1983 National Rugby Championships

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1983 National Rugby Championships
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The 1983 National Rugby Championships were a series of tournaments organized to determine a national champion in several divisions for United States rugby teams. The divisions included Men's/Women's Club, college, Military, Sevens, and Interterritorial.

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Men's Club

The 1983 National Club Rugby Championship was sponsored by Michelob and took place in Chicago, Illinois at Winnemac Park Stadium from May 14–15. [1] The teams featured in the tournament were the champions of the four sub unions of USARFU. Boston RFC represented the Eastern Union after winning their regional final 34–9 over the Norfolk Blues. The Chicago Lions represented the Midwest Union by winning the Mid America Cup with a 19–6 win over Milwaukee. The Dallas Harlequins earned the right to represent the Western RFU by defeating the St. Louis Falcons 35–4. The Old Blues defeated Old Puget Sound 20–6 to win the Pacific Coast Championship. The Berkeley Old Blues won the National title defeating Dallas Harlequins in the final 23–0. [2]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
May 14 – Chicago, IL
 
 
Boston0
 
May 15 – Chicago, IL
 
Dallas Harlequins6
 
Old Blues23
 
May 14 – Chicago, IL
 
Dallas Harlequins0
 
Chicago Lions0
 
 
Old Blues7
 
Third place
 
 
May 15 – Chicago, IL
 
 
Chicago Lions7
 
 
Boston3

Champions: Old Blues RFC of Berkeley, CA
Coach: Jeff Hollings, Steve Ponder, Leo Fracess(Pres.)
Roster: Bill Armstrong, Rick Bailey, Mark Bass, David Bateman, Drew Brooks, Randy Coste, Duker Dapper, Mark Deaton, John Everett, Whit Everett, Roy Helu, Chuck Hextrum, Mark Hoffman, Dean Landry, Jeff Lucas, Tim Mascaroni, Bo Meyersieck, David Morrison, Tim O'Brien, Mark Richter, Mike Smith, Matt Taylor, Art Ward, Blane Warhurst, Jeff Westcott.

Women's Club

The 1983 Women's National Rugby Championship was a tournament that took place on May 29–30 in Oak Brook, IL. [3] Beantown of Boston, MA won the championship with an 11–10 win over Florida State. Beantown advanced to the championship with wins over Chicago and Denver. [4] Belmont Shores of California took third place with a 36–9 win over Madison, WI.

Final

30 May 1983
Beantown11–10Florida State
Try: 2
Con: 0/2
Pen: Margie McClure		 [5] Try: Candi Orsini
Karen Cooper
Con: 1/2
Oakbrook, IL

College

The 1983 College championship was won by University of California at Berkeley. Air Force was runner-up.

Military

The 1983 Combined Services Rugby Championship was an 18 team event that took place at Honor Field in Fort Polk, LA from May 6–8 and was won by Uniformed Services University Hospital Services with a 6–0 win over Fort Stewart. [6] The Health Sciences School of Medicine team from Bethesda, MD made it to the championship with shutout wins against Fort Hood, Camp Pendleton, and Wright Patterson.
Championship Bracket

 
First roundQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
 
              
 
May 7 – Ft. Polk, LA
 
 
USUHS3
 
May 8 – Ft. Polk, LA
 
Fort Hood0
 
USUHS4
 
May 7 – Ft. Polk, LA
 
Camp Pendleton0
 
Camp Pendleton10
 
May 8 – Ft. Polk, LA
 
Ft. Polk B0
 
USUHS13
 
May 7 – Ft. Polk, LA
 
Wright Pat Jets0
 
Wright Pat Jets4
 
May 8 – Ft. Polk, LA
 
Yuma0
 
Wright Pat Jets10
 
May 7 – Ft. Polk, LA
 
Davis Monthan4
 
Davis Monthan12
 
May 8 – Ft. Polk, LA
 
Fort Campbell4
 
USUHS6
 
May 7 – Ft. Polk, LA
 
Fort Stewart0
 
Fort Stewart20
 
May 8 – Ft. Polk, LA
 
Ft. Polk A7
 
Fort Stewart16
 
May 7 – Ft. Polk, LA
 
Fort Sill4
 
Fort Sill31
 
May 8 – Ft. Polk, LA
 
PACAF0
 
Fort Stewart8
 
May 7 – Ft. Polk, LA
 
29 Palms4
 
29 Palms34
 
May 8 – Ft. Polk, LA
 
Fort Benning4
 
29 Palms22
 
May 7 – Ft. Polk, LA
 
Scott AFB3
 
Scott AFB20
 
 
Parris Island3
 

Final

8 May 1983
USUHS6–0Fort Stewart
Pen: Kenny Tashiro (2/2) [7]
Fort Polk, LA
Referee: Cpt. Bill Nelson (USN)

Consolation Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
May 7 – Ft. Polk, LA
 
 
Fort Hood36
 
May 8 – Ft. Polk, LA
 
Ft. Polk B4
 
Fort Hood8
 
May 7 – Ft. Polk, LA
 
Yuma10
 
Yuma7
 
May 8 – Ft. Polk, LA
 
Fort Campbell3
 
Ft. Polk A17
 
May 7 – Ft. Polk, LA
 
Yuma12
 
Ft. Polk A16
 
May 8 – Ft. Polk, LA
 
PACAF0
 
Ft. Polk A17
 
May 7 – Ft. Polk, LA
 
Fort Benning10
 
Fort Benning14
 
 
Parris Island6
 

Additional games
May 7
Black Sheep 26–14 Coast Guard
May 8
Ft. Polk B 16–27 Fort Campbell // Parris Island 15–10 PACAF
Black Sheep 10–4 Davis Monthan // Coast Guard 4–7 Fort Sill
Camp Pendleton 10–0 Black Sheep // Scott AFB 16–0 Coast Guard

Sevens

The 1983 National Sevens Rugby Tournament was a ten team tournament hosted by the Hartford Wanderers and took place on June 19, 1983, at Sterling Field in West Hartford, Connecticut.

ITT

The Inter Territorial Tournament involved the four regional rugby unions comprising the United States RFU: Pacific Coast RFU, Western RFU, Midwest RFU, and the Eastern Rugby Union. The region teams are formed with players selected from the sub regional rugby unions. Subsequently, the USA Eagles are selected from the four regional teams after the ITT concludes. In 1983 the Pacific Coast RFU repeated as tournament champions. [8]
Results:

High School

The 1983 National High School Rugby Championship took place at Lincoln Field in Washington, D.C. May 29-30. Langley High of Virginia were the champions. [9]

Final

30 May 1983
1:00PM
Langley13–9Serra
Try: ?
Michael Brendis
Con: David MacLaury
Pen: David MacLaury		 [10] Try: Pauli Mahoni
Con: Steve Forster
Pen: Steve Forster
Washington, D.C.

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  2. ↑ "Old Blues Take Rugby Title In National Finals". (May 16, 1983). The Berkeley Gazette, p.18 col.1
  3. ↑ "Rugby Tournament". (May 30, 1983). Daily Herald, sec.3 p.4 col.8
  4. ↑ "FSU Moves Closer To Women’s Rugby Title". (May 29, 1983). St. Petersburg Times, p.6C col.2-4
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  6. ↑ Carlson, Kenneth N. (February 1984). "National Championships". Rugby Football Scorebook (1st ed.). Lynwood, WA: Rain Belt Inc. p. 6. ISBN   0-938428-04-7.
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