RUGBY 101 CLINIC, TWO WOMEN MATCHES AND CASTRO STREET FAIR!
The San Francisco Fog Rugby Football Club is invading the city this upcoming weekend of October 4-5, 2008 with four exciting rugby events!
Want a taste of Fog Rugby? Check out what we’re doing!
SF FOG TO CREATE TWO FULL-SIZE RUGBY PITCHES
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(12 Sep 2008) The San Francisco Fog RFC has signed a lease for 6-1/2 acres of land on Treasure Island, the club’s chief officer, Carl Fortney, announced today.
Large enough for two full-size, regulation pitches (playing fields), the location will be developed by the Fog for use in its home matches and practices.
Fortney said that Fog Rugby will be seeking corporate sponsorships to defray the cost of the site improvements, which may include the sale of naming rights for the field.
The Fog began using Treasure Island’s rugby pitches for events in 2005, when the second FogFest rugby festival was held there. In fall 2007, after years of hopscotching around the city of San Francisco in search of practice grounds, one of the TI pitches became the ongoing site of Fog Rugby training sessions. The newly leased land is adjacent to the existing rugby fields.
Treasure Island is an artificial island in the San Francisco Bay between San Francisco and Oakland. Named after the novel Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson (who lived in San Francisco from 1879 to 1880), the island was created in 1936 & 1937 for the Golden Gate International Exposition.
Watch for further announcements concerning Fog Rugby’s Treasure Island home over the coming weeks and months. For information about sponsorship opportunities, please contact us.
The San Francisco Fog Women’s Side officially begins training for their upcoming season on Tuesday, August 12. Training sessions are Tuesday and Thursday evening of each week from 7pm to 9pm, as well as non-match Saturday mornings from 11am to 1pm, at the Fog’s home pitch on Treasure Island. These sessions are primarily for the women’s side but are open to all.
Whether you are new to the game of rugby or have played this exciting sport for years, now is the time to start training with the Fog!
Place: Treasure Island on the corner of Avenue D & 9th Street
Date: Every Tuesday, Thursday and non-match Saturday
Time: 7pm to 9pm (11am to 1pm Saturday)
The San Francisco Fog RFC will be holding a Rugby 101 Clinic on Saturday, October 4, 2008 at 10am at the Jobs Corps Field on Treasure Island in San Francisco. More details about the clinic will be available soon.
For more information about rugby, including our heralded Rookie Primer, the laws of rugby, and our equipment (kit) guide, visit our Rugby 101 page.
The San Francisco Fog is holding fitness training sessions on Tuesday and Thursday of the next two weeks—starting tomorrow on July 29—from 7pm to 8pm at the Fog’s home pitch on Treasure Island. All women and men are welcome. Check out our calendar for more information.
Whether you’re new to the sport, getting ready for the women’s trainings two weeks from now, or looking to stay in shape over the summer, come out and enjoy some fitness with the Fog!
Place: Treasure Island on the corner of Avenue D & 9th Street
Date: Tuesday and Thursday from July 29 through August 7
Time: 7pm to 8pm
On Sunday, July 27 (which is the Lord’s Day in rugby speak), the Fog successfully made its presence known at the Up Your Alley Fair in the South of Market area of San Francisco, manning a high-velocity beverage booth that served thousands of fair-goers and exciting the crowd with Fog spirit that resonated blocks away from their booth.
Thanks to everyone for coming out and supporting the Fog!
The San Francisco Fog was strongly represented at the 2008 San Francisco Pride Festival, held on Sunday, June 29, running a high-velocity beverage booth at a prime location next to the center performance stage in front of City Hall, as well as holding a sought-after recruiting/informational booth at “Athlete’s Alley” on McAllister St. where the Fog signed up numerous fair-goers interested in playing rugby and learning more about our family.
Thank you to everyone for coming out, supporting the Fog and having a wonderful time!
The San Francisco Fog RFC extends its congratulations to the Sydney Convicts for winning the Bingham Cup, the World Barbarians for winning the Bingham Plate, the Atlanta Bucks for winning the Bingham Bowl and the Ulster Titans for winning the Bingham Shield at The Bingham Cup® tournament just completed in Dublin, Ireland.
The Fog also gives sincere thanks to the Dublin Emerald Warriors for its efforts in organizing and executing an outstanding tournament and setting a gold standard for which all future tournaments will be measured.
Lastly, the Fog congratulates one of its own, 2nd side rugger Matt McManus, for scoring the most tries by an individual during the tournament.
On Saturday, May 10, the Ladies of the San Francisco Fog hosted a successful fund raiser as they entertained the crowd wrestling in a vat of Jell-O! Gretchen Robinette from SF Weekly was on the scene, wrote a blog about the event and took some pictures as well, so check it out!
