Game Cancelled (05.09.08) Tomorrow's game versus the Boston Ironsides has been cancelled. Anybody who wants to take a short ride can play with Equinox in Bennington. Call Jerm at 870-930-4819 for details. Equinox Results (04.26.08) A great weekend of Rugby was had by the Berkshire Rugby Club this weekend. The weekend saw Berkshire United U19 play its first home game ever, a 16-10 win over the Albany Bulldogs to raise their record in the Capital District Association to 2-0 and also saw the Senior Side show a tremendous display of intensity & teamwork in an 86-7 beating of first year club Equinox (Arlington,VT). [more] U19 Results and Upcoming Schedule (04.20.08) On a beautiful 70 degree Friday evening Berkshire Rugby Club Under 19 Texas Hold Em Tournament Fundraiser Friday March 28th (02.29.08) We need everyone current & alumni to pitch in to help make this work. We have an opportunity to raise $4000 for the club and need everyones help to make this a success. Rocco & Hurley have worked hard to set this up, lets not let our team down. WE NEED 100 PLAYERS TO MEET OUR GOAL! [more] Berkshire Rugby Winter Dinner (02.01.08) When: Friday 2-22-08 Where: Italian American Club Dinner Choice: NY Strip Steak or Chicken Marsala Cost: $25.00 per person Time: 6:30 – 7:30 Cocktails Please RSVP by Monday 2.18.08 To: Greg “Happy” Gilmore or Butch Ptak Berkshire AGM (01.22.08) We will be having our AGM on Saturday Jan. 26 at 1pm at Teo's in Pittsfield. If you played in the fall and/or if you plan to play in the upcoming spring season your attendance is mandatory! Bring your dues of $50 with you! If you can not make it, communicate directly to James Hurley (jahurley74@hotmail.com) All alumni please attend. This is going to be a huge season for BRFC we want you all out to pitch in and support. Berkshire to Field a County-Wide CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP! NERFU Results (11.04.07) Berkshire Rugby had a great weekend of rugby at the New England Rugby Football Unions D4 Champonships in Stowe, VT, placing 3rd in the inaugral D4 Championship. [more] Saratoga Results (10.15.07) A great day of rugby was had by Berkshire Rugby Club on Saturday at Osceola park in Pittsfield. Berkshire essentially clinched 2nd or 3rd place in the NERFU D4 regular season and a playoff spot November 3 at Stowe, VT with a 22-13 victory over Saratoga in a wonderfully officiated match. Harvard Business Results (09.30.07) BRFC suffered a tough loss 47-10 to Harvard Business School on Saturday in Boston. Brfc jumped out to a 3-0 lead early on a Colli penalty kick, but by the half Harvard was up 19-3. Berkshire was able to get on the score board after an early Harvard try in the second half on a nice pick and go on a penalty by Steven "DooDoo" Bilodeau w/ the Colli conversion making the score 26-10. Berkshire would get no closer while Harvard would score three more try's to make the final 47-10. [more] Mad River Results (09.22.07) Berkshire Rugby took a huge step in making it to the NERFU Playoffs for the first since 2000 Saturday at Osceola Park in Pittsfield by claiming a 7-0 forfeit victory over Mad River Rugby Club. [more] Monadnock Results (09.18.07) A good day of rugby was had Saturday at Osceola Park in Pittsfield that saw Berkshire draw with visiting Monadnock (Keene, NH) 10-10. The game saw Berkshire take a 5-0 lead on a Colli try and that proved to be the only score of the first half. Berkshire extended its lead to 10-0 on Greg Wymans first try. Monadnock faught back making a penalty kick to make the score 10-3. With two minutes left in the game the NERFU referee awarded a penalty try to Monadnock for not being back ten on a penalty. Monadnock was able to make the centered conversion for the draw. [more] Results & Upcoming (09.10.07) Berkshire suffered a gut-wrenching loss at Mt. Washington RFC in North Conway, NH on Saturday. After MTW took an early 5-0, Berkshire countered with a Colli penalty kick, a Flava Flav try w/ a Colli conversion, a Colli try w/ a Broderick conversion to make it 17-5 Berkshire at the half. The second half saw Berkshire trade trys and build a 27-10 lead on two tries by zulu warrior "Superstar" Mike Dean. The last twenty minutes were dominated by Mt Washington who was able to score three times to make it 29-27 before they scored on the last play to make the final 34-27. Berkshire still earned 1 point towards the playoffs due to the 4 try effort. [more] Results (09.02.07) A spectacular day on the pitch was had by Berkshire Rugby kicking off the 30th Anniversary season in style beating the Boston Ironsides 76-5 in Boston. [more] Ironsides Match (08.31.07) The Game has been moved to a 2pm start & we will be playing on a turf field. We will be able to wear cleats, but EVERYONE AT LEAST BRING A PAIR OF We will be meeting at 10:30 at the Lee, MA McDonalds by the Mass pike. We all should be at the pitch for 1pm we need to go over lineouts and game calls & penalty plays. We will be playing at the same place we played them last time - by the water by UMass-Boston. This is our first game in our quest to honor the 30th year of Berkshire Rugby, by winning the first ever New England Div. 4 Championship. Lets be focused and sharp and ready to go when the whistle blows. We get four points for a win & if we score 4 tries or more we get a Bonus point. We should expext & demand nothing less than 5 points from this game. Springfield 7s Tournament A great weekend was had by Berkshire at the Eric White Memorial Sevens Tourney at Springfield MA. Bolstering the line up for Berkshire where Steve "DooDoo" Bilodeau, Brandon "Bunny" Navom, "Physcho" Mike Harmon, The Plankster, "Superstar" Mike Dean, Jon Schnauber, Colli, Tony "PacMan" Panetti and James Hurley. Berkshire played Old Gold in the first match and played a great 1st half trailing by 10-5 margin with a nice pick n feed from DooDoo to Colli. Unfortuneatley Berkshires lack of experience showed in the second half as Old Gold rolled to the victory. Berkshires next two games were against two of the toughest teams in the Bracket. Albany 2 and eventual champion The NETS (New England touring side). Despite losses to both teams, Berkshire was able to continue to improve their style of 7's play with sureing up the defense and playing more together.This improvement was shown in the final game of the day against Host Springfield 2 (which
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