March 2011

Bonjour

C’est avec plaisir que l’AARQ va offrir un cours de formation le dimanche 15 mai pour les U20 et moins à prix réduit pour aider à la relève. Le cours sera également disponible pour ceux qui auraient manqués les 2 autres formations. Le prix pour eux sera le prix régulier.

U20 et moins (20 ans et moins) : 50$ (Livres de règlements 2011 + sifflets + cartes)
Senior (20 ans et plus) : 150$
Lieu: Stade Olympique
Salle : Info-Loisirs
Heure : 9h00 à 17h00
Paiement : Au nom de la FRQ payable la journée du cours

* Compléter le formulaire et le retourner SIGNÉ a Martin Cormier developpement@aarq-qsrr.com *

To all

It’s with pleasure that QSRR will offer a training course Sunday, May 15 for U20 and at reduced rate to help the next generation. The course will also be available for those who have missed the other 2 courses. The price for them will be the regular price.

U20 and under (20 and under): $50 (2011 LawBook + Whistle + Cards)
Senior (20 years and older): $150
Location : Olympic Stadium
Room : Info-Loisirs
Time : 9:00 to 5:00pm

Payment : Paid to FRQ and remit at the training day

* Please complete the form and return SIGNED to Martin Cormier developpement@aarq-qsrr.com *

Just a quick reminder about our first official social event of the year, Old Boys night. Please come on down and meet all of our current and past players of Westmount Rugby Club. Along with rubbing elbows with some of Westmounts finest, it will also be a fundraiser for our upcoming tour to Maine. Merchandise will be on sale, including Club ties which are mandatory for the tour.

Feel free to invite your friends, but invite your girlfriends and wives at your own risk.

Hope to see all of you there!

OLD BOYS NIGHT
Le Bull Pub, 2170 Ste Catherine Ouest
Friday, April 1st 20h00

TRAINING REMINDER
This Saturday, April 2nd, will be our last training at the Stinger Dome. We have gone the extra expense and rented half the field so we can run full drills and we need/expect ALL of you to be there. Practice times are from 3:00 to 5:00pm. That means be ready to practice AT 3pm, not show up at AT 3pm. The only excuse for not showing up is death (your own). Please, show up to training on Saturday, even if you are injured. The coaching staff needs to see you there to work out which positions we have for this season.

Gentleman, our first match is fast approaching.

Ce Samedi le 2 Avril sera notre dernière pratique au Stinger Dome. Nous avons dépensé extra pour louer la moitié du terrain et nous avons besoin et on s’attend à que vous soyez TOUS la. La pratique est de 15h00 à 17h00. Ce qui veut dire, soyez prêt à pratiquer POUR 15h00, n’arrivez pas À 15h00. La seule excuse acceptable pour vôtre absence est une mort (la vôtre). SVP, présentez-vous ce samedi, même si vous êtes blessés. Les entraîneurs ont besoin de vous voir pour savoir quels effectifs nous aurons disponibles pour quelles positions.

Messieurs, nôtre premier match s’approche à grands pas.

Registration Time has one again arrived,
The registration information can be found here

Please fill out, print and return the forms to myself or to Tom as soon as possible (preferably before a few days prior to April 9th), as well as any other documentation and payments required.

Thank You,

For those of you working out on your own, here is an excellent training guide.

There’s an option where you can put in the position you want to play and they have preset workouts
http://www.coachingtoolbox.co.nz

and for your running check out

http://www.runningmap.com

Enjoy and thanks to Greg for finding these excellent resources.

The revised schedule is as follows/Voici l’horaire d’entraînement mis à jour

Don’t forget to bring $5 to cover the rental of the dome, and there will be contact so dress appropriately, bring your mouth guard, and appropriate footwear (no metal cleats). Long sleeves/jogging pants recommended.

N’oubliez pas d’amener 5$ pour les frais de location du Dome. Aussi, les pratiques sont full contact, donc habillez vous en conséquence, amenez vos protégé-dents, et bottes (pas de crampons en metal). Les chandails à manches longes et joggings recommandés.

One of last year’s leading try scorers has created his own facebook page in celebration of the event.  At the club we labeled the fan page “Once Upon a Legend“  Check it out and become a fan, if he gets 100 fans Andy Mitchellwill come to training in Snappy the Crocodile outfit.

Bonne nouvelle pour les filles qui désirent suivre un cours d’entraîneur “Introduction à la compétition”, c’est maintenant possible et GRATUIT.  Dans le cadre du développement féminin, Rugby Canada et Rugby Québec ont décidé d’offrir ce cours exclusivement aux femmes.  Si vous êtes intéressées, veuillez me faire parvenir le formulaire dûment complété et signé (fax ou scan) avant le 21 mars prochain.  En collaboration avec l’École des Sources, nous avons pus obtenir ce cours gratuit.

Date :  25-26-27 mars

Heures :

25 = 18h30 à 22h00

26 & 27 = 9h00 à 17h00

Langue :  Bilingue

Lieu :  École des Sources (DDO – Montréal)

2900, rue Lake

DDO, H9P 2P1

Merci à Rugby Canada, Rugby Québec et Sylvie Genest (École des Sources)

Good news for girls who wish to take a coaching course “Introduction to Competition” is now available and FREE. As part of female development, Rugby Canada and Rugby Quebec have decided to offer this course exclusively for women. If you are interested, please contact the Westmount president before March 21st. In collaboration with Ecole des Sources, we could get this free course.

Date :  March 25-26-27

Time :

25 = 6:30 to 10:00

26 & 27 = 9:00 to 5:00

Course :  Bilingual

Location :  (DDO – Montreal)

2900, Lake St.

DDO, H9P 2P1

A special thanks to Rugby Canada, Rugby Quebec and Sylvie Genest (École des Sources)

The University of British Columbia’s Thunderbird Stadium will play host to the first ever National Invitational University 7s Championship this weekend. The prestigious event will take place this Friday and Saturday at UBC and will feature the finest young rugby athletes the country has to offer.

It is a great opportunity to support Canadian Rugby and matches will be streamed live on UStream – go to http://www.ustream.tv/channel/live-rugby.

For more details visit the Rugby Canada facebook page

On Thursday night the bledisloe legends played at ballymore to raise funds for Christchurch earthquake relief fund. Players who featured in the game included Christian Cullen, Craig Dowd, Frank Bunce, David Campese, George Gregan and Tim Horan.

Read about the Christchurch fund raiser.

We have organised a rugby to tour to Portland!  This usually means a lot of drink and a little bit of rugby   The tour to Portland will be held in May.  For all current Westmount Ravens players please send your availability to the coaches,  it will be one of few preseason friendly’s that we will play, so please make the effort to come along to this tour.

We have Andy Mitchell already confirmed on this tour and he expected to be the leading try scorer!

The match is on Saturday, May 7th at 1pm in Portland, Maine. More details to follow for weekend accommodation.

Gentlemen,
As you probably know by now, this Saturday, March 12/11 we will hold
our first training session at the Stinger Dome at Loyola. We’ve
reserved a part of the field for three Saturdays :
March 12/11, 15:00 – 17:00 hrs.
March 19/11, 18:00 – 20:00 hrs.
April 02/11, 15:00 – 17:00 hrs.
Changing room and showers are available in the basement of the main
athletic building.
We expect to run some contact drills and you should be dressed and
protected accordingly. Please bring your gum shields. We will be playing on Astroturf, which means a high possibility of “carpet burns”. Long sleeve shirts and pants recommended.
All players will be asked to contribute $5.00 per training session in
order to offset the high rental cost of this facility.
See you on Saturday.

This year is expected to big with 9 regular season games and so far one confirmed Spring tour of Portland. The schedule is available on games-matches page of the Westmount Rugby website. If you are current player please let Mike and Tony know your availability this season.

This season we are playing Montreal XV, Laval, St Jean, Three Rivers and Exiles. There are going to be a number of close and exciting games which the players are all looking forward too. I know that revenge is on the cards for the Montreal XV game as they knocked us out of the finals with a one point victory.

To play in these games make sure you attend the weekly training sessions.

Jeremy Moore is organising a club event at the Old brewery. The old brewery is a mission dedicated to helping those less fortunate living here in Montreal. The guys who confirm will be serving, already prepared food, to these Men.

Jeremy is looking for a number volunteer to help out to serve meals. If you are available then please contact Jeremy through Google groups.

If you have a favourite team you would like to see highlights for then let us know.  This is the highlights for the QLD Reds against Western Force.

There is 186 days until the start of the Rugby World Cup

Don’t forget that tomorrow night is the Westmount Ravens training session lead by coach Mike Hogan.  Training starts at 8pm sharp and then finishes at 10pm.  Please let Mike know your availability for the training sessions tomorrow night.

The address for the Greene centre: 1090 Avenue Greene, Westmount, Québec H3Z 1Z9.  If you are interested in renting space at the Greene Centre please visit their website.

All new and existing members to the Westmount Ravens are welcome to attend tomorrow’s training session.

If you are a current player then register for the Westmount Ravens Google groups.

We will be having three indoor training sessions at the Concordia Stinger Dome
- Sat. March 12/11 , 15:00 – 17:00
- Sat. March 19/11 , 18:00 – 20:00
- Sat. April 2/11 , 15:00 – 17:00

Training at the Dome will be full contact and therefore appropriate footware and protective equipment will be required.

We’re asking all players to contribute $5.00 per training session in order to offset the  rental costs

The season is fast approaching with a pre-season game is scheduled for May 7/11 in Portland, ME, and our first regular season game on the 14th of may.
Please make every effort to attend all training sessions.

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