WESTERN RUGBY UNION
STATUS OF WESTERN COMPETITIVE PROGRAMS FOR 2003
as of May 05, 2003
Men’s Division I Clubs
Date: Final Four - 26 and 27 April
Quarter-Finals - 12 April
#1 TX1 - (H) Austin vs. C3 - St. Louis Ramblers. (Rep Cook/Franz/Haffner Ref = )
#2 C1 - (H) St. Lois Bombers vs. W2 - Boulder (Rep = Ward. Ref = )
#3 C2 - (H) Kansas City vs. TX3 - Houston Athletic RC (Rep = TBA Ref = )
#4 W1 - (H) Denver Highlanders vs. TX2 - The Woodlands (Rep. = TBA Ref =)
Participants and Seeding for Final Four Semi Finals
Winner QF #1 - Austin - vs. - Winner QF #4 - The Woodlands
Winner QF #2 - Bombers - vs. - Winner QF #3 - Kansas City RFC
Men’s Division II Clubs
Date: Final Eight - 25, 26, and 27 April
Challenge Matches - 12 April
Finals Venue: Rolling Hills Park in Ft. Worth, TX
Challenge Matches :
GP- Sioux Falls by HOA2 County RFC (Rep = TBA Ref = TBA)
Sioux Falls declined. County advances
MO-Kohlfield Scorpions by ER2 - Queen City (Rep = MO Appointment Ref = TBA)
OZ - Little Rock by TX3 - Austin Huns (Rep = W. Keller Ref = Holloway)
Seeding: TX1- Arlington, TX2 - Baton Rouge, HOA1 - Springfield , ER1-Denver Harlequins, RG - Albuquerque Aardvarks, GP- Sioux Falls, MO - Kohlfeld Scorpions, OZ - Little Rock, TX3 - Austin Huns, ER2- Queen City, HOA2 - County
Western Rep at Finals: Haffner
Men’s Division III Clubs
Event and participation discontinued.
Women’s Clubs
Date: 12 and 13 April
Venue: Austin, TX
Western Reps: Sharpley, Cook, Franz and Haffner
Seeding and Structure: There are two pools of competition; Pool A will have six clubs playing in two pools of three (A1 and A2), and each pool will be played as a round-robin. winners will represent the West at the USA Rugby National Championships. Pool B is open to all interested Western women’s clubs.
Pool A1 = HOA1- KC Jazz, TX1 - Austin Valkyries, and ER2 - Colorado Springs
Pool A2 = ER1- Harlequins Olde Girls, OZ1- New Orleans Halfmoons, and MO1- St. Louis
Pool B has acceptances from Black Ice, Oklahoma Roses, Atomic Sisters, HARC, and Ozark Ladies. Ft. Collins, Dallas Debutantes, and Lincoln City have declined. San Antonio has withdrawn.
Date: 5 and 6 April
Venue: Lawrence, KS
Western Reps: Glentzer, Holloway, and Franz
Seeding and Structure: Eight club event. Seeding = ER1 - Air Force, RG - NMSU, OZ - University of Arkansas, ER2 - University of Colorado, TX - Texas A&M, HOA - Truman State, GP1- University of Nebraska - Lincoln, and GP2 - South Dakota State University
Pool A = ER1 vs. GP2 and ER2 vs. TX
Pool B = RG vs. GP1 and OZ vs. HOA
Men’s Division I Colleges
Date: 5 and 6 April
Venue: Lake Highlands Park and Glencoe Park
Western Reps: Haffner and Cortez
Seeding and Structure: Eight club final. Seeding: ER1 - Air Force, ER2 - University of Colorado, TX1 - Texas A&M, HOA - Truman State, GP - University of Nebraska - Lincoln, OZ - Oklahoma University, TX2 - University of Texas - Austin, RG - University of New Mexico
Pool A= ER1 vs. RG and HOA vs. GP
Pool B = ER2 vs. TX2 and TX1 vs. OZ
Men’s Division II Colleges
Date: 5 and 6 April
Venue: Lake Highlands Park and Glencoe Park
Western Reps: Haffner and Cortez
Seeding and Structure: Eight club final. Seeding: TX1 Sam Houston State, ER1 - University of Northern Colorado, TX2 - Angelo State , GP- South Dakota State University, OZ - Northeast Oklahoma State, MO - University of Missouri at Columbia, HOA - Pittsburgh State, RG -New Mexico Tech with two alternates chosen: ER2 - Regis College and TX3
Pool A = TX1 vs. RG and GP vs. OZ
Pool B = ER1 vs. HOA and TX2 vs. MO
Boy’s High School
Date: 26 and 27 April
Venue: Jesuit College Prep, Dallas, TX
Western Reps: Sexton
Seeding and Structure: Seeding HOA1, MO1, TX1, HOA1, OX1, MO2, TX2, RG, TX3, HOA3, OZ2, and MO3. The next seed for replacement purposes is OZ3. Twelve club event. Four pools of three clubs, each pool is a round robin.
Pool A = HOA1, RG, MO3
Pool B = MO1, TX2, OZ2
Pool C = TX1, MO2, HOA3
Pool D = HOA2, OZ1, TX3
Date: 19 July
Venue: Ft. Worth, TX
Seeding and Structure: Eight Clubs
Men’s Collegiate All Stars
Date: 1 and 2 November
Venue: TBA
Seeding and Structure: TBA