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July 6th & 7th, 2019 Welcome Ruggers
Welcome to the 45th Annual Cape Fear Rugby 7’s Tournament! Thank you for joining us for this great event! We know that it is a large commitment of time, travel, and money to come to Wilmington and we are very grateful that you are here. With 79 teams playing this year, 2019 is looking to be one of the biggest years on record. 2019 also brings a new and improved location at the Cape Fear Regional Soccer Park. Cape Fear is proud to announce that we are hosting the inaugural Women’s Armed Forces 7’s Rugby Championship! We are very fortunate to be given this opportunity and are excited to watch high level rugby alongside our community. The Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marines, and Navy have all come to town to compete in a separate Women’s Military bracket. Once their champion is decided on Saturday, they will be integrated into the Women’s Elite bracket to compete for a Cape Fear 7’s Championship. We feel very lucky to be able to host our active duty military on the week of the 4th of July and are thankful not only for their service but for allowing us to be a part of this special event. We are happy to announce our continued partnership with NourishNC, a local charity that gives back to our great community. 1 in 4 children in New Hanover County struggle with Hunger. NourishNC’s mission is to “Provide healthy food to hungry children, empowering them to succeed in the classroom and in their community.” Please donate to this cause. As an incentive, the team who provides the most food will receive half off their entry fee for 2020. Our Women’s Elite division is once again loaded with national talent. Defending champion SCION, from Virginia, will have a tall order to fight off this year’s competition. American Rugby Pro Training Center (ARPTC) has made the 14-hour trip from Arkansas with 2 squads, along with the Atlanta Harlequins and NOVA. The Men’s Elite also brings in strong sides with the returning 3-time champion Old Toe of Charlotte. Continuing their quest to de-throne the defending champion is Moseley of Birmingham, England, along with NAV of Southern Pines, OPTIMUS from Atlanta, and the Navy Selects. The Men’s Open division has grown to a massive 28 team pool, with teams from all over the east coast. Defending Champion Star Spangled Hammered hopes to continue their streak while doing their best to celebrate the 4th of July in patriotic fashion. After Saturday pool play, the division will be seeded into 3 flights, where brackets of 8 teams will all compete for hardware. The Women’s Open has also grown and topped out at 24 teams this year. The division this year features teams from as far away as Maine, Kentucky, and Ohio. The commitment of these long-distance traveling teams is exciting and encouraging as we watch our sport grow. The women’s division will also be seeded into 3 flights on Sunday based on the Saturday scores and will give all teams a chance to fight for trophies. The High School divisions have again been filled and promise to provide great rematches of some of the great teams from last year. All high school matches will be played on Saturday, including their championship matches. With 79 teams competing in 127 matches on Saturday alone this is looking to be a great weekend. Wear sunscreen, drink water, and enjoy your rugby – however you plan to partake! Find your way to the beach if you can and get a little saltwater healing!
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July 6th & 7th, 2019 Tournament Rules
1. Teams must sign into the Tournament, either Friday, July 5th between 5:00 - 8:00pm or Saturday, July 6th prior to 8:00 am at the tournament venue. Motley/All star teams must provide a roster with names and CIPP numbers as well as a L200 coach. 2. The Elite divisions will have a prize money pool determined by the number of entered teams. The winning teams for both men’s and women’s divisions will receive a prize total that is half of the amount of entry fee money paid in their respective division. The defending Men's Elite and Women's Elite teams will have their entry fee waived for following year's Cape Fear 7s. 3. All USARFU participants must: - Be CIPP registered for 2019, wear matching, USARFU directed kit (rugby jerseys, rugby shorts and socks). Players may only play for only one team during the tournament. Teams must appear at the scheduled time of match with 7 players and compete in a 14 minute rugby match. Teams must not do anything that would jeopardize the continuation of this tournament at this location on an annual basis. 4. All matches will be played under the USA Rugby Sevens variation Laws. All teams may carry a tournament roster of 15 players. Substitutions must be done during stoppages and with referee permission. Rolling substitutes will be allowed. 5. Players registered in the Elite Division cannot play in any other division for any other team. If a team uses an Elite player, that match is automatically forfeit and the offending team is ineligible to advance to the championship round. 6. Match play begins both days at 9:00 am. Schedules will be strictly kept. Both teams must be at the halfway of the correct field for the coin toss at the half time of the prior match. If a team is not there for the coin toss, then the team that is present gets to choose both field and kick off. A Forfeit will be awarded after three minutes of tardiness from the scheduled match start time. Advancing from pool play: If it is clear, a distinct 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th then the following shall occur: - Winner of Pool A vs Fourth Place Pool B - Second place Pool A vs Third place Pool B - Third place Pool A vs Second place Pool B - Fourth place Pool A vs Winner of Pool B (Ceding is setup so that pool teams face different teams in knockout play) The Winner is defined as: the team with the most wins concluding pool play. If there are tied records within pools, then: • the 1st tiebreak is result of head-to-head competition • the 2nd is largest overall point differential (total points scored minus total points scored upon) in pool play • Then most tries scored in pool play • Then most goals (converted tries) scored in pool play
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7. All knockout bracketing, as necessary, will be filled using the same method for ceding and advancing. Uneven divisions will have a different, (see website), means of advancing. 8. For all conversion kicks, the kicking team must have a receiver to catch the kick. That receiver must be a player who is currently playing. No fans, coaches or touch judges. Failure to use a correct receiver or a receiver will result in a free kick at mid- field to the non-kicking team. Conversion kicks may be taken from in goal onto the field of play.
9. Each club must furnish a touch judge for their pool and championship qualifying matches. 10. Tie matches will stand in Saturday round robin play. Tie matches in elimination play on Sunday will be decided by a succession of 5 minute sudden death periods. 11. Two yellow cards received in consecutive matches by the same player will result in disqualification of that player for the remainder of the tournament. Three yellow cards during the weekend by the same player will result in disqualification of that player for the remainder of the tournament. Any player disqualified from a match is automatically prohibited from participating in the remainder of the tournament. The offending player’s name will be submitted to Rugby South and their home union. A disqualification may be appealed to a committee of the Head Referee, the disqualifying referee and the Tournament Director. 12. All Tournament Matches will consist of 2 seven (7) minute halves, with a 1 minute halftime break. 13. There will be no sale of any items on the tournament grounds unless authorized by the tournament committee. 14. Any questions regarding these rules will be decided by the tournament director or his designee. 15. Failure to read and understand the tournament rules does not excuse the consequences of not following them. 16. Finalists must wear matching jerseys and shorts in all divisions. Failure to do so will result in a forfeit and the championship of that Division will not take place. 17. FAILURE TO ADHERE TO TOURNAMENT RULES RESULTS IN DISQUALIFICATION OF SAID TEAM FROM THE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUNDS.
The Tournament Committee reserves the right to amend the rules due to unforeseen circumstances, and or due to a change of perspective.
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The 45th Annual Cape Fear 7s Schedule of Events
FRIDAY
Team Check-in and First Round of the Armed Forces Championship 5:00 – 8:00 PM, Flytrap Downs, 209 Lake Drive, Wilmington Match schedule:
5:00 – Army vs Air Force 6:00 – Navy vs Coast Guard 7:00 – Army vs Marines
Saturday
Matches kick off at 9:00, Cape Fear Regional Soccer Park 205 Sutton Steam Plant Road, Wilmington
Check in at 8:00 for teams unable to check in Friday
NourishNC Food Drive begins Saturday Morning at 9:00 at HQ Tent The team with the most donations will receive half off the 2020 entry fee.
High School Championship 3:40 – Blue Field
Saturday Night Social 7:00 – Rebellion, Downtown at 15 S Front Street, Wilmington
SUNDAY
Matches kick off at 9:00, Cape Fear Regional Soccer Park
Brackets to be posted on the website and Facebook page Saturday afternoon
Finals begin at 1:00 on Sunday Don’t forget to share the live stream! It can be found at Fear7s.com and the Facebook Page
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July 6th & 7th, 2019 Past Tournament Champions
MENS WOMENS 2018 - OLD TOE DEROSA 2018 - SCION 2017 - OLD TOE DEROSA 2017 - SCION 2016 - OLD TOE DEROSA 2016 - ARPTC 2015 - 1823 2015 - NOVA 2014 – 1823 2014 – NOVA 2013 - NEW ORLEANS ROYALE 2013 - NOVA 2012 – SOUTH PANTHERS 2012 – NOVA 2011 - PACIFIC ISLAND BARBARIANS 2011 - NOVA 2010 - PACIFIC ISLAND BARBARIANS 2010 - NOVA 2009 – LIFE UNIVERSITY 2009 – NOVA PIRANHAS 2008 – NOVA 2008 – NOVA 2007 – NOVA 2007 – MIDWEST LADY T-BIRDS 2006 – BRITISH UNIV ALL STARS 2006 – UHHH 2005 – OMBAC 2005 – MARFU 2004 – WASHINGTON WIDGETS 2004 – MIDWEST LADY T_BIRDS 2003 - CHARLOTTE OLDE ORIGINALS 2003 - MARFU 2002 – NOVA 2002 – ATLANTIS 2001 – NOVA 2001 – ATLANTIS 2000 – NOVA 2000 – KAREN'S STI**Y PIGS 1999 – NOVA 1999 – ATLANTIS 1998 – NOVA 1998 – UHHH 1997 – NOVA 1997 – ATLANTIS 1996 – ATLANTIS 1996 – WASHINGTON FURIES 1995 – NOVA 1995 – UHHH 1994 – ATLANTIS 1994 – WELL 1993 - OLD BLUE, NY 1993 - UMMMM 1992 - WASHINGTON, DC 1992 - UHHH 1991 - BEDFORD, ENGLAND 1991 - BEDFORD, ENGLAND 1990 - WASHINGTON, DC 1990 - NOPE 1989 - MD OLD BOYS 1989 - MARYLAND STINGERS 1988 - DUCK BROTHERS, VA 1988 - HARTFORD WILD ROSES 1987 - DUCK BROTHERS, VA 1987 - MARYLAND STINGERS 1986 - LONDON HARLEQUINS 1986 - MARYLAND STINGERS 1985 - DUCK BROTHERS, VA 19841985 - FLORIDA STATE U 1984 - BRISTOL, ENGLAND 1983 - FLORIDA STATE U 1983 - DUCK BROTHERS, VA 1982 - FLORIDA STATE U 1982 - DUCK BROTHERS, VA 1981 – FLORIDA STATE U 1981 – RICHMOND, VA 1980 – FLORIDA STATE U 1980 – NORFOLK, VA 1979 – FLORIDA STATE U 1979 – NORFOLK, VA 1978 – FLORIDA STATE U 1978 – ROANOKE, VA 1977 – FLORIDA STATE U 1977 – NORFOLK, VA 1976 – AND UHHH 1976 – ROANOKE, VA 1975 – UHHH 1975 – UNIVERSITY of VA
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July 6th & 7th, 2019 Tournament History
The 1st Annual Cape Fear Seven-player-a-side Rugby Tournament was held on July 4th weekend, 1975. The Cape Fear RFC, barely a season old, hosted the tournament that would celebrate the 4th of July, the Carolina coast and this beautiful game of rugby. The original tournament saw 16 teams compete in single elimination, with the champion needing to win twice on Saturday and twice again on Sunday. The University of Virginia won that first Fear tournament by defeating Norfolk Old Blue, Fear7s continued in a 16- team format until 1980, when the tourney field was increased and round-robin play began. Virginia sides have dominated Cape Fear. In the early years Roanoke displayed near per- fect rugby with flawless possession tactics to win 3 Fear7s titles in 4 years, retiring the original trophy in 1980. Then came the Duck Brothers of the NOVA RFC, vying to win an unprecedented 3 straight titles before being upset in 1984. Cape Fear 7s has showcased sides from England, Wales, Canada, Trinidad and Tobago, Hog Kong and from both coasts of the United States, to name a few. In 1984 Bristol Eng- land RFC, led by fly half Steward Barnes, took the tournament championship off shore for the first time with the Duck Brothers reclaiming it in 1985. 1986 saw the London Harle- quins, led by England's 7s coach, Les Cusworth, to take the Fear7s championship back to England. However the Duck Brothers brought it stateside again in 1987 where it remained until Bedford, England took the title back across the Atlantic in 1991. Hello, Northern Virginia. 1995 to 2002 perennial Fear 7s powerhouse, NOVA, won the men’s open championship 7 out of 8 years, with unprecedented 6 straight titles. In 2003 the Charlotte Olde Originals kept the Cape Fear 7s trophy in North Carolina for the first time in tournament history by defeating a gutsy Washington Widgets side. 2004 saw the trophy go back to Virginia after the 03 runner up, Washington, defeated a strong OMBAC side in one of the closest finals in tournament history. OMBAC came back to Fear from San Diego to defeat NOVA in the men’s final to take the Fear 7s trophy to the west coast of the United States for the very first time. 2016 saw big changes for FEAR7s. We gave $7000 in cash to the Elite Men's and Women's Champions. Billy DeRosa's Old Toe Rugby came from out of nowhere to defeat Atlanta Old White and claim $2500 in cash, Atlanta got a cool grand. On the Women's side Academy Rugby dominated with Laura Carbrera's Am Rugby Pro Training Ctr besting (19-5)Scion Academy (DC area). They won $2500 and $1000 in cash respectively. The Love Rugby High School Division was a big hit. The Academies were strong there as well, with Erik Saxon's Charlotte Junior Rugby Academy taking home a complete set of jerseys, beating(19-0) Northern Virginia Nomads in the final. The Cape Fear Flytraps dis- tinguished themselves, reaching the semi finals, going down to the eventual champs. 2017 was the best FEAR7s to date. We had 70 teams and complete brackets for the Elites, HS, Club and Masters Divisions. Moseley Rugby Club, of Birmingham, England was the odds on favorite to win the Men’s Elite. Their efforts fell short, and they vowed to bring a more competitive team in 2018. Old Toe de Rosa repeated as the Men’s Elite Champs beating their brothers from Charlotte 24-17. In the Women’s Elite Division, NOVA, 7 time previous Cape Fear Women’s Champ, knocked off defending Champ Amer- ican Rugby Pro Training Center in a semi, but went down to Joanne Liu’s Scion Rugby Academy in the final 19-12. Thomas Clark brought down the Mystic Gulls, from Mystic River, MASS to dominate the HS Division and win a set of jerseys from Chilly Kirkwood’s Love Rugby. The 45th Annual Cape Fear 7s Support Our Sponsors
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July 6th & 7th, 2019 Thank You
The Cape Fear Rugby Club would like to thank the following organizations and individuals. Without their tireless efforts we wouldn't be achieving our 45th birthday.
The USARFU, RugbySouth, the Carolinas Geographical Union and the SouthEastRug- byReferees Society. These entities are the behind the scenes framework of what we do. The faces behind these group who we owe are: CGU, John Meyers and Mike Summerlin, SERRS. Lucy Zugschwert, Membership Services Manager of USARugby, for managing the CIPP and legality of every team in the tournament. James Wilber, National Championship Series & Competitions Manager of USARugby, for providing us with USARugby banners. Thank you, we could not do it without you
Our stalwart sponsors, who support us thru thick and thin, thank you:
•Jeff Gordon Chevrolet, Todd Hamm and Mark Santilli. •Wilmington Orthopaedic, Dr. John O'Malley, Dr. David Esposito, Dr. Bill Sutton, Scott Glikauf and of course Jen Taginski •Bills Front Porch, •Waterline Brewery •Rebellion for the Saturday night social, and playing the Major League Rugby Championship Final.
And, the Tournament really relies on the committee who do the frustrating leg work to pull off a really class event.
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