Hello Tony,

Great story. You earned it,my friend.

We must share this with the listserve.

We have a whole handful of Cardinals that performed
with honor in the National playoffs making it past the
sweet 16 in various divisions like
Hatwell,Via,Simpson,King,Mattocks,Porter,Darden. I
know I have left out some names. But serves to remind
us all what a fine group of rugby players represent
the Va.Cardinals.

We will be wearing Adidas kit in Aspen. So you need a
jersey. Details on kit and pesky money matter are
published at our tour website.
http://www.richmondrugby.net/aspen_2008.html

cheers,
Cary


--- Tony Brooks <tonybrooksprop1@...> wrote:

> thanks Cary. it is finally time to let Life
> go........
> After the game, I pulled my boots ,and set them at
> the 50 for good( D1).a
> guy from the raptors tried to get me to take them
> back to no avail. Later on
> an official from the city and Glendale was asking
> for me. ( thought I was in
> trouble).He wanted me to sign the boots, and get
> some pictures with the city
> photographer . they told me it is their
> understanding that I am apparently
> the oldest guy to play and win in a D1 final (age
> 47).so I go back to the
> field and there is a guy on his belly taking zoom
> shots of my signed
> boots.They are going to put the boots,and pictures
> of me in my Life jumper
> and medal in what they are calling their world rugby
> hall of fame they are
> starting.
>
> all I was trying to do was finally let go after a
> dream come true season.go
> figure....
>
> any news about the Aspen kit???
>
> thanks Big C.
> Tony B.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cary Kennedy" <cary@...>
> To: "Tony Brooks" <tonybrooksprop1@...>
> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 9:44 PM
> Subject: Fwd: Life Holds on to Win Division I Title
> at USA Rugby Club
>
>
> > Congratulations Tony!
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Rugby Dan <rugbydan@...> wrote:
> >
> >> Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:50:36 -0400
> >> From: Rugby Dan <rugbydan@...>
> >> To: r-South Men's Google group
> >> <rugby-south-men@googlegroups.com>,
> >> r-NHOB e group
> >> <nhr-list-nhrugby.com@...>,
> >> R-FRU e-group <floridarugby@egroups.com>,
> >> r-Blind Pigs yahoo group
> >> <blindpigs@yahoogroups.com>
> >> Subject: Life Holds on to Win Division I Title at
> >> USA Rugby Club
> >>
> >> -------- Original Message --------
> >> Subject: [american_rugby-news] Life Holds on to
> Win
> >> Division
> >> I Title at USA Rugby Club Championships
> >> Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008
> >> From: Sara John <sjohn@...>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> For Immediate Release
> >> June 1, 2008
> >>
> >> Life Holds on to Win Division I Title at USA
> Rugby
> >> Club
> >> Championships
> >>
> >>
> >> GLENDALE, Colo. - Life University held on to
> defeat
> >> the
> >> Glendale Raptors, 15-14, in the USA Rugby Men's
> Club
> >>
> >> Division I Championships today at Glendale's
> >> Infinity Park.
> >>
> >> "Glendale did a good job pressuring us," Life's
> >> player/coach
> >> Scott Lawrence said. "I am just happy to have
> walked
> >> away
> >> one point ahead. I attribute a lot of it to our
> >> strength and
> >> conditioning program. Our team works unbelievably
> >> hard
> >> during the season and our goal is to come alive
> in
> >> the last
> >> 20 minutes."
> >>
> >> Both teams played tough defense and the match
> >> remained
> >> scoreless until, in the 34^th minute, Glendale
> >> scored their
> >> first converted try. Life countered in the second
> >> half, and
> >> then went on to score the next 15 points to take
> an
> >> eight-point lead over the home crowd favorite. In
> >> the very
> >> last minute of the game, however, Glendale came
> back
> >> to
> >> score a converted try. It brought the Raptors to
> >> within one,
> >> but as time ran out, Life University was still on
> >> top.
> >>
> >> This win marks the team's first title in Division
> I
> >> in its
> >> long and established history. In comparison, the
> >> Raptors,
> >> who are just finishing their second full season
> as a
> >> club,
> >> also mark their best finish as runners-up.
> >>
> >> The Division I consolation match pit Pearl City
> >> against the
> >> top-seeded Olympic Club. Both teams were coming
> off
> >> a tough
> >> semifinal battle and it was the Olympic Club that
> >> held its
> >> composure and walked away with the third-place
> >> finish,
> >> beating the Iowa-based club, 49-17.
> >>
> >> Red Mountain clinched the Division II National
> >> Championship
> >> with its convincing 41-18 win over the top-seeded
> >> Brandywine
> >> side in today's afternoon match. Red Mountain
> >> actually led
> >> 17-8 at halftime and never looked back, scoring
> >> another 17
> >> consecutive points in the second half en route to
> >> its first
> >> National Championship title, as well.
> >>
> >> "We came out extremely aggressive and were able
> to
> >> maintain
> >> that level throughout," Red Mountain Coach Kevin
> >> Torkelson
> >> said. "We have been in three USA Rugby National
> >> Championships now, and we know what to expect. I
> >> think that
> >> kind of experience helps in a number of ways.
> >>
> >> "I have to give Brandywine credit, though, they
> >> really
> >> stayed after it the whole time and in both of our
> >> games this
> >> weekend - the score didn't necessarily reflect
> the
> >> difficulty of our competition.
> >>
> >> That was also true in the Division II
> consolations,
> >> as the
> >> Wisconsin side beat Detroit in the day's first
> match
> >> 24-16.
> >>
> >> In Division III, the Reno Zephyrs marked their
> >> second
> >> Championship title in just six years, beating
> >> Michiana
> >> 31-27, in match that came down to the wire.
> >>
> >>
> >> "It was a good, exciting game and we were very
> >> evenly
> >> matched," Coach Rich Lair said. "They played
> really
> >> quick
> >> ball and we played good defense on our part. We
> >> really owe a
> >> lot of our team's success to Nelo Lui, (this
> year's
> >> DIII
> >> MVP). He leads the squad on and off the field and
> >> has a lot
> >> to do with our improved conditioning."
> >>
> >> According to Nelo, he advised the squad to forget
> >> what had
> >> happened throughout the season, and just focus on
> >> making the
> >> most out of this Championship match. "In most of
> our
>
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