PITS Rugby - Piedmont International Touring Side

Women vs. Berkeley Tomorrow Saturday April 21!

PITSrugby — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:20:48 +0000

A great afternoon of rugby ahead!

PITS Women vs. Berkeley, 3:30pm

Click Here for directions from Piedmont to Merritt College. At Merritt, turn left into the main entrance, then left again into the parking lots. Fields are up the hill to the east of the last parking lot.

GO PITS Women!!

Men’s Match vs. McClatchy High School cancelled

PITSrugby — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 03:23:25 +0000

The PITS men’s match against McClatchy High School of Sacramento, previously scheduled for Saturday, April 21, has been cancelled.

PITS Women Chico “Tour” Tomorrow & Saturday March 2-3

PITSrugby — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 04:41:15 +0000

Team & Parents,

PARENTS – PLAYERS MUST HAVE WAIVERS SIGNED IN ORDER TO PLAY! PLEASE USE LINK BELOW FOR THE WAIVER

We are headed to Chico this weekend for our league match versus the Chico Wild Oaks. We will be playing the opener for the Chico State/Stanford Women’s collegiate Division I Rugby match on the Chico State campus. This is an amazing opportunity for our girls, and I’m excited to have them be a part of this weekend!

We are renting a van to drive the players up to Chico after school on Friday – if you are a parent and would like to volunteer to drive, please let us know ASAP. Otherwise the coaching staff will be taking care of the driving. We will be meeting at 3:30pm from the PHS sign/flagpost on campus. Players will be returned to PHS around 5:30pm on Saturday afternoon.

Players need to bring cleats, mouthguards, water bottles, socks, clothes to sleep in/toiletries, comfy clothes for after the game, and snacks. Please bring money for pizza on Friday night. Host families will be providing breakfast Saturday and then we’ll eat lunch at the social after the game (they’ll be BBQing for us). Please let me know about any dietary restrictions in advance. In addition, as we’re playing at Chico State, parents will need to sign the standard waiver used by the CSU campuses. Click Here to download the waiver. Please print, sign, and bring Friday afternoon if you didn’t turn it in at practice.

Our weekend schedule is as follows:

Friday
3:30pm – Pickup for carpool at PHS. Please have all of your gear for the weekend.
7:00pm – Arrive in Chico. We will be meeting the Chico team at a local pizza restaurant (location TBD), where the girls will meet their host players and families. After dinner players will head home with their hosts.

Saturday
10:30am – Arrive at the field (http://g.co/maps/pmhwe)
11:30am – PITS Girls Rugby vs. Chico Wild Oaks
1:00pm – watch Chico State Women vs. Stanford Women
2:30pm – team van leaves Chico
5:30pm – team drop-off at PHS

Please let me know if you have any questions. Looking forward to the weekend!

Lindsay Coble
Coach, PITS Girls Rugby
510-701-7225

PITS Men @ Jesuit this Saturday 2/18 at 11am

billh — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:22:33 +0000

PITS Men travel to Jesuit High School in Sacramento this Saturday, February 18 for an 11am match. Go PITS!

Jesuit High School is located at 1200 Jacob Lane in Carmichael, California.

Directions from the Bay area: Go East on I-80 towards Vallejo/Sacramento. Intersect with Business-80 (Capitol City Freeway). Business-80 will merge with U.S. 50 as you approach downtown Sacramento. Continue East on U.S. 50 heading towards Lake Tahoe. Exit on Watt Ave – North. Continue on Watt Ave to the intersection of Fair Oaks Blvd. (first light). Turn right. The school is approximately 2 miles from the intersection of Watt Ave and Fair Oaks Blvd. Approximately 1/8 of a mile prior to reaching Jacob Lane is the access road to the Jesuit Rugby field, Gordon Lane. Turn right onto Gordon Lane from Fair Oaks Blvd and before reaching Jacob Lane. The rugby field and parking will be at the end of Gordon Lane.

Scrimmage with Oakland Warthogs this Saturday, Feb 10

billh — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:09:55 +0000

This Saturday 2/11, the PITS men will scrimmage with the Oakland Warthogs from
10am-12pm at Merritt College.

The address
is 12500 Campus Dr Oakland, and
the fields are at the back of the school (near to Parking Lot G). This map of
the school is somewhat helpful although it doesn’t identify the soccer fields.
http://www.merritt.edu/sites/default/files/campusmap2008.pdf

The area next to Lot G where it says track is the area where there are soccer fields and where these
games will be held.

PITS Supporters: Even though this is not an official game, the team really enjoys the
support of a crowd. Many of our games this year are far away, so please take
the time to see the boys play locally this Saturday!

TOMORROW Sun Jan 29: PITS Women 1st KOT Match at 10am in Sacramento

scrumcap — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:35:34 +0000

Latest info: Our match schedule Sunday is:

10am vs. Berkeley

1:20pm vs. Lancers

2:40pm vs. Dixon

All matches are on Field 7. Check back here for Carpool info.

GO PITS Women!

We are headed to the Kick Off Tournament in Sacramento this Sunday, 1/29 (http://www.svrf.org/kot.html). This will be a great day to get some playing time and learn more about the game, for new players and veterans alike. There will be spare players at the tourney to fill in if we’re short on numbers. I’m excited!

We will be playing at the same venue as the PITS Men’s team – at Cordova High School in Sacramento. (Directions).

TIMING: Stayed tuned for more info about carpool from PHS and timing. If you will be driving, please shoot me an email so that I can make sure we have enough seats. If we don’t have enough cars our other option is to carpool with the boys, who will be leaving around 6am.

PEOPLE: I need to know who’s coming so we don’t accidentally leave you behind Email or text me (510-701-7225) if you haven’t already told me your status for the games. Better yet, go on TeamSnap’s Availability page and check off your Availability.

BRING: Cleats, socks, sturdy/rugby shorts, mouthguard (MANDATORY), lots of water, sunscreen, money for tournament t-shirts or food trucks.

FOOD: Bring your own snacks and lunch. Feel free to bring extras to share.

Please email or call me with questions – I’m looking forward to seeing you all soon!

Lindsay Coble
Coach, PITS Girls Rugby

PITS Men: Kick Off Tournament TOMORROW Sun Jan 29 in Sacramento – 1st Match at 8:40am

scrumcap — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:30:21 +0000

This Sunday, Jan 29 PITS Men will be playing in the Kick Off tournament in Sacramento. Here is a link KOT to the website. First match is at 8:40am vs. Christian Brothers in the Stadium (Field 1). We should be playing three 40 minute games throughout the day.

The Captains will get carpool info together and send it out.

KOT T-shirts can be ordered. The info is below in case someone would like to step up and take control of that, if so I will send you the email info to place the order.

****Pack the night before! Mouth guards, cleats, water bottles, sunscreen, snacks and money for food trucks. The weather may be on our side, the report looks good, but last year it was so cold that we had to retreat to a burger place to get out of the cold between games, instead of eating on site like we had planned.

GO PITS! Hope to see you there!

Marcy Garrett

PITS Match Secretary

Directions: Cordova HS is located at 2239 Chase Drive, Rancho Cordova, CA, a suburb of Sacramento roughly 10 miles east of the State Capitol. From the junction of I-5 and I-80/Hwy-50 at the Sacramento River: [a] follow Hwy 50 east about 10 miles to exit #15 for Mather Field Road; [b] take the exit and turn left onto Mather Field Road; [c] take the third right off of Mather Field Road onto Folsom Blvd (.6 mi); [d] from Folsom Blvd take a left onto Coloma Road (.4 mi); [e] then a left off of Coloma onto Chase Dr. (.5 mi); [f] at Cordova HS follow signs and volunteers’ directions.

Matches. Matches are played in 40 minute rounds – 15 minutes per half with a 5 minute halftime and a 5 minute transition time to the following match. If a match is not started at the designated time, the length of that match will, nonetheless, end at the next deadball after the match hooter blows. Time lost for any reason, by a late start or from a time stoppage during a match, will not extend the match.

T-Shirts. T-shirts, in black or other dark color, with a multi-color print front and one color on the back with team names of all clubs participating will be available. T-shirts are $15 each for 12 or more shirts. Must have orders by 5pm, Friday the 27^{t h}– absolute, drop-dead cutoff. Send your order specifying quantities and sizes (S, M, L, XL &, XXL) along with a check to SVRF for the full amount, or by email, along with a completed and signed credit card payment form as attached. Your order will be delivered at the KOT.

Food Vendors. About half a dozen food vendors will be at the Vendor Village on both days. They will provide a variety of early morning fare, as well as options for lunch and snacks.

PITS @ Berkeley Saturday, Jan 21

scrumcap — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 08:18:59 +0000

Men’s Match at Berkeley Saturday morning Jan 21 at 9:45am.

At Gilman Fields in East Shore State Park, Berkeley. (From Piedmont take 580 West to Bayshore Fwy 80 East. Exit at Gilman Ave. Left towards the Bay and Fields.)

Go PITS!

POSTPONED: PITS Women NorCal Kick Off Festival

scrumcap — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:48:18 +0000

The Kick Off Festival has been postponed due to field conditions from the storm. Possibly will be rescheduled to February.

MEET IN FRONT OF PHS AT 8AM FOR CARPOOL. First Match at 10:30am vs. Chico. 2nd match tbd at 2:00 or 2:45. 3rd match tbd between 3:15 and 5:15pm. All matches at Margaret Azevedo Park in Rocklin, NE of Sacramento.

Click Here for location information.

Carpool:
time: 8 am (check email just before leaving, just in case there is any
changes)
where: in front of high school at sign
who: Coach Lindsey, and Bob Gray (?) will be able to take the team (May
need one more volunteer)
Drop off: TBD

Food Assignments:
Fruit- Baldwin and Lutgen
Pasta Salad- Soghikian and Niemuth
Sandwich meat (salami, ham, etc) and cheese- Gougoumis and Di Bartolo
Water/gatoreade- Milne and Blemker
Bread- Gray and Mopress

What to Bring:
MOUTH GUARD, everyone is expected to bring one. (you can find one at any
local drug store or at the sport store in Montclair, I suggest getting more
than one because the girls tend to loose them)
Water Bottles
Cleats, shorts, etc.
Change of warm cloths
Money for merchandise if desired (they tournament sweatshirts, t-shirts,
etc)
Go PITS Women!!

Scrimmages TOMORROW, Saturday Jan 14 @ Bishop O’Dowd

scrumcap — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:00:12 +0000

First contact outside practice this year!

1:30pm – All players arrive at Bishop O’Dowd.

2:30pm – Women’s Scrimmage

3:30pm – Men’s Scrimmage

Winter Ball notwithstanding, upperclassmen are expected to stay the full duration of the scrimmage.

Go PITS!