The U19s had their first serious scrimmage today and won a hard fought victory over Keio. Thanks to all the folks at Keio for being great hosts.
All,
There are many reasons why I have taken the path of
rugby over other sports, as well as my desire to channel my passion for the
sport to the U19 program. Over the years we have had our share of success
and for the lack of a better term, "down" years. But through it all, year
after year, we forge ahead believing in what we are doing. What we did
yesterday, playing at Keio is one of the big reasons I have continued. Not
because we had success against Keio, but because of the outcome of the 3rd
period. Below you will find a wonderful note from the coach of Keio, Mr.
Tomonori Inugai, a man with a similar passion and love of the game for all it's
good reasons.
To those boys and parents that made the trip to Keio
yesterday, thank you. Thank you for representing our club in such a
positive way, thank you for "Protecting the Legacy" of the Morris Lions.
We should all be proud of the fact that we showed through a simple jesture of
playing a combinded perior that rugby is a world sport and even if we don't
speak the same language outside of the lines, inside the lines, the universal
language is the game itself.
I am proud to say that I am part of
something that shows the good about rugby and the Lions, when we receive such
compliments as below.
Regards,
Coach
John
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John,
Good
morning.
I'd like to thank you of coming over Keio yesterday.
It was
great pleasure to have game with your team.
Yesterday Keio lost, but keio
improved much better than last time. So I'm relieved.
In the third match, we
had a mixed team game. Keio students were really having a good time with your
players. I enjoyed watching that they were playing together with smiles.
I
really appriciate it.
I hope Morris have a great season in this
year.
Thank you,
Tomonori
Inugai
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