Past Announcements

MUDCLUB DEADLINE APPROACHING

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AGM & Men's Fall Practice Reminder

Hi Gents, As a reminder the men's club AGM will be held at 7pm tomorrow evening at the Community Center (220 Walnut Ave, Cranford, NJ). This event is mandatory for all active members. We follow this up with our first Fall practice on Thursday, August 8th. All practices in August will be held at Unami Park from 6:30-8:30pm, and we plan on continuing our usual Tues/Thurs schedule. Big season ahead, see you all there! Yours Truly, Tom

Coaching 2 Course Volunteers Needed

Hello Mudturtle family! Union County Rugby is back at is again giving back to the sport through hosting a USA Rugby Level 2 Coaching Course. We are in need of volunteers to assist these future coaches in drills and games on Saturday, August 10th and Sunday, August 11th from 10 AM to 12 PM. All that is needed is athletic footwear! Please reach out to me and let me know if you can assist the club. All players welcome (Men, Women, Youth, Old Boys, and Union supporters [:) Raise some shell, -Sydlo sydleezy@gmail.com 732-770-0077

2024 MUDCLUB

Join the Mudturtle Rugby 2024 Mudclub! Help our club by donating $100 and receive a long sleeve rugby tee. This year's shirt includes Latin on the left sleeve which translates to: 50 YEARS 1,000,000 BEERS. Donations will be accepted until August 14th at midnight. Don't miss this limited time offer! Donate today!

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Men's Fall Rugby

Gents, I hope everyone is having a great summer! We are about a week away from the CanAm tournament in Lake Placid, and with the AGM following on August 7th, we wanted to provide a few reminders heading into next week. We will have two formal practices before CanAm, next Monday and Wednesday at 6pm at Unami. Even if you are not going up, please make an effort to come to practice and help us prepare. Next week we will not hold regular touch on Tues/Thurs due to the practices. The AGM is mandatory for all current members. See you the Cranford Community Center (220 Walnut Ave, Cranford, NJ) at 7pm on Wednesday, August 7th. Practices will begin the week after the AGM, on August 13th. Our first game is September 7th. We'll send out the full schedule soon. Fall is right around the corner, its time start thinking about rugby. Looking forward to another great season! Best, Tom

MUDTURTLE FLAGFEST SATURDAY JULY 20, 2024

Tomorrow Saturday July 20 is Mudturtle Flagfest at Madison Ave Park in Rahway. 1333 Madison Ave, behind the hospital. All are encouraged to come out and cheer on our future Mudturtles. There will also be an adults Myths VS Legends (MVL) flag game at the end of the Fest. All Mudturtles are invited to join in on the fun. MVL legends shirts will be available for $20 each, arrive early to get you shirt. MVL game starts after all flag games are over which is 11:30 to noonish in rugby time. There will also be a beer garden which opens during the MVL game and will stay open afterwards. Don't miss out this is always a great event which puts the fun into rugby.

Quick Saranac Prep Change

It's our understanding a good number of people travel up to Saranac on Thursday so we will change the trainings from Tuesday/Thursday to Monday/Wednesday the week of Saranac. Saranac Practice Schedule: 6:30-8pm @ Unami Monday, July 22nd Wednesday, July 24th Fill out the Doc! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13NCMEuRC6Lc2DOfNspc7DKlAZaOyUqJNv7DBEukW1qw/edit?gid=28086410#gid=28086410

Saranac Availability & Summer Dates

Gents, Hope you are enjoying the downtime and getting fitness and lifts in to get your bodies right for the fall season quickly approaching. Summer 7s was a hit, the boys played in a couple tournaments- earning finalist in each. There is still summer touch every Tuesday and Thursday at Unami from 6:30-8pm through the start of 15s practices in August. Please Fill Out Saranac Availability Doc Here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13NCMEuRC6Lc2DOfNspc7DKlAZaOyUqJNv7DBEukW1qw/edit?gid=28086410#gid=28086410 Saranac Trainings: Tuesday, July 23rd and Thursday, July 25th from 6:30-8pm Saranac Can-Am Tourney: July 26-28th Lake Placid, NY 2024 AGM: August 7th @Cranford Community Center 7pm First Official 15s Training: Tuesday August 20th 6:30pm @Unami Enjoy Your Summer, Harry & Joe

Volunteers Needed

Union County Mudturtles will be hosting coaching clinics this summer and in need of volunteers! We will be hosting a Level 1 Coaching course Sunday, July 14th from 8:30 AM until 5 PM at the Clark Rec Center and a Level 2 Coaching Course Saturday and Sunday. August 10-11th 8 AM to 5 PM. Volunteers will not be needed for the whole day, just 2-3 hours for practicals. If this is something you are interested in helping with, please reach out to Sydlo, Social Chair for the Women's team, at 732-770-0077 or email her at sydleezy@gmail.com There is still time to register for both classes as well if you are interested in getting certified! Link to register is: https://usa.rugby/courses

50TH GALA PHOTOS

Thank you so much to each and every one of you who came out to make the 50th Anniversary Celebration a night to remember. We were honored to give the early members of our club a celebration for all of the hard work and dedication to the Mudturtle family, and to look forward to the future of rugby at home and in the USA at large. Thank you again for your patience as we corralled everyone for photos. As promised, please check out the link below. We hope the album offers you some treasured keepsakes. Note that any photos that you download will not have the image watermark. Simply enter you email address to view albums. Let us continue to keep Union traditions strong and keep growing as both a rugby club and a part of the Union County community at large - Here's to another 50 years!

50th GALA PHOTS

Summer 7s and Saranac 15s Availability

Gents, Hope you are all enjoying the down time, getting fitness and lift sessions in. You should start preparing for a banner fall campaign. Rugby is most fun when you are fit. Anyone for 7s? Stay fit, have fun and win some hardware! Practices are 1x per week usually Tuesday or Thursday with the other day being touch. We have 4 tournaments scheduled this summer Rockaway (This Saturday), Princeton 7s (6/22) Danbury 7s (6/29), and Surfside 7s (7/13). * Please Note in order to give you some downtime before 15s training for Saranac and lack of enough interest, the New Haven 7s on 7/20 won't be attended. All 7s and 15s players please fill out the availability doc below. Some Tues/Thurs dates got moved around and the Surfside, NJ Tourney was added so please update your availability for 7s and Saranac 15s today! Available This Saturday? Want to play 7s, meet at Rockaway Beach in the Morning, follow our team socials for meet up and carpool information. All are welcome! Touch Tonight, 7s on Saturday! Fill out the Player Availability Doc! All the Best, Coach DeLucia

Player Availability Doc 7s and 15s

Mudturtles help

As some of you may know Megan Farrell, the daughter of life long Mudturtle Kevin Farrell, is fighting a rare and inoperable brain sarcoma. Saturday July 6 will be Meghan's Miracle Fundraiser from 3:00PM-7:00PM at the Elks Lodge 84 Ramtown-Greenville Road Howell NJ. All are encouraged to show up and support. A $35 donation includes a pasta dinner, beer, wine, and soda. Not around and want to help in Meghan's fight click on the link below. Thanking all for supporting Meghan.

Support Meghan Farrell

50th Anniversary Week

Greetings to all Mudturtles, This is our 50th Anniversary week golf outing this coming Friday June 7 and Gala Saturday June 8. To help commemorate the 50th we have an oversized rugby ball we would like all past and current Mudturtles to sign, see link below for picture. We will have the ball at the golf outing and Gala for signing. We will also have the ball at the Rathskeller Wednesday June 5 from 6:30-9:00, in case there are those who are not around this weekend they can sign on Wednesday. Thanks.

50th Ball

Mudturtle Mens Club - Register for Summer 7s

Mens Summer 7s Registration is Now Open