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More than 80 junior rugby players attended the Nomads junior clinic on Sunday, May 13.

2012 Nomads Juniors Clinic

Click here for a PDF version of the poster.

The Nomads Juniors rugby clinic is on Sunday, May 13, from 11am-2pm at Oakwood Collegiate, 991 St. Clair Ave. West.

The clinic is for mixed under-12s, boys under-14s, girls under-15s, boys under-16s, girls under-17s, boys under-18s, & girls under-19s.

•  Fine tune your rugby skills 
•  Pick up new skills to dazzle your opponents
•  Meet fellow juniors from all over the city
•  Bring all the usual rugby kit 
•  Water and Gatorade will be provided

Cost: $20 which includes rugby t-shirt

Contact:   Bill Brown, Nomads Junior Development
        brownis@rogers.com         416-766-9573

2011

Over 60 Nomads junior players registered on Sunday, May 15th, at the Junior Clinic at Oakwood.

2011 Nomads Junior Clinic

Run by junior and senior coaches with plenty of help from senior players, the the juniors worked through skill stations in weather that was less than ideal.

But the spirits were never dampened and a good time was had by all.

Players and parents alike are pumped for the new season, which has already seen plenty of hard work done in the off-season.

The Nomads senior men opened the season with two wins away to the Blues in Mississauga on May 12.

Up next for the men is another away game, this time agains the Belleville Bulldogs on Saturday, May 26. 

Nomads senior men training at Oakwood, May 12, 2012

Training continues on Tuesday at Oakwood, 6:30pm.

Join the Nomads for the 2012 season! 

Nomads senior men training at Oakwood.

Senior men & women’s season runs from May to September, training Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:00-8:00pm at Oakwoood Collegiate, 991 St. Clair Ave. West.

For more information on the senior women, click on torontonomads.com/womens

For more informaiton on the senior men, click on torontonomads.com/mens.

Junior rugby includes under-18 boys, under-18 girls, under-16 boys, under-14 boys and under-12 boys & girls.

For more information on the juniors, click on torontonomads.com/juniors.

Or e-mail torontonomads@hotmail.com

By April Scott-Clarke

The Toronto Nomads Rugby Club is celebrating another successful year for its annual Try for a Cure charity touch rugby tournament, which was held at Downsview Park on April 14th. Now in its third year, the tournament drew approximately 150 players and volunteers from across the city, raising $4,700.

Rob Lee, club captain for the Toronto Saracens, has played in the tournament the past two years. In his 40 years of playing rugby, this type of tournament is a first for him. “It’s excellent, it simply checks all the boxes for us,” he says. “The tournament is fun and for a good cause. We use it, also, as part of our pre-season practice program.”

Played as a sevens-style game in a round-robin format, the tournament draws players of all skill levels and experience. Interest in the tournament has grown each year, which organizers suspect is in part to better marketing, lots of word of mouth and an overall growth in sevens.

Try for the Cure

In years past the money raised from the tournament and silent auction–which is held during the social after the tournament–has gone to the cancer research program at the Princess Margaret Hospital and the Cancer Society. This year, the money has been earmarked for the Odette Cancer Centre at Sunnybrook Hospital where family members of two long-time Nomads are currently being treated.

If you’d like to get involved with the 4th Annual Try for a Cure, either as a player, a volunteer or a sponsor, contact tryforacure@yahoo.ca.

Follow this link to see the Rogers TV “Matt about town” video:
http://www.rogerstv.com/page.aspx?lid=237&rid=16&sid=4302&g&gid=95713

With the new season just around the corner, it is time for players to register for the 2012 season and pay their subs.

The club will be hosting two official registration dates on April 19th and 21st at The Rose and Crown. Players are encouraged to have completed their registration form and paid their subs by this date so that we can ensure their insurance will be active by May 1, 2012.

The registration form can be found here:
http://rugbyontario.com/Portals/214/Documents/Administration/2012_RC_Registration%20v3.pdf

Please either bring the completed form to one of our registration days, or scan and email it to our Membership Director, Beth MacGibbon at macgibbonb@gmail.com.

For 2012, the subs schedule is as follows:

You can pay your registration dues in person by cash or cheque on April 19th or 21st, or you can pay by credit card through Paypal. Select the appropriate fee option and click “Pay now” to continue.

Registration

Senior Men $375.00 CAD Senior Men + kit $415.00 CAD Senior Women $325.00 CAD Senior Women + kit $375.00 CAD University $275.00 CAD University + kit $325.00 CAD Under 18 players $250.00 CAD Under 14 players $375.00 CAD Under 12 players $300.00 CAD Alumni / Social $100.00 CAD