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The 37th Annual Can Am Rugby Tournament is fast approaching, the posts are going up, the fields are being lined, and the schedule is nearing completion. Here are a few announcements:
If your team will not be attending this year please send an e-mail to
nlm8674@yahoo.com ASAP- as it affects the brackets and every other team in your division. At this point there will be NO refunds for teams who do not attend the tournament.
Captain Cooks Bar and Grill is the official headquarters for this years tournament. The bar is located on Broadway in Saranac Lake. Schedules and information can be picked up there. CAPTAIN COOKS SCHEDULE DURING THE TOURNAMENT:
- Thursday at 7pm- The Mountaineers Rugby Club will be hosting a Welcome Party
- Friday at 6 pm- the Annual Referee Welcome Party
- Sunday at 7 pm- The Can Am Tournament Closing Party
Games in 2010 will be played in Saranac Lake and Lake Placid!
- Tournament will begin at 9am on Friday with the Old Boy Divisions in Saranac Lake.
- Men and Women Divisions will begin at 8am on Saturday in Saranac Lake and Lake Placid.
- Finals will be played on Sunday in Bloomingdale, NY on the Fire Department Fields this year. Games will begin at 10:00 am. The fields are located 5 miles out of town on Route 3. Please carpool as parking will be limited. There will be a beer tent. Food will be available. Facility is handicap accessible.
Please respect the rules of the school fields:
1. No Dogs
2. It is a Drug Free Zone - therefore NO ALCOHOL and NO SMOKING
3. No practicing on the fields
Please check the website for tournament rules. Teams are responsible for being aware of rules. Print a copy to have with your team during the tournament.
Tournament tee shirts are limited this year, and will be on sale Friday, Saturday, and Sunday UNLESS they are sold out prior.
Parking will be an issue at all fields this year due to construction, so please carpool whenever possible.
Considered one of the largest and best run rugby events in the world, the Bud Light Can-Am Tournament was created in 1974 by the Mountaineers Rugby Club of Saranac Lake, New York. The inaugural event was an eight-team affair that quickly doubled and has mushroomed into a mid-summer tradition with 100+ teams converging on the Adirondacks.
The Bud Light Can-Am Tournament grew in size and stature, adding eight teams each year through 1987. The Can-Am committee then capped participation at 100 teams, making it one of the largest rugby tournaments in the world and the largest in the Western Hemisphere. There is competition in eight different divisions, including Women and Old Boys.
The 2010 competition will be held July 30 - August 1, 2010. Main playing fields are at the Saranac Lake Middle School, Saranac Lake High School and Lake Placid LAX Fields. Final Games will be played in Bloomingdale NY which is 5miles outside Saranac Lake on Route 3. Admission to all games is free.
Anheuser-Busch and A&M Beverage of Malone, NY have combined to involve Bud Light as the title sponsor of the event. Other sponsors include Balls Out Rugby, Rugby America LTD, Nice N Easy Stores, Hyde Fuel Company and Spencer Boatworks.
The sport of rugby and in particular the Bud Light Can-Am Rugby Tournament are things that bring us human beings all a little closer together through competition, sportsmanship and camaraderie.
As we gather once again this year, please don’t forget those who will not be with us. Recognize their presence through the spirit of the games, the friendships we renew and the new ones we will make.
In Memory...
P. Kevin Gilman
Jeffrey A. Abbott
Janine Abbott
Terry Lynch, SGT US Army
