Semi Finals Matches:

Unionville 14, Conestoga 10

Unionville Scoring:

Baker (9 points -- 1 try, 2 conversions)

Lange (5 points -- 1 try)

Exeter 43, Cumberland Valley 14

Consolation Match:

Conestoga 36, Cumberland Valley 12

Championship Match:

Unionville 36, Exeter 12

Unionville Scoring:

deVries (10 points -- 2 tries)

Baker (6 points -- 3 conversions)

Hopkins (5 points -- 1 try)

Barnes (5 points -- 1 try)

Lange (5 points -- 1 try)

Tuvesson (5 points -- 1 try)

CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH THE UNIONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL BOYS AND HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TEAMS, EACH OF WHICH EARNED A BERTH IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL FOUR!

Scores:

Unionville HS Boys 45, State College HS 0

Unionville HS Girls 45, Doylestown Girls 7

Hey all,

Here are links to a mountain of pictures from the Charlotte trip. Many, many thanks to Ton deVries and Scott Margolin for sharing their photos.

Also attached is a link to pictures taken by a professional photographer who took photos at the Tournament.

I believe that all of the links are associated with services that will let you purchase prints.

When it comes to photos, I believe strongly that more is more -- so ... if you have pictures and you are willing to share, please pass them along to me.

Enjoy ...

Curt

From Ton deVries:

Pictures are accessible via Picasa. If anyone wants the originals, I can send them individually; just let them drop me an email at ton.devries@bentley.com with the picture name (click on ‘Photo information’ on the right side of the screen). For displaying, the Picasa ones are fine, but the originals are much higher resolution and will provide a better quality printed picture.

High School Boys (A side): https://picasaweb.google.com/ton.devriesusa/CharlotteRugbyHSABoys?authuser=0&feat=directlink

High School Girls: https://picasaweb.google.com/ton.devriesusa/CharlotteRugbyHSGirls?authuser=0&feat=directlink

High School Boys (B side): https://picasaweb.google.com/ton.devriesusa/CharlotteRugbyHSBBoys?authuser=0&feat=directlink

Middle School Boys: http://gallery.me.com/rockymargolin#100227

… than to win in Carolina.

And win Unionville Rugby did.   Our Varsity Boys and Varsity Girls each brought back championship trophies!

Congratulations to all of our teams for an outstanding weekend of rugby!

1.         Varsity Boys:  2 wins, 0 losses, 1 tie – TOURNAMENT CHAMPION

-          Match 1:  Unionville 5, Myers Park (NC) 5

-          Match 2:  Unionville 36, Concord (NC) 0

-          Match 3:  Unionville 30, Hudson (OH) 0

The Unionville boys win the championship tie-breaker over Myers Park thanks to an impressive 22 point average margin of victory over the three weekend matches.   The stifling Indians defense allowed only 5 points in the tournament.

2.         Varsity Girls:  3 wins, 0 losses – TOURNAMENT CHAMPION

-          Match 1:  Unionville 15, Charlotte (NC) 0

-          Match 2:  Unionville 25, Hudson (OH) 12

-          Match 3:  Unionville 30, West Mecklenburg (NC) 5

The Unionville girls win the championship with three solid wins over quality opponents.

3.         High School Second Side Boys:  1 win, 2 losses

-          Match 1:  Chapin (SC) 52, Unionville 0

-          Match 2:  Charlotte Catholic 45, Unionville 0

-          Match 3:  Unionville 22, Pope Greyhounds (GA) 0

Note:  Chapin is the defending South Carolina state champion.  Charlotte Catholic is ranked #3 in the nation at this time.

4.            Under-14 Boys:  1 win, 2 losses

-          Match 1:  Alpharetta (GA) 24, Unionville 0

-          Match 2:  Unionville 41, Chapin (SC) 5

-       Match 3:  South Charlotte 32, Unionville 14

As you know, we had some technical difficulties at the annual meeting that prevented us from effectively sharing a slide show about Unionville Rugby. The show is now posted below as a .pdf document.

While the file does not have musical accompanyment from U2, I still think it important that each of you take a few minutes to step through the photos. (By the way, the file is large. You probably will want to download the .pdf onto your machine and watch it from the downloaded file. I found that the images are slow to load -- and occasionally don't load -- if you try to watch directly from the website.)