Jason Fegel realized that he has not been keeping the news page up to date, and received much verbal harrasment recently because of it. He said to this reporter: “Bite me, I’ll get to it when I have time.”, and then mentioned that he will begin diligently entering current events onto the website. This reporter, for one, is not convinced that he will actually keep it updated, so a summary of events since the last update will be included.

The Spring season ended as expected, with the core players starting to work well together. This fact was demonstrated by the Flamingos winning all their matches during Maggotfest. Despite obvious crowd support, the Flamingos, partying and playing as Oompa Lumpas did not receive the coveted Most honored side at Maggotfest. The club is very optimistic about the upcoming Fall season.

Other exciting occurances were the Cowpie tournament in Steamboat springs and the Luau hosted by the Dickens. The team did not do as well at Cowpie, but it definately gave them a heads up as what skills need to be improved. The biggest success of the tournament was the introduction of two brand new nicknames for two club members. Say hello to WouldBe and TwentyTwo. The Luau also was a success, with some highlights being an extreme badmitten tournament, and co-ed scrumming in the kitchen.

Preseason training has for the most part been quite successful, with great numbers of new players checking out the great game of rugby. With only two more practices before our first match, its time to turn up the energy and get ready to have a great season. The first match is against the Harlequins at Greenbriar park in Fort Collins on August 7th.