2017-2018 Season Training Starts

A New Season Begins
BARC kicked off training for the 2017-2018 season on Sept. 19th. It's exciting to see a lot of new faces at training. Relocating to UHCL will have great benefits for recruiting as we've already picked up several students from the university.

Officers
President - Ian Bonner
Vice President - Scott Blackley
Treasurer - Chris Strickland
Match Secretary- Dundy Walker

Training Pitch Location
This season BARC has moved training sessions back to University of Houston - Clear Lake. The team trains on the Delta field behind the tennis and basketball courts.

At this link you'll find pins for both the training pitch and match pitch.
Maps to fields

Location of Training Pitch at UHCL

Training Times
Training is every Tuesday and Thursday at 7:00 PM.

New Women's Team
We're excited to have added a women's team to the club. There are lots of women new to the sport coming out, so don't let a lack of knowledge of the game keep you from coming out. The women train on Thursdays from 7:30-9:30. Contact Lauren if you're interested in coming out.

Schedule
We're still looking to add friendlies to our schedule, but here is what we have as of right now.

New Season, New Faces, New Pitch

New Season
Bay Area is back into the full swing of 15's season with training sessions on Tuesday and Thursdays.

New Faces
Due to some great work by our dedicated officers we've seen quite the number of new faces out these past few weeks. Thursday training sessions have regularly hit 30, and our first 2 Tuesday sessions were off to a great start with 15 & 19 guys. It's great to see all the young new talent at training, and we expect them all to make a huge impact this season.

New Pitch
For those that haven't heard yet we'll be moving our home pitch from La Porte back to the center of Clear Lake. The new pitch is at Walter Hall Park (807 Hwy 3) in League City. While the La Porte pitch was a great playing surface we're hoping the move to a more central location will assist in building our support and fan base at home matches. Walter Hall has been the site of our annual Lone Survivor Tournament for the past couple years, and should make for a great venue for cup matches.

HURT Match Postponed

Due to field availability the match against HURT scheduled for 2/21 has been moved to 3/28. Next Cup match will be at home against Katy on 3/07.

Stay tuned for details on a friendly on our home pitch on 2/28.

New pictures and next match

Check out our FB page (https://www.facebook.com/BayAreaRugbyClub) for new pictures from the BARC v Alamo City home game. 

Than you DM Jakob Photography for the fantastic pictures.

BARC travels downtown Feb 21 to take on HURT. Kick off at 2pm at Rice University (weather permitting).

Come show your support.

Lone Survivor Tournament Pictures and BARC @ Katy this Saturday

We posted pictures from the 4th Annual Lone Survivor Tournament to our Facebook page!
 https://www.facebook.com/BayAreaRugbyClub
Thanks to D.M. Jakob Photography for the pictures.

Also this Saturday Nov 22 BARC travels to Katy to take on the Katy Lions at their home pitch. Address below. Kick off at 2pm.

Katy City Park
5850 Franz Road
 Katy, Tx

Lone Survivor Tournament this Saturday!

BARC 4th Annual

LONE SURVIVOR TOURNAMENT

Saturday day is rugby day and this Saturday Nov 8th is no exception! Come on out to Walter Hall Park in League City for RUGBY, food and free beer! Free admission! Donations to the Lone Survivor Foundation accepted. While you're there pick up a tournament shirt. First match kick off at 9am. Hope to see you there. Ruck on!

Tournament Update

The 4th annual Lone Survivor Tournament planning is coming along nicely. To date we have 8 teams committed for this year's event:

• Bay Area
• HARC (likely to bring 2 sides)
• Katy
• HURT
• San Antonio
• Austin Huns
• Woodlands

We still have a couple spots available for teams interested. All the info can be found on the tournament info page under the About Our Club menu.

One exciting announcement is the addition of an old boy match this year. We were approached by the Kwagas a team of S. African ex-pats to host their match as a fundraiser for the J9 Foundation. The J9 Foundation was started by one of South Africa's most acclaimed players, Joost van der Westhuizen to help find a cure for ALS. For more info on the charity check out: http://www.texas9.org/

The plan will be for the Kwagas to take on the Austin Silverbacks in between the semi-finals and championship match. The South African community is very excited for this match and it should be a great time for another great charity.

Team Meeting Sept 30

Alright ruggers the location for BARC's team meeting/player meet and greet on Tuesday Sept 30 is Sam's Boat in Seabrook Just done the street from the practice pitch at Clear Lake Park.

Sam's Boat
3101 NASA Road 1
Building B
Seabrook, TX 77586

Meeting will start at 7pm and run until at least 9pm. All players both current, "retired", and prospective are higher encouraged to attend. Supporters and significant others also welcome. So if you're someone new who has been looking into joining a club, even i you have never touched a rugby ball in your life, come out and meet the team.

Also don't forget about the Galveston round robin friendly this Saturday Sept 27 at 2pm. 




(you must be Cipp'd to play)
Sandhill crane soccer complex
3348 7 mile road
Galveston, TX 77554

Cheers Brothers!

Galveston RFC Friendly and BARC Meet and Greet

We're pleased to be hosted to a round-robin style friendly match hosted by Galveston RFC this coming Saturday the 27th at 2pm at their home pitch 3316 7 Mile Rd Galveston, Tx 77554. Both Shreveport and Dallas Athletic Rugby Club will also be in attendance.

We will also be hosting a new/current/retired players meet and greet on Tuesday Sept 30th. Location is currently TBD. This will be in place of practice that Tuesday. More details as they become available. All interested and current players are highly encouraged to attend.

Bay Area News Coming Soon

In an effort to keep up communications with the team and supporters, this spot will be updated more regularly.

The 2014-2015 season is quickly approaching. We should have a finalized schedule out very soon.

We'll be looking to start trainings the week of 8/8. Training sessions will be every Tues/Thurs at 7:00 PM at the Clear Lake Park. See the maps for directions.