Upcoming tournament

After months of preparation and fundraising, the Fog men’s A Side and B Side are heading to Minneapolis, MN, with the goal of reclaiming the Bingham Cup®.

In 2002 Fog Rugby hosted the first Bingham Cup, which is named after the late Mark Bingham, a Fog founding member and 9-11 hero. The Fog are two-time Cup champions (2002 and 2004). In the 2008 tournament in Dublin, the Sydney Convicts claimed the cup.

The schedule for Day One of the tournament — Friday, June 18 — is as follows:

A Side
12pm: Seattle
3pm: Minneapolis

B Side
10am: Ottawa
2pm: La Rebelyon

For more information on the tournament, visit the Bingham Cup 2010 website or the Bingham Cup Wikipedia article.

The Fog Women will head south to San Diego for the 27th annual Champagne Classic on March 6 and 7. The tournament is put on by Women’s Division I 2009 national champions, the San Diego Surfers. Saturday will feature round-robin play among women’s club and college teams, with playoffs and finals taking place on Sunday.

For more information, including schedule and directions, please visit the tournament web page.

The Fog Men have a bye on March 6.

The San Francisco Fog is exceedingly proud to host two top-flight women's rugby tournaments this weekend.

On Friday, November 6, the Women’s Division I Club Championships will kick off, featuring the nation's top women's club teams in pool play. The clubs head into the trophy rounds on Sunday, November 8, culminating in the crowning of the 2009 National D1 Champions.

This weekend also sees the first Women's Premier League (WPL) Championship. Newly introduced for the 2009 club rugby season, the WPL pitted eight top senior women's clubs from across the U.S. against each other in an elite six-week competition.

Hosted by The San Francisco Fog R.F.C. in association with USA Rugby, both events will take place at the Gaelic Athletic Association's field at 11th Street and Avenue E on Treasure Island. Admission is free to all spectators. There will be vendors selling food, refreshments and rugby gear.

UPDATE: Select matches will also be available for live viewing online (as well as replay) via Ustream.tv USA Rugby channel. See the schedules below for details.

Match Schedule – Women's D1 Championships

Match	Day	Time	Field	Home Team	Away Team
1*	Friday	9:00am	1	NOVA	Seattle
2*	Friday	11:00am	1	San Diego Surfers	Atlanta
3*	Sunday	10:00am	1	Seattle	Atlanta
4*	Sunday	12:00pm	1	NOVA	San Diego Surfers

*Match will be streamed live and available for replay on Ustream.tv.

UPDATE: In Match 1, NOVA beat Seattle 25-23. In Match 2, the Surfers beat Atlanta 21-10.

Match Schedule – Women's Premier League

Match	Day	Time	Field	Home Team	Away Team
1	Friday	9:00am	2	Amazons	ORSU
2	Friday	11:00am	2	Keystone	DC Furies
*3*	Friday	1:00 pm	1	Beantown	New York
4	Friday	1:00pm	2	Berkeley	MN Valkyries
5	Sunday	9:00am	2	ORSU	DC Furies
6	Sunday	11:00am	2	Amazons	Keystone
7	Sunday	1:00pm	2	Beantown	MN Valkyries
*8*	Sunday	2:00pm	1	Berkeley	New York

*Match will be streamed live and available for replay on Ustream.tv.

UPDATE: In Match 1, the Amazons beat ORSU 27-20. In Match 2, Keystone beat the Furies 27-5. In Match 3, New York beat Beantown 13-10. In Match 4, Berkeley beat the Valkyries 19-5.

We are pleased to announce that the Women’s Sevens National Invitational Tournament will take place Saturday and Sunday, August 15-16, 2009 on Treasure Island, hosted by the San Francisco Fog RFC.

Saturday will feature all teams in pool play, leading into Sunday’s trophy rounds and culminating in the crowning of the 2009 National Sevens Champion. All play will take place at the Gaelic Athletic Association’s field at 11th Street and Avenue H on Treasure Island. Saturday afternoon the Gaelic Athletic Association will play the men’s final for Gaelic Football on the same field.

This year marks the inaugural Championship for Women’s Sevens, and will coincide with the Men’s Sevens National Invitational Tournament, hosted by the San Francisco Golden Gate Rugby Football Club, also on Treasure Island.

Dana Creager, fresh from the US National Team, is serving as Competition Coordinator. Creager notes “We are very pleased to be bringing the Inaugural Women’s Sevens tournament to the San Francisco Bay Area, a hotbed of American Rugby, and are honored to be hosted by the San Francisco Fog. It is guaranteed to be a weekend full of great rugby.”

With origins that trace back to Scotland over 125 years ago, Rugby Sevens is a fast paced, high action version of the more traditional 15-person game.

Sponsors of this event are: Bass, Budweiser, and Energy 92.7.

Admission is free to all spectators. More information and directions to the pitch available on the Women’s Sevens National Invitational Tournament website.

The 2009 edition of FogFest is approaching fast — and time is running out to save $10 on event admission!

This Saturday, June 27, Fog Rugby is proud to host FogFest IV, a harlots-style festival that emphasizes both the competition of rugby as well as the more light-hearted aspects of the game. Individuals register and are placed on teams at random (well semi-randomly, since we do take your usual position into account).

We do ask that both players and non-players pre-register online by Friday, June 26, so we can ensure that our post-event BBQ and social are the best they’ve ever been.

FogFest is open to both men and women rugby players, and you’ll need to know your CIPP number (i.e., proof you have registered with USA Rugby).

Here’s what your registration fee gets you:

• Full day of RUGBY (at least 3 games) at beautiful Treasure Island
• High quality FogFest tournament JERSEY
• BEER all day (must be 21+ with ID)
• Post-tournament BBQ and SOCIAL with music, beers slides, and lots of other fun

And even if you just want to watch the games and get in on the post-tourney activities, you’ll save $10 by pre-registering — so do it now!

The San Francisco Fog RFC is pleased and honored to announce that we will host two prestigious national rugby tournaments later this year.

First up is the Women’s Sevens National Invitational Tournament, slated for August 14-16, 2009. Held on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay, the Women’s Sevens Nationals brings together sixteen teams to determine which is the best women’s 7s side in the country.

Dana Creager, fresh from the USA national team, will coordinate the invitations and seedings of the Sevens tourney. The event coincides with the Men’s USA National Seven’s Championship, which will be hosted by San Francisco Golden Gate RFC.

Then, on November 6-8, 2009, the same Treasure Island location will be host to the USA Rugby Women’s Club Championships. It’s here that the 2009 national women’s champions in Super League, Division I, and Division II will be determined.

The pitches of the Gaelic Athletic Association will serve as the venue for both events, with Fog Rugby’s own Job Corp Field in service as a warmup and practice pitch.

The Ladies of the San Francisco Fog are tuning up for their upcoming season by fielding a 7’s side to travel south and compete in the Tri-Tip 7’s Rugby Tournament hosted by the San Luis Obispo RFC this Saturday, September 6, 2008.

Come out to San Luis Obispo to support on the Fog if you can, or cheer them on from back home! Roll Fog Roll!

Place: Damon-Garcia Sports Fields, San Luis Obispo, CA
Date: Saturday, September 7, 2008
Time: All Day

The San Francisco Fog is starting to embark on its trip half-way across the world to Dublin, Ireland, as the club gears up to compete in the largest amateur rugby event in the world, the Bingham Cup®. Approximately 32 clubs from 9 countries around the world are attending this year’s tournament, hosted by Dublin’s Emerald Warriors RFC. The Fog are proudly fielding two full sides as the three-day tournament commences on Friday, June 13.

We will be providing daily updates on the Fog’s progress in the tournament on this website, so make sure to come visit here each day.

Saturday is a Rugby Day, and the San Francisco Fog is celebrating this zenith of rugby commandments with a jam-packed day of rugby matches, as all three sides of the Fog will be taking the pitch! The Fog Men and B-Side teams will be warming up with their last matches before The Bingham Cup® tournament in Dublin, and the Fog Women go for two victories in a row against UCSC.

Full schedule of matches:

• 11am: Fog Women vs. UCSC
• 12pm: Fog vs. Berkeley RFC
• 1pm: Fog vs. Stanislaus Harlots
• 2pm: Fog vs. Berkeley RFC
• 3pm: Fog vs. Stanislaus Harlots
• 4pm: Berkeley RFC vs. Stanislaus Harlots

Come out to our home pitch at Treasure Island on the corner of 9th Avenue and Avenue H for 6 hours of rugby followed by a third half to rival all others!