Hey Lads,

I was in Eugene yesterday getting one of my twin sons registered for school (One
Duck out of two! Nope, he's done with rugby- did it in high school).

We stopped by the Club Sports office to see Sandy Vaughn.  She is stil the same,
sweet lady that put up with our shenanigans in the State vans.  Holy cow!  I'm
glad the statute of limitations has finally run out for that stuff.  Or has it?

Anyway, she said to be sure to tell you all "Hello!"

Happy 4th of July boys!

Jim B

PS- does anyone know how to reach Taity?

Hello,
I'm not an alum, but I'm looking to buy a U of O Ducks Jersey.  I haven't found
any on ebay, at the Ducks store, etc.  Any tips on where I can find one?
Thanks,
-Brian

Dear Alumni,

The UO Rugby Alumni weekend and game is scheduled for the weekend of
May 16th, 2009 with a game time start at 1pm on saturday. On Sunday
the UORFC will also be hosting the 1st Annual UO Rugby Golf Scramble.
Entry fees are $50/player including 9 holes of golf, lunch, and a
afternoon of fun. Ending the evening will also be the UO Rugby end of
year banquet with all the players from the current squad. There will
be a auction and raffle for all to bid on and win great prizes from
local business and the UORFC. We hope to see all of you that weekend
and please contact me if you are interested in reserving a spot in the
tournament. Well see you soon.

David Hoffenberg
President UORFC
dhoffenb@...
(303) 669-1463

Lads,

Cheers to David from the current squad for posting photos of his
mates.  Ah, we were once young and fit and fearless too (at least
that's the way I remember it!).

JB

Taity is AWOL - does anyone have his new email address?

Rugger Ducks,

My name is David Hoffenberg and I am the current President of the University of
Oregon
Rugby Football Club. I am in the process of deciding which weekend would be best
for our
alumni festivities. The weekend of the 24th are our best bet. Please let me know
if that
weekend works well as we are hoping to get the best turnout possible.

Also I wanted to send you all the information about our new donation program we
set up.
As a way to thank our alumni, parents, and friends we have begun to offer
donation gift
packages. Here is the information on our program.

Individual Contributions levels
Black ($30-$99)
Tax-deductible receipt.
A free t-shirt in size of your choice.

White ($100-$499)
Tax-deductible receipt.
2 t-shirts in size of your choice.

Yellow ($500-$999)
Tax-deductible receipt.
2 t-shirts in size of your choice.
Team Polo in size of your choice.
Team Duffle Bag with name embroidered on side

Green ($1000+)
Tax-deductible receipt.
2 t-shirts in size of your choice.
A Team Polo in size of your choice.
Team Duffle Bag with name embroidered on side.
Team Jersey in size or number of your choice

*Special Contribution gift packages exist for alumni. Please email
rugbymen@...
to request any specific items and sizes that you would like.

Please send donations to:
Men's Rugby Team
Club Sports Office
1228 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403

David Hoffenberg
President UORFC

David- please feel free to post photos of the new squad if you'd like.
We can keep an ongoing collection on this site.

JB

Hey gang, Steve Eberhard and Bruce Knoll are with us now, as is the
current U of O Club.

Steve and Bruce- shout out to the guys when you get a minute.

Also lads, the U of O Club is doing some fundraising.  I'm sending them
a check for $1.6 million but they have to hold it for a bit...

Seriously, help 'em out if you can.  Maybe they won't have to sweep
that damned Pit.

Cheers Lads- I hope you are all well and happy!

Jim B

Hey Jim, Steve Eberhard here.  Nice to see some familiar names from
the good times at UO.  Living in Apollo Beach FL now with my wife
Kristi, kind of in "early retirement" mode or something.

Say hi to the guys, take it easy!

Steve

--- In oldruggerduck@yahoogroups.com, "Jim Brown" <spf1410@...> wrote:
>
> Hey Lads,
>
> I saw Andy Sisavic (sp?) the other day.  He owns Fast Signs in
> Beaverton.  Passing on his "hello" to you all.
>
> Also, I saw "The Gustav" Tavo Cruz at the Slabtown event yesterday.
> Caught him out of the corner of my eye and he was gone before I could
> chase him down (I never was fast, that's why I played front row!).  He
> looked great!
>
> I hope you are all having a wonderful life!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jim Brown
>

Just to give you a quick update of our club. Were struggling a little but we
have alot of
talent this year. Were hoping to return to playoff qualification again this
year. We have a
new coach Tim Wilkinson who has been with the club for 2 years now, who is from
Australia and is a very knowledgeable coach. Were going to the Pac 10 Tournament
in
January and are looking to improve on our 5th place finish from last years
tournament. We
slowly improved every year weve been to the tournament finishing 9th in 2006,
7th in
2007 and 5th last year. This year we hope to finish in the top 3 in in 2009.

We have one player currently on the U-19 National Team in freshman Bobby
Mulvaney, a
prop. And this winter break Bobby will be attending the tryouts for the U-20
National
Team. We also have another very talented senior Joji Kurosaki, who will be a
member of
the 2009 US Maccabi national team, who will be in the 2009 Jewish Olympics in
Jerusalem
this summer.

Just a quick rundown and update of our team. We would love to see you all out at
some of
our games of our alumni game this spring. Ill send out a update to when the game
will be
in the coming weeks. Thanks again for your support of the club.

David Hoffenberg
Coordinator UORFC

--- In oldruggerduck@yahoogroups.com, James Brown <spf1410@...> wrote:
>
> Thanks David!  Please keep in touch (no pun intended...) regarding the current
Club.  We
Old Boys are proud of our heritage.
>  
> Jim Brown
>
> --- On Tue, 12/16/08, uorfc <dhoffenb@...> wrote:
>
> From: uorfc <dhoffenb@...>
> Subject: [oldruggerduck] Hello to the Rugby Ducks of Old
> To: oldruggerduck@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tuesday, December 16, 2008, 12:40 PM
>
>
>
>
>
>
> My name is David Hoffenberg and I am the Current coordinator of the
> UORFC. Hope all of you are doing well and I hope to see you all at a
> match soon, or the Alumni game. Just wanted to introduce myself to some
> of you guys and get to know ya.
>
> David Hoffenberg
> Coordinator UORFC
> dhoffenb@uoregon. edu
>

Lads,

I'm getting emails returned from Robin Tait, does anyone have his "new"
or current email?

Cheers to all, and Happy Holidays!

Jim B

PS- Welcome to the "New Ducks" tuning in, and to David Hoffenberg!

My name is David Hoffenberg and I am the Current coordinator of the
UORFC. Hope all of you are doing well and I hope to see  you all at a
match soon, or the Alumni game. Just wanted to introduce myself to some
of you guys and get to know ya.

David Hoffenberg
Coordinator UORFC
dhoffenb@...

Boys,

Andy Sisavic found us- he's now in the group.  Cheers Andy!

JB

Hey Lads,

I saw Andy Sisavic (sp?) the other day.  He owns Fast Signs in
Beaverton.  Passing on his "hello" to you all.

Also, I saw "The Gustav" Tavo Cruz at the Slabtown event yesterday.
Caught him out of the corner of my eye and he was gone before I could
chase him down (I never was fast, that's why I played front row!).  He
looked great!

I hope you are all having a wonderful life!

Cheers,

Jim Brown

Ahoy all,

I am the Masters columnist for RUGBY magazine in the US.

The mag is going through big changes as of 2008 and my column
(and others) have been cut.

If anyone age 35+ wants to keep up with info on upcoming Old Boys tours,
tournaments, reunions or other geriatric rugby news please visit
http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/worldmastersrugby/ and join in.

It's free and we have 600+ members from all over the world who think
they know what they're talking about.

Thanxxx!

"Trapper" Dan Santoro
Florida
rugbydan@...

Hi guyds

Wish I was, but...,

Robin

>>> "Jim Brown" <spf1410@...> 08/12/07 1:30 pm >>>
I remember Skip was going, anyone else?  Cheers to you all!  Hope
you're doing well.

JB

I remember Skip was going, anyone else?  Cheers to you all!  Hope
you're doing well.

JB

Kyle,

Welcome in, Mr. President! Glad to have you here.  Amongst those of
us online and coming soon we've got a bunch of historical information
for the club.  Most of this lot is from the late '70s and
early '80s.  We're spread from Montana to Australia and Tasmania
right now.

It would be great to have other eras represented too, so keep
spreading the link to anyone who you can think of.

Also, I'm new to this moderator/setup role.  If there's anything I
should/could be doing better or differently please let me know.  I'm
a beginner at all of this and very open to direction.  In fact, if
there is an experienced modertor out there I would make a seamless
handoff if desired.

I may try to make the game on th 19th.

Thanks again Kyle for joining!


Jim Brown
Old, slow, broken and dumb front rower.




--- In oldruggerduck@yahoogroups.com, "kmckenzie212" <kmckenz1@...>
wrote:
>
> "Rugby Ducks,
>
> My name is Kyle McKenzie and I currently sit as the Club President.
> First off let me tell you all how excited our team is for the
upcoming
> alumni game/weekend."  Kyle McKenzie
>

Rugby Ducks,

My name is Kyle McKenzie and I currently sit as the Club President.
First off let me tell you all how excited our team is for the upcoming
alumni game/weekend. We will be holding the game the 19th of may at
the riverfront field. The game will be at 12 noon and end whenever
people want to stop playing rugby. That evening we are trying to hold
a dinner for everyone to get together to catch up and intermingle.
Then hopefully off to the bars!

There will be T-shirts to purchase as well as other fund raising
activities throughout the weekend.We would appreciate any of your support!

I cannot wait to meet all the older alumni and see you all on the pitch!

Alumni Game
Riverfront Field
May 19th
12 noon

There will be more information coming soon!

Thanks and see you all next week!

Kyle McKenzie

Sandy tells me the alumni game is May 19th in Eugene.  Would someone
post a report and a few pictures?

Hey Lads!

Good to hear from you all again.  Here's a place where we can share
messages, photos, and tall tales of our long ago prowess on (and off...
Larry Hill are you there?) the pitch!

Cheers,

Jim B