" THE 300 " Rugby Academy

Kirwan tackles life as an All Black

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“We’re happy rugby isn’t as popular as football,” Kirwan said. “We think rugby is a great sport but we want it to grow in the right way. We need to keep our values and the things we care about.”
Full article : http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/NEWKHSITE/data/html_dir/2010/02/26/201002260083.asp

Our 2009-2010 Winter Camp!!

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Learning rugby's finer points

Rugby is more than strategies and techniques.

It's also an opportunity to learn life lessons.

That's what instructor Guillermo Gulli of Montreal was trying to teach during the first-time 300 Rugby Academy at South Grenville District High School in Prescott.

A total of 27 players, all from the high school in South Grenville, took part in the five-day clinic this week. The unusual spring temperatures allowed Guili to conduct classroom instruction as well as take the 25 boys and two girls outside to practice on the football field.

"The kids learn a life lesson. The kid who has the ball has to go forward to help his team. He has the responsibility to go forward. It's a team project," said Gulli.

Gulli, the former Argentinian rugby player who is now a Canadian citizen, has been operating this clinic in Quebec for the past five years. This is the first time it has been held outside that province.

"You learn the strategies and techniques. You learn about leadership. You also learn about success and dealing with losses," said Gulli.

"There is no MVP on a rugby team. There's physical, mental courage and the braveness to make decisions," said Gulli. "You score a try only because of the guy who pushed you forward. You kept going for your teammates and because of your teammates."

Rugby is a sport that has a spot for the short and the fat, the tall and the skinny, the fast and the slow, noted Gulli.

Together, they all have a role to play on a team. There is no success without everyone working together, he p>"The 300 Academy teaches about different strategies, leadership and working together as a team to be successful in the sport," said Megan Colwell, one of only two girls at the clinic.

Colwell, who has been playing rugby at South Grenville for four years, plans on continuing with the sport at the University of Waterloo next fall. Colwell wanted to learn as much from the clinic as she could in order to be able to pass along the strategies to her teammates for the upcoming Leeds and Grenville high school season.

"Our team doesn't have a lot of experience in dealing with strategies in our game. I'm trying to learn some more techniques to enable us to beat other teams," said Colwell, who would like to see the Giants knock off the BCI Red Rams for the LGSSAA title.

South Grenville's Jacob Hayes is looking past Leeds and Grenville. He's hoping what he learns at the clinic will help the Giants in winning EOSSAA and earning a trip to the provincial championships.

"He (Gulli) brings different strategies to our game and different concepts that we haven't seen before," said Hayes, in his second year of rugby but planning on returning again in the fall at South Grenville.

"You can definitely see the improvement in our game," he Guys are seeing the game better. This will help us compete better against teams."

While the Leeds and Grenville season doesn't begin until May, the Giants will be taking the junior and senior boys teams to a tournament in Washington, D.C., in mid-April.

South Grenville coach Jake Swarbrick has other tournaments lined up before the LGSSAA season starts. "From Monday morning until now, the improvement is immeasureable, it's huge," he said of what his players have learned over the course of the week.

Swarbrick is also a big believer that rugby teaches lessons that can be used off the field.

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Rugby winter Camp 2008 2009

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Winter Camp Registration Open

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Check all the info at http://www.the300rugbyacademy.com/ or download the Registration Form

VIDEO web-page!!

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Check out our YouTube webpage at http://www.youtube.com/The300RugbyAcademy .

LIONS - U18 BRFC Team

2008-08-07T09:17:00.001-04:00

Our LIONS at the Montebello Tournament. Well done LIONS!!!

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We had a fantastic 5 weeks.!! Thank you very much to all the players. Now be ready for the Winter Program. All the details will be posted in our web www.the300rugbyacademy.com by the end of August.

2008-04-05T16:04:00.002-04:00

The Winter program is over, thank you very much to all of you. See you in the Summer !!!

Rugby in the Snow !!!!

2008-02-10T18:06:00.000-05:00

Check all the fun we had in the snow : http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=rqwepwh.i1ffuvd&x=0&y=-vai3mo

Play Rugby during the summer!!!

2007-11-24T18:28:00.000-05:00

Are you looking for playing rugby during the Summer, Check this out!!
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Enjoy it!!

2007-11-22T14:18:00.000-05:00

Some people say that I'm a scrum fanatic , and they're right!. The image above shows one Argentine Team that mastered this formation. That's what a call perfection!

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And we did it again!!

Undefeated season and,

like in 2006,

the 2007 First Division Cup!.

Congratulations Beaconsfield!!

Académie de rugby du Lac St-Louis (CRP)

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I am proud to announce the re-launch of the Académie de rugby du Lac St-Louis .

For your information, the model of the CRP (as established by the Fédération de Rugby du Québec) is meant to group together those young players interested in competing for spots on the U-16 / U-18 Québec provincial squads.

Our Lac St-Louis sides will be competing against other CRP teams from different regions (Sherbrooke, Québec City, Ormstown, Trois-Rivieres) throughout the summer in tournament play. This will help increase their skill level by playing competitive rugby against other developing players from their within their peer group.

Those players who demonstrate exceptional skills for their age in tournament play will be given the opportunity to represent Québec at the provincial side.

Practice for the Académie de rugby du Lac St-Louis will take place on Wednesday, from June 22st to August 8st from 7:00PM to 9:00PM. The practice will take place on the pitch at Beaconsfield High School and both boys and girls are welcome to attend. Players should dress accordingly for practice. The official schedule for practices, the tournament season, along with registration dues and forms will be made available after that practice.

THE 300 Academy in fall/winter for development skills and Lac St-Louis Academy for play in summer and acces to Quebec provincial team , represents an extraordinary combination for every teen who want to get really involved in rugby

If you have any questions or comments, feel free to direct them to Guillermo Gulli via email at guillermogulli@yahoo.com or by telephone at (514) 695-1295.

Thanks in advance for your cooperation,

Yours in Rugby,

Guillermo Gulli

Summer Camp 2007!!

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We finish our first summer camp with success!! 44 students, 5 coaches (nationals and internationals ones) , new rugby techniques and a lot of FUN!!! Thank you and see you all in our Fall/Winter Program. Mr Gui

Summer Camp 2007

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We're going to run a SUMMER CAMPin the frist 2 weeks of August 2007! From boys and girls over 10 years old. Rugby and Falg Rugby (no contact, safe and fun). Get back to our website and download the REGISTRATION FORM

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...and we WON the First Division Cup, Quebec 2006. Congratulations BEACONSFIELD !!!

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WHY THE 300 : Battle of Thermopylae

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In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in the mountain pass, Thermopylae. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the enemy in one of the most famous last stands of history. A small force led by king Leonidas of Sparta blocked the only road through which the massive army of Xerxes I could pass. After several days of confrontation the Persians attacked but were defeated by heavy losses, disproportionate to those of the Greeks. This continued on the second day but on the the third day of the battle a local resident named Ephialtes betrayed a mountain path that led behind the Greek lines. With the rest of the army dismissed king Leonidas stayed behind with his 300 Spartans bodyguard and the 700 man Thespian army even though they knew it was pure suicide, to allow the rest of the army to escape.
The disproportionate losses of the Persian army alarmed Xerxes so that when his navy was later defeated at the Salamis he fled Greece leaving only part of his force to finish the job of the conquest of Greece, that was defeated at the battle of Plataea. The performance of the defenders at the battle of Thermopylae is often used as an example of the advantages of training, equipment and good use of terrain to maximise an army's potential, as well as a symbol of courage against extremely overwhelming odds. The heroic sacrifice of the Spartans and the Thespians has captured the minds of many throughout the ages and has given birth to many cultural references as a result.

There is an epitaph on a monument at site of the battle (which was erected in 1955) with Simonides' epigram, which can be found in Herodotus' work The Histories (7.228), to the Spartans:

Ω ξειν', αγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ότι τάδε
(O xein', angellein Lakedaimoniois hoti têde)
κείμεθα τοις κείνων ρήμασι πειθόμενοι.
(keimetha tois keinon rhémasi peithomenoi.)

Which to keep the poetic context can be translated as:
Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by,
that here, obedient to their laws, we lie

Herodotus wrote that when Dienekes, a Spartan soldier, was informed that Persian arrows were so numerous that they blotted out the sun, he remarked with characteristically laconic prose,

"So much the better, we shall fight in the shade."

The Program: Rugby & Education

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•A unique complement to their curricula

It’s in playing rugby that we learn how to overcome Adversity

Teamwork becomes a creed. We learn that the more we give the more we receive and the importance of working without recognition for the good of the team. Remembering always to put values and principles above personalities.

We Respect our opponent, because we can be sure that without them we cannot play. Best friends have often met on a Rugby field and frequently playing for opposite sides.

We redefine the verb Win as: to give 100%. The results will either come.

Being a “good man or woman” is more important than being “the MVP”. For that reason our MVP will be the young man or woman that did the best for the team, not necessarily the best player.

We, the rugby players, assume defeat with dignity and enjoy triumph with simplicity .

A Rugbier has to take care of the Jersey that they wear; not the jersey itself which, in truth, belongs to you, but the colors and the shield that give it meaning, that is common patrimony forged with many years of effort and discipline.

Our behaviour honours Rugby values and traditions on and off the field

Rugby is a school of life, where he/she will learn, enjoy a fantastic experience and have FUN and while making lifelong FRIENDS

Therefore Rugby represents the perfect balance for today’s teenager and tomorrow’s man or woman.

Why Rugby ?

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A differential advantage vs other sports: INCLUSIVE
The wide variation of skills and physical requirements needed for the Rugby game means that there is an opportunity for individuals of every shape, size and ability to participate at all levels”