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

2012 Nomads Juniors Clinic

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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

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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.

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.

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

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The Nomads senior men and women both play away to the Mississauga Blues this Saturday, May 12th. The games will be played at Erindale Secondary School at  2021 Dundas Street West, Mississauga.

To get there, take the QEW west to Erin Mills Parkway then head north 2 km to Dundas St. The school is on the corner.

The Nomads’ own Lucas Hammond has been selected to play for the Ontario Blues in their upcoming tour to South America.

Lucas will start on the wing for Ontario when they face Argentine provincial side Salta on Tuesday, May 8.  To read the full team announcement, click on the Rugby Canada website.

The team left May 2,  and played Chile in Santiago on Saturday. The Blues were edged 19-17, in that game; Lucas was left out of that squad.  The Blues will also play Uruguay on Sunday.

For the full press release, go to the Rugby Canada website.

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To get there, take the 401 west to Trafalgar Road exit. Head north to Steeles Ave. and turn right (east). Soon after, turn left (north) onto Eighth Line. Drive for about 7km until you see the Gellert Centre on your right.

Get there for 12:30pm. Sort out your ride before Thursday training at Oakwood.

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

The Australian and New Zealand forces landed on Gallipoli on 25 April, meeting fierce resistance from the Ottoman Turkish defenders. What had been planned as a bold stroke to knock Turkey out of the war quickly became a stalemate, and the campaign dragged on for eight months.

At the end of 1915 the allied forces were evacuated, after both sides had suffered heavy casualties and endured great hardships.

April 25th soon became the day on which Australians and New Zealanders remembered the sacrifice of those who had died in the war.

Chris Krause played for the Nomads in the 1950s before moving to Oshawa and starting the Vikings.

The senior men are at the Chris Krause tournament in Oshawa this Saturday, April 28th. 

The men’s first game is at 10:45am. Be at the ground changed and ready to warm up at 10:00am. Allow yourselves an hour to get to Oshawa’s clubhouse. 

Take 401 to Oshawa.
Exit on Simcoe St.
Head north 16km to Raglan Road.
Turn left, clubhouse is 400 metres away on the right.

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TOURNAMENT RULES

• All teams will play three games. 
• Games will be two 14-minute halves with no time in between when changing ends.
• No conversions will be kicked after a try is scored.
• Time will be given for the reset after each score.
• Penalty kicks will be allowed.
• If pool play ends in a draw then standings will be set by points for and against.
• All other IRB rules will be followed.

Map to Oshawa