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AWESOME work at last week's Midnight Sevens tournament down at Pier 40. Often tournament day means rushing to the field to "hurry up and wait" while the organizers sort thier business out. Jessa Tournaments are the exception to this reality. We can't control when the tournament actually starts but making the most of our time together was appreciated. Much love to everyone for their patience, positive attitude, awesome Michael Jackson warm up. Yes, that's right, Michael Jackson warm up - it was fabulous.

Each team played two games and NYRC ended up in first (Barbarians) and second (Champions). It started off as a 6-team bracket then dropped to 5 team when the NoJo/Motley bailed. It then dropped to a 4 1/2 team bracket as Long Island brought 6 players. NYRC was blessed with 30 players, and, graciously 6 stepped up to fill out the roster and offered to get playing time with LI.

The new players are showing a lot of promise and their play has really progressed since the first tournament at Rockaway three weeks ago. After pounding their way through their first match against the Village Lions II the Champions' second match was the Barbarians first match in pool play. Both teams played really hard and it was a ferocious contest. The Barbarians finished the first half and then started the second half one player down but made adjustments and held the Champions at bay. The Barbarians then took the field against the Village Lions II to win. Inclement weather prevented any of the teams from advancing through pool play, the tournament was called, and there really isn’t much to say…NYRC won on points…woo hoo…!
- Coacho Ocho Meat, Rosalie and Cynthia collaborated on the write up, rostering and scoring details. Scorecard photo courtesty of Nancy, all else courtesy of K2.

Schedule
Champions vs Village Lions II 7:42 pm
Barbarians vs Champions 9:12 pm
Barbarians vs Village Lions II 10:06 pm
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Champions vs Village Lions II Win: 17 - 0
1st Half (2nd Half)
1 Amy (Shannon)
2 Erika
3 Koma
4 Emily Smith
5 Jillian
6 Maira (Kat Bruce)
7 Lisa (Nicole)

Scoring
1st Half
Try by Emily Smith, converted by Jillian
2nd Half
Try by Jillian, not converted
Try by Jillian, not converted
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Barbarians vs Champions Win: 22-0
Champions
1st Half Team (2nd Half)
1 Koma?? (Shannon)
2 Erica (Jesse)
3 Amy?? (Amy)
4 Emily
5 Jillian
6 MaiTai/Maira (K2/Kat)
7 Lisa (Nicole)

Barbarians
1st Half (2nd Half)
1 Lara?? (Lara)
2 London?? (Jenny Davis)
3 Brethel
4 Rosalie
5 Maura (C)
6 Bliz
7 Jodie (Nawal)

Scoring
1st Half
Try Rosalie, not converted
2nd Half
Try Nawal, not converted
Try Jenny, converted by Maura
Try Maura, not converted
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Barbarians vs Village Lions II Win: 32 - 0
1st Half (2nd Half)
1 Brethel (Lara)
2 London (Jenny Davis)
3 Heather (Vanesha)
4 Rosalie
5 Maura (C)
6 Bliz
7 Jodie (Bif)
Scoring

1st Half
Try London, not converted
Try Bliz, not converted
Try Brethel, not converted
2nd Half
Try Vanesha converted by Maura
Try Bliz, not converted
Vanesha, not converted

Barbarians Try Scorers: Bliz (2), Vanesha (2), Rosalie, Nawal, JennyD, Maura, London, Brethel
Barbarians Conversions: Maura (2)
Barbarians points for: 54
Barbarians points against: 0

Champions Try Scorers: Jillian (2), Emily
Champions Conversions: Jillian
Champions points for: 17
Champions points against: 22

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