Location:
4801 Legendary Dr., Frisco, TX 75034

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Fields:
The fields are field 4 and 3, which are the two fields closest to Legendary Drive and the east parking lot in front of the church. Please note that areas of the parking lot may be cordoned off by cones. Please do not remove cones and do not park in cordoned off areas if any. Please also only park on pavement, not on grass. Field 4 will be regulation size with goal posts and lined for rugby. All matches will take place on Field 4. Field 3 will be used for warm ups and any clinics, and while it has goal posts, will not be lined. Alex McCullough of Panthers will conduct a beginners clinic and is bringing girls over from Fort Worth so all clubs are encouraged to bring out any girls interested in learning about rugby. Facilities:
There are no toilet facilities or water supply at the fields. Do NOT go into the church for this. There are service stations nearby which can be used. There will be a container of Gatorade at the field. There are a couple of small bleachers but teams are recommended to bring tents and chairs. These facilities are being made available to us for free. There was quite a bit of garbage lying around in the area between the parking lot and the fields last week. If this has not been cleared up by Saturday, we will undertake to clear it up on behalf of the church and provide each team a garbage bag and ask you to fill it between matches. Teams:
Based on commitments that have been made, there will be two pools of three teams per pool.

Pool 1	Pool 2
Plano A	Plano B/Barbarians
Allen	Alliance
Panthers	Coppell

Match Schedule:
Each team will play three matches altogether. Two matches are played against each other team in their respective pool as per the below match schedule. After the pool matches and based on win/loss, head to head and/or overall aggregate points, there will be playoffs for 1st, 3rd and 5th. The sequence of these playoff matches may change based on which pool matches were last played, so no team has to play back to back matches. We have allowed 1/2 hour per match so should be able to stay or get ahead of schedule. Please have your teams warmed up ready to play 10 minutes before the scheduled kick off. If coaches agree, halves can be longer than 7 1/2 minutes. Each team must provide one touch judge per their match.

Time	Field 4	Field 3
9:00	Gather/Warm Up/Team Assign	Clinic/Girls Scrimmage
9:30	Plano A v Allen	Clinic/Girls Scrimmage
10:00	Plano B v Alliance	Clinic/Girls Scrimmage
10:30	Allen v Panthers	Clinic/Girls Scrimmage
11:00	Alliance v Coppell	Clinic/Girls Scrimmage
11:30	Plano A v Panthers	Clinic/Girls Scrimmage
12:00	Plano B v Coppell
12:30	Poo1 1st v Pool 2 1st
1:00	Pool 1 2nd v Pool 2 2n
1:30	Pool 1 3rd v Pool 2 3rd

Plano Rugby Club is hosting a Youth 7s Tournament at the Las Colinas Polo Club located on 600 E. Royal Lane, Irving TX.

As the Mavericks probably do not have enough in any age bracket to make a complete team, we will participate in the U17/19 Barbarians side. Younger ages can fill in with other teams.

Make sure you bring plenty of ice, water and towels. It's gonna be hot!

Match Schedule Field 1 (Full size) U19/17

Group 1 U19/17 Round Robin
Plano A
Alliance B
Barbarians (Coppell/Mavericks/Panthers)

Group 2 U19/17 Round Robin
Alliance A
Plano B
Allen

Field 1: (U19/17)
9:00 Plano A v Alliance B
9:25 Alliance A v Allen
9:50 Alliance B v Barbarians
10:15 Plano B v Allen
10:40 Plano A v Barbarians
11:05 Alliance A v Plano B
11:30 5th place
0-2 Group1 v 0-2 Group 2
12:00 3rd place
1-1 Group 1 v 1-1 Group 2
12:30 1st place
2-0 Group 1 v 2-0 Group 2

Match Schedule Field 2 (U15s, U13s, U11s)
9:15 Plano U15 v Richardson U15
9:45 Plano U13 v Alliance U13
10:15 Plano U15 v Alliance U15
10:45 Alliance U13 v Richardson U13
11:15 Richardson U15 v Alliance U15
11:45 Plano U13 v Richardson U13
12:15 Plano U11 v Alliance U11 (note – one match only but halves will be longer)

Match Schedule Field 3
11:00 am U9s (If enough players)

The Dallas Harlequins are excited to be hosting a High School bracket in our Harlequin Cup Sevens Tournament. Also, they are hosting the Western Rugby 7's Qualifier that day as well. So, you get to watch of the best 7's teams (some of the USA 7's players) in the region. The event is going to be host in Irving Texas at Trinity View Park. They have enough space to run 6 pitches and can handle a large a bracket. Take a look at the flyer(click the Download button just below). $75 per team for the early bird.

ESD will be hosting what hopes to be a great event for youth rugby 7's. So far, there are age group teams from the following :

ESD U11
Richardson U13,U15
Alliance U11 U13
Plano TBD

John Shafto indicated that he had one referee committed as of yesterday. Assuming all this is correct, we plan on starting at 9AM . At that time we can decide who plays whom and when. The ESD campus is located on Midway Rd. at Merrill Rd. between Walnut Hill Ln. and Royal Ln. in Dallas. Troutt Field is adjacent to Midway. It is very easy to find.

Episcopal School of Dallas

After the games, we have informally planned to gather at Ball's Hamburgers, just a mile or so south of the campus on Midway Rd. at NW Highway.

ESD Summer 7's Schedule

8:00 - 8:30 AM Arrival and Warm up
8:30 AM Coaches/Referee Meeting
8:45AM U9 touch match?
9:00 AM ESD vs Plano U11
9:25 AM Alliance vs Richardson U13
9:50 AM U15 match ?
10: 15AM ESD vs Alliance U11
10:40 AM Plano vs Alliance U13
11:05 AM Alliance vs Plano U11
11:30AM Richardson vs Plano U13
11: 55 AM U11 Final *
12: 20 U13 Final *
1PM Lunch at Ball's Hamburgers ( Midway @ N.W. Highway)

The Mavericks are hosting a youth tournament and rugby clinic for all ages at our game pitch (map link on the menu to your right) Saturday 5/14. It looks like we may be having a cookout. Maverick HS guys not going to Houston are encouraged to come out and play some games or just help run the tournament.

Here's the ad from Life is Grand Summer Schedule from Grand Prairie's Parks and Rec Department.



There is the plan for this Saturday's friendly tournament in Grand Prairie. Please email John Kurylas (john.kurylas@ericsson.com) to let him know if you are coming.

Also, if you have any girls please have them come at 1:30pm. We will have a short clinic and discuss creating a NTX Team to play in a TOLA tournament and the State Championship. The Woodlands will have a team for State.

Schedule

8:00 Set-up/Warm-Up

9:00am to 12:00 - U9, U11, U13, & U15 play their games.

12:00 - 2:00pm - Boys U17/19 round robin 7s or barbarian matches

2:00 - 5:00pm - Girls NTX HP Practice (or extend boys round robin time if needed)

5:00pm Pack-up & go home.

Important Notes

· There is plenty of space in the park for teams to individually warm up or run specific preparatory drills.

· We will have water available, but please bring your own. There are no convenient locations for water refill.

LATE BREAKING NEWS!
The North Texas Rattlers trip to Austin has been canceled this weekend, May 7.

The head coach sent out the announcement Friday afternoon. This is extremely disappointing news for those players who were invited and had planned on going. Low numbers at Wednesday's practice and low commitment numbers for the weekend, along with Mothers Day, etc., forced this difficult decision.

Those players who committed themselves to this weekend should be recognized. They are Chris Merimon, Christopher Kelly and Lorenzon Marconi. Be assured that none are more disapointed than these three. Other Mavericks were invited to attend the practice and tournament but could not fulfill the commitment.

The next All Star related event is the Texas Camp to be held at Sam Houston State University. See the schedule for dates, etc.

Any event changes will be posted here. Stay tuned!

The Texas High Performance staff will conduct a U17/U19 try-out camp on Sunday (04-10-11) at Veterans Park ( 3101 Harvey Rd, College Station, Texas 77845) in College Station from 9:00-12:00. All players who are currently involved with their respective academies are invited to attend. In addition, any college age-eligible players are also invited. The age requirements are: U19 (1992-1993 and U17 (1994 and later). Players need to bring their regular practice gear for the assembly. The cost for the assembly is $10.

Details on transportation and to the tournament and possible combining with other teams for the A&M tournament the previous date are still being worked out. Check back here for updates. You will have to have your CIPP paid to participate.

Dates for North Texas Rattlers practices have been updated on the calendar/schedule. Most locations are TBD.

The Mavericks have been invited to combine with Alliance JV to enter a team in the exclusive Jesuit Dallas Showdown Saturday, March 12 with the finals on Sunday March 13. There will be teams from across the Nation.

The only stipulation for us to play is that we MUST be CIPPed! Follow the instructions on the Registration/Dues link on the menu.

Players should be at Jesuit at 8:30AM, Saturday, March 12, looking for Coach Neuby from Alliance. He happens to be the head coach for the North Texas Rattlers All-Star team too.

This is a fantastic opportunity to play teams from outside of Texas and see their different styles and talent levels as well as showcase your own.

Click the download link below for the tournament schedule. If you have any questions about dues or the tournament, contact Mr. Kelly.

The North Texas Rattlers is the All-Star U17 and U19 team for North Texas. If you are interested in pursuing the path to represent Texas, you should try and make the North Texas team. These are dates for upcoming camps and practices.

Sunday March 6th – Rattlers practice
or
Sunday April 3rd – Rattlers practice
Sunday April 10th – Open tryout Texas Youth Rugby Select team – College Station
April 31st - Rattlers practice ( Westerns weekend Austin ) most likely only one team from Texas will be there.
Sat. May 7th – Rattlers vs. Stormers & Cyclones U17 & U19
Sat. & Sun. May 14th – Texas Trials
Sat. & Sun. June 4th – Texas Camp

The Maverick Youth came away from Frisco champions of the 2nd Division. A great tournament hosted by Allen and the Frisco Griffins was played out in what was the windiest and coldest rugby day, and night, of the year. The finals were held just before the Frisco Griffins were to play the feared Texas Islanders. Results were announced over the loud stadium speakers. Many thanks go to John Shafto of Allen for organizing, all the coaches and players, the Frisco Griffins for inviting us to "Rugby TX Night", providing the spectacular venue for the finals and especially the Allen moms and dads who provided the tail gate in very cold conditions, who also ordered and picked up the trophies and set up the Allen field.

The Mavericks, with only 9 players, started out the day finding that our first game was hours away. This allowed us to have a intense and focused skills practice, fine tuning what was needed to accomplish our game plan. Our hands and passes were in top order and ready to lead us on to victory. Even our lineouts looked to be unbeatable.

Our first game was against Alliance 2 and though they had some size we made effective tackles, for the most part and won plenty of ball at the breakdowns. Alliance just couldn't keep up with our pace and ball movement. We finished that game without being scored upon. We didn't stick to the game plan as our backs kept the ball instead of passing, speedy winger Chris Merimon did not receive a single pass at wing. But, our athleticism won out with strong breaks on the inside, by Chris Kelly and Chris Schultz.

The 2nd game was against Plano 2. These guys were bigger and faster and did score on us but, they too, couldn't keep up with our speed and continuous breaks for the long haul. Again, ball hogging on the inside forced us to play some frantic rugby, and again, our natural abilities, experience and aggressiveness won it for us.

Having won both our round robin matches put us in the finals to be held at the Dr. Pink stadium in Frisco. After the sun dropped the North wind raged in dropping the temperature to near Arctic levels. Most of us were under dressed and shivering. After an understandably lack luster warm up, we took the field against Allen 2. This looked to be a big match against the toughest team in the other bracket on the widest, windiest field yet. We won the toss and elected to kick off with the wind for the first half. Promise Jackson scored on the opening kick off and we never looked back. (Hint: never let the ball touch the ground on any kick!) Unfortunately, high tackles by multiple Mavericks forced the ref to understandably dole out a yellow card, making us play a man down. After a big first half, Allen came out with their heads down and never got close to being in the game, even with us being down a man at the start. Allen played hard, with heart and never gave up but it was just too much to overcome.

The post tournament celebration was something to be remembered. For our D2 victory, we received the largest trophy yet to be handed out at a youth 7s tournament. Captain, Chris Kelly was recognized as D2 Tournament MVP and awarded a large trophy as well.

A great day by our fine Mavericks: Captain - Chris Kelly, Promise Jackson, Chris Schultz, Chris Merimon, Richard Gonzalez, Dillon King, Ginger Hanawacker, Lorenzo Marconi, Kasy Chapa.

If you have photos of this great event, please contact Mr. Kelly so that we may post them on the site.