The Pelham seventh-eighth grade tackle rugby team Saturday beat Union, the reigning New Jersey state champs and considered the best u-15 team in the northeast, while the sixth-seventh graders lost to Lycée Francais. The seventh-eighth grade squad played a fantastic game to avenge a 40-0 loss from last spring. Pelham was led by co-captains Kees Huisman and…
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Seventh/eighth grade tackle team defeats Rockaway, Manhattan; sixth/seventh team loses first two
The Pelham seventh/eighth grade tackle rugby team won the first two games of the season Sunday, while the sixth/seventh grade team was edged in their first pair of matches. The seventh/eighth grade team, the reigning league champions, first faced Rockaway, the early season favorites to run away with the title. Rockaway are big and aggressive…
Middle-school tackle teams prep for season with strong performances against Greenwich
The Pelham Rugby tackle teams played their first pre-season matches April 1, and they did not play the fools. Pelham’s sixth grade team, in their first pre-season game, met a Greenwich team that had already played twice. Pelham lost 4 tries to 0, but had some fantastic stretches of play. “This was our first game…
UPDATE: Elementary flag practices now start April 16; this is a change to schedule
Elementary flag rugby practices start on April 16. Sign-up sheets can be downloaded from Pelham Recreation here. They do not start April 2.
Pelham Rugby donates balls and curriculum to Hutch and Colonial schools
Pelham Youth Rugby donated five balls to the physical education programs at Hutchinson and Colonial schools to help with the incorporation of rugby into the PE curriculum. Rugby is already being taught at Pelham Middle School. After Pelham Rugby did demonstrations in the gym classes at the two elementary schools, it is now being incorporated…
Middle-school tackle practice moves to Prospect Hill field March 2, to run 4:30-5:30 pm Mondays and Fridays
Middle-school tackle practice will move this Friday, March 2, to Prospect Hill School field, running from 4:30 to 5:30 pm. Sessions are scheduled every Monday and Friday this month, after which middle school flag and tackle practices will run 4:30 to 6:30 pm.
Mike Tolkin, Xavier and NYAC coach, named head coach of US national team
Mike Tolkin, head coach of Xavier High School and NYAC Rugby, was named head coach of the USA national team, the Eagles, the top job in US rugby. Mike has been a guest coach at Pelham several times and has been instrumental in having the New York Athletic Club host some of our games at…
Register now for spring flag and tackle rugby in Pelham; open to 2nd through 8th graders
Registration is open for the spring flag and tackle rugby programs run by the Pelham Rugby Club under the auspices of the Pelham Recreation Department. Tackle practices begin next month at Hutchinson School and move to the field at Prospect Hill School in March. Flag practices start in April at Prospect Hill. The program is…
Play Rugby USA coach visits Colonial School to show how flag rugby is played
COLONIAL GYM — Rugby player and coach Anthony Lenos came in to Colonial School on Feb. 1 to teach some of the PE classes how to play flag rugby. Coach Lenos has played rugby for five years. “I was too small to play football or wrestle in college, so rugby sounded fun to me,” he…
Pelham Middle School tackle rugby team, defending NY champs, starts practices Feb. 3
The Pelham Middle School tackle rugby team, defending metro New York champions, will practice in the Hutchinson School gym on Feb. 3, 10 and 17 from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm. The Parisi Speed School will do a demo during the Feb. 3 practice. Outdoor tackle practices start March 2 and are held every Monday and…