The Club cannot thank the Bondar family enough for their hospitality.  Amazing party.  Here is a recap of the award  winners for the folks that could not make it:

Tuesday, August 16th will be the first practice for the Mens team. Practice will begin promptly at 7pm. Practices will continue throughout the season every Tuesday and Thursday.

Gary Smith passed away on July 17. Gary was a good friend, coach, mentor and rugby brother to all that passed through the Doylestown Rugby Club. Gary dedicated over 22 years of his life to coach and teach rugby to hundreds of young men for Doylestown Rugby, his work and devotion to rugby and the men at Doylestown will never be forgotten and is deeply appreciated.....Thank you Gary.  As he would often say as he left, "Cheers Mate!"

To find out information on the service honoring Gary or to share stories/condolences, please visit the website below:

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The Doylestown men's team was victorious over Rocky Gorge in the MARFU finals set in Brandywine over the weekend! They are now set to face the Village Lions in the first round of National Sweet 16's in Manassas Virginia on Saturday, May 21st.

In the National Sweet 16's the Doylestown Dragons faced the Village Lions in an exciting back and forth game. However, in the final several mintutes, Brian Beauregard kicked a drop goal to secure a birth into the round of National Championships round of 8 against New Orleans. 

Against New Orleans, the Dragons faced an impressive attack from the southern team which combined with a bout of bad luck proved to be too much for Doylestown. 

Despite not making the final four this year, it was still a successful year for the Dragons who won the MARFU title for the first time in club history. 

On Saturday the Ancient Dragons traveled to Randals Island to play our
inaugural game against the Gentlemen of New York. With a strong showing of 23
players we took the field looking sharp in the traditional Doylestown jersey,
nervous and unsure of how our debut would go as it had been many years for
several players since they had been on the pitch.It was a scoreless first half
with the Dragons gamely holding off the opponent until late in the half when
after a nicely placed kick and support New York scored the first try and
converted. The second try was scored by a player for New York who in years to
come will become known as Chabal from France who broke too many tackles to count
to score in the corner.

The seconf half opened with a phantom try by New York while both teams were
trying to figure out what the ref was going to call or not call. We are checking
the rule books to confirm that in Old Boys, offsides, hands in  and playing the
ball while in a prone postion on the field are legal. Fortunately I was able to
avoid being sent off because as captain I could "offer my opinions" to the ref.

We got our dragon rugby legs under us and out played New York the rest of
the game. Playing deep in the opponents end Tom Meehan put across the first
Ancient Dragon try after returning from a sprained ankle suffered in the first
minutes of the game. We spent the rest of the game on their try line but were
unable to gain anymore points. Final Score 7-17

The bus ride back was filled with good singing and boot beer consumption.
We rode in style with the best bus driver ever, Rafael, from the Queens who used
to spend his late weekend nights on Randals Island trying to bat golfballs on to
the TriBoro bridge, our kind of guy whose drving technique helped us work on our
mauling on the way home.

It was a memorablle debut for the Ancient Dragons who no doubt are looking
forward to our next game Saturday April 30th at 11:00 home vs Morris.

Players and fans in support were
Rob Brauer            Mike Tyksinski
Kevin Lynott          Tom Meehans
ason Warren        Joe Bruno
Joe Morrs              Mike Rosenberger
Tom Christianson   Brent Mauer
Craig Mauer           Paul Dennis
Jason Peluso         Brad Delawter
Phil Russo            Adrian Hazzel
Ed Harrington         Harry Baker
Mike Mcpeak         Mike Carr
Buffalo Bill             Hibo Tim
Brad Mills               Kim West          

Jeanne Boland      Max

Practices take place Tuesday's and Thursday's at the field beginning at 7pm sharp. Please be booted and ready to go at 7pm.

Birthplace: Virginia Beach, VA       

Hometown: Warrington, PA

College: Slippery Rock University

How, when and why you started to play rugby?

 Started playing in high school because a friend of mine talked me into it.

Favorite rugby moment?

Scoring the game winning try on a 50 meter run in sudden death overtime against Xavier during the Cherry Blossom Tournament.

Rugby awards?

Team MVP Awards- Doylestown 2009, Slippery Rock 2005 and 2006

Special Interests/Pastimes:

Cutting the grass, golf

Check out the coaches page to get a weekly message from our Head Coach, Bill Tomlinson (BT).

Jeff and 14 others on the team have been training hard at Solebury Crossfit. What have you been doing to get ready for the upcoming season??

http://www.crossfitsoleburyclub.com/