Welcome Back!!!

Welcome back to the new school year! Our webpage has been changed to include not just Middle School Rugby, but all athletics at The Holliswood School. The fall athletics season will begin Monday, September 27, 2010 with Flag Rugby for the elementary school. Tryouts were held on Wednesday, September 22 and the rosters were made. Two teams were created for the elementary school, the Blue and Gold teams (both teams consisting of 4th and 5th graders). The Gold team will meet on Mondays from 3p-4:30p and the Blue team will meet on Wednesdays from 3p-4:30p. There will be no practice on Monday, October 11, 2010 due to Columbus Day. Any other session changes will be posted here on this website.

The Holliswood School Bulldogs were the 2010 Mayor's Cup runners up, so this year let's do our best as athletes and as a community to bring home the championship trophy!

Here are some dates to remember:
October 17 - Scrimmage at Chelsea Water Park (23rd St& 11th Ave) from 12p-2p
October 24 - Scrimmage at Chelsea Water Park (23rd St& 11th Ave) from 12p-2p
November 7 - End of the season Tournament at Glover Park (Pelham, NY) from 11a-4p
*Stay tuned for directions.

2010 Mayor's Cup results

Congratulations to both Holliswood Rugby teams for their high-level of Rugby that they exhibited this past weekend on Randall's Island during Play Rugby USA's 3rd Annual Mayor's Cup Rugby Festival. After going undefeated in pool play, the Holliswood Middle School team placed in the highest bracket in contention for the Mayor's Cup. Unfortunately, after a grueling match against the team representing France, where we both pushed the game to sudden death after a 2-2 tie at the end of regular time, the Middle School lost 3-2 in this quarterfinals match.

The Holliswood Elementary team are the proud owners of the Runners Up plaque in the Cup finals. This was the Elementary team's first year competing in the Mayor's Cup and placed very well considering only 3 practices prior to this event! Once again, as did the Middle School team, 3-2 was the final score of the Elementary finals. After a very competitive game played by both teams, (Holliswood representing USA and Epiphany representing Ireland) the game was also tied at the end of regular time, but won by Ireland in sudden death extra time.

A special honorable mention to all the graduating Middle School players that will be graduating this year, as well as 5th graders that will be moving on to other schools, your presence will be missed and the Holliswood School appreciates your fine representation of our school in all of the Rugby events throughout the past 3 years. Also, the Holliswood School hopes that you continue your participation in Rugby in high school and the future.

2nd Place Finish

Congratulations to the Middle School Rugby Team for finishing in 2nd Place in the first ever CHAMPS advanced flag rugby league. We will continue training and preparing for the season's end tournament, The Mayor's Cup on June 5th, 2010.

Middle School Rugby Team League Game Dates

Our middle school Rugby team schedule of games/mini-tournaments are as follows:
Saturday, April 10th, 2010 at Randall's Island Field 74 from 9a-12p.
Saturday, May 1st, 2010 at Randall's Island Field 74 from 9a-12p,
Saturday, May 8th, 2010 at Randall's Island Field 74 from 9a-3p.

As well as invited to a tournament on Friday, April 30th, 2010 in Pelham, Westchester from 6p-9p.

Permission slips will be going out for all of these dates. Just a reminder, parents will need to provide transportation for their children to and from these locations.

For specific directions or locations, please contact christian.mayo@playrugbyusa.com.

Holliswood Middle School Rugby Team

Thanks to everyone for who came out for the Spring Rugby league team tryouts. If you did not make the team this year, you're more than welcome to tryout next year. The following students have made it onto the team:

• Joan T. (co-captain)
• Fred S. (co-captain)
• Serati M.
• Dewayne B.
• Nikolas M.
• David J.P.
• Rafsun A.
• Gregory G.
• Sara L.
• Bijohn S.
• Daniel B.
• Xavier R.
• Caleb H.
• Alan S.
• Christian R.
• Sutien J.

Next step is to follow this link, http://schools.nyc.gov/Academics/FitnessandHealth/CHAMPS/Activities/FlagFootball/default.htm, and print out the CHAMPS/Play Rugby Spring Consent Form and hand it in to Mr. Sanchez by April 9th, 2010. Practice days will be on Tuesdays from 3-5p and Fridays from 2:20-4:20p. More information to follow.

Saturday's Rugby Tournament has been canceled

Due to the weather forecast for tomorrow, March 13th, 2010, the CHAMPS Rugby event has been canceled and will not be rescheduled. The upside to this is that the CHAMPS spring season will be starting soon and we will be part of that season's first ever competitive Rugby league/season. This spring season will lead us right up to Play Rugby USA's annual tournament, the Mayor's Cup.

Holliswood Rugby Team Plate Champions

After three years of hard work, the Holliswood middle school Rugby team finally brings home some hardware! Competing in two tournaments this weekend, March 7th, the team was victorious at last. In past tournaments, they had finished high in playoff brackets, but were not able to get past some tough competition. That trend ended Sunday. The team was able to get past a rocky first match to persevere and win their playoff bracket in not just one, but two tournaments! Congratulations to our ruggers, and much more success in the future. Post a comment to show your support.