Below is the list of Players invited to the Men's Thunderbirds Camp that will be held at the Moose Rugby Grounds in Elkhart, IN, from the 19th through the 22nd of August when the 22 Player roster of Thunderbirds  plays the Ontario Blues from Ontario, Canada, which has 9 Capped Internationals . . . should be a great match, and congratulations to all those invited . . . for more details click here . . .

PROPS:  Jeremy Drake - Pearl City (IA)  |  Frank Harris - Dayton Area Flying Pigs (OH)  |  William Fray Hatfield - Michiana (MI)  |  Garrett O'Connor - University of Minnesota (MN)  |  Garrett Schmidt - Eastside Banshees (MN)  |  David Scott - Grand Rapids Gazelles (MI)

HOOKERS:  Keith Bowen - Chicago Griffins/Lake County Gladiators (CARFU)  |  Kudzai Muzorewa - Dayton Area Flying Pigs (OH)

LOCKS:  Craig Clark - Chicago Blaze (CARFU)  |  Charlie Jacobson - Chicago Griffins (CARFU)  |  Nathan Hornback - Wright State University (OH)  |  Tony Schenke - Cincinnati Wolfhounds (OH)

FLANKERS:  Adam Bogenrief - Des Moines (IA)  |  Mike Bunce - Pearl City (IA)  |  Carl Case - Michiana (MI)  |  Brian Ebersole - Scioto Valley (OH)  |  Justin Hickey - Grand Rapids Gazelles (MI)  |  Ben Smith - Milwaukee Westside Harlequins (WI)  |  Sam Wier - Pearl City (IA)

#8s:  Conrad Bontrager - Michiana (MI)  |  Jeff Hoffman - Milwaukee Westside Harlequins (WI)  |  Jeff Jackson - Chicago Griffins (CARFU)

SCRUM-HALVES:  Adam Scheidler - Chicago Blaze (CARFU)  |  Matt Trenary - Grand Rapids Gazelles (MI)

FLY-HALVES:  Lee Boleyn - Cedar Rapids Headhunters (IA)  |  Andrew Martin - Akron Aardvarks (OH)

CENTERS:  Joel Benner - Michiana (MI)  |  Lance Houia - Chicago Blaze (CARFU)  |  Nate Jensen - Purdue University (MI)  |  Kevin Kreger - Detroit Tradesmen (MI)  |  Albert Tuipulotu - Pearl City (IA)

WINGS:  Kenny Knutson - Pearl City (IA)  |  Danny Norris- Grand Rapids Gazelles (MI)  |  Marvin Schaefer - Lake County Gladiators (CARFU)

FULLBACKS:  Shawn Grobler - Cincinnati Wolfhounds (OH)  |  Zach Simkins - Detroit Tradesmen (MI)  |  Mike Yager - Cedar Rapids (IA)  |  Taylor Welch - Pearl City (IA)

WOMEN'S ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM
Written by Adrian Gannon

This past weekend the senior LAU Tournament took place at the Chicago Blaze Rugby Grounds in Lemont, IL.  The Tournament was a huge success and all that took part had a great weekend.  Whilst all Teams had to battle 90+ heat the Rugby was both entertaining and all

Teams left it all on the field with some great battles fought.  The Women's side of the draw saw a dominant Ohio squad go home with the Championship with an undefeated weekend.  This event was scouted by the LAU Coaches and the Midwest Staff, and during the weekend an

ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM was selected as a tool for our Senior and U23 Thunderbird Staff to use for future Thunderbird selections.

Congratulations go out to the Ladies listed below.

#1 - Prop: Anna Dowd (MI)  |  #2 - Hooker: Amanda Wigfall (MI)  |  #3 - Prop: Jackie Osborn (U23)  |  #4 - Lock: Gina Finaelli (OH)

#5 - Lock: Tiffany Gjestvang (U23)  |  #6 - Flanker: Lorena Schafer (OH)  |  #7 - Flanker: Mary Balkas (CARFU)

#8 - Number 8: Tayo Mafe (U23)  |  #9 - Scrumhalf: Jackie "Animal" Brown ( U23)  |  #10 - Flyhalf: Ann Diamond (CARFU)

#11 - Wing: Allison Freidheim (CARFU)  |  #12 - Inside Center: Cathy Doerr (OH)  |  #13 - Outside Center: Crystal Haynes (OH)

#14 - Wing: Jessica Trnkus (OH)  |  #15 - Fullback: Jenny Lui (CARFU)  |  #16 - Utility: Shawna Day (MI)

August 8th and 9th, 2009

Hosted by the Chicago Blaze Rugby Club  |  For a directions and a map click here

                 MEN   

SUNDAY

40 MINUTE HALVES

WOMEN                 

Pool A LAU All Star Teams:  CARFU  |  Iowa  |  President's XV

Pool B LAU All Star Teams:  Michigan  |  Minnesota  |  Ohio

SATURDAY

25 MINUTE HALVES

Pool A LAU All Star Teams:  CARFU  |  Michigan  |  Midwest U23  |  Ohio

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