1983 National Rugby Championships
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| 1983 National Rugby Championships | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Tournament format(s) | Various |
| Date | 1983 |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Final | |
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, high school, Military, Sevens, and Interterritorial.
Semifinals
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 30–15 win over Akron. 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]
| Territorial Semifinal | Territorial Final | National Semifinal | National Final | |||||||||||
| April 30 - Conshohocken, PA | ||||||||||||||
| Boston | 22 | |||||||||||||
| May 1 - Conshohocken, PA | ||||||||||||||
| Northern Virginia | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Boston | 34 | |||||||||||||
| April 30 - Conshohocken, PA | ||||||||||||||
| Norfolk City Blues | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Norfolk City Blues | 16 | |||||||||||||
| May 14 – Chicago, IL | ||||||||||||||
| Atlanta Renegades | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Boston | 0 | |||||||||||||
| April 10 - | ||||||||||||||
| Dallas Harlequins | 6 | |||||||||||||
| St. Louis Falcons | 20 | |||||||||||||
| April 23 - St. Louis, MO | ||||||||||||||
| Tulsa | 12 | |||||||||||||
| St. Louis Falcons | 4 | |||||||||||||
| April - Denver, CO | ||||||||||||||
| Dallas Harlequins | 35 | |||||||||||||
| Denver Barbarians | 18 | |||||||||||||
| May 15 – Chicago, IL | ||||||||||||||
| Dallas Harlequins | 27 | |||||||||||||
| Old Blues | 23 | |||||||||||||
| April 24 - Indianapolis, IN | ||||||||||||||
| Dallas Harlequins | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Chicago Lions | 19 | |||||||||||||
| April 24 - Indianapolis, IN | ||||||||||||||
| Detroit | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Chicago Lions | 19 | |||||||||||||
| April 24 - Indianapolis, IN | ||||||||||||||
| Milwaukee | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Milwaukee | 13 | |||||||||||||
| May 14 – Chicago, IL | ||||||||||||||
| Louisville | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Chicago Lions | 0 | |||||||||||||
| April 23 - Seattle, WA | ||||||||||||||
| Old Blues | 7 | Third place | ||||||||||||
| Kent Valley | 6 | |||||||||||||
| April 24 - Seattle, WA | May 15 – Chicago, IL | |||||||||||||
| Old Puget Sound | 24 | |||||||||||||
| Old Puget Sound | 6 | Chicago Lions | 7 | |||||||||||
| April 23 - Seattle, WA | ||||||||||||||
| Old Blues | 20 | Boston | 3 | |||||||||||
| Old Blues | 19 | |||||||||||||
| BATS | 12 | |||||||||||||
| 14 May 1983 |
| Dallas Harlequins | 9–7 | Boston |
| Try: Ricardo Chapar 19' c Con: Allen Spriggs Pen: Allen Spriggs | Try: Bill Ream Pen: Rory Mather |
| Chicago, IL Referee: Alex Biddlecombe (Vancouver) |
| 14 May 1983 |
| Old Blues | 7–0 | Boston |
| Try: Roy Helu 72' Pen: Bill Armstrong 33' |
| Chicago, IL Referee: Nixon (USARFU) |
Third place
| 15 May 1983 |
| Chicago Lions | 7–3 | Boston |
| Try: Kevin Moylan 52' Pen: Paul McNaughton | Drop: Mario Marsano 39' |
| Chicago, IL Referee: Alex Biddlecombe (British Colombia) |
Final
| 15 May 1983 |
| Old Blues | 23–0 | Dallas Harlequins |
| Try: Mark Richter 19' Mark Deaton 23' c Mark Deaton 45' Whit Everett 71' Con: Bill Armstrong Pen: Bill Armstrong |
| Chicago, IL Referee: Nixon (USARFU) |
Champions: Old Blues RFC of Berkeley, CA
Coach: Jeff Hollings, Steve Ponder, Leo Fracess(Pres.)
Captain: Whit Everett (Flanker)
Roster: Bill Armstrong (Fullback), Rick Bailey (Prop), Mark Bass (Flanker), David Bateman (Scrumhalf), Drew Brooks (Hooker), Randy Coste (Prop), Duke Dapper (Lock), Mark Deaton (#8), John Everett (Hooker), Roy Helu (Center), Chuck Hextrum (Lock), Mark Hoffman (Lock), Dean Landry (Prop), Jeff Lucas (Prop), Tim Mascaroni (Fullback), Bo Meyersieck (Flyhalf), Ken Meyersieck (Scrumhalf), David Morrison (Flanker), Tim O'Brien (Center), Mark Richter (Wing), Mike Smith (Wing), Matt Taylor (Wing), Art Ward (Lock), Blane Warhurst (Flanker), Jeff Westcoff (Wing).
Women's Club
The 1983 Women's National Rugby Championship was a tournament that took place on May 28–29 at the Ned Brown Forest Preserve in Schaumburg, 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] Mary Ellen Moynihan of Beantown was MVP.
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| May 28 – Schaumburg, IL | ||||||||||
| Beantown | 10 | |||||||||
| May 28 – Schaumburg, IL | ||||||||||
| Chicago | 9 | |||||||||
| Beantown | 22 | |||||||||
| May 28 – Schaumburg, IL | ||||||||||
| Denver Blues | 0 | |||||||||
| Denver Blues | W | |||||||||
| May 29 – Schaumburg, IL | ||||||||||
| Belmont Shore | L | |||||||||
| Beantown | 11 | |||||||||
| May 28 – Schaumburg, IL | ||||||||||
| Florida State | 10 | |||||||||
| Florida State | 32 | |||||||||
| May 28 – Schaumburg, IL | ||||||||||
| Madison | 6 | |||||||||
| Florida State | 13 | |||||||||
| May 28 – Schaumburg, IL | ||||||||||
| UCLA | 0 | Third place | ||||||||
| UCLA | W | |||||||||
| May 29 – Schaumburg, IL | ||||||||||
| Houston | L | |||||||||
| Denver Blues | ||||||||||
| UCLA | ||||||||||
Final
| 29 May 1983 |
| Beantown | 11–10 | Florida State |
| Try: Jan Rutkowski Jan Rutkowski 22' Pen: Margie McClure 39' | [5] | Try: Candi Orsini 34' c Karen Cooper 50' Con: Sharon Jamison (1/2) |
| Schaumburg, IL Referee: Sherry Milner |
Lineups:
Beantown– Moynihan, Money, Kimball, Girouard, Rubarth, Heffernan (Captain), Bridi, Rutkowski, Cepko, McClure, Keith, Moran, Morrissey, McVann, Malinowski.
Florida State– Kalman, Kossman, S. Hill, Kojm, C. Hill, Bonakar, Morton, Flores, Holmes (Captain), Jakubcin, Cooper, Rosen, Orsini, Bowlin, Jamison.
All Tournament Team
Props– Sheila Hill (Florida State), Mary Ellen Moynihan (Beantown)
Hooker– Linda Whitehead (Chicago)
Second Row– Donna Groman (UCLA), Kathy Kojm (Florida State)
#8– Kathy Flores (Florida State)
Flanker– Sharon Fields (Houston), Connie Bridi (Beantown)
Flyhalf– Polly Foureman (Madison)
Scrumhalf– Mary Holmes (Florida State)
Inside Center– Andrea McKenzie (UCLA)
Outside Center– Candi Orsini (Florida State)
Wings– Vicki Bowlin (Florida State), Micky McVann (Beantown)
College
The 1983 College championship was won by University of California at Berkeley. Air Force was runner-up.
Military
The 1983 U.S. Armed Forces 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 round | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | |||||||||||
| May 7 – Ft. Polk, LA | ||||||||||||||
| USUHS | 3 | |||||||||||||
| May 8 – Ft. Polk, LA | ||||||||||||||
| Fort Hood | 0 | |||||||||||||
| USUHS | 4 | |||||||||||||
| May 7 – Ft. Polk, LA | ||||||||||||||
| Camp Pendleton | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Camp Pendleton | 10 | |||||||||||||
| May 8 – Ft. Polk, LA | ||||||||||||||
| Ft. Polk B | 0 | |||||||||||||
| USUHS | 13 | |||||||||||||
| May 7 – Ft. Polk, LA | ||||||||||||||
| Wright Pat Jets | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Wright Pat Jets | 4 | |||||||||||||
| May 8 – Ft. Polk, LA | ||||||||||||||
| Yuma | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Wright Pat Jets | 10 | |||||||||||||
| May 7 – Ft. Polk, LA | ||||||||||||||
| Davis Monthan | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Davis Monthan | 12 | |||||||||||||
| May 8 – Ft. Polk, LA | ||||||||||||||
| Fort Campbell | 4 | |||||||||||||
| USUHS | 6 | |||||||||||||
| May 7 – Ft. Polk, LA | ||||||||||||||
| Fort Stewart | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Fort Stewart | 20 | |||||||||||||
| May 8 – Ft. Polk, LA | ||||||||||||||
| Ft. Polk A | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Fort Stewart | 16 | |||||||||||||
| May 7 – Ft. Polk, LA | ||||||||||||||
| Fort Sill | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Fort Sill | 31 | |||||||||||||
| May 8 – Ft. Polk, LA | ||||||||||||||
| PACAF | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Fort Stewart | 8 | |||||||||||||
| May 7 – Ft. Polk, LA | ||||||||||||||
| 29 Palms | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 29 Palms | 34 | |||||||||||||
| May 8 – Ft. Polk, LA | ||||||||||||||
| Fort Benning | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 29 Palms | 22 | |||||||||||||
| May 7 – Ft. Polk, LA | ||||||||||||||
| Scott AFB | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Scott AFB | 20 | |||||||||||||
| Parris Island | 3 | |||||||||||||
Final
| 8 May 1983 |
| USUHS | 6–0 | Fort Stewart |
| Pen: Kenny Tashiro (2/2) | [7] |
| Fort Polk, LA Referee: Cpt. Bill Nelson (USN) |
Consolation Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| May 7 – Ft. Polk, LA | ||||||||||
| Fort Hood | 36 | |||||||||
| May 8 – Ft. Polk, LA | ||||||||||
| Ft. Polk B | 4 | |||||||||
| Fort Hood | 8 | |||||||||
| May 7 – Ft. Polk, LA | ||||||||||
| Yuma | 10 | |||||||||
| Yuma | 7 | |||||||||
| May 8 – Ft. Polk, LA | ||||||||||
| Fort Campbell | 3 | |||||||||
| Ft. Polk A | 17 | |||||||||
| May 7 – Ft. Polk, LA | ||||||||||
| Yuma | 12 | |||||||||
| Ft. Polk A | 16 | |||||||||
| May 8 – Ft. Polk, LA | ||||||||||
| PACAF | 0 | |||||||||
| Ft. Polk A | 17 | |||||||||
| May 7 – Ft. Polk, LA | ||||||||||
| Fort Benning | 10 | |||||||||
| Fort Benning | 14 | |||||||||
| Parris Island | 6 | |||||||||
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 18, 1983, at Sterling Field in West Hartford, Connecticut. The University of Rhode Island Old Boys were the champions.
Path to championship:
- URI Old Boys 18–12 Charles River
- URI Old Boys 24–0 West Hartford Yahoo's
- URI Old Boys 16–0 Bethlehem
- URI Old Boys w/o N.Y.A.C.
Path to final:
- Duck Brothers 34–0 Beacon Hill
- Duck Brothers 24–0 Syracuse Harlequins
- Duck Brothers 22–12 Banshees
- Duck Brothers 18–4 Big Apple Aces
Final:
| 18 June 1983 |
| URI Old Boys | 28–6 | Duck Brothers |
| Try: Bob Belluzzi c Pete Thorpe Bobby Reed c Peter Thorpe c Frank Taglenti c Con: Bob Belluzzi | Try: 1 c |
| Hartford, CT |
