This past weekend Matt Persanis ran a USA Rugby Coaching Certification Clinic. Seventy-four coaches attended, earning their USA Coaching Certification. It was the largest certification ever run by USA Rugby.
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.
Pelham Rugby grad Tim Ward starts at prop for New York Rugby U19s as team wins all tournament games
Tim Ward, a graduate of Pelham Rugby, played in his first games with the New York Rugby U19 club this past weekend in Lancaster, Penn. The team went undefeated in two days of games, winning the tournament. Tim started at prop in all of the games. Congrats to Tim!
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…
Great beginner/short session from Coach Persanis
Fitness: Rugby is a game of endurance, but unlike most endurance sports, rugby requires many spurts of top speed sprinting followed by some type of wrestling (i.e. tackling). Going out and jogging for mile after mile will have no positive effect on your ability to play rugby. You must taylor your training to the sport.…
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…
U.S. Eagle Mike Petri on Randall’s Island tournament
Mike Petri, a member of the U.S. Eagles national rugby team, wrote about the fall flag tournament at Randall’s Island for RugbyRugby.com. He said, “I didn’t realize it was a flag rugby tournament since these were the same kids that were practicing tackling technique but apparently they participate in both flag and tackle games. Of…