DARTMOUTH RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB Joseph Lally Jr
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Jeffrey Reilly ‘81 Andrew Peay ‘92 Jacob Osterhout ‘02 Ethel Gofen Gerald Walke Jr. ‘80 Jenna & Seth Woodberry ‘81 DP Jennifer Evans ‘93 & Matthew Sullivan ‘02 Daphne & Steve Graham Jon Bassindale ‘81 Mary & John Kaplan ‘82 DP Kenneth Bilchick ‘93 T. Coleman Andrews IV ‘03 Susan Glatt & Marc Greenberg DP Jeremiah James ‘81 Susan & Stanley Kraska Jr. ‘82 DP Kathy Toth & Raymond Bleday Daniel Brown ‘03 Claudine & T. John Huelskamp DP Scott Markman ‘81 Michelle Duchesneau & Jonathan Haas ‘93 James Joun ‘03 Laurie & William Joseph DP Kim & David Plough ‘81 DP DARTMOUTH RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB Joseph Lally Jr. ‘82 DP Munir Haddad ‘93 Caroline Kerr & Andrew Lusk ‘03 Louise & Michael Kingston DP Ilyssa Golding ‘84 & Douglas Burke ‘84 Jim McKee ‘82 Peter Kuechle ‘93 David Neundorfer ‘03 Cathy & Mark Kolovson DP C. W. Maccarone ‘85 David Noonan ‘82 Kinloch Nelson ‘93 Christopher Rubinate ‘03 Sally & Paul Morris DP Mark Sawyer ‘87 Friends Newsletter DRFC Executive Dear Friends, Steven Schuh ‘82 Timothy Reidy ‘93 Paul Schmitt ‘03 Nigel Topping Thomas Bliss Jr. ‘88 Committee Bill Cossaboom ‘83 Steven Rodgers ‘93 Nathan Weinstein ‘03 Susan DeBevoise & James Wright Janine Lambert ‘88 & Neil Donnenfeld ‘83 James Adelizzi ‘94 M. Andrew Edwards ‘04 David McConnell ‘88 DP Dan Kenslea ’ As I look back on my four years of Dartmouth Rugby, I am reminded once more of the Teresa & James Maguire ‘83 DP Darcey Forbes ‘94 & David Grey ‘05 Up to $99 Gregory Hawes ‘89 Chairman importance of this club and the honor I feel as a member of the DRFC. We who have been lucky enough to wear a Dartmouth Rugby jersey must count our blessings every day. Paul Bonucci ‘84 Christopher Bartel ‘94 Anne ‘06 & Bradley Hogate ‘05 Ruth Barnes & Matthew Greene ‘90 Nate Brakeley ’12 Albert Chaker ‘84 Marshall Bass ‘94 Travis Keller ‘05 W. Lansing Reed ‘47 DP Rafael Aguirre-Sacasa ‘91 Vice-Chairman th Charles Chapman III ‘84 Craig Creelman ‘94 Whitney ‘05 & Matthew John Koehring ‘56 Stephen J. Herman ‘91 On Saturday, November 12, we defeated Penn 105-0 to secure our 10 straight Ivy League Timothy Codd ‘84 Ethan Frechette ‘94 McKnight ‘05 Edward Ross II ‘56 Gregory Portland ‘91 Richard Akerboom ’80 Championship. It was a fitting final result for a season in which I believe we continuously At-Large Member John DiFiore ‘84 Jonathan Good ‘94 Erik Richardson ‘05 Muriel & James Riffle ‘58 DP J. Zac Christman ‘93 improved. The season began with two tough preseason matches at home against Navy and Heather Keare ‘84 & Daniel Lukas ‘94 Daniel Williams ‘05 FJ Eicke ‘61 Marie ‘95 & Christian Berg ‘96 Mark Caron ’85 Boston College. The results, a loss in both matches, were extremely disappointing, but proved Christopher Huff ‘84 DP Robert Petry ‘94 Lauren Foster ‘09 & Pamela & Bertram David-Alexandre Gros ‘95 Secretary to be important learning opportunities. Younger guys who had previously been quiet started to Amanda ‘93 & Michael Salzhauer ‘84 Mark Rasmus ‘94 Bradley Fierstein ‘06 Rowley Jr. ‘61 DP Rob Fasani ‘98 speak up more, both in the locker room and through action on the field. We learned to stay Geoff Parker ’86 Brenda Healey ‘85 & Debra ‘95 & James Thomas ‘94 Joshua Gregg ‘06 Douglas MacPhail ‘62 Stephen O’Connor ‘98 Fundraising Chair calm under pressure and acquired a philosophy of never playing any rugby in our own half of William Bosch ‘86 DP Samuel Winslow ‘94 Brent Clayton ‘07 Judith McGarry & Marc Kowalsky ‘99 the field. Our kicking game would pin our opponent deep in their territory, and we would rely Michael Davidson ‘85 Alix Badenhausen Berglund ‘96 Peter Harris ‘07 William Marx ‘62 DP Katherine ‘00 & Michael Evans ‘00 Jean Balgrosky, PhD P’18 on our aggressive defense and set-piece dominance to turn the ball over. From there, we Edward Mackey ‘85 Scott Denham ‘96 Thomas Kidera ‘07 William Warrick Jr. ‘62 Scott Spak ‘00 Parents Committee Chair played open and free flowing rugby to score. Edward Pascoe ‘85 Alexander Edlich ‘96 Aziz George Sayigh ‘07 Linda & Peter Funke ‘63 DP Andrew Boldt ‘01 Hayden Aldredge ’ Brian Gaul ‘86 Eva ‘96 & Douglas Heyman ‘98 Riley End ‘08 Philip Quigley ‘63 Payman Zamani ‘01 Club Captain We are fortunate to have a fantastic coaching staff led by head coach Gavin Hickie, who Marjorie Wallace ‘88 & M. Hadley Mullin ‘96 & Douglas Raicek ‘08 Charles Currie ‘65 Matthew Birdseye ‘03 continually pushes our performance on the field, and assistant coach James Willocks, who Peter Gibson ‘86 DP Daniel Kalafatas ‘96 Michael Sloan-Rossiter ‘08 James McGregor ‘66 Gabriel Doleac ‘03 Max Parker ’ Club President guides us through our conditioning and in the weight-room. Jessica Cohn ‘86 & Suzanne Michels ‘98 & Peter Charles Volanakis ‘08 Craig Jackson ‘67 Alex Hochner III ‘03 Douglas Healy ‘87 DP Andrew Obenshain ‘96 Gregory Detwiler ‘09 Alan Jeffery ‘67 Charles Baron ‘05 SAVE THE DATE! Our second XV also had a very successful year, going undefeated in all of their Ivy League Adelaide ‘86 & Greg Hulbert ‘86 DP Erik Scheier ‘96 Jeffrey Kolovson ‘09 Paul Rothschild ‘67 Ralph Davies ‘05 October 7, 2017 matches. A number of younger players, including a strong freshman class, have performed Winifred ‘86 & Sam Kinney Jr. ‘86 DP Craig Thomas ‘96 T. Lane Bracken Jr ‘11 Stephen Borofsky ‘68 Alexis Ettinger ‘05 & A gathering of the very well and have worked their way into contention for the first XV. In fact, the first XV, Richard Levitan ‘86 William Tovell Jr. ‘96 Christopher Downer ‘11 Adele & Daniel Hedges ‘68 DP Jonathan Urban ‘05 DRFC to celebrate 65 was represented by an almost even split of players from each class year. Raoul Socher ‘86 Roger Vincent Jr. ‘96 Nicholas Downer ‘11 Michael O’Brien ‘68 Christina Jimenez Rothstein ‘06 & years of tradition and Lucy Clarke Hodder & Marie Pauline ‘97 & John Gehret ‘11 William Rich ‘68 DP Ethan Rothstein ‘06 success and to honor Our development team, made up of mostly freshmen, has been very exciting to watch. They Robert Thomson ‘86 DP J. Mikael Morn ‘97 Charles Grant ‘11 Michael Vasey ‘69 Nicholas Stack ‘06 our newly inducted secured a decisive victory over Norwich Military Academy at home this fall. Coached by D. Kemp Valentine ‘86 Peter Sisitsky ‘97 Thomas Sheridan ‘11 Stephen White ‘70 Robert Friedman ‘08 Wearers of the Green. former DRFC co-captain Quinn Connell ’13, this team is poised to make great strides and Stephen Von Oehsen ‘86 Craig Smith ‘97 Alexandra Tanner ‘11 & Allen Kraus ‘73 Drury Heinz ‘08 It's Homecoming will continue to improve the overall quality of rugby at the DRFC. Jessica Slosberg ‘87 & Jeffrey Woods ‘97 Michael Burbank ‘13 Christopher Pratt ‘73 Gordon Silvera ‘08 weekend — make your James Benjamin Jr. ‘87 DP Marc Cohen ‘98 Nathaniel Brakeley ‘12 Steven Larmon ‘74 Anthony Arch IV ‘09 plans and hotel While the fall season may be over, it is important to note that our work this year is far from Tove Stigum ‘88 & Marc Lewinstein ‘98 Derek Fish ‘12 Mark Thomas ‘74 Nicola & Neill Hunt reservations now. over. We have a few games scheduled this winter, including one against Navy, which will Jonathan Bigelow ‘87 DP Adam Pearson ‘99 David Garczynski ‘12 Maureen & Albert Austin Jr. ‘75 DP Jordan Rose ‘09 Details will follow in the prepare us for the Varsity Cup at the beginning of the spring. Following that, our attention Albert Dekin III ‘87 Matthew Shevlin ‘99 Paul Jarvis ‘12 Robert Hittle ‘75 Samuel Edandison ‘10 new year. John Jakiemiec ‘87 Kevin Whitcher ‘99 William Lehmann ‘12 Donald Thomas ‘77 Thomas Brothers ‘11 shifts to sevens, where our goal is to win the CRC for a third time in our history. Susan Schulte & Kurt Benjamin Bell ‘00 Ryan Milligan ‘12 Stuart Boyd ‘78 J. Tanner Scott ‘11 Schneider ‘87 DP Meredith & David William Mueller ‘12 Scott Chronert ‘78 Erik Snider ‘11 I’ll never forget the first Saturday of my freshman year over three years ago, when I wandered out to see the DRFC Craig Wilson ‘87 Chamberlain III ‘00 Justin Ciambella ‘13 Nathaniel Brooks Clark ‘78 Jeffrey Hopkins ‘12 take on Harvard in their Ivy League opener. As I stood on the deck of the clubhouse, I caught a glimpse of the peace Caroline Ren & Todd Jackson ‘88 DP Carlos Escobar ‘00 Quinn Connell ‘13 Elizabeth Putnam ‘78 & Clark EJudge ‘12 and happiness that rugby would offer me. I decided then that I would join the team, and give everything to the sport Lee Johnston ‘88 Drew Gardiner ‘00 Christian Fisch ‘13 Delos Flint Jr. ‘78 DP Sourav Sinha ‘12 of rugby, the brothers I play it with, and the club I call my home. It is easy to take for granted what the DRFC JuliAnne & Derek McDowell ‘88 DP David Parker ‘00 Matthew Robinson ‘13 Robert Foster ‘78 Ankan Dhal ‘13 provides to all of us. It is easy to forget how truly lucky we are to be members of this great organization. But as I John Scott III ‘88 George Ray ‘00 Christopher Zhao ‘13 Natasha Taylor ‘80 & Simon Greenberg ‘13 held the Ivy League trophy high this past Saturday, surrounded by my joyous teammates, I realized how incredibly Edward Waters ‘88 Katherine ‘00 & Andrew John Descalzi ‘14 Jeffrey Garnett ‘78 DP Harry Hawkins III ‘13 blessed I was, how every one of those moments I had through the DRFC added all up to make the happiest times of David Jaskwhich ‘89 Sweetland ‘00 Neil Greene III ‘14 Janet Westrom & Peter Halls ‘78 DP Christopher MacNaughton ‘13 my life. I owe it all to the men who have come before us and to the loyal Friends who make this opportunity Jonathan Schaefer ‘89 Jennifer Platt ‘00 & Edward Kingsley ‘14 Bruce Kaufman ‘78 Shea Smith ‘13 possible.