2000 West Women's Club Championships
(as of 06/06/00)

West LAU Participants
Eastern Rockies - Harlequins Olde Girls; Black Ice; Colorado She-Wolves
Great Plains - Not participating in 2000
Heart of America - KC Jazz; Springfield Robins
Missouri - St. Louis
Ozark - Ozark Ladies; Oklahoma Roses
Rio Grande - Atomic Sisters
Texas - Austin Valkyries

2000 Seeding - Final
Seed #1 - OZ1 - Ozark Ladies
Seed #2 - HOA1 - KC Jazz
Seed #3 - ER1 - Harlequin Olde Girls
Seed #4 - ER2 - Black Ice
Seed #5 - TX1 - Austin Valkyries
Seed #6 - OZ2 - Oklahoma Roses (No challenge by TX2)
Seed #7 - MO1- St. Louis (No challenge by ER3-Colorado She-Wolves)
Seed #8 - HOA2 - Springfield Robins (challengers) (defeated RG1- Atomic Sisters (35-3))

West Pool Structure
Pool A = Seeds # 1,4, 5, and 8
Pool B = Seeds # 2, 3, 6, and 7

USA RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS
See the USA Rugby web site for the complete results of the 2000 National Division I and II Championships.

Final Four
USA Rugby Final Four - June 3-4, 2000 - Rockford, IL
Note: In 2000 there will be a Plate Competition (also in Rockford, IL) for the runner-up in each pool.

Sweet 16
USA Rugby Sweet May 13-14, 2000
The Western RFU has two slots in this competition.
They are seeded #12 and #14 and participate in Pools D and C respectively.
Pool A at Ft. Worth, TX - PC1 vs. SC2 and MW3 vs. S1
Pool B at New Haven, CT - NE1 vs. SC1 and MW2 vs. MA2
Pool C at New Haven, CT - MA1 vs. West#2 - Ozark Ladies and MW1 vs. PC3
Pool D at Ft. Worth, TX - PC2 vs. MA3 and NE2 vs. West#1 - KC Jazz

WESTERN CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS

April 15-16, 2000
Swope Park
Kansas City, MO
Host: Kansas City Jazz RFC
Contact: Christine Franz E: asfranz@juno.com

Quarter Finals - Saturday 15 April
Pool A #4 - Black Ice 10 vs. #5 - Austin Valkyries 51; Field 1 KO at 9:30 AM - Match #1
Pool A #1- Ozark Ladies 62 vs. #8 - Springfield 7; Field 2 KO at 9:30 AM - Match #2
Pool B #3 - Harlequin Olde Girls (Win by Forfeit) vs. # 6 - Oklahoma Roses (No show); Field 1 KO at 11:00 AM - Match #3
Pool B #2 -Kansas City Jazz (Win by Forfeit) vs. # 7- St. Louis (Forfeit); Field 2 KO at 11:00 AM - Match #4

Semi Finals/Consolations - Saturday 15 April
Pool A Loser Match #1 - Black Ice 27 vs. Loser Match #2 - Springfield 0; Field 1 KO at 1:30 PM Match #5
Pool A Winner Match #1 - Austin Valkyries 12 vs. Winner Match #2 - Ozark Ladies 27; Field 2 KO at 1:30 PM Match #6
Pool B Loser Match #3 - OU Roses (Forfeit) vs. Loser Match #4 - St. Louis (Win by Forfeit); Field 1 KO at 3:00 PM Match #7
Pool B Winner Match #3 - Harlequin Olde Girls 13 vs. Winner Match #4 - KC Jazz 24; Field 2 KO at 3:00 PM Match #8

Finals and Consolation Matches - Sunday 16 April
Loser Match #5 - Springfield (Win by Forfeit) vs. Loser Match #7 - OU Roses (Forfeit); Field 1 KO at 9:00 AM 7th/8th Place
Winner #5 - Black Ice 0 vs. Winner #7 - St. Louis 29; Field 2 KO at 9:00 AM 5th/6th Place
Loser #6 - Austin Valkyries 7 vs. Loser # 8 - Harlquin Olde Girls 24; Field 1 KO at 10:30 AM 3rd/4th Place
DEMO - Park Hill High School Girls (and friends!) match ; Field 1 KO at 12:00 PM (Noon)
Winner #6 - Ozark Ladies 10 vs. Winner #8 - KC Jazz 20; Field 1 KO at 1:00 PM 1st/2nd Place

Match Lengths - All Saturday matches will have 40 minute halves. On Sunday, the matches for 7th/8th place and for 5th/6th place will have 30 minutes halves. The matches for 1st/2nd and 3rd/4th places will have 40 minute halves.

West Challenge Matches - All matches are played on Saturday, April 1, 2000 (1:00 PM Kick-Off)

OZ2 - Oklahoma Roses (H) vs. TX2
Host Contact
TBD
Result: No challenge from TX2 - OZ2 advances.

MO1- St. Louis (H) vs. ER3-Colorado She-Wolves
Host Contact
TBD
Result: No challenge from ER3 - MO1 advances.

RG1 Atomic Sisters (H) vs. HOA2 - Springfield Robins
Host Contact
TBD
Result: Challenge issued by HOA2; Springfield defeated Atomic Sisters 35-3; Springfield advances

2000 Results

Challenge Matches

Springfield (HOA) 35 - Atomic Sisters (RG)

Quarter Final Round

Austin Valkyries 51 - Black Ice 10
Ozark Ladies 62 - Springfield 7
Harlequins 12 - Oklahoma Roses 0 Forfeit
Kanas City Jazz 12 - St. Louis 0 Forfeit

Semi Final/Consolation Round

Black Ice 34 - Springfield 0
St. Louis 12 - Oklahoma Roses 0 Forfeit
Ozark Ladies 27 - Austin Valkyries 12
Kansas City Jazz 24 - Harlequins 13

Final Round

7th/8th Place - Springfield 12 - Oklahoma Roses 0 Forfeit
5th/6th Place - St. Louis 29 - Black Ice 0
3rd/4th Place - Harlequins 24 - Austin 7
1st/2nd Place - Kansas City Jazz 20 - Ozark Ladies 10

West Seeding in 2001 (To be completed by 30 August 2000)
Seed 1 =
Seed 2 =
Seed 3 =
Seed 4 =
Seed 5 =
Seed 6 =
Seed 7 =
Seed 8 =
Challenger 1=
Challenger 2 =
Challenger 3 =

Year 2001 Dates (tentative)
USA Rugby Final Four - 2 and 3 June. (To be confirmed. Plate competition to be confirmed)
USA Rugby Sweet 16 - 12 and 13 May. (To be confirmed)
West Final Eight - 21 and 22 April in TBA (To be confirmed)
West Challenge Matches - 7 April. (To be confirmed)

< Note: Easter Sunday is 15 April 2001 >

History of Location and Winner of West Women's Club Championships
1992 -
1993 -
1994 -
1995 -
1996 -
1997 -
1998 at Eastern Rockies. Won by Ozark Ladies. Runner up Colorado Olde Girls
1999 at Kansas City, MO. Won by Ozark Ladies. Runner up Kansas City Jazz.
2000 at Swope Park, Kansas City, MO. Won by Kansas City Jazz. Runner up Ozark Ladies.

Contacts

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Western Women's Club Rugby Programs (17)

Eastern Rockies

Black Ice
Harlequin Olde Girls
Colorado Springs She Wolves
Ft. Collins Flash

Great Plains

Lincoln City
Sioux Falls

Heart of America

Kansas City Jazz
Kansas City Irish
Kansas State Women
Springfield Robins

Missouri

Mizzou Women
St. Louis

Ozark

Ozark Ladies
Oklahoma Roses

Rio Grande

Atomic Sisters

Texas

Austin Valkyries
Dallas Debutantes
Houston Athletic Club
New Orleans Halfmoons