July 27-29 Saranac Lake/ 2018 Lake Placid Page A 45th Annual Can-Am Rugby Tournament 018 July 7-9, 018 A cover with a history ... 018 Can-Am Rugby Staff List For years the Can AM Rugby Cam Moody Sandy Caligorie Tournament has provided a souvenir T Shirt that has a Snuffy theme. It all President Can Am committee PR started when the Saranac Lake Jay Annis Eric Wilson Mountaineers in 1974 decided that their logo should be Snuffy Smith of Tournament Director Can Am Tournament On Field PA cartoon theme. Then Mountaineer Committee and chief of scoring forward Neil Olsen put pen to paper and created the first Snuffy Saranac Dave Staszak John Burns , Fred Roedel Lake Mountaineers Club logo. Tournament Financial & Stacey Annis A few years later July 27-29 Saranac Lake/ (no one knows ex - Lake Placid Terry Tubridy actly) they decided 2018 Tournament Pairings to create a Tourna - Wheelchair coordinator and Scheduling ment T Shirt with Jeff Letson Snuffy and an Neal Dill Adirondack scene. The rest is his - Logistics Head Referee tory. Eventually local High School Art teacher Jon Ward did about 15 Erica Moody years of the Snuffy Can AM Logo Communications which ended up on the Can AM pro - gram and T-Shirt. John F. Morgan For the 9th time this year local Marketing Sponsorship artist Amanda Lavigne created the image to keep the tradition going. Coordinator Her theme was just a look into a Sat - Geoff Sanford Adirondack Rugby Corp Inc is a not for pro2t 501c3 urday in the Adirondacks. You will P.O. Box 774, Saranac Lake, NY 12983 be able to buy these at the Rugby Web and Event Scoring Imports Souvenir stands on the Can AM fields. July 7-9, 018 45th Annual Can-Am Rugby Tournament 018 Page A Page A 4 45th Annual Can-Am Rugby Tournament 018 July 7-9, 018 July 7-9, 018 45th Annual Can-Am Rugby Tournament 018 Page B 5 Rutgers concussion study returns to Can AM for 7th year We have been able to collect very interesting and impor - was not for the collaboration with CanAm. We have had a accepted with the players, coaches, medical teams, referees, tant data regarding the physiology of concussion and we presence for several years at the annual tournament and and sports medicine professionals who will be attending aim to use this data to assist medical teams to perform ac - we’re sure every individual involved will be interested in CanAm as our findings may have direct implications in curate diagnosis of concussions and implement optimum what we have discovered. their future practises when dealing with head injury. treatment therapies. This would not have been possible if it We feel that the findings from this research will be well — Dr. Allan Knox Page B 45th Annual Can-Am Rugby Tournament 018 July 7-9, 018 July 7-9, 018 45th Annual Can-Am Rugby Tournament 018 Page B 7 Fields 1-: Petrova Field — 120 Petrova Ave., Saranac Lake, NY Fields 4-8: Saranac Lake High School, Ampersand, and Schroeders Field, 79 Canaras Avenue, Saranac Lake, NY Page B 8 45th Annual Can-Am Rugby Tournament 018 July 7-9, 018 Fields 9-15: Lake Placid Athletic Field, 74 Recycle Circle Lane, Lake Placid, NY Championship Field 1: North Country Community College, Payeville Lane, Saranac Lake, NY July 7-9, 018 45th Annual Can-Am Rugby Tournament 018 Page B 9 Welcome from the Can-Am Rugby President Welcome to the tournament, a loyal legacy we have built and the future we as - 44th annual Can-Am community and pire towards. Enjoy your weekend with Rugby tournament, generations of ded - friends (new and old) and family. Work hosted by the Moun - icated ruggers some hard on the field and enjoy your time off of taineers RFC. Over of these dreams it. Be safe and considerate of your team - the years many faces have come true and mates, opponents and surroundings and you have come and gone some we will con - can be a positive part of this year’s tourna - thru the teams, club board and the Can-Am tinue to strive toward. With our high school ment that will no doubt be remembered. tournament board. However our love of rugby program in its 12th year I can see we In closing, the Mountaineers RFC will be rugby and dedication to host ruggers from have a strong future. out and about all weekend sporting Moun - all over the world each summer at the From players, alumni, rugby fans and taineers apparel. As the host team from the largest rugby tournament in North America families the Mountaineers have been Men, Women and Old boys if we can be of has remained constant. blessed with unequaled dedication. The any help feel free to approach us. We hope As a native of Saranac Lake I have been Mountaineers board spends many hours be - to make this weekend one you will cherish attending Can-Am Rugby games for as hind the scenes making sure our club forever. Have a great weekend playing and long as I can remember. I have been playing thrives and the Can-Am board works year watching the best game in the world. Also for ten years, I am in my sixth years as club round to make hosting over 2,000 rugby make sure to take a second and enjoy these president and my first as the president of players, friends and families look effortless. great communities nestled in the Adiron - the Can-Am board. During my time as a I would like to take a second and express dacks. And when you get back to work on Mountaineer I have seen ups and downs, my admiration and deepest thanks to these Monday or Tuesday if that extra day of re - good times and bad just as any club. Our extremely hardworking people who do all covery is needed try not to be frustrated club, like all others celebrates its successes of this for their simple love of the game; when others just don’t get what you experi - and faces its struggles- problems with re - they never ask for anything and don’t bat enced and understand: your love of rugby; cruiting, funding, fields, etc. We also have an eye at the many requests they receive. rough, tough, humbling RUGBY! dreams like other clubs. Dreams such as, They just take pride in helping ruggers and our own clubhouse, pitches, international our community. Slainte, tours and of course championship wins on As players and fans travel from all over Cameron Moody Sunday. One of which came true last year to a little town in the heart of the Adiron - President as we won the Men’s Social division for the dacks for one action packed weekend, keep Can-Am Rugby first time. With the help of the Can-Am in mind the history of this tournament, the Mountaineers RFC Welcome to Saranac Lake A Message From the Mayor The Village of Saranac Lake and operated by hundreds of heartily welcomes participants local stockholders and next door and spectators to the 45th annual is Berkeley Green and the Can-Am Rugby Tournament, Saranac Lake 6er Bell where one of the largest longest-run - hikers begin and end their quest ning tournaments in North to scale the 6 peaks surrounding America. We are pleased to co- our village. host this terrific event and are Just north of our Downtown is excited to offer our “Capital of the Adirondack Carousel which the Adirondacks” hospitality to offers lots of family fun and next one and all. door to it is our Depot, where Saranac Lake is an All-Amer - Clyde Rabideau, you can embark on an Adiron - ican City and cited as one of the Mayor of dack Train odyssey to neighbor - Best Adventure Towns and one Saranac Lake ing Lake Placid and back. of the Best Small Towns by na - We’re also excited to host the tional magazines. Future Stars of U.S. Rugby and the se - We invite you to tour our mountain vil - lection of the men’s Olympic team going lage and enjoy our very unique Down - to the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos town Business District where you won’t Aires this October. find chain stores, but you will find Saranac Lake is a community with dozens of family-owned restaurants, open arms and if you think you might cafes, shops and art boutiques offering want to make a home—or a second those “rare finds” and Saranac Lake home—here in the Capital, just give our friendliness. You will also find—right on Village Hall a call and we’ll put you in Main Street—our Community Store, a contact with some Saranac Lakers that department store developed, financed will help you make that happen. Page B 10 45th Annual Can-Am Rugby Tournament 018 July 7-9, 018 July 7-9, 018 45th Annual Can-Am Rugby Tournament 018 Page B 11 Page B 1 45th Annual Can-Am Rugby Tournament 018 July 7-9, 018 Welcome Rugby Players! Self-Serve Bloody Mary and Mimosa Bar Downtown Pub with the BEST Draft Beer Selection and Full A/C. Noon - 7 p.m. Sunday Always Open Until 3AM 53 Main Street Saranac Lake 518-891-6393 July 7-9, 018 45th Annual Can-Am Rugby Tournament 018 Page C 1 Page C 14 45th Annual Can-Am Rugby Tournament 018 July 7-9, 018 Paul Smith’s College launches new sports initiative Including sports and event management programs As part of its ongoing Olympic sports ini - This “future games” concept is compara - tiative, Paul Smith’s College is proud to ble to basketball’s McDonald’s High School play host to the rising under-18 rugby stars All-American, a competition featuring up - competing in the 45th annual Can-Am coming college and processional stars.