Morris Lions U19s Blog

New Photos from Charlotte

Many thanks to Mrs Sweet. We have another great addition to Morris Lions U19s Media Team. You can see the rest here.



 

Photos From Charlotte c/o Mr Hickey

You can see them here.

Memories from last year's Charlotte Tournament

Gents,

To get you in the mood for this weekend's tournament, check out this old post with some of the players' best memories here:

"Hearing the other team moan every time the ref called for a scrum. Go Dozer" - Big Red

I think the best game moment, was either jake feury's dump, or Ludwig's excellent try in the first game. Ludwig hit that hole at full speed, and didn't stop. He is starting to make tuqiri look bad lol." Joe Ross

"Tie between Feury's tackle and Grego's try in that third game. Both were incredible." Matt Turinas

"Listening to the A-side cheering on the B-side on Sunday, then listening to the B-side "trying" to cheer on the A-side!" Coach John

You can see more photos here. And here is a very crappy quality video playlist pf some of the highlists

Charlotte Tour - March 13th-15th 2009

As in past years, we plan on entering into the Charlotte tournament next March, which is expected to be the 13th thru15 th.  Last year we had enough players to enter 2 sides, with 8 adults traveling with the team.  We will accept as many players as are able to go and will enter the appropriate number of teams. Due to the distance, we have to fly.  This year, we will depart Newark Airport in the early afternoon, meaning the players will have to be let out of class early on the Friday, returning late Sunday afternoon/early evening.  We are looking at a mid afternoon departure. If players are unable to leave at the scheduled departure time, you can make arrangements for your sons to leave later, but will be at your cost.  All the players, regardless of when they arrive will stay in the same hotel.  Arrangements can be made for transport from the airport to the hotel for the later arrivals.  To hold your spot in Charlotte, we are asking for a $25 deposit.  You can contact Adam Turinas at his email, adamturinas@gmail.com] to make arrangements for payment.  Parents are also able to attend.  We are estimating that the cost for the Charlotte trip, air, hotel and ground transport, not including meals, will be between $350 and $400 per player.  For any adults traveling, you can have your choice of a single room or doubling up if requested, which will increase the costs a bit more.  More details to follow, including thoughts on fundraising to help defray some of the travel costs.   Here are some links for pictures and articles about the trip last year:

http://morrislionsu19s.typepad.com/blog/2008/03/what-was-your-b.html
http://morrislionsu19s.typepad.com/photos/charlotte_tournament/index.html
http://www.flickr.com/photos/turinas/collections/72157604086163143/

Photos from Canada

C/of of Mr Hickey. can be found here

 
 

MetUnion Playoffs

Here are the video highlights from yesterday. For those of you who missed it, the As lost their first game against LI Colts (I don't know the score) and so did not make the regional play-offs sadly. They then played Parsipanny to a hard fought scoreless tie.

The B side played a fantastics game against a combined Parsipanny and Union B side. And despite the A side being disappointed a great day was had by all.

METNY U19/Community-based/Multiple School Playoff

METNY U19/Community-based/Multiple School Playoff

May 10, 2008

Denville, NJ

Directions can be found at; http://morrisrugby.org/directions.php  Click on “Full List of Morris Playing Pitches and Directions” then “St. Clare's Pocono Road Field, Denville”

Schedule for the Day

9:30 AM- Check in and Registration, Coaches and Referees Meeting

10:00 AM- B-side Match, teams TBA

11:00 AM- Playoff Match #1: Morris vs Red Conference #2 seed

12:00 Noon- Play-off Match #2: Blue Conference #2 seed vs Red Conference #1 seed

1:00 PM- B-side Match, teams TBA

2:00 PM- Loser of Playoff Match #1vs Loser Playoff Match #2 (3^rd and 4^th place)

3:00 PM- Winner of Playoff Match #1 vs Winner Playoff #2 (Winner is METNY #1 seed to NRU, loser is METNY #2 seed to NRU Multiple School Championships on May 17/18)

All B-side matches will be 22.5 minutes/half with ties not being broken.

All Playoff Matches will be 20 minutes/half with tie breaking rules as defined below

Rules for breaking ties. (Contd)

 

Some information about this weekend's tournament

They have a nice web site with schedules and stuff. You can find it here.

More Photos from Charlotte

Some more awesome photos from Joann. I have created an album from some of the best. There are abunch more here. You have to register but it's worth it.

What was your best memory from Charlotte?

"I have so many but the one that sticks with me the most was Jake Feury, stopping the 170 pound Chapel Hill flanker dead in his tracks and dumping him cold, followed by the A's singing "He' an 8th Grade" to rub it in a bit" Adam Turinas

"Hearing the other team moan every time the ref called for a scrum. Go Dozer" - Big Red

I think the best game moment, was either jake feury's dump, or Ludwig's excellent try in the first game. Ludwig hit that hole at full speed, and didn't stop. He is starting to make tuqiri look bad lol." Joe Ross

"Tie between Feury's tackle and Grego's try in that third game. Both were incredible." Matt Turinas

"Listening to the A-side cheering on the B-side on Sunday, then listening to the B-side "trying" to cheer on the A-side!" Coach John

"i do gotta say the best moment for me was hearing the A side chanting everything from "HE's in Eigth grade" to "GET SOME" but i have to say the think that stuck the most was when Smiley turned around and said if you all dont be quiet no HOOTERS and the guys responce was "WERE GOING TO HOOTERS" over and over again and the face Smiley made after that was priceless."

"I have to have me moment of pride. the look on that fullback's face when i punted the ball and recovered it at full pace and blew right by was priceless. he must have been quite embarrased when that ball took a skip the complete other direction from where he was running and into my hands. lol everything can happen in Charlotte! oh i forgot something. Eliot making the opposite prop from Charlotte catholic scream in pain every time they scrummed." Tony Grego

What's yours? Put them in the comments of this post or email me and I will add it to this post.