Thursday, November 15, 2007
Club Sports Director Max Floyd Featured in Campus Newspaper
Max Floyd, Wake Forest University's Director of Club Sports, was featured in last week's edition of the Old Gold and Black. Max has been instrumental in helping the rugby team achieve unprecedented success over the past 4 years, and public acknowledgement of all he does for Wake Forest's non-varsity sports teams and recreational activity clubs was long overdue. The article can be accessed online here: http://ogb.wfu.edu/07/index.php?/ee/article/max_floyd_shares_goals_for_campus_rec/
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Wake Falls to Clemson
Wake Forest lost to Clemson 29-10 on Friday night in Wake's final match of the season. Clemson jumped out to a big early lead as Wake shook off rust from a month layoff and tried to adjust to a pace much faster than they were used to. When Wake finally settled down, the scoreline was too great to overcome, but Wake showed well in playing Clemson evenly over the final 50 minutes. Wake's lone try was scored by sophomore wing Steve McMillen and converted by senior flyhalf Tyler Eure. Eure also slotted a long penalty goal to round out the scoring.
Wake now enters the offseason knowing they have alot of work to do if they hope to challenge for a playoff spot in their first foray into Division II. Wake will open play in the spring with a match against UGA in Athens on January 26. UGA will be looking to avenge a 49-25 drubbing at the hands of Wake in the fall of '06.
Wake now enters the offseason knowing they have alot of work to do if they hope to challenge for a playoff spot in their first foray into Division II. Wake will open play in the spring with a match against UGA in Athens on January 26. UGA will be looking to avenge a 49-25 drubbing at the hands of Wake in the fall of '06.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Message from David Hines
Wake Forest Rugby Team-
I am writing this email to let you know about my recent progress and also to thank you for everything you have done. As of yesterday, I have been sent home from the hospital, where I will continue to do physical and occupational therapy and will be an outpatient for chemo and radiation treatment. That’s awesome news because living in a hospital is pretty awful. There is still a really long way to go in terms of getting better, my balance is very poor and I need a cane or walker to get around (a hell of a lot better than not being able to move at all last week), plus we still need to fight the cancer, but all that can be overcome. My first goal (becoming an outpatient) has been reached, the pain is very manageable now, and things are really looking up.
It is very important to me that this team understands the role you are playing in my recovery. The jersey and cards you sent came at an extremely important time, when I was realizing that the only way out of that hospital was through really hard work, medicine can’t just make you any better. They hung on the wall and made me push myself as hard as I could to get out (which I did a full week faster than they though I would). I was in the hospital 2 days shy of a month and every single day I had cards, visitors, and gifts- most people who were in there got none of those things. It blows my mind that some of you even took the time to see me while I was in the hospital and I can't thank you all enough. I am very, very sure that the amount of support, thoughts, and prayers I received have been making a huge difference in my recovery and have kept my spirits high. I couldn't be more proud to be associated with Wake rugby- you guys are literally saving my life.
Enough thanking- I also follow how you do pretty closely. Turn some heads and beat the sh*t out of Clemson on Friday.
-Big Dave
I am writing this email to let you know about my recent progress and also to thank you for everything you have done. As of yesterday, I have been sent home from the hospital, where I will continue to do physical and occupational therapy and will be an outpatient for chemo and radiation treatment. That’s awesome news because living in a hospital is pretty awful. There is still a really long way to go in terms of getting better, my balance is very poor and I need a cane or walker to get around (a hell of a lot better than not being able to move at all last week), plus we still need to fight the cancer, but all that can be overcome. My first goal (becoming an outpatient) has been reached, the pain is very manageable now, and things are really looking up.
It is very important to me that this team understands the role you are playing in my recovery. The jersey and cards you sent came at an extremely important time, when I was realizing that the only way out of that hospital was through really hard work, medicine can’t just make you any better. They hung on the wall and made me push myself as hard as I could to get out (which I did a full week faster than they though I would). I was in the hospital 2 days shy of a month and every single day I had cards, visitors, and gifts- most people who were in there got none of those things. It blows my mind that some of you even took the time to see me while I was in the hospital and I can't thank you all enough. I am very, very sure that the amount of support, thoughts, and prayers I received have been making a huge difference in my recovery and have kept my spirits high. I couldn't be more proud to be associated with Wake rugby- you guys are literally saving my life.
Enough thanking- I also follow how you do pretty closely. Turn some heads and beat the sh*t out of Clemson on Friday.
-Big Dave
Monday, November 5, 2007
Wake Ruggers lead NCRU All-Stars to 2nd Place Finish
The NCRU Men's Collegiate All-Star team finished 2nd at the South All-Star tournament in Clumbus, GA.
In its first match, NCRU defeated the Georgia Rugby Union 12-10. Four Wake ruggers started the match- Tyler Eure, flyhalf and captain, Michael Duffy, hooker, Christian Jewett, lock, and Timo Kawira, wing. Wake players Matt Storck, flanker, and Steve McMillen, wing, came on in the second half and helped the NCRU to a come from behind victory. Timo Kawira scored a first half try and the NCRU's second try was set up when Christian Jewett took the ball off the base of the ruck near midfield and went 20 meters before offloading to the NCRU #8 for a try between the posts with 3 minutes left in the match. That try knotted the score at 10 apiece and flyhalf Eure calmly slotted the conversion to give the NCRU the lead and the victory.
In the championship match the NCRU was beaten by the MidSouth 26-5. Once again all six Wake representatives played in the match.
In its first match, NCRU defeated the Georgia Rugby Union 12-10. Four Wake ruggers started the match- Tyler Eure, flyhalf and captain, Michael Duffy, hooker, Christian Jewett, lock, and Timo Kawira, wing. Wake players Matt Storck, flanker, and Steve McMillen, wing, came on in the second half and helped the NCRU to a come from behind victory. Timo Kawira scored a first half try and the NCRU's second try was set up when Christian Jewett took the ball off the base of the ruck near midfield and went 20 meters before offloading to the NCRU #8 for a try between the posts with 3 minutes left in the match. That try knotted the score at 10 apiece and flyhalf Eure calmly slotted the conversion to give the NCRU the lead and the victory.
In the championship match the NCRU was beaten by the MidSouth 26-5. Once again all six Wake representatives played in the match.
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