Portal:1999 Fall Women

1999 Fall Women Portal

After our match at Navy during the fall of 99, we went to the Air Force vs Navy football game, which was played at Landover, MD - Washington Redskins Stadium that year. Vic Tise, Gary Middlestad and Mitch Reed were the coaching staff. Vic retired from the Army at AFA in Feb 2000 and stayed coaching as an Assistant Coach (Backs coach) for Alan through the Fall season of 01.

Because of the football game there were no vans to rent from Washington National airport, so Paula Kelly helped to find a Bus Service from Dulles airport that came to pick us up at Washington National and took us to Annapolis. The bus service was cheap and very reliable throughout the weekend.

The Middies Rugby team failed to meet us at the Naval Academy, so we found rooms at a visiting team dorm/barracks facility by the Annapolis football fields. That evening me, Gary and Mitch went to a Restaurant right out the side gate of the Academy and ate enough blue crabs to fill a bucket and a half with crab shells. The girls found a bunch of untouched box dinners left by the visiting team before us and we were able to open a supply closet to get everyone clean sheets. A few months after our stay in the visiting team dorm, Annapolis sent AFA an unexpected bill for our stay in the dorm.

That Fall season we also went to the High Desert Tournament in Albuquerque and beat 4 other teams, I believe it was 115 - 5 to win the tournament. Referees commented how much of a pleasure it was to Ref Rugby matches for the AFA Women’s Rugby team, because of their quality of play and sportsmanship. Again, me, Gary and Mitch were the coaches.

We also played UNM in Albuquerque that season. UNM threw a great party and some of the AFA ruggers did not want to go because they were afraid of getting hit-on by some of the UNM ruggers. I remember this, cause I told the Team everyone would be getting on the bus and we would ALL go to the party, because UNM paid a lot of money for food and drink. Plus, I told them that if they get hit on and weren’t interested - just politely tell them “I’m not interested.” Amazing how many Zoomies came to me afterwards and said, “Thanks Coach - for making us go to the party.”

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Team Record

A Side Record
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2-3 Oct	<opponent>	<score>	First Place, Heart of American Tournament (was this the one played in a thunderstorm?)
9 Oct	Navy	19-14
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B Side Record
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Roster
Last Name	First Name	Class
Harms	Erin	2002
Kjarum	Dara	2000
Oldham	Stephanie	2000
Garner	Andrea	<class>
Ringwald	Amy	2001
Baerwald	Katherine	2001
Winters	Nicole	2002
Renner	Laura	2001
McBrayer	Cara	2001
Nelson	Lindsay	2000
Pope	Edie	2000
Painter	Magdalena	2002
Boff	Steffanie	2001
Roberts	Jessica
McDonald	Laura	2002
Hamilton-Brown	Nicole	2003
Smith	Melissa	2003
Labowitch	Tess	2003
Welde	Kristina	2000
Kelly	Paula	2000
Dolfinger	Melia	2000
Regni	Jessica	2003
Daniels	Stephanie	2001