Budd Bay Rugby Football Club
Olympia, WA
Upcoming Events
July 19 - Rugapalooza '08!!!
Senior Team Awards BBQ
Jul 22-26 - Youth Rugby Clinic
Bush Park, Lacey
July 27 - Budd Bay RFC AGM
The Board Room, Lacey, WA
July 27 - 4th Annual GoffonRugby
Women's 7s Tournament
Olympia, WA
Practice Times and Locations
Men - 7's Training underway, Tuesdays & Thursdays at Bush Park, 6:30 - 8:30 pm. For more info, please contact Paul here.
August 8th - Mandatory Players Meeting - 8 pm, Ballhoo
August 12th - 15s Training Begins!!! Bush Park, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Women - Tuesdays & Thursdays at Bush Park, 6:30 - 8:30 pm. For more info, please contact Casey here.
July 21st - Mandatory Team Meeting - 7 pm, Tumwater City Hall
July 22nd - 15s Training Begins!!! Bush Park, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
U19 Men - For more info, please contact Coach Pete here.
U19 Women - For more info, please contact Coach Alex here.
Welcome
It all started during the fall of 1997, when a bunch of us started showing up at rugby practice at The Evergreen State College. Some of us were much older than the students, but that didn't seem to matter - we were playing rugby. As we practiced and played with the "Greeners," a few more experienced players came out, and pretty soon we thought about forming a club free of the administrative bonds of the school. Under the tutelage of Evergreen coach Trevor Anderson, the Olympia Rugby Club was unofficially born.
Buffaloes Senior Men |
Bandits Senior Women |
Barbarians U19 Men |
Steelheads U19 Women |
Wanna play?
We are always looking for new players. If you think you have what it takes, contact us and we will let you know how to get started.
News
6-15-08
Scott Lavalla, Captain USA U20 & former Budd Bay Barbarian, stands with his fellow captains at the U20 World Championships.
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5-30-08
Alex Goff announced his retirement as Head Coach of the U19 Steelheads. During the Annual Steelheads Awards Banquet, Goff recieved his own surprise... The first ever "Alex Goff Achievement Award", presented in recognition of his dedication, commitment and outstanding contributions to the betterment of Budd Bay RFC and to the overall development of rugby in the community. For complete text of the presentation, click here.
4-30-08
For the third year in a row the Budd Bay Steelheads girls U19 rugby team were denied a state title in the Washington Youth Rugby girls final, losing a close game to rivals the Kent Crusaders.
Sunday in Redmond the Steelheads made the final by beating Lynnwood 63-0. Kelsi Stockerts scored three tries, and Erica Fife and Audie Haisch added two, while Erica Legaspia, Mika Underwood, Jel Santos and Kati Barker all added tries. Ellie Linn kicked four conversions.
But it wasn't to be in the final as Kent scored two late tries to win 10-0.
"We are very disappointed," said head coach Alex Goff. "We suffered a bit from bad luck in this game and we're more than a little frustrated. But the kids worked very hard and kept at it. Kent is three-time national #2, and we beat them twice this year, just not today."
The Budd Bay 2nd side also competed on Sunday for the stat Plate competition. in the semifinal Budd Bay and Chuckanut played to a 0-0 tie, and the game went to penalty kicks. Maria Noonan's kick won the game for Budd Bay 1-0. They went on to play Seattle in the Plate Final, where Noonan scored a late try, but Seattle scored two to win 10-5.
"We wanted two trophies out of this weekend and we got them, they just turned out to be the runner-up trophies," said Goff.
Next up for the Steelheads is a trip to Palo Alto, Calif. for the Pacific Coast Invitational May 9-11.
Budd Bay is currently 13-3, having lost to BC school champs Carson Graham, the University of Oregon, and Kent.