Rugby Club Zurich News Bulletin February 2007

Rugby Club Zurich News Bulletin
February 2007
Following all the hard
work of Jeremy and Kurt
the new web site is now
up and running and
looking very different to
before. This could not of
happened without Robin
Wickli and Nino at ELIXIR
(www.elixir.ch),and
Urs
Zimmerli
and
Peter
Hurlimann for aiding the
smooth transition from the
old to the new site. The
site will be the central
focus of future club
communication
so
I
recommend
that
you
spend a few minutes
getting acquainted with it.
team
is
The
2nd
beginning to show good
results and going from
strength to strength. At
the moment many new
players are learning the
game with the help of
some of the old hands
and in time they should
have their chance to
play for the 1st team.
Socially, the 2nd team
are leading the way and
I would say, think twice
before getting on a train
back to Zürich with
them.
Concerning the season so
far we have had both high
and low points which goes
to show that rugby is a
funny old game.
The 1st team has on
balance performed well, a
few problems have arisen
as a direct result of a lack
of depth in certain key
positions but this is
something that is very
difficult to counter. For the
next half of the season the
1st team should continue
to do well and has a eally
good chance of winning
the A league.
.
The Ladies, as we have
come to expect, have
won most of their games
and are having a great
season. I look forward to
seeing
more
great
games next year.
The last team to mention
is of course the Golden
Oldies who after the
EGORF tournament last
summer
have
been
slowly recuperating and
after a recent outing in
Bern are now fitting fit
and planning, amongst
other things, a long
weekend “playing” in.
Israel
The
Juniors
are
continuing to represent
the club at various
tournaments, due to the
continuing hard work of
Rahel, Roli, Urs and it is
hoped that over the next
year we can attract more
Juniors to continue to
develop and secure the
clubs future
As Roli is of to England
later this year and Urs
simply has too many
things going on, they are
both stepping back from
the management of the
Juniors (although Urs
will still help out when he
can). Therefore, I would
like
to
take
this
opportunity to thank
them both on behalf of
the club for helping to
get the Juniors going.
Due to these changes
we now have a shortage
of people to run the
Juniors. I will (or already
have) send out an e-mail
asking
While on the subject of
thanking various people,
I would also like extend
our thanks to Preston
Gordon who has really
done
well
on
the
refereeing front but has,
due to reasons beyond
his control, had to
depart.
Hopefully, he will make a
return but if not, I would
like to wish him all the
best for the future.
To the social side, what
can I say, an absolutely
fabulous Xmas party.
Great organisation by Xavi
and Mike and it was a
perfect way to finish off
the 1st half of the season.
This
has
been
complemented
by
a
successful club outing in
January to watch the
Heineken cup match in
Geneva and further the
recently formed social
committee
(Kurt
and
Calvin) is blazing away
with great social events so
take advantage of their
initiative and join in.
So to end, I would like
wish you all a successful
2nd half of the season and
look forward to seeing you
all at the home games
Dave
Stats RC Zurich
01
I am now in possession
of some nifty stats from
the first days of the club
updated until July 31st,
2006. Throughout the
year I will enlighten you
all with interesting stats
as I get them. So here
are some highlights you
will be able to expect on
our new website and in
the current lion’s den.
(This does not include
current season)
Most games by any RC
Zurich player
Active players:
Gregoire Witz – 192 (incl
his many yrs in Geneva)
Fabrizio Rutishauser –
141
Yves Kissenpfennig –
130
Mike Murphy – 120
Peter Cronin – 105
Inactive players:
(a
tribute to our vets)
Xaver Speckert – 181
Jimmy Roser – 163
François Wille – 155
Stefano Lindsay – 154
En nio Zadotti – 144
Most Red cards in the
club (not counting
double yellows)
Active players
Peter Cronin – 2 (its
actually 3 recently
thanks to referee
Brown!)
Tati Hösel – 2
A bunch of you have 1
Inactive Players
Peter Burleigh - 1
Christian Rossi – 1
Most Yellow cards in
the club
Active players
Tati Hösel - 4
Schelte Betten – 4
Yves Kissenpfennig – 3
Peter Cronin - 3
Chris Hope – 3
Gary de Graaf – 3
Inactive players
Peter Burleigh – 5
Jimmy Roser - 2
Paul Morris – 2
Paul Riley – 2
Roland Jezler – 2
Simon Büsser – 2
One trend is quite
obvious here. It seems
our infamous
“Packleader” is listed in
a lot of these categories,
and as his career is not
over yet, don’t be
surprised that when he
finally hangs up his
boots he will be one of
Zurich’s most penalised
& capped players. More
to follow soon…but
remember, past
performance is no guide
to future results!
Capt. Stats
Rugby Club Zurich 1st VX
Greetings to all players, friends, fans and families,
We have yet again come to a certain point in the year/season, i have also once again been
asked to write a report for our regular Bulletin. I am not sure how many of these i will be writing
in the future so i hope that this is
a good one!
We have turned at the mid point
in the season and are on the "home
straight", as they say in the
races! I don`t want to say to much
about the last half as everybody
should know how it ended at the
break, but would like to
concentrate on the up-coming games!
We had a great end to the first part
with a good win in Avusy and
then the festive season came around
which is always, for most, a good
time. At this stage i would like to
thank all the players that gave
their commitment and dedication to
the first half, we finished 3rd on the table and gave ourselves a great chance to win the title
this year! We started the "winter" training in mid- January and the fact that the weather was
betterthis winter, the turnout was also better than in the past. Thanks to all those that came
down and obviously, thanks to Mike and Urs for taking the sessions, even when the weather
was bad or the turn out bad!
We have also been lucky again that the groundsman at Sihlhölzli lets us use the grass area so
at least this season we can have
a better build up than in the past! As
many of you know, our first
game is on 10.03.07 in Cern and then
away to Geneva a week later,
the rest of the games will be home
barring Basel away, this means
the best second half schedule we
have ever had and I hope we
can get all the players and support for
all our home games! We start
training at the Allmend on Tuesday
27.03.07, so 3 games into the
season! Please all players that want to
be considered for selection,
come down to training and make
yourselves available for games! I
believe we can win the Championship
this year, you all just need to
believe it yourselves! We have most of
our players back after the knocks
and small injuries and have picked up
a couple of new arrivals,
WELCOME!! and would be ready for
the coming 7 games!
I would like to thank Mike for the effort and work he is putting in to make the training sessions
interesting and we as players need to come down and work hard to show our appreciation! In
mid June we will be done with the season and holding the trophy up
high as the new Swi ss
Champions!
We do not have any cup commitments and
that should give us the opportunity to
concentrate on the league!
Thanks to all the people that have gone
down to the Lady Hamilton for all the rugby
games, it is good to see the Men, Women
and Gnomes all mixing there as a club!
I would like to end by saying thanks for all the support and hope to get the at least the same
support for the "home straight"! We can win this, please believe in yourselves and each other!
Thanks for the time and see you all soon!
ElCapitano
Gary de Graaf
What’s happening around us in Switzerland
A summary of the recent FSR AGM.
Any questions, please ask me.
Regards
Kurt
Our proposal for the playoffs had no support within the
clubs, so we withdrew it.
We then agreed to adopt the Geneva format. Which
means, playoff day 1: #1 & 2 do not play, 3 plays vs. 6
(A), 4 plays vs. 5 (B) (one match sudden death system,
home advantage for 3 & 4); playoff day 2: 1 plays winner
B, 2 plays winner A, winners go on to play each other,
best rank determines home field advantage. Team 7
does not play, team 8 gets relegated automatically.
We withdrew the proposal for the yellow cards as well.
We voted prior to this to update the FSR regulations and
penalties to the IRB norms starting this fall season 07-08.
Yellow cards will then be valid for a maximum period of 60
calendar days (so less than a year...now you see why we
withdrew the proposal...)
Women's subscription fees have been reduced to CHF
50.- from CHF 150.- to promote the development of
women's rugby. Savings for ZH of approx 1700CHF for
RCZ.
A stretcher and blankets will be required at every
home game. 2 voted in favour, 1 against and 18
abstentions.... so it was accepted. We already have
the stretcher, so someone needs to pick up a few old
army blankets.
FSR concluded the financial year with a surplus of 6K
mainly due to savings with the national team travels.
Next year's budget forecasts a deficit of 40K due to
the reduction of 25K from Luc Bataard sponsorship.
In 2008 it will be reduced by a further 25K.
The cup has been reformatted completely in 2007 to
create fixed event locations as of the semi-finals that
will include a 7 aside competition. The FSR cup will
be for the winner of the 7's competition and the CH
cup for the winner of the regular cup system that will
include a starting draw of 32 teams to start with. I
think ZH should apply in the fall to host such an
event; the last event we hosted was in 2003! It would
mean organising a 15 aside game with whoever is
qualified, and a 7's tournament. Good source of
revenue!
Teams in the NLA will be required to have a 2nd
team evolving in the 1st league as of 2009. This
would not affect our position in the NLC since we are
much better off playing against local teams for the
moment, which has considerably reduced travel
costs. In the long term, we might want to consider
leaving a younger team (under 21) in the C league
and getting the older more experienced players to
play as ZH3 in 2009 and follow the NLA team
especially with the tendency older players retiring
slowly in the club...lets see what happens.
A stretcher and blankets will be required at every home
game.
2 voted in favour, 1 against and 18
abstentions....so it was accepted. We already have the
stretcher, so someone needs to pick up a few old army
blankets.
FSR concluded the financial year with a surplus of 6K
mainly due to savings with the national team travels. Next
year's budget forecasts a deficit of 40K due to the
reduction of 25K from Luc Bataard sponsorship. In 2008 it
will be reduced by a further 25K.
And finally, the most important point - in 2009-10
season we will require a FIRA 2 coach in the club to
play in the NLA! Otherwise we will be relegated to a
lower league. Hopefully by then we will have a few
candidates who will have met this criteria. They will
of course accept foreign coaching certificates who
match this requirement
Zurich Mens 1st XV
10.Mar.2007 15:00 RC Genève P-L-O RC Avusy
10.Mar.2007 15:00 Hermance RRC RC Nyon
10.Mar.2007 15:00 RC Yverdon RFC Basel
10.Mar.2007 15:00 RC CMSG RC Zurich
17.Mar.2007 15:00 RC Yverdon RC Avusy)
17.Mar.2007 15:00 RC Genève P-L-O RC Zurich
17.Mar.2007 15:00 RFC Basel Hermance RRC
18.Mar.2007 15:00 RC Nyon RC CMSG N/A
Zurich Mens 2nd XV
31.Mar.2007 14:00 RC La Chaux-de-Fonds RC
Wurenlos
01.Apr.2007 13:30 RFC Bishops SG RC Ticino
01.Apr.2007 14:00 RC Zurich II RC Eschen-Mauren
14.Apr.2007 15:00 RC Ticino RC La Chaux-de-Fonds
15.Apr.2007 12:30 RC Zurich II RFC Bishops SG
15.Apr.2007 15:00 RC Wurenlos RFC Basel FT N/A
24.Mar.2007 15:00 RC CMSG RFC Basel
24.Mar.2007 15:00 Hermance RRC RC Avusy
25.Mar.2007 14:00 RC Zurich RC Yverdon
25.Mar.2007 15:00 RC Nyon RC Genève P-L-O
21.Apr.2007 14:00 RC La Chaux-de-Fonds RC
Zurich II
22.Apr.2007 13:30 RFC Bishops SG RC EschenMauren
14.Apr.2007 15:00 RFC Basel RC Genève P-L-O
14.Apr.2007 15:00 RC Nyon RC Yverdon
14.Apr.2007 15:00 RC Avusy RC CMSG
15.Apr.2007 14:00 RC Zurich Hermance RRC
28.Apr.2007 15:00 RC Ticino RC Wurenlos
28.Apr.2007 15:00 RC Eschen-Mauren RC La
Chaux-de-Fonds
29.Apr.2007 14:00 RC Zurich II RFC Basel FT
21.Apr.2007 15:00 RC CMSG RC Yverdon
21.Apr.2007 15:00 RC Avusy RFC Basel
21.Apr.2007 15:00 RC Genève P-L-O Hermance
22.Apr.2007 14:00 RC Zurich RC Nyon
05.May.2007 14:00 RC La Chaux-de-Fonds RFC
Bishops SG N
05.May.2007 15:00 RFC Basel FT RC EschenMauren
06.May.2007 14:00 RC Zurich II RC Wurenlos
28.Apr.2007 15:00 Hermance RRC RC CMSG
28.Apr.2007 15:00 RC Yverdon RC Genève P-L-O
28.Apr.2007 15:00 RFC Basel RC Zurich
29.Apr.2007 15:00 RC Nyon RC Avusy
12.May.2007 15:00 RC Ticino RC Zurich II
13.May.2007 13:30 RFC Bishops SG RFC Basel FT
12.May.2007 15:00 RC Genève P-L-O RC CMSG
12.May.2007 15:00 RC Yverdon Hermance RRC
13.May.2007 14:00 RC Zurich RC Avusy
13.May.2007 15:00 RC Nyon RFC Basel
The Valkyres
14.Apr.2007 13:00 Basel Birds Red Devils Bern
14.Apr.2007 15:00 Cern Feminin Zurich Valkyries
14.Apr.2007 15:00 Yverdon Amazones Luzern
Dangels
21.Apr.2007 13:00 Cern Feminin Yverdon Amazones
22.Apr.2007 12:30 Zurich Valkyries Red Devils Bern
22.Apr.2007 15:00 Luzern Dangels Basel
28.Apr.2007 13:00 Yverdon Amazones Red Devils
Bern
28.Apr.2007 13:00 Basel Birds Zurich Valkyries
29.Apr.2007 15:00 Luzern Dangels Cern Feminin,
12.May.2007 15:00 Yverdon Amazones Basel Birds
12.May.2007 15:00 Red Devils Bern Cern Feminin
13.May.2007 12:30 Zurich Valkyries Luzern Dangels
01.Jun.2007 15:00 Luzern Dangels Red Devils Bern
02.Jun.2007 15:00 Cern Feminin Basel Birds
03.Jun.2007 14:00 Zurich Valkyries Yverdon
Amazones
Social Events and Tours, 2007
Karaoke From Hell Night at the Mascotte.
When: Tuesday 24th April 2007, after training.
Where: Zurich, Mascotte
Time: From 9 till late
For this event, a pre drink at the LH/Southend will be organised. We will need
to know by COB March 10th, 2007 the persons who want to attend this event
so that we can all put you on the guest list. Its a popular event in Zurich so it
will difficult to get in without it. Drinking shirts will be required if you have one.
Look forward to seeing you at one of these events. Don't forget to mark your
calendars provisionally for the club day on the 24th of June at the pitch. Likely
to be a BBQ and a good game of rugby...
Your social committee,
Kurt & Calvin
Don't forget to mark your calendars provisionally for the club day on the 24th
of June at the pitch. Likely to be a BBQ and a good game of rugby...
SPACE
HERE….COULD THIS
BE YOU??
Tour to …..
Presently no tour has been organized, keep an eye open on the new website
Zurich 2 represent club with pride in Geneva
Geneva, Nov 18th, 2006 – After a good victory in Basel on the 11th of November, Zurich 2 travelled to
Geneva to meet Geneva PLO’s 2nd team in the cup quarter-final. Motivation was high, and minds were all
set for the long rail journey. This week had been particularly difficult for the 2nd team, with several players
not available due to
late season injuries
and
star
forward
“Packleader”
being
banned as part of a
two game suspension
thanks to a red card
taken in the Ticino
game. After raffling up
a few last minute
players to the squad,
we were able to travel
down to Geneva with
15 players on the
match sheet.
After
finding
the
pitch,
without
too
much
trouble thanks to prework done by the
coach and captain, we
put our minds on the
game and to the work
on hand
Geneva kicked off to
ZH into the wind to
start the game. A tight
battle was underway
with strong defence
from the ZH side. The
scoreline was kept low,
Geneva not used to
“Frank
the
Tank”
reffing, were loosing
valuable ground on
mistakes
and
complaints
to
the
referee. ZH played to
the whistle, gaining 6
points
on
penalty
Our front row of the day enjoying the gentle ride home
conversions due to silly
penalties from Geneva.
Shortly thereafter ZH
were down to 14 men
as referee Preston got nabbed for a high tackle and yellow carded as a result. This meant the team had to
work harder to compensate for this loss.
After nearly scoring a try in the corner before the half, both teams retired to regroup at the break. ZH used
this time to recover, while Geneva basically replaced their entire back row in the scrum. Some familiar faces
from first team games were visible in the 2nd row as well. Score at the half was 15 – 6 for Geneva
The second half kicked off, ZH were able to score a further 3 points on a penalty conversion. After having
tried 3 to 4 times with the forwards to put that try in a few meters from their goal line, the energy of the
players began to deplete.
Geneva
used
this
opportunity to replace their
fly-halves and centres,
some more familiar players
who have played for
Switzerland
suddenly
appeared on the field. This
probably was the drop in
the bucket we didn’t need,
as the floodgates were
finally open. Geneva aimed
for the corner and our
defence was helpless and
tired. We tried to compete
and we gave everything but
we just weren’t good or
strong
enough
against
these guys.
So we
retreated with dignity to the
clubhouse
after
giving
everything we had. Final
score 56 – 9.
We regrouped after the
shower, had a few beers
with our good hosts who
thanked us for making the
The only way to describe the Jaffa’s of the day
effort to come down and
play
the fixture. This was
is look at the pic
the start of a wonderful
adventure; our trip home
will be one to remember as I don’t think there was one like it before. We had a few players who earned
points on the day, a good performance from the entire team meant that we all drank all the way home.
The rest of the story (or trip) is long, so I’ll make it short, we arrived back in ZH at 10.30pm and headed
straight to Lady Hamilton’s, that is for those who could get in. (the current winners of the Jaffa cake award of
the day, Alec for forgetting the shirts in the morning and getting his dad to drive to HB at 8.30am to bring
them; Calvin for thinking that the season was now over and that his job as captain was finally over…it
actually finishes in June 07 – They are now bonded for life)
On a sad note, two of our boys will be leaving us now;
Guy Roscoe has been offered a job in her Majesty’s
air force as a pilot after passing his physical two
weeks ago. and Gingerwho can forget his uncanny
wit in the scrum and his occasional Swiss faux pas.
Finishing his exchange year finally (although we do
wonder if he actually went to school as he was never
to be found) he will be heading back to New Zealand
to tell all his friends to play for ZH. Hope you do
remember the few words of German you learned!
RC Zurich Valkyries, Ladies
Dear RCZ-members,
After a short summer-break the season
began with a NSRV 15’s game vs. Heidelberg
(Germany) prior to the national match (CH vs.
D) in Bern. The match was incredibly tight for
the NSRV team, containing many Zurich
players, with a win achieved by a try in the
final minute.
Following this successful start, we played four
league games, thereof we won three and lost
one (against Luzerne). It was the first defeat
in a long time, but answered by a 41:12 win
against Cern to finish off the first half of the
season. So we look forward to the spring,
when we will face all the teams again.
Additionally on the 30th of October the NSRV
7’s tournament was held in Cern. The
Valkyries started a little untidily and slow, but
their game improved tremendously as the
tournament progressed. The final was
reached unbeaten where we faced Cern,
against whom we won clearly.
We can look back on a successful first half,
for which many thanks go to our coaches
Hannah Dean, who will be seen on the pitch
again in spring, and Nick Chittenden. There
have also been a few changes within the
team, the largest being Petra Tretter leaving
us for five months to go to London. In return
we have also gained a few new promising
talents.
We look forward to a busy spring with league
games and tournaments and hope to see you
on the sidelines,
Rahel Bosshard
WWW.RUGBYZURICH.CH
We would like to thank our sponsors, who make it possible for us to enjoy this wonderful sport.
Some of you may already know
that the club has in the last few
days launched its new internet site.
It could be that the site is not quite
100% complete, but with time and
patience it should reach the
accepted standard within a few
weeks. As a brief overview the
following should allow you to
navigate a bit better around the
site.
I hope you enjoy your read and
even more the new site, powered
by ELIXIR GMBH and hosted by
Infomaniac.
Tabs:: the page is split into 8
visible tabs, all of which have a two
or even 3 level page structure. This
allows the relevant information to
be easily found and sorted.
; displays all relevant
news and information which is club
or member related, links articles to
pages in the events section. Also
displays a link to the club flickr.com
photo gallery, presently a
temporary solution.
: Displays information
relative to each individual team,
information can be team
selections,
gossip and any other
information which the
coach or captain
considers important, please note
this will be central to each teams
communication platform, check for
training issues, travel plans or last
minute updates.
Want to purchases
some new material and don’t
know who to contact? Have a
look here
: Displays all wishes for
related rugby sites as well as
rugby interest sites.
; Displays actual
info stretching from individual teams
through to national rugby data.
Includes match reports
per team, present
championship standings
in a condensed version
and any other info off the
Swiss Rugby Federation
Server. Check this page
out for news about your matches
and championship contention
chances.
Displays everyone’s
favourite information!! Where,
when, what and why…no train no
play, so learn to mark this one a a
favourite
Displays information
about your committee and how to
contact them.
.
Displays the most varied of
Information,Document and
rugby knowledge
retrieval, downloads
about rugby laws,
changes in IRB,
FIRA or even FSR
laws, meeting
minutes from Bern,
referee meetings and regional
issues throughout the NSRV
region
We thank our sponsors all listed below who make our rugby possible.If you are interested in
sponsoring Rugby Club Zurich, please contact us at [email protected].
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Lady Hamilton’s, The Nelson Pub,
Lady Hamiltons budded from the doors at the place
where the Roxy
dance club. On
Thursday 17th of
September 2002,
after 2 1/2 months
rebuilding Lady “H”
officially opened her
doors to Zurich
Together with Lady Hamilton’s join and relax in
Nelsons Pub, or simply dance the night away until the
early hours.
Unire
... sitting at the foot of the Alpine mounts in the
center of Appenzell, the
Locher family boasts 5
generations of traditional
beer brewing. Famous
through out the world with a
global clientele,
APPENZELLER BIER is
brewed on culture and
tradition, The Löcher
Brewery AG was founded in
1886 by the Löcher Family, and stands now alone
as the last brewery in Appenzellerland. The brewery
is a classical example of national and international
success supplying quality beers to a worldwide
selection of quality beer drinkers. We welcome the
Löcher Brewery and its family into our rugby club
and beer drinking culture.
Hotel Alexander
Hotel Alexander is a wonderful holiday and business
hotel located right on
the Lake of Zurich in
Thalwil. It's exquisite
cuisine at this perfect
location makes it perfectly suited for business
lunches and romantic dinners.
Ulmer Transport
Unire designs
structured financial products.
Mobiliar Insurance
Mobiliar is a Swiss insurance company, offering a
whole range of insurance
cover plans, including car
insurance, household
insurance, life insurance,
travel insurance, accident insurance and much more.
Ulmer Transport is
specialized in moving, as
well businesses or a
private households. They
offer a wide range of services related to moving
including storage for furniture that is temporarily not
used.
Some Links for you to Link yourself
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Hermance Region Rugby Club
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RC LUC
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