RUGBY NEWS 3/00 Editorial Die Saison hat für alle Mannschaften schon längst begonnen. Langsam kann man die blauen Flecken und Schrammen an den Beinen gar nicht mehr zählen. Man könnte ein Hobby daraus machen und wie beim Differenzjas- sen die Anzahl Flecken vor dem Spiel ansagen und pro Fleck Unterschied ein Yard exen….!? Ein weiterer Vorschlag wäre, blaue Flecken zu einem neuen Modetrend zu erklä- ren. Dann würde es am Montag im Geschäft nicht mehr heissen; Oh, hattest du ein Match? Sondern; Oh, wie hast du diesen tollen Fleck hingekriegt?! Mitleid würde quasi der Bewunderung weichen und wir wären Träger von vergänglicher Kunst! Das Problem ist nur, es würde zu viele Nachahmer geben. Die Leute würden sich heimlich in die Seite kneifen und mit dem Kopf in Türrahmen rennen. Jeder wo sich an der Alpamare-Rutschbahn den Kopf angeschlagen hat, würde sofort als Rugby-Spieler bewundert werden, und der Trend wäre bald wieder uncool! Also lassen wir es wie es ist und geniessen das Mitleid der Arbeitskollegen! Reto – (7 Flecken) Deadline News 4/2000: 4.Dezember 2000 Impressum Auflage: 300, viermal jährlich Adresse: RFC Basel, Public Rela- Redaktion: Reto Maurer & Raphaël tions, Postfach 3933, 4002 Basel - Bürki oder direkt das Public Relations- Ständige Mitarbeiter: Chris 'Ce Jay' Fächlein im Clubraum Morley als Kolumnist und Rätsel- (Berichte wenn möglich auf Diskette steller; David von Burg als Kopierer; im Word Format) Tomi Schoch als Antreiber e-mail: [email protected] Inserentenpreise: Für eine Ausgabe: Für vier (ein Jahr) Ausgaben: 1/1 Seite: 50.- 1/1 Seite: 150.- ½ Seite: 30.- ½ Seite: 80.- ¼ Seite:20.- ¼ Seite: 50.- Umschlagseite +20% 2 RUGBY NEWS 3/00 Basler Stadtlauf 2000 – November 25th It is hoped that a large contingent from RFC Basel will run in this year’s Basler Stadtlauf. The idea was to get as many members from as many different age groups as possible to take part in the event and run in the RFC Basel strip. In order to register for the Stadtlauf you can fill in a form on the Web Page http://www.stadtlauf.ch/ or pick a registration form up from any branch of the Kantonalbank. Hope to see people there! Clubbeiträge Saison 2000/01 Liebe Mitglieder Die Clubbeiträge wären wieder mal fäl- lig. Ich bitte euch, den Betrag mit beilie- gendem Einzahlungsschein bis späte- stens Ende Jahr einzuzahlen. Dear members Please pay your membership fee with the enclosed payment slip. You have until the end of this year. Aktive mit Lizenz ( Herren ) Fr. 130.- Aktive ohne Lizenz, Schüler, Studenten Fr. 60.- Damen Fr. 60.- Passive Fr. 50.- Junioren / Rugbyschule bekommen ihren Einzahlungsschein in einem separaten Brief (von Matthias). 3 RUGBY NEWS 3/00 Birds Update The Season So Far The Birds started practice in early August with hopes of a third year as Swiss Champions, following their victory earlier that summer in the St. Gallen 10’s tournament. We’re happy to say that this hope is still alive and kicking. The season kicked off with an NSRV spon- sored 7’s tournament hosted by the Basel Birds on September 2nd. Eight teams took part, including SCN Heidelberg who, until this sea- son, had been German champions 10 years running! It was a good, hard day of rugby with each team playing at least 4 matches. Basel found itself in the running for the Plate in the final game against Bern, the Swiss teams having ceded the cup rounds to the dominating German teams. After 5 games of rugby the seven Basel Birds who entered the tournament struggled against Bern who were able to refresh their lines at half time. It was a close game, but, despite beating Bern earlier in the day, Basel lost heartbreakingly 12 – 10. The day ended in rain, but the tournament was a great success and all the teams were looking forward to the ‘third half’ and returning again next year. Revenge was had the following Sunday, 10th September, when Bern made their way back up to Basel for the first league match of the sea- son. Let it be said that Basel does not like to be beaten on their own pitch. Bern, sporting some injuries from the previous weekend, brought 8 players up to play and once again it was a game of sevens. Basel quickly showed their dominance and pace with some good passing and fast breakthrough running. Nearly every try was scored beneath the posts. The second half started a bit shakily as our erst- while captain was sin-binned for being the third player to do a high tackle, but the Birds rallied well and the final score showed it: 63 - 7. Shannon Bailey was voted Bird of the Match for kicking 9 of 9 con- versions. There was a two week break for us to recover from our bumps and bruises and then Zurich came to visit. Playing Zurich is always a 4 RUGBY NEWS 3/00 challenge and something that we Birds look forward to. Tough, well- fought rugby is always fun and Zurich didn’t disappoint us. Neither team totally dominated the match, each having problems in certain areas. Sarah was once again sin-binned, a penalty which the Basel side vocally opposed, and Zurich was able to pull even with the Birds, tying the game at 17 all. Basel was unable to score in the last minutes and had to settle for the tie. Still undefeated, but much more wary. Lili Hesse was voted Bird of the Match for some hard tackling and good positional play in her first rugby match. Again another two weeks of rest and then it was off to Yverdon on 22nd October. The Birds arrived to find only five Yverdon ladies ready to play. Not ones to waste valuable playing time, the captains settled on a game of eight’s on a half pitch, allowing the teams to work on their ball handling, instead of turning it into a running race. After a bit of panicking and thoughtless play in the opening half, Basel finally got their stuff together and began challenging the Yverdon pack in the rucks and not forcing bad passes. The Birds weren’t totally happy with their performance, but then, you can’t argue with a score of 70 - 25. Karen Ellis was voted Bird of the Match, for the second time against Yverdon, for some slippery running and strong leadership as scrum half. Due to the fact that most of the Birds will be going to Paris to watch New Zealand play France, our game against Freiburg (D) was moved up from 12th November to 29th October. Many of us were still bruised from the previous weeks’ game, but with the return of some players from holiday and injuries and a few new faces to boot, we were all ex- cited to find out that we would be playing 13’s! No more 3 man scrums, no more 2 people in the lineouts. Of course, a 13 a side match also means 35 minute halves, but the Birds rose to the occasion. Freiburg is a very good, hard team and it made for a very challenging match. Two tries were scored in the first half, but it was in the second half that Basel really had them on their back foot, though only one try was scored. Except for the occasional kick off, the ball was never in our half. The match ended in a satisfactory 18-0 victory. Helene 5 RUGBY NEWS 3/00 Goulette was voted Bird of the Match for strong tackling and straight running in her first rugby match. With only one game left for this half of the season, the Birds are hoping to spend the winter break on top of the league table. After the winter break, as well as thinking about retaining their title, there are several Basel Birds who will be hoping to represent Swit- zerland at international level. Switzerland have been invited to take part in the European Championships which will be held in Flanders, France from may 8th until 13th 2001. Didier Micalova is training the squad for these championships and everyone is hoping for a success- ful tournament and that this will be the first step of many on the inter- national ladder for ladies rugby in Switzerland. NSRV 7’s Results Group 1 Group 2 St. Louis 0 29 Zuerich Basel 15 7 Bern Konstanz/Luzern 0 60 Karlsruher Heidelberg 17 5 Fuerstenfeldbruck Zuerich 36 0 Konstanz/Luzern Basel 0 41 Heidelberg Zuerich 5 20 Karlsruher Bern 5 29 Fuerstenfeldbruck St. Louis 20 5 Konstanz/Luzern Bern 5 19 Heidelberg Karlsruher 57 0 St. Louis Fuerstenfeldbruck 17 5 Basel Plate Semi-Finals Cup Semi-Finals Basel 51 0 Konstanz/Luzern Heidelberg 31 0 Zuerich St. Louis 0 19 Bern Karlsruher 14 26 Fuerstenfeldbruck Plate Final Cup Final Basel 10 12 Bern Heidelberg 32 5 Fuerstenfeldbruck Basel Results Basel vs. Bern, 63 – 7, September 10th Tries: Vanessa Bossert, Sarah Copley (4), Karin Haegler, Claudia Meili (2), Angela Trijnes Conversions: Shannon Bailey (9) Bird of the Match: Shannon Bailey Basel vs. Zurich, 17 – 17, October 1st Tries: Vanessa Bossert, Sarah Copley (2) Conversions: Shannon Bailey Bird of the Match: Lili Hesse Yverdon vs. Basel, 25 – 70, October 22nd Tries: Sarah Copley(5), Karen Ellis, Karin Haegler(2), Claudia Meili(5), 1 penalty try Bird of the Match: Karen Ellis 6 RUGBY NEWS 3/00 Freiburg vs. Basel, 0 – 18, October 29th Tries: Sarah Copley (2), Karin Haegler Penalties: Shannon Bailey Bird of the Match: Helene Goulette Name Games Tries Conversions Penalties Points Shannon Bailey 5 11 1 25 Vanessa Bossert 6 5 25 Mirjam Buchs 2 Sue Christie 6 2 1 12 Sarah Copley 6 20 1 102 Karen Ellis 2 1 5 Andrea Franz 1 Helene Goulette 1 Karin Hägler 5 7 35 Lili Hesse 3 Claudia Meili 4 7 35 Monica Munich 1 Caroline Nunn 2 Kathy Parry 1 1 5 Jenny Saunders 5 Drew Strasser 2 Angela Trijnes 3 1 5 League Table Team Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference Points Basel 4 3 1 0 173 49 +124 7 Freiburg 3 2 0 0 88 30 +58 4 Bern 5 2 0 3 91 173 -82 4 Yverdon 2 1 0 1 51 87 -36 2 Zuerich 2 0 1 1 34 41 -7 1 Luzern 2 0 0 2 27 84 -57 0 Die Entstehung von Rugby oder die Grün- dung der Basel Birds – ein Märchen Es war einmal gar nicht weit gerne im Lomuwald herum und weg von hier ein Wald, den man besuchte ihre Freunde.