the 10th Annual NYC Rugby Cup SAT JUNE 17 TH RANDALL S ISLAND PRESENTED BY

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1 the 10th Annual NYC Rugby Cup PRESENTED BY SAT JUNE 17 TH RANDALL S ISLAND 1

2 AIG would like to wish good luck to all the teams competing today who s programs we have supported this winter and spring! We are proud of your efforts and welcome you to the rugby community! Create a Better World Through Rugby 2

3 Our VALUES & FLAG RUGBY TERMS Keep an ear out for these Play Rugby USA Values! Switch On: Preparing physically and mentally for a tournament. Focusing on how I will treat others and want to be treated. Playing in the true spirit of the game. Go Forward: Every play, game and tournament i will put in the effort and hard work to be better for me and my team. Play What You See: I will make positive decisions on and off the field and support and encourage the decisions my teammates make. As a team we vow to learn from mistakes and become stronger to face challenges, today and in the future. Get There: I help my teammates be successful, just as they help me to be successful. My contribution and support will create an example others can follow. Try Makers Not Just Try Scorers: We before me. I always play my hardest and I do it for the good of the team, rather than my own personal statistics. I help my teammates, opponents, coaches, supporters and everyone here today, create a positive experience, we can all be proud of. Flag Rugby Terms Try: a score, which is worth 1 point in flag rugby Free Pass: used as a restart to play after a try is scored, the ball goes into touch, a penalty is committed, or a knock on is committed and no advantage is gained Into Touch: out of bounds Advantage: allowing play to continue when a penalty happens is called advantage. The referee calls Advantage while waiting to see if the nonoffending team will benefit. If so, the referee announces Play On. If no advantage occurs, play restarts with a Free Pass from the point of the infringement Substitutions: subs are unlimited and are allowed at stoppages of play at the whistle Penalties that result in loss of possession and/or a free pass for the opposition KnockOn: when the ball is dropped or lost forwards towards and opponents goal line Forward Pass: when the ball is passed forwards and not backwards or horizontal Blocking/Obstruction: when an offensive teammate stops or gets in the way of a flag being taken Flag Guarding: any time a player running with the ball blocks or guards their flag from being taken by the defense Not allowed in Flag Rugby 360 degree spinning, sliding/diving, jumping/hurdling, shoving/pushing, stripping the ball from another player. 3

4 BE A CULTURE KEEPER Player I am here to have fun! I am committed to my teammates I respect all coaches, officials and opponents I have a positive attitude and I actively listen to the coach and my peers Coach I am here to have fun! I am a positive role model I am focused solely on providing an enjoyable development experience for my players I demonstrate sportsmanship and respectful communication with players, opponents, and officials I praise positive behavior among players and reward effort above all else Spectators I am here to have fun! I use appropriate language and behavior in defeat and success I support the coach, ALL players, and officials I encourage the development of my child Let s have some fun! Any questions on the game of rugby please ask any staff member with a Play Rugby USA logo Tshirt to clarify 4

5 FOUNDER S WELCOME Thank You for supporting Play Rugby USA and our vision to create a Better World Through Rugby. Welcome to our Rugby Cup Series, which brings together over 150 youth rugby teams across three cities for these sensational events! A huge thank you to AIG for supporting both the New York City and Bay Area legs of our Cup Series, and for all the other corporations and individuals who have made these events possible. Play Rugby USA has come a long way over the past 11 years, since I chose to retire from my banking career in 2006 to pursue my dream of bringing rugby to deserving young people who otherwise wouldn't have the opportunity. To date, we have worked in and with over 400 schools and community based organizations serving over 20,000 students, with an average of 5,500 students in our programs each year. We are incredibly proud of our young players and today, you'll see for yourself not only how engaged they are in this great sport, but the positive character traits and life skills they ve developed through our program. It is through our "Values in Action" framework that we're able to encourage and celebrate positive behaviors that can be applied as much off the field as on. It is an exciting time for rugby in the US. Rugby Sevens made its debut at the Rio Olympics where both our Men and Women's National teams competed. We just witnessed some incredible international rugby in our backyard last week as the Men's Eagles took on Ireland at Red Bull Arena. The Women's Eagles will head to Ireland next month to participate in the Women's Fifteens World Cup, showcasing the incredible growth of the women's game. And next summer the US will host the Rugby Sevens World Cup in San Francisco! We are proud to continue leading the field of rugbybased youth development and are confident that our young people will be well positioned to take on leadership roles on their teams, in college and in life. The future is bright for American rugby and all of the young people we support at Play Rugby USA. Thank you for being a part of this incredible journey. Sincerely, Mark Griffin Founder & CEO Play Rugby USA 5

6 TODAY S SCHEDULE + MAP 9:15 AM 10:00 AM 12:00 PM 3:00 PM WELCOME! GAMES KICK OFF PLAYOFF GAMES KICK OFF AWARDS CEREMONY 6

7 PAST WINNERS ELEMENTARY MS COED MS GIRLS HS COED HS GIRLS HS BOYS 2008 Pelham IS The Epiphany School IS The Epiphany School IS Washington Irving Jersey City PAL 2012 Lycée Français MS 279 IS Lycée Français MS 282 Brooklyn Prospect 2014 PS 282 MS 282 IS Elysian MS 392 MS 282 Manhattan RFC PRUSA Brooklyn 2016 PS 282 MS 392 MS Alumni Bronx Lighthouse 7

8 Frank Garcia Go Forward Champions! The Play Rugby USA community is committed to building a safe space, where young people experience both success and failure. With each one of these experiences comes the opportunity to learn and exhibit our Go Forward values. A Play Rugby USA Go Forward Champion embodies these values and views each interaction with teammates, opponents, coaches, parents, and supporters as an opportunity to give positive energy and vitality to our community. Each interaction they have with another inspires and invigorates, so we can all Go Forward Together. There was an individual early on in the building of Play Rugby USA that truly embodied these values and attitude. His name was Frank Garcia, a passionate and dedicated teacher with the NYC DOE and coach in the CHAMPS program. So, it is in memory of Frank Garcia, that we honor our Frank Garcia Go Forward Champions. 8

9 Neil Sorbie Holy Moly Award The Play Rugby USA community has committed champions of flag rugby all over the world. A keystone champion was a kind gentleman from Toronto, Neil Sorbie, who passionately provided amazing highquality flags and flag belts to our programs. Neil also supported the AIG NYC Rugby Cup through volunteerism and service. He attended for many years, refereeing, providing positive energy and being an absolute fan of our young people and rugby! The Holy Moly flags were named from a young girl using the flags to play games with her friends. When she saw and heard the flags being ripped off, her response was Holy Moly! Thus, was born, the Holy Moly flagbelts. We honor Neil Sorblie and remember his passion and commitment by presenting the Neil Sorbie Holy Moly award annually. 9

10 SHARE YOUR PHOTOS WITH US Share your photos from today s tournament using the hashtags #NYCRugbyCup and #GoForward We ll give you a shout out and repost our favorites! Play Rugby Play_Rugby_USA PlayRugbyUSA 10

11 Play Rugby USA Academy DEVELOPING EXCELLENCE INSPIRING SUCCESS What: The Play Rugby USA Academy is a rugbybased college preparatory program for 9th to 12th grade boys and girls. They participate throughout the region in leagues and tournaments while also completing strength and conditioning training, financial literacy education and 1:1 mentoring programs. Why: The purpose of the Play Rugby USA Academy is to develop young adults on the field while providing pathways to the elite levels of Rugby, but more importantly, to help them strive for excellence off of the field as well. Who: Academy students are selected from schools in the Play Rugby USA network, representing every borough of NYC. The selection criteria is based upon 4A s their Attitude, Attendance, Academic performance and Athletic ability. 85% of participants qualify for free and reduced lunch a Federal definition of poverty. As such, their peer group generally default to graduation rates little over 50%. Our Academy students however, have achieved 100% High School graduation rates and 100% college acceptance rates year after year. How: We employ a fulltime Academy Manager and up to 8 parttime coaches. The Academy manager designs the program, trains the coaches and assures that all components of the Academy are aligned towards inspiring the participants to achieve excellence, on and off the field. To help our students reach their potential both on and off of the field, the Academy provides close to 300 hours of coaching and mentoring each year. 11

12 Manhattan RFC MANHATTAN RFC Manhattan RFC is a Play Rugby USA youth community rugby club based in the heart of New York City. We are home to over 150 young people and one of the largest clubs of our kind in the United States! We field fall, winter and spring flag (noncontact) as well as tackle rugby programs for players age 414. Our philosophy is based around a holistic approach developing players both on and off of the field. Our certified instructors use Play Rugby USA's unique, ageappropriate curriculum, which focuses on teaching games for understanding, to create a fun and inclusive environment. Our special community atmosphere will make people feel welcome and valued with a common passion for youth development and our great sport. Seasonal practice venues include Chelsea Waterside Park, Pier 40, Randall s Island Park and Pier 5. Interested in joining? Check out our Fall programs: Fall Flag Rugby RuggerTots (K1st), 2nd/3rd Grade Flag, 4th/5th Grade Flag Sundays Chelsea Waterside Park 12:151:45pm Fall Tackle Rugby Introduction to Tackle (5th7th Grade) Sundays Chelsea Waterside Park 12:151:45pm Fall Travel Tackle Rugby Under 12 & Under 14 Practice Wednesdays & Fridays after school and games on Sunday afternoons Sign up at: mrfc.leagueapps.com 12

13 Brooklyn BBA We're excited about the launch of our Play Rugby USA Brooklyn Academy, the first of our BoroughBased Academies (BBA). Our goal is to have a communitybased academy in each borough, to support player development in both flag and tackle rugby throughout High School, giving students the opportunity to to compete on the interborough level. Mirroring the Play Rugby USA Academy in offfield structure, the Brooklyn Academy also offers academic enrichment sessions, college readiness mentoring, and sessions in areas such as strength and conditioning, and nutrition. Interested in learning more about the Brooklyn Academy? Contact is at info.nyc@playrugbyusa.com 13

14 CHAMPS The Cooperative Health Active Motivated Positive Students program (CHAMPS), is a wellness and fitness initiative of the NYC Department of Education for Middle Schools. The CHAMPS program and the Office of Wellness have a been valued partner of ours since Over the past 11 years, the partnership has seen dozens of schools and teachers and thousands of kids learn flag rugby and continue to be key contributors to the Play Rugby USA community. This spring we held 5 CHAMPS tournaments, despite all of the rain we saw in NYC! Each tournament drew at least 5 schools, with most entering multiple teams in both coed and all girls divisions. This shows the growth of both the programs that have been around for a few years and the newer ones that are thriving. Trophies were given out at each tournament, but we saw an impressive number of Go Forward Champions this season, who were awarded with a tshirt and honored in front of all participants on the day. The opportunity to highlight the sportsmanship of those Go Forward Champions have become one of the best successes of this year. We want to thank NYC DOE s Office of Wellness for their continued support of the Play Rugby USA community and their unwavering commitment to the holistic development of NYC s young people. We want to thank all the coaches, teachers, and staff who enthusiastically build programs at their schools and join our learning community through various professional development opportunities. 14

15 Play Rugby USA Los Angeles The continued growth of the Play Rugby USA Los Angeles program is attributed to the generous funding support from the magnificent LA84 Foundation, as well as strategic partnerships with after school programs including Beyond the Bell, AfterSchool AllStars (ASAS), Woodcraft Rangers, EduCare Foundation, LA s Best, the Sheriff Youth Academies League (YAL) and Mayor Eric Garcetti s Summer Night Lights. To date we have served over 150 sites, using our Developing Youth Through Rugby curriculum to over 5,000 students. Participation numbers continue to increase, especially through the success of the trainthetrainer model. Female participation has increased from 37% in 2012 to 45% in 2016, which is something we are extremely proud of. Rugby at the Rio Olympic Games has certainly increased the sports visibility throughout North America providing many more opportunities to continue playing, and in some cases using the sport as an educational vehicle. Scholarships for Rugby (both male and female) are now available at many top Colleges in the United States. Our Los Angeles Program Director, Dallen Stanford, is also heavily involved in rugby broadcasting and announced the USA vs Ireland match on June 10th live on National Television! 15

16 Play Rugby USA San Francisco After being introduced to Los Angeles in 2010, Play Rugby USA s California operations expanded north to the Bay Area in The school year has seen a 100% retention rate from last year, and in increased amount of program hours for the majority of program partners, including our schools in Richmond, Oakland, San Francisco, Redwood City, and Marin City. This past year we had direct service programs running simultaneously in up to 11 schools throughout San Francisco. We also expanded our curriculum to involve classroom sessions in Richmond. Both Richmond Charter Academy and Stege Elementary are participating in rugby values sessions as well as homework help. We're really excited about our recent merger with the Oakland Warthogs, a high school tackle club from Oakland. Some of the players will be at our Rugby Cup to act as Superfans for our flag rugby players. In November, we had our first fall tournament, and we continued with some Rookie Rugby Scrimmages to get our players ready for our culminating Cup event. We're excited about this season's growth and looking forward to more of the same for next year! 16

17 THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS Erin Sullivan New York Presbyterian Emergency Medical Services Vincent Brunetti Dr. Greg Difelice Gareth Henry Craig Levine Christian Mayo Michael Marino Tim Neale Shane Skubis Tom Sloan Burst Visual 17

18 MEET THE TEAMS ELEMENTARY School Booker T. Washington Glendale Raptors Boys and Girls Club Village Lions RFC Elysian Charter School San Francisco Golden Gate Long Island City Rugby Suffolk Bull Moose 18

19 MEET THE TEAMS ELEMENTARY School Manhattan RFC Norfolk Blues MS 282 K Park Slope School Houston AR Pelham RFC New York Rugby Promise Academy II Portland Pigs PS 208 / PS 75 Old Blue RFC PS 208 / PS 75 Team 2 South Buffalo Rugby 19

20 MEET THE TEAMS ELEMENTARY School PS 20 M Columbus RFC PS 268 K Montclair RFC PS 279 X Captain Manuel Rivera Jr. Emerald City Mudhens 20

21 MEET THE TEAMS ELEMENTARY School PS 557 K Brooklyn Gardens Beantown RFC Raymond Raiders Providence RFC Trinity School Harrisburg RFC 21

22 THANK YOU TO OUR GOLD SPONSORS Erin Sullivan 22

23 MEET THE TEAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL CoEd Elysian Charter School Union Mudturtles IS 14 K Shell Bank Morris Rugby IS 392 K Oregon Sports Union JHS 185 Q Edward Bleeker Twin Cities Amazons JHS 217 Q Robert A. Van Wyck Portland Rugby 23

24 MEET THE TEAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL CoEd JHS 259 K William McKinley Charles River Rats Manhattan RFC NYAC Rugby MS 129 X Academy for Independent Learning & Leadership White Plains RFC MS 167 M Robert F. Wagner Dallas RFC MS 282 K Park Slope School Milwaukee Barbarians 24

25 MEET THE TEAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL CoEd MS 340 K North Star Academy Brandywine RFC MS 45 X Thomas C. Giordano Long Island RFC MS 678 K East New York Middle School Fairfield Yankees MS 88 K Peter Rouget School Boston Irish Wolfhounds Pelham RFC San Diego Old Aztecs PS 169 M Robert F. Kennedy Severn River RFC PS 184 K Newport Street School Rochester Aardvarks PS 206 K Joseph F. Lamb Syracuse Chargers PS 232 Q Lindenwood School New Haven Old Black 25

26 MEET THE TEAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL CoEd PS 279 X Captain Manuel Rivera Jr. Life West Rugby PS 284 Q York Early College Academy Kansas City Blues School in the Square Bayonne Bombers St. Ignatius School Austin Valkyries Unity Prep Charter School Chicago Lions 26

27 THANK YOU TO OUR Silver SPONSORS 27

28 MEET THE TEAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL Girls IS 392K Raleigh Venom JHS 185 Q Edward Bleeker DC Furies MS 167 M Robert F. Wagner Princeton AC MS 282 K Park Slope School Brooklyn RFC 28

29 MEET THE TEAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL Girls PS 232 Q Lindenwood School Chicago North Shore PS 279 X Camptain Manuel Rivera Jr. Berkeley All Blues School in the Square Albany Knickerbockers 29

30 THANK YOU TO OUR Bronze SPONSORS New York Presbyterian Emergency Medical Services 30

31 MEET THE TEAMS High School Boys Monroe High School Belmont Shore Bronx Lighthouse Detroit Rugby Marta Valle High School Miami Tridents Queens Vocational and Technical High School Gotham Knights 31

32 THANK YOU TO OUR Team Supporters Vincent Brunetti Dr. Greg Difelice Gareth Henry Craig Levine Christian Mayo Michael Marino Tim Neale Shane Skubis Tom Sloan Burst Visual 32

33 MEET THE TEAMS High School Girls Brooklyn Prospect Charter School Atlanta Harlequins Play Rugby USA Brooklyn BBA Marta Valley High School San Diego Surfers Monroe High School Austin Huns 33

34 THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS Erin Sullivan New York Presbyterian Emergency Medical Services Vincent Brunetti Dr. Greg Difelice Gareth Henry Craig Levine Christian Mayo Michael Marino Tim Neale Shane Skubis Tom Sloan Burst Visual 34

35 Canterbury USA would like to wish good luck to all the teams competing today! We are proud of your efforts and welcome you to the rugby community! DEVELOPING YOUTH THROUGH RUGBY 35

36 AIG is proud to present the 2017 NYC Rugby Cup! Good luck to all the teams playing today and thank you for coming! Play Rugby 36