1st Bavarian Open Touch Rugby Champs 28/9.Aug.2004

on the weekend of the 28-29 August the first ever Bavarian Open Touch rugby tournment will take place in Fürstenfeldbruck (10 minute walk from the S-Bahn station)

Mixed Teams from Munich, Memmingen, Fürstenfeldbruck, Frankfurt, Bremen, Braunschweig, Berlin plus touring teams from Scotland will take part. There will also be international matches for the mens and ladies teams between Germany and Scotland.

If you are intersted in playing (new players, especially women, are always welcome and you will always get a chance to take part since the number of teams taking part is not restricted) or just want to come along to watch send a mail to touch.rugby@freenet.de for further details or post a message here and I will get in contact.

does anybody fancy forming a "Toytown Team"?

All you need are a mimum of 3 guys and 3 women, with a maximum of 14 players per team. Most teams will have about 10 players. a minumum of three women always have to be on the pitch, so about 5-6 women an 5-6 men per team is better.

I'd be interested.. know a couple of other too. Am at the Curry night this week so catch you there.

I think Kendy conned a few people into this one when they were under the influence

Without referencing Kendy's little black book so far we are:

Ladies-
Belinda ?? (You know you want to)
Kendy
JoolyBooly
Laura

Guys-
Phil
Fede
SteveNZ
SK04

Any more takers? Don't be shy...

We have a few weeks to train so should pick an evening next week to meet... does 7-8pm next Tuesday in the English Gardens work for everyone? (Followed by TT Tuesday drinks)

@ Graham

Have you got a Rugby ball by chance?

Can you cofirm the rules ie. touch and pass or is it more like Rugby League?

How long is the game and can you have rolling subs?

I might be interested too...

I'll know for sure closer to the date

I am up for this

oh dear! i'd completely forgotten that kendy had roped me into this. do i get lots of padding and a pistol?

Sure why not - if there's enough people we should meet up next week

Here's the rules I've played before...

Rules of Touch Rugby

@ellewood- a deal with the devil Phil mentioned some prematch Vodka as proactive pain relief.

@SteveNZ. Perfect... cheers.

@all... can all who can make Tuesday 7pm confirm?

Suggested English Garden locations are i) the big empty meadow close to Studentenstadt U6 uBahn (3 stops above Munchner Freiheit)
or ii)
fields somewhere between Ohmstr entrance (Ubahn Gisellestr) and the Roman follie.
OR ?

okay, yes. i can do it.

What have I agreed to...

P

@pootle

I thought the idea of running around trying to touch girls...legally.. would appeal to you

hmmm, like I said, I'll be on holiday all next week. I'll run up and down a mountain or two and if I survive, I'll have a go!

Did you find that female jockstrap for me yet? Girls, anyone have a spare reinforced bra?!

mmmm.. i'm tempted.
stopped playing years ago because a designer with a broken hand is worth jack shit.
put a link up with the rules graham!!!

I could be up for this...we'll see.

@gideon There's a link with the rules in my earlier post - Graham, same rules you play?

Anyone know where to buy a rugby ball in Munich? Went to Sports Extreme store near work in Olympiazentrum but American Football was the closest I could get??

@ steveNZ

would a rugby league rugby ball do the job? could probably get my hands on one of those...

Hmm

After my stupid commitment on tuesday evening, I ordered a rugby ball yesterday from kiwisport.

I did a search of some of the sport shops here and found nothing

Whats a welshman without a rugbyball...

P

@pootle you are a LEGEND!!
who would have thought eh... a German website dedicated to rugby paraphenalia (sp?)
Brilliant

HI guys!

just popped in to the office to confirm a few things (spend about €50 on the mobile today phoning around)

here are the facts:

Teams competing are Touch Berlin, Touch München and of course the prospective gold-medal winners, Toytown Touch!

meeting time is 09:30am at the Klossterwise in FFB.

First match starts at 10am so be punctual or early if possible

(the S4 leaves Hauptbahnhof at 08:32 and arrives at 08:56. The next leaves 20 mins later) I am not sure how long it takes to walk from the station but would allow 10-15 mins.

Each team plays four matches. The best two placed teams will play a final.

I reckon we will be finished by 16:00-17:00.

There are changing rooms available so bring you party clothes to change into afterwards!

Afterwards we go to the Ark where Harry has kindly agreed to sponsor us by giving each PLAYER one free fosters and 20% off food. Good one Harry!

Any questions please call me on my mobile: 0174-2039720.

CU Sat

Graham

btw Sunday morning will be a mixed game (we mix up the sides) for fun combined with a bit of referee coaching for the those that want to learn to ref (the more the better cos I hate being the bastard in the middle. Would much rather whinge and moan about someone else)

Well I'm backing you guys for at least a bronze! Don't let me down...
Seriously though, good luck all, and enjoy the games.

thanks jimbo!!
give us a t, give us an o, give us another song which wont last three hours to sing...

here are the pictures I took yesterday.

Some nice stuff there. Well done to the TT poeple. Wish I could have stayed longer.

P

Excellent photos pootle, thanks for lugging the camera + your mobile office out to the grounds...!

Yep it was a good day - the sun was relentless, the opposition was relentless, and the search for a beer garden close by was, of course, relentless. Kudos to everyone who turned up to play or support - TT definitely provided a full squad of players and negotiated some "transfer fees" for loaning players to Munich and Berlin! Also thanks to head cheerleader/water boy Ryan, without whom TT would have dehydrated before lunchtime.

Graham is bound to post something soon about how Munich Touch continue playing through the winter if anyone is interested in keeping up with the touch rugby, so will leave that to him.

Well done TTT - for 6 weeks of practice we certainly were no disgrace to ourselves on the field

Steve

have to agree with steve with all the sentiments and thanks. oh, does anybody know how i got home cos the last thing i remember was sing the national anthem because of the mens 4x100 relay and playing the phizz/bang drinking game.
Graham does't have computer access alot of this week so he asked me to post a few related thing.
if you want a 'deutschland touch' shirt then post your request with required shirt number (no chewy not an E) to RLC.MACGREGOR@T-ONLINE.DE. the shorts,if you order them are quiet 'tight' so girls are reccomended not to go to small (think beach volleyball)
also there's going to be a full weekend training at erfurt, costs 20 euros for the whole weekend, but travel has o be worked out seperatley. the weekend starts evening 11th september and finishes on the 12th. more details on tuesday at the tuesday touch (before the tuesday drinking).

once again... give us a 'T'!! well done all of us.

POOTLE THOSE PICTURES ARE GREAT!!!

I second the pics! They say a picture lies but you makes us look GOOD.

Also, @gus - think I have your bag from Saturday, you left it at the grounds. Are you going to be there tomorrow (Tues) night? if so then will bring it along.
S

I can do prints of the pictures if people want em, or can burn the complete set onto a CD. I wouldnt recommend trying to print from the JPG's online, they have had their resolutions dropped so I can keep file sizes small.

P

Wow, those pics are fantastic! I am so proud of us, we did SO well after so little time!

Thanks to Pootle, Toast and Iceberg for the fab support, you are saints.

Oh, and the prize for pulling on the job goes to... [img]http://www.taffytowers.net/pictures/rugby_2004_08_28/IMG_4039.jpg[/img]

I think the reason you don't know how you got home is because of your shockingly bad performance in the aforementioned drinking game

i know i can't count after seven beers. one two three four phizz. will practice more secretley at home.

and when you've mastered that, we can start "Fuzzy Duck"...

...or double-D funny bunnies...

I made my way out there as well to support the team... real fun to watch the game. My parents and I enjoyed swinging by to watch the opening match and try to figure out what the heck was going on. Jenny filled us in on all the action of the subsequent games.

We were quite impressed at how many games total were played. After watching just the first game I was tired ... don't know how you guys did it.

Everyone looked great out there ... nice work!