’assurant que les joueurs assistent aux évènements du club.

Coordonner les pratiques de l’équipe masculine senior

 

 

Si vous désirez soumettre votre candidature, pourriez-vous SVP me faire part de votre intérêt (par courriel à markm@digitalhumaninc.com) au plus tard le vendredi 12 mars à 19h00, en prenant soin d’indiquer la position vous intéressant. 

 

Puvez vous confrimer – par courriel – si vous participerez a l’AGA.

 

Hello all, Bonjour a tous,

Message en francais ci-dessous.

*****

We are pleased to announce that the Head Coach of The 300 Rugby Academy – who organised our successful Summer Camp - has agreed to host a rugby camp for our young players in March.

The Arundel Municipal Council has agreed that the Camp can be held at the gym at the Arundel Elementary School. Details as follows:

Dates:     Saturday (20th) and Sunday (21st) March 2010

Location:    Arundel Elementary School

Time:      09:00 - 15:00 Each Day

Cost:       $60 per player

Ages:       7 to 16 Yrs Male and Female

The 2 day Rugby Camp will be an excellent opportunity for our players to work on their pre-season rugby fitness and Coach Gui and his team will also focus on developing core rugby skills in preparation for our upcoming 2010 Rugby Season. The Camp will draw to a close with a friendly rugby game in the snow to be played at the Arundel Municipal Field.

Places for the Winter Camp are limited. As such, can you please confirm - by Monday 8^th March - if you would like your young rugby player to participate. Please email markm@digitalhumaninc.com to confirm.

 

Camp de rugby hivernal

Bonjour à tous,

Nous sommes heureux de vous annoncer que l’entraineur en chef de l’Académie de rugby 300, organisant notre camp d’été, a accepté d’être l’hôte d’un camp de rugby pour nos jeunes joueurs en mars.

Le conseil municipal d’Arundel a accepté que le camp ait lieu au gym de l’école primaire d’Arundel. Détails:

Dates:     Samedi 20 et Dimanche 21 mars 2010

Endroit:    École primaire d’Arundel

Heures:     9h00 à 15h00 chaque jour

Coût:      60$ par participant

Âges:       7 à 16 ans, garçon ou fille

Les 2 jours de camp de rugby seront une excellente occasion pour nos joueurs de travailler sur leur entrainement de rugby pré-saison et l’entraineur Gui et son équipe mettront également l’accent sur le développement d’habiletés centrales du rugby en vue de la saison 2010. Le camp se clôturera par une partie amicale dans la neige au terrain municipal d’Arundel.

Les places pour le camp hivernal sont limitées. À ce sujet, pouvez-vous confirmer, avant lundi le 8^e mars, si vous voulez que votre jeune joueur y participe. Veuillez envoyer votre confirment a l'addresse suivante: markm@digitalhumaninc.com

Please note 2 important changes to our game of snow rugby this Saturday (13th February):

 

Kick-Off has been pushed back to 4pm (from the previously advertised 3pm)

 

As requested by a number of our players, the Executive Committee has agreed that we can use Saturday's game as an opportunity for MTRFC to join with the global rugby community in raising funds to help the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. As such, we are asking each player to make a donation to play. 100% of the proceeds will support charities engaged in Haiti Relief. 

 

Look forward to seeing you all on Saturday.

2 additional snowbowl games have been added to our Calendar:

 

Saturday 13th February @ 3pm

Saturday 13th March @ 3pm

 

Location: Polyvalente Cure-Mercure

 

Post Game Reunion: Nelly O'Connors to rehydrate and watch 6 Nations Rugby.

 

All players 14+ yrs welcome.

 

Details to follow.

Bonjour a tous,

 

Our 2009 Snowbowl is fast approaching! On December 26th, all our rugby players 14+ are welcome to come along and play rugby in the snow. It is a great, fun, and unique experience. Please come along and play (burn off some of those Christmas Dinner calories!) or watch the players. We provide the coffee!

 

After the game, we will be heading across to Nelly O'Connors for our Club Family Social Evening. There will be some rugby on the bigscreen, and sandwiches and hot toddys (for the older club members!) courtesy of  Mal, Dave and the team at Nellys.

 

We will also be holding a number of raffles to raise money for the club with some great rugby jerseys up for grabs.

 

Details as follows:

 

14:00 - 15:30    Snowbowl @ l'ecole polyvalente St. Jovite.

16:00 - onwards  MTRFC Family social Gathering at Nelly O'Connors

 

Please come along if you can, and participate in a unique rugby experience.

 

The MTRFC Club Committee (Mike, Warren, Ali and Mark) wish all our members a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

On a day which brought weather more reminiscent of a Fall day in the Rhondda Valley in Wales, Winter in Invercargill in New Zealand, any day of the year at Lansdowne Road, or any beach in England during the Summer, MTRFC recently hosted an end-of-season social  3 Club tournament at the High School, with our friends from St. Anne de Bellevue (SAB) and Montreal Barbarians making the long trek up North to play on the recently-refurbished field.

Meant as an unavoidable prelude to some serious post-match drinking at Nelly O’Connors, the rugby played throughout the day was hard-fought, skilful and committed, and provided plenty of entertainment to the crowds on the bleachers who had braved the terrible weather to support our boys.

MTRFC Tournament Squad: Mark Burge, Jeremy Janelle, Frank Balducci, Oliver Stovell, Phil Paquette, Fred Baesa, Danny Luke, Philip O’Connor, Alistair Greenfield, Mark Morrissey, Sean Hummel, Mark O’Connor, Tom Gagne, Warren Spurr, Olivier Dube, Christopher Savard, Ron Cole,  Nic Picq.

Taking into consideration MTRFC’s significant range of experience (from Ron and Nic playing their first games up to Phil O’C playing his 1,353,289^th game), age (from Sonic at a surprisingly youthful 9 years old up to Phil O’C at a veritable stately 79 years old) and playing ability (from the English/French contingent, through Canadian, Kiwi, Irish contingents up to the Welsh contingent), it was an enthusiastic MTRFC squad that kitted-up, taped-up, bandaged-up and braced-up in preparation for the hard work ahead.

 

Game 1: MTRFC v Montreal Barbarians.

Having pushed Barbs II all the way earlier this summer (29-27 to the Barbs), the MTRFC team was eagerly awaiting the opportunity to level the series. However, the visiting team bore no resemblance to the Barbs II team we had previously encountered. Clearly, the thought of playing in the rain, wind and cold had convinced a fair number of the Barbs I team to make the trip, as the Barbs fielded a very strong hybrid team. Social game or no social game, this was going to be hard.....

With the kick-off whistle still echoing in the wind, MTRFC shipped an early try.  Re-focussed after a stern bollocking from captain and coaches, the team set about a magnificent defensive effort – we must have performed at least 90% of the tackling throughout the game – which prevented wave after wave of Barbs attacks from crossing the line. Despite the protestations of the MTRFC players (and due to some illegal hands on the ball by our opponents!), an extremely dubious try was awarded to the Barbs on the stroke of half time, a cruel blow after our boys defensive heroics.

The second half was far more balanced, with the MTRFC team finally putting some phases together. However, the Barbs continued to put pressure on our set piece game, and prevented any major assaults on the Barbs try line. A brief outbreak of minor “handbags” provided an insight into the startling acceleration of Tom G, who sped from the left wing to the right wing to see what was going on. Alas, this was as close to an attacking move that we were to see from our back 3 due to the scarcity of attacking ball.

In the dying minutes of the game, and after a sustained spell of pressure, the Barbs fashioned a well-worked try in the left corner, clearly demonstrating the benefits of training and playing together on a regular basis. All in all, the MTRC team was extremely competitive against a well-seasoned, first team heavy, Barbs team.

Final Result:     MTRFC  0      -      BARBS   15

 

Game 2: Montreal Barbarians  v SAB

Despite best intentions to watch the second game, the author, along with what appeared to be a fair portion of the MTRFC team, Executive Committee and Supporters, temporarily hightailed it to Tim Hortons to recuperate from the cold, wind and rain (avec une beigne Rousette au Miel et cafe Moyen Double-Double; perfect nutritional intake 20 minutes before the next game!)

The St Anne’s team – fresh off the bus – were augmented with a couple of MTRFC loaners. As such, Ron, Nico, Sonic and Sean had the opportunity to get stuck into the Barbs dressed in the green of St. Anne / Mac College. A surprisingly tight game (we obviously wore them out in the previous game!) resulted in a win for the Barbs who finished the day with a 2-0 record. Special mention to our boys for offering to play for SAB is this game.

Final Result:     Montreal Barbarians    7      -      St Anne de Bellevue    0

 

Game 3: MTRFC v St. Anne de Bellevue

Marty Silverstone had remained true to his word and brought a tournament squad that perfectly suited the spirit of the day; the opportunity to blood some new, up-and-coming youngsters, whist providing the “old guard” the chance to earn their pints and regale the younger players with stories of their glory years. Similar to MTRFC, the SAB squad was a melange of experience and age, with many of their younger squad members playing for Mac College. As SAB are the reigning Provincial Champions in most Quebec Divisions, it was great to see them embracing the social nature of the day.

Due to the high-attrition rate of front row forwards in the previous games, it was agreed to play uncontested scrums for this final game of the afternoon. Having a secure ‘platform’ provided the pretty boys in the MTRFC back division the chance to strut their stuff, with the half backs quickly able to bring an element of control to proceedings. A number of pre-planned moves (“Crash Ball to Sean”) were executed with aplomb, augmented by some great individual skills from Messrs Greenfield, Gagne and O’Connor (the younger). One of the interesting elements of the final game involved Mark O’C squaring off against his School Rugby Co-ordinator, ex-international Scott Armstrong. How are those post-game Grades working out Mark?

The MTRFC Back Row was rampaging about the field, ensuring that our defence remained watertight and acting as the link between forwards and backs – just like on the TV. A highlight of the game involved our very own Phil O’Connor proclaiming in a maul that “I have the ball, I have the ball”, only to discover, much to our amusement, that the oldest person on the pitch, Marty Silverstone from St Anne’s, had successfully managed to relieve him of the ball and was hightailing towards the MTRFC line. Thankfully, a couple of our younger players were there to save the day. Phil gracefully (albeit reluctantly) conceded the “Battle of the Oldest Players” Award to Marty.

With MTRFC 28-0 to the good, and 2 minutes remaining on the clock, the team was about to celebrate its first 15 a side win in style. Then, in a shameless ploy to hog all the glory and news coverage, not to mention sympathy from all the female spectators, a certain well-known kiwi in our ranks decided to make an all-or-nothing shot at infamy by positioning himself in such a way that allowed the other 29 players on the pitch to fall on his awkwardly-positioned leg. When Danny failed to make it to the next breakdown in his usual lightning-quick manner, we realised something was wrong. We realised that something was really wrong when he immediately started an on-field auction for his tickets to see the Canadiens that evening..... The referee decided to close proceeding a few minutes early  to allow all the ladies to come onto the pitch to comment on Danny’s bravery, mop his brow, and de-clothe themselves to ensure he was “warm and comfy” whilst the real try-scoring and conversion-kicking heroes of the day trudged off as an incidental side note to the day’s playing proceedings.....

Final Result:     MTRFC  28     -      St Anne de Bellevue    0

 

All in all, a fantastic time was had by all. Despite the terrible weather, the rugby was half-decent, the support excellent, and the beer&food delicious. Many thanks to Marty Silverstone at SAB, and Jason Thompson at the Barbs, for corralling their players and committing to the trek up to Mont-Tremblant; it was greatly appreciated. The warm hospitality of Nelly O’Connors provided the location for a great evening; some old acquaintances were renewed, and plenty of new ones forged.

Special Mentions of the week:

Mark Burge: for i) observing that it had been ten years since he last played a game of rugby and yet here he was playing 2 in the space of 2 hours “rugby games are just like buses.......”

Sean Hummel:  for i) playing in all 3 games. At 5 full speed steps per half, Sean broke his personal best by running 30 terminal velocity steps. Nice job!; ii) winning first place in the sartorial faux-pas of the day category – Nice Beanie Sean!; and iii) winning second place in the sartorial faux-pas of the day category – ask Marty for larger St. Annes shirt next time Sean!

Philip “ah, c’mon ref!” O’Connor:  for i) making the most complaints to the Referee; ii) making the most polite complaints to the referee; iii) winning the “most body parts requiring taping up” award by quite a considerable margin, and iv) covering more yards throughout the afternoon that any of the young ‘uns. Nice job Phil!           

Tom Gagne: for winning the “Furthest Travelled on Pitch to participate in a ‘fracas’” Award. There is clearly something between Tom and the Barbs that we need to know about........

Mark Morrissey: for i) performing the most amusing Re-start of the Day, and ii) uttering the Expletive of the Day after the aforementioned re-start bobbled 2 yards forward.

Alistair Greenfield: for i) maintaining his MTRFC try-scoring record, despite fierce competition from Tom Gagne, and ii) missing his penalty attempt in the Barbs game to leave a certain M. Morrissey with the only 100% kicking record...... J

Star of the Week:

Danny Luke for i) scoring the try of the tournament with a 20 meter wind and water-assisted slide to the line (it was a thing of beauty to behold with a 2 meter high bow wave of standing water erupting in front of his outstretched arms.....); ii) securing second place in the “most frequent back-chat to the referee” award (winner announced above); iii) shirking all post-match beer buying responsibilities with no valid excuse,  iv) winning the “Roger Castonguay On field Self-Diagnosis Award” for under-estimating the injury (it was actually broken in 3 places, 2 more than he thought), and, most importantly, v) taking the aforementioned injury with great spirit, humour and courage (all I would point out, somewhat out of character for a NZ rugby player......... :-0)).

Editorial Note 1: All comments and opinions expressed in this article are the views of the author alone, and do not reflect the opinion of MTRFC, apart from any inferences that the MTRFC Outside Half really did drop the restart into a puddle of mud, causing it to stick in the ground (honest) which cannot be categorized as personal conjecture, but as an undeniable fact.

Editorial Note 2: Any name changes, errors or omissions have not been made to protect identities. I have simply been way too late in compiling this report and have forgotten many of the details and employed some artistic license. Any complaints should be submitted in writing to the Club Treasurer no later than yesterday.

Our Senior Men's team will be hosting a social tri-way tournament against St. Anne de Bellevue and Montreal Barbarians tomorrow at the High Schools. Details below / l'information sont ci-dessous:

 

Location:    High School / Polyvalente

Schedule:   12:00  MTRFC v Montreal Barbarians

      13:00  Montreal Barbarians v St Annes

      14:00  MTRFC v St Annes

        16:00  Post-tournament refreshments at Nelly O'Connors

 

Come along and support the "older" members of the club; it will be a great day of social / old boys rugby.

This Sunday (25th October) is our last mini-rugby practice. We have a very busy schedule for the practice, so please ensure your arrival at the High School by 9:50. Warm-up will commence at 10:00 sharp.

 

As we will be taking photographs, please also ensure that all players are wearing club shorts and socks for team photos (we will provide jerseys).

 

See you there, a demain!

Practice cancelled: No Mini-Rugby or Senior Men's Practice this Sunday (October 11th 2009) due to Thanksgiving Holiday.

 

Senior Men's practice: Will go ahead on Friday 9th October at 7pm (Rue Boivin).

 

MTRFC Personal Jerseys: We will submitting the last 2009 order for MTRFC Personalised Jerseys on Friday 16th October. Our jerseys cost $50 for members and $60 for non-members and would make great Christmas presents. Please let Mark Morrissey know by email if you would like to order a shirt.

 

Chelsea Jamboree: Please respond to the email despatched earlier today re: participation at the Chelsea RFC Mini-Rugby Jamboree on Sunday 18th October.

 

Club Photographs: Stefanie Peterson is co-ordinating the Club Photographs for 2009. We will be taking as many photographs as possible at the Chelsea Jamboree.

 

Club Kit: Please ensure that all players wear their formal club kit to the Chelsea Jamboree - for both playing and club photograph purposes. ALL players must wear their club shorts and socks when representing MTRFC (we provide playing jerseys). All players have received MTRFC Club shorts, socks and T-Shirts. If you require a replacement item of kit, they can be purchased directly from the Club.

 

Last Day of Practice: Sunday 25th October is our last day of practice for 2009. Please do your best to be there as we have a great morning planned - Annual Awards, Games v Coaches, etc. We have a lot to get through, so please have all players ready to commence Warm-Up at 10:00 sharp. 

Sunday morning training sessions will be returning to the Polyvalente this Sunday (27th September) and for the remainder of the Season. Directions and Map to the High School are available on our "Schedule" Page. / Ce dimanche, et pour  le reste de la saison, on practique  a l'ecole polyvalente Cure-Mercure.

On Saturday 19th September, 120 young players, supported with great enthusiasm by coaches, friends and families, gathered in Arundel to participate in the first jamboree hosted by Mont-Tremblant Rugby Football Club (MTRFC).

 

Barrhaven RFC, Chelsea RFC, West Island RFC and RCM made the long journey to Arundel to join MTRFC in this, the first ever club rugby tournament in the Laurentians. A big thankyou goes out to the Coaches of each participating team for supporting this Event.

 

After a long, hard (and initially, cold...) day of rugby, our young MTRFC players did themselves, their familes and their coaches, proud by representing our club with great distinction:

 

U8:   Tied for 1st Place

U10:  1st Place

U12:  Runners-Up

U14:  Runners-Up

 

Many people/organisations were responsible for making the Jamboree a great success, with particular thanks to the Event Sponsors: The Municipality of Arundel and Sotherby's Real Estate (Herb Ratsch).

 

The Club Committee and Coaches would also like to acknowledge the great work undertaken by our army of volunteers including Jo (Event Planning, Onsite Mgt and curry pick-up...); Oli (Field Mgt); Al, John, Tommy, Roger, Stefanie (cooking detail); Karen and Danush (for keeping everything in order in 'the hatch'); Neil, Jim, Alain et al (First Responder Medical support, general pre-event assistance); Gui and Philip (Refereeing); Fred and Laura/Louis @ Northland (food purchase support/logistics); Robin (field prep and parking); Kim and Nico (photography) and our Senior Men's Squad (field preparation). Thanks also to all others who helped out on the day.

 

Also, many thanks to our Club Sponsors for their ongoing support: Nelly O' Connors, HR Construction, Northland and The Lunch Stop. The fact that the club is able to put out 4 well equipped and well prepared Age Group squads is in no small part due to their generosity. 

 

Full Jamboree Report, Results and Photographs to follow shortly.

MTRFC is planning 2 key activities to close out this year's Fall Season:

 

Sunday 18th October 2009: We intend to participate in the Chelsea RFC Mini-Rugby Jamboree, to be held in Chelsea, Quebec, and encompassing our U8, U10, U12 and U14 Age Groups. We will be sending out an email in the coming week to determine how many of our players will be able to participate. Please note: This event will be our last competitive outing of 2009, so we encourage as many players as possible to participate.

 

Sunday 25th October 2009: This will be our last practice of the Season. In addition to announcing the 2009 winners of the "Spirit of Rugby Award" and "T Warrington Trophy", we will also be having some fun on the playing field, with our young players able to test their skills against the Coaching Team and, if we can obtain enough volunteers, also against the Parents. Weather permitting, we will wrap up the session with a BBQ.

 

Further details to follow.

The MTRFC Senior Men's side fought a tough, close game against the Montreal Barbarians on Saturday August 1st. Despite playing the second half of the game 2 men down, MTRFC played valiantly, eventually losing by the smallest of margins: 29-27.  Still, the team scored some great trys, and provided tough opposition for the 2nd oldest team in Quebec. See Photo Gallery for images (thanks Kim!) of all the action. Match Report To Follow.

MTRFC opened its 2009 home season by hosting the Town of Mont Royal Rugby Football Club (TMR) social side (nope), old boys (nope), thirds (nope), seconds (nope), first/seconds hybrid team (yep) at the High School in St. Jovite on a gloriously sunny Saturday afternoon (Note to self: sunscreen on head now mandatory when playing rugby… ensure a good supply for the Old Boys...).

Match Squad: Frank Balducci, Olivier Dube, Emilano Garriz, Oliver Stovell, Philippe Marchand, Philippe Paquette, James “Ed” Edwards, Mike Badke, Sam Gregory, Danny Luke, Mark Morrissey, Alistair Greenfield, Thomas Gagne, Jamie Jack, Warren Spurr, Dave Innes, Mark O’Connor, John Atkins (Honorary Coach for the Day)

The MTRFC squad, looking resplendent in the new MTRFC Club Kit (being worn for the first time), took to the “field” with a spring in their step, despite a number of players experiencing career-threatening blisters incurred by wearing new boots for the first time. You know who you are……

MTRFC had previously organized a Snow Bowl this Winter and, this time around, the game will be remembered as the “MTTRFC 2009 Dust Bowl” such was the poor condition of the pitch, where a blade of grass was as scarce as a Frank B sidestep (but not quite as rare as John Atkins turning up for training). In fact, we had to explain to the Referee that our forwards were not intentionally laying over the ball, they were simply looking for the ball within the dust storm that broke-out at every ruck.

Despite the quality of the opposition, and the somewhat eclectic make-up of the MTRFC squad (a motley combination of Old Boys, “newbies”, youngsters and seasoned ex-Canterbury area players (unfortunately Canterbury England, NOT Canterbury New Zealand….)) the MTRFC team took the game to TMR and performed heroically for the first quarter, defending like the South Wales Borderers at the famous battle of Rorke’s Drift in 1879 (“No tackling until you can see the whites of their eyes boys….”), which happens to be the same year that Messrs Atkins, Innes and Balducci played their first game of rugby (with Messrs Badke and Spurr making their debuts as Ball Boys, which they only signed up to as they thought it meant something else…..)

The tackling, which was performed 90% of the time by MTRFC, was fast and furious. Much to the delight of the packed Bleachers (great support – thanks to all!), a few big hits were put in early on to show TMR that, despite their dancing feet, perfectly coiffed hair-dos, fancy warm-up drills and all round rugby prowess, they were in for a long 80 (nope), 60 (nope), 40 (maybe), 20 (yep) minutes.

TMR then took pity on the Cardiff Blues fans in the MTRFC squad and decided to spare them the crushing experience of another dreaded Penalty Shootout by scoring a number of well-worked tries, all of which they had to work incredibly hard to close-out. The enthusiasm and commitment of the Mont-Tremblant team was eventually overridden by the experience and slickness of the TMR boys, who proceeded to play some great rugby.

The agreed “rolling substitution” policy came into full effect to allow frequent trips to the physio for treatments to knees, eyes, noses, ankles and other unspecified anatomical appendages. An interesting side-effect of the rolling replacement policy was that you were never guaranteed to return to the field in the same position. It didn’t quite get to the point where Jamie Jack and Mark O’Connor were propping, with Frank and Mike at half backs, but we weren’t far off.

Unfortunately we weren’t able to cross the whitewash with ball in hand (match ball, anyway…), but Danny’s sweetly struck drop goal ensured we avoided the dreaded “duck”, whereas Jamie’s earlier penalty attempt was so off-target that it had actually nearly killed a number of nearby waterfowl.


Result: MTRFC 3 TMR RFC 46


Summary:

A fantastic day………enjoyed by MTRFC players, friends, families and supporters, as well as our first visitors, the guys from TMR (thanks for making the trip guys).

Everyone involved in organizing the day, supporting the team, playing in the match and generally encouraging us to continue growing as a Club can feel extremely proud. We have received favorable feedback from many of the folks in the local community who stopped by to watch their first ever rugby game (“you crazy bastards…” being the most commonly used phrase). Even the local Police Officers were impressed, most likely because it was 3pm on a Saturday and Danny was still (mostly) sober.

Mal and Dave took charge of the second, and arguably most important, element of the day by hosting all and sundry at the MTRFC Clubhouse, Nelly O’Connors. A fine time was had by all, with the number of tales of rugby heroics only being exceeded by the number of pints consumed. The good thing about having your sponsors (and oldest player….) as Publicans is that there is no argument when it comes to keeping the bar open and beer flowing. Thanks guys – your enthusiastic support for the club is greatly appreciated.

Training the following morning was somewhat subdued, with the coaching staff generally in pretty poor shape. Still, with sharp coaching intellect, warm-up duties and key drill co-ordination activities were delegated to senior mini-rugby players. Purely as part of their rugby development of course……….


Special Mentions of the week:

Too many to mention, but a few selected highlights:

Danny: for i) scoring MTRFC’s first ‘home’ competitive points with a sweetly struck drop goal from 35m, ii) ignoring a 2 man overlap to score said drop goal (), iii) winning the “longest time to get up after a tackle whilst not technically injured” award and iv) organizing the free luge rides for MTRFC mini-rugby players earlier that day.

Jamie: for i) having the balls to attempt an outrageously difficult penalty goal – 40m out and on the touchline in front of the bleachers, and ii) expressing the profanity of the day as the aforementioned penalty goal attempt sliced perpendicular to its intended direction.

Oliver: for i) worst sartorial faux-pas of the day. Tiger camo scrum cap! Seriously, what were you thinking?, ii) quickest to exhibit signs of post-match inebriation and iii) first Nelly O’Connors terrace bare-arse display of 2009.

Alistair: for runner-up in the worst sartorial faux-pas of the day competition. Those boots may be as comfortable as a condom, but they actually do look like they are ribbed for your pleasure……

Sam: for i) winning the MTRFC Man of the Match nomination from TMR and ii) regaining MTRFC dignity by downing his MOTM pint in a more manly fashion that the TMR Man of the Match.

Dave: for i) dusting off the boots, waxing the legs, and playing with aplomb after a long rugby hiatus, and ii) uttering the phrase “when I was your age….” more than anyone else on the field.

Mark O’Connor: for i) surviving his first senior game intact despite some initial reservations (“Jeezuz Dad, look at the size of toze fellaz”), ii) throwing the hospital pass to end all hospital passes to Danny (see above for repercussions) and iii) playing for Sedbergh the following day when most of us were incapable of walking without assistance.

The “Newbies”: for i) committing to a new sport with such enthusiasm, ii) playing in a competitive game with a ridiculously short amount of training and iii) coming back to training the week after ii.

Waterboys/Ballboys (Kody Greenfield, Tom Morrissey, plus the Innes and Badke boys): for keeping the fluids flowing, the kicking tees coming (for TMR conversions…. and recovering wayward balls (from Jamie Jack’s penalty attempt….)


MTRFC Injury Watch:

Player:..........Body Part:..........Cause:..........Spousal Grief:

Alistair..........Eye/Nose...........Punch ............Unknown
Warren.........Mouth/Lip...........Hand-off........Confirmed
Mike.............Neck.................Old Age.........Negative (spotted receiving neck rub)
Mark.............Knee................2 Props.........To Be Determined
All The Above..Feet.................New Boots.....“You bought new boots??”


Editorial Note: All comments and opinions expressed in this article are the views of the Author alone, and do not reflect the opinion of MTRFC, apart from any inferences to Cardiff Blues having being robbed by Leicester Tigers in the semi-final of the Heineken Cup, which cannot be categorized as personal conjecture, but as an undeniable fact…..

Online registration is now open for our 2009 Season.

 

Online Registration is available for Senior Contact, Senior Touch, Mini-Rugby Contact and Mini Rugby Flag/Touch.

 

To access our online registration, go to http://www.mtrfc.com/Inscription%20en%20ligne.html

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