Virginia Rugby Union Calendar for 1997

(all dates are Saturday or Saturday-Sunday unless otherwise noted)

Jan 4 Weekend following New Year's Day

Jan 11-12 Battle of the Alamo - San Antonio, TX

Feb 2 VRU Executive Committee meeting (10:00 Charlottesvile)

Feb 23 (Sunday) Spring Meeting of the Referees Society of Virginia

Mar 15-16

Washington Irish Tournament - Washington, DC (contact Washington Irish RFC)

Savannah Tournament - Savannah, GA

Mar 22-23 Porter Cup (Hosted by United of Richmond RFC, Richmond, Va.)

Apr 5-6 University of Virginia Women's Invitational (Charlottesville, Va.)

Apr 12-13 Cherry Blossom Tournament - Washington, DC (contact Washington RFC)

Apr 19-20

USA Men's Collegiate Championship - Sweet 16
MARFU Men's Division II Championship - Quarterfinals (at homes of four top seeds)
MARFU Senior Womens Championship - Semifinals and Finals (venue TBD)
MARFU Men's Division I Championship - Semifinals (at homes of higher seeded team)

Apr 26

MARFU Men's Division II Championship - Semifinals and Consolation Matches (at homes of higher seeded teams)
MARFU Men's Division I Championship (1st place decided on Saturday, 2nd place qualifier played on Saturday) (at homes of higher seeded team)

May 3

MARFU Men's Division II Championship - Consolation Matches (at homes of higher seeded team)
MARFU Men's Division I 2nd Place (at home of higher seeded team)

May 3-4

USA Men's Collegiate Championship - Final Four
USA Women's Collegiate Championship - Final Four (possibly other brackets)
MARFU Men's Division II Championship (1st place decided on Sunday)

May 17-18 USA Men's Club Championship - Sweet 16, Division I and II

May 24-25 Memorial Day Weekend

USA Women's Club Championship - Final Four (possibly other brackets)

May 31 Monk Vaughan 7s (Hosted by United of Richmond RFC, Richmond, Va.) info

May 31-Jun 1 USA Men's Club Championship - Final Four, Division I and II

Virginia State Games 7's (Hosted by United of Richmond RFC, Richmond, Va.) info

Bethlehem 7s

Jun 15 Referee's School (Fredericksburg, Va.) info

Jun 21 Virginia Beach 7's (Hosted by Virginia Beach RFC, Va. Beach)

Jun 28 PAC 7s

Jul 5 Cape Fear

Jul 12 Norfolk Blues 7s (MARFU Qualifier, Norfolk, Va.) a.k.a. The "Hurricane Bertha Memorial 7s" info

July 19
Hibernains 7s (PA) info
Boo Daddy's 7s (Western Suburbs "Harlot" tourney; DC) info

July 26
MARFU Men's Club 7's Championship (at Bryn Mawr, PA) info
Rocky Gorge 7s (MD)
EPRU High School All-Stars vs. Potomac H.S. All-Stars (XVs)

Aug 1 Fall Schedules due to RSV (contact Bob Underwood at: runderwo@runet.edu)

Aug 2-3 Saranac Lake Tournament, Saranac Lake, NY

Aug 3 (Sunday) PRU try-outs (12 noon -Gravelly Point - NOVA's field just North of National Airport)

Aug 9 Men's All-Star (15's) Round Robin Competition between East Penn, Potomac and Virginia Rugby Unions, Philadelphia, PA

Aug 10 VRU Executive Committee meeting (10:00 Richmond)

Aug 16-17 National 7s Championship (Philadelphia)

Aug 22-24 Level I & II Coaching Clinic (Fredericksburg, Va.)

Sept 7 (Sunday) PRU v. Ontario Rugby Union

Oct 25-26 Ed & Sandy Lee Cup (VRU State Championships, Roanoke County, Va.)

Nov 8
PRU v. South (in Charlotte)

MARFU Collegiate Playoffs, first round info

Nov 9
VRU Executive Committee meeting (10:00 Charlottesvile)

VRU v. PRU Barbarians (2 pm, Gravelly Pt (NOVA pitch))

Nov 15-16
PRU v. VRU v. EPRU v. PRU Barbarians

MARFU College M's and College W's Club Championships (Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.) info

Nov 22
Southwest Virginia Turkey Tourney 7s (Blacksburg, VA) info

MARFU v. EPRU and VRU

Nov 29 MARFU v. PRU

Dec 5-7
ITTs (in Tampa, FL) info

MARFU v. Midwest on 12/5

Dec 6 James River Christmas 7s info