Rugby is a fascinating sport.....
They say you never forget your first love in anything.
I will never forget my first rugby club. It was an honor and a
privilege to be able to start my rugby experiences by training
with the Battleship Rugby Football Club in Mobile, Alabama. To the members of the Battleship R.F.C., it's an honor being associated with you gentlemen. In this line of
thought, I'm using the term gentlemen "highly"
I also would like to say thank you to the great "Social members"
of the Battleship R.F.C. for showing their support.
It's always good to go back and see the club. This Kodak moment was taken at the 14th Annual Battleship Invitational Rugby Tournament and USA Rugby East Region IV Playoffs. These gentlemen represented the "A" side and of course, the "Battleship Old Boys"..aka BOBs. I was a "BOB".....(I'm on the bottom row, left to right..7th gentlemen)
We won the "Old Boys" division.
Here I am when I was younger and in my prime with the Yellowhammers R.F.C. (36 years new) "Kicking for touch"..(kicking the rugby ball out of bounds and out of danger)
Yellowhammers R.F.C. vs. auburn R.F.C........yeah, one of those other universities in the state of Alabama...:-)
To my fellow ruggers, due to circumstances beyond my control....my body,
I'ved retired from playing Rugby in the Spring 2001 season. Yeah, I know I'ved retired two previous times. Well this is the third and final time.
This 48 year old body just doesn't heal as quickly as it did in my earlier years. Now I can devote my full time to being a Social member... hey, who's got a beer?
Speaking of tournaments, The 20th Annual Battleship Invitational Rugby Tournament was held November 14 & 15, 1998. I'm proud to say that the Battleship R.F.C. won the Men's division.
Here's one reason...Jessie, the tournament's MVP. This gentleman is smart, got moves and can fly. This is one of his many tries.
Top Ten Rugby Lies of All Time:
10. Mom, It's a Gentleman's game.
9. I only drank a little last night.
8. I didn't mean to bite him.
7. Our songs aren't that crude.
6. I have never danced naked.
5. The referee sees everything.
4. I know all the rules.
3. But they started it, sir.
2. Father Abraham is a spiritual song.
1. I think she was good looking.
TOP TEN QUESTIONS ASKED BY RUGBY ROOKIES
10. Aren't we going to shower before the party?
9. I'm supposed to grab you where?
8. We have to change our clothes right here in front of everybody?
7. Is she allowed to step on my face?
6. What does it mean if their whole team doesn't shave?
5. How come the coach never runs with us?
4. Where is the "boot" and how do I shoot it?
3. How do I call for a sub?
2. Is my neck going to feel like this after every game?
1. Did everyone "used to live in Chicago"?
Yellowhammers Rugby Football Club
Battleship Rugby Football Club
The USA National Rugby Team - the "Eagles"
International Rugby Links..
1991 Rugby World Cup Tour
A Rugby Wedding
Here is a museum that I really enjoy eveytime I visit Tuscaloosa.
Want to see what I believe "Tradition" is all about?
Hashing..................
Montgomery Hash House Harriers..
Sunday is our Hashing Day. Hashes start around 3:00 PM.
Cost is $5.00 to cover liquids.
A big gold flag will mark the spot.
Here's a link to our new Montgomery Hash House Harriers Web site
Montgomery Hash House Harriers
On Out !
HASH Hotline..(334) 361-1353
Montgomery, Alabama
Here's a photo of the hashers at our Alabama Inter Hash doing some excerises Hashing style.
We're singing "Father Abraham"
These hashers are having some needed liquids.
1998 Halloween
Ho Ho Ho!!!!!!!!!!!!! it's the 1998 Christmas Hash
She hasn't been "nice"..she's been "naughty"...:-)
And this last one we leave you with Santa...
A momentous occasion in a Hasher's life...being named and having the religious advisor gives his/her blessing.
This Hasher will now be known as "Snot Rocket"
I can't recall what Hash tradition these Hashers failed to
remember.
Still on trail...
One of those BC's in the woods.
I don't remember where I picked this up on trail.
| You know you are really a hasher when... |
1. You pretty much know every drain pipe, cliff, and mud hole within a 60 mile radius of your home.
2. You have given up on ever finding a cure for your chronic case of poison oak.
3. Your car is a mess consisting of empty beer cans and old hash newsletters, plus bits of shiggy from various runs of the last 6 months or so.
4. You can use hash names in a conversation without hesitating or blushing.
5. You train like an ultrarunner in order to have enough endurance torun the L.A. hash, the Long Beach hash, the PMS hash, the Chapter 13 hash,the New Moon hash, the Orange County hash, the Ventura hash, and any interhashes that come along.
6. You wake up the day of a hash with the flu and a fever of 105. You gobble aspirin and Vitamin C and take ice baths to get your temperature normal in time for the run.
7. You no longer think that trashing pizza parlors and pubs is abnormal behavior.
8. You are afraid to have a CAT scan because it would probably revealthat you really do just have half a brain.
9. You know you're really an interhasher when you start paying attention again to your frequent flyer mileage so you can get cheap flights to the next interhash.
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Thank you Floppy D. for making the list look right.
There's my green cup..
Hashing page on xoom.com
Saturday Dog Daze at Ebro PCH3 & ECH3: #254
(one of those Hashing pages)
Saturday Dog Daze at Ebro PCH3 & ECH3 #254: Back at the Fishcamp
(another one of those Hashing pages)
On Beer!
1999 Halloween Hash
A "Beer Check"..
My friend Jerry was nice enough to come down and join the hashers... I wish..... :-)
Jerry on trail.
Here we are at a "Wait Check"... Civil Rights Memorial Fountain
1999 Christmas Hash
Still a "Bud" man.
That funnel keeps popping up.
"Singing in the rain"
So this is Mr. & Mrs. Claus. Kinda looks like Jerry doesn't he.. :-)
Valentine "Red Dress" Hash 2000
Hashers and the "R" word
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