Category: Youth Events

Mike Kellett Plays Big in First Win of Argentina Tour

Mike Kellett and the rest of the High School All-Americans just earned their first win over Cordoba Academy 21-13 in the Argentina Tour. Mike, playing lock #5, is not hard to miss on the field but harder to bring down showed his power driving in a maul that lead to a try. From the looks of things the USA team, lead by Coach Salty Thompson, will be a good contender to the other teams.

Keep up the great job MIKE!

You can read the rest of the writeup on USA Rugby’s website.

VIDEO HIGHLIGHT: 40Min

USA Rugby HSAAs v Cordoba Academy, July 19th 2013 from Salty Thompson on Vimeo.

 

Mike Kellett High School All American

Mike (ManChild) Kellett running against Palmer
Mike (ManChild) Kellett running against Palmer

Michael (Man-Child) Kellett will represent the St. Louis Bombers in his trip down to Argentina with the High School All American team. Kellet is a recent graduate of DeSmet High School and was recently accepted the Lindenwood University to play rugby for Ron Laszewski.

“The USA Rugby Boys High School All-Americans will embark on a demanding four-game tour of Argentina from July 13 to July 28 thanks to the sponsorship of Aircraft Charter Solutions…. The HSAA roster includes the best young players in the country: 13 seniors, 12 juniors and four sophomores.”

You can read the rest of the article on RugbyMag.com.

http://www.rugbymag.com/age-grade-men/8559-hs-all-american-boys-to-argentina.html

We know Mike will do a great job representing the Bomber Rugby Club and we can’t wait to see where rugby will take him. Congrats Mike!

Week 2 of 7s

This Thursday, the 27th, will be the second round for the summer 7s season in Forest Park.

The first game is the Bombers2 vs. SMRFC2 set to kick off at 5:45pm. The Bombers1 team will face SMRFC1 right afterwards at 6:05pm.

The Bombers1 side has field set-up while Bombers2 will have the field take down. Try and get to the fields by 5:15 to setup and warm-up.

The rest of the schedule is below, along with the standings.

Bring your friends, family, and pets to Forest Park Thursday and enjoy some Rugby.

Don’t forget to sign up and get your teams together for this years Bombers Open, August 10th.

Bombers2: 3-0
Bombers1: 2-0
Rambers1: 1-1
Ramblers2: 1-1
SMRFC1: 1-1
Eureka Kings: 1-1
Kohlfeld: 1-1
Royals: 1-0
Hornets: 0-2
Rowdies: 0-2
SMRFC2: 0-2
Lindell Field Criket Field
Times Field 1 Field 2 Times
5:45 CBC SLU Bombers2 SMRFC2 5:45
6:05 Parkway Eureka Bombers1 SMRFC1 6:05
6:25 DeSmet Priory Rambers1 Eureka Kings 6:25
6:45 CBC Eureka Rambers2 Hornets 6:45
7:05 Parkway DeSmet Royals Rowdies 7:05
7:25 Priory SLU SMRFC2 Kohlfeld 7:25
7:45 SMRFC1 Rowdies Bombers2 Eureka Kings 7:45
8:05 Hornets Royals Bombers1 Rambers2 8:05
8:25 Rambers1 Kohlfeld 8:25

U18 – U20

The St. Louis Bomber Rugby Football Club is more than just an adult sport club, but more of a chance to teach younger kids the game of Rugby.

About 2 years ago the Bombers introduced the idea of an Academy team with kids from surrounding high schools and colleges that would play in their own division. The benefit is that more young players have the ability to play in games rather than waiting for a position to open up on the club level. This doesn’t mean a young player can’t play in a club level game. If a player is talented enough they could in fact play and start on the club level side.

The Bombers have been fortunate to have great talent come through the club, but have also been great at recognizing potential talent and molding a good player into a great player. With great coaching and structure, the Bombers have sent many young kids into great College Rugby Programs to continue their rugby careers.

Recently the selection for both the U-18 and the U-20 teams were held and I’m happy to say that three young Bombers have made the teams. For the U-20 side both Dylan Latham and Kevin Dear have made the team starting as locks. Dylan and Kevin played for the Bombers while they were in high school and currently both play for Ron Laszewski at Lindenwood. You can read more about the U-20 selection here: http://www.rugbymag.com/age-grade-men/6908-u20-men-wrap-east-coast-camp.html

Mike Kellett rushing against a Kolhfeld player
Mike Kellett rushing against a Kolhfeld player

The U-18 side will have the pleasure of having Mike Kellett (Manchild) on their team. Mike has been selected as the Blind side Flanker and was ranked #1 for the position in try-outs. Kellett is currently a senior at DeSmet High School in St. Louis and has been playing with the Bombers for the last 2 years. Mike has great talent and works hard, but he has more passion for the game and to win than anyone else. Kellett size, speed, and knowledge of the game has been a great asset to the club as he has started in multiple club level games including the DIII and DII side. You can find plenty of photos of Mike in the game photos and a few videos.

The Bombers wish the best of luck to Kevin, Dylan, and Mike in their Rugby careers and look forward to them coming back and playing with the club.

Little Rock Ozark Tournament

Last weekend the Bombers attended the 39th annual Ozark Tournament in Little Rock, Arkansas. The Bombers sent three teams down for the weekend tournament; Bomber’s Academy (High School), Bombers active side, and the Bombers Old Boys.

On Saturday the Academy side played against Penn State in the opening match. The Academy side struggled to get the offense going and fell behind two tries as Penn State controlled the ball. A big break came when Jordan Sebacher found an opening and out ran the defense to get the Bombers on the board. Defense played tough but the Academy side fell to Penn State 22-10. The Academy faced OSU for their second game of the day and came out hard. OSU was leading 17-14 for the first half, but the Academy side was able to get a try in before half to take the lead 19-17. You’ve probably heard any coach say “…you need to switch it on”, I’m not sure if that’s what John Watson told his team but the Academy side did flip a switch. The intensity and speed really picked up as the Academy team beat OSU 41-17 and will face Memphis on Sunday. Being one of the youngest team in the tournament, the Academy side played against a very good Memphis college team in the championship game. Despite their best efforts the Bomber’s Academy side fell to Memphis 37-5. All the kids played very tough and very good rugby during the tournament and the Bomber’s club looks forward to these kids playing at a higher level.

The Bombers Old Boys faced Dallas in their first match of the tournament. It looked like the Old Boys have been practicing for weeks as they beat Dallas 58-14. There were a lot of big hits and huge runs that gave the Old Boys their victory. The Bombers Old Boys would play the Olde Grey Slime in the championship match and it was much of the same from the first game. The Old Boys controlled the ball and would beat the Olde Grey Slime 38-7 to take the Old Boy Championship.

The Bombers active side had 6 props starting, making it one of the biggest packs in the tournament. The Bombers would face against two teams they’ve already played against earlier in the season. The Bombers first match was against Memphis, which was the season opener for the DII side. The pack controlled the scrums and line outs as the first try was off a maul driven in. The Bombers beat Memphis 48-0 and will face Tulsa in the second match of the day. Tulsa is always a tough team and despite beating them earlier in the season the Bombers cannot take them lightly. The pack was key in the game as the Bombers drove back every scrum and controlled the ball on offense. The Bombers would beat Tulsa 39-7 to go onto the championship game against the Gryphons on Sunday.

The Gryphons were looking for a victory as they came out fast and hard as they were first to score. The Bombers were struggling to get the offense going in the first half, but the defense kept the Gryphons out of the try zone. In the second half the Bombers offense controlled the ball for almost the whole half and put up 33 unanswered points! Mark Menne was able to pick apart the defense and Zach Hawkins (who is not a small man) got “Man of the Weekend” for his 60 meter run & try, out running the defense!  The Bombers would go on to win the Ozark Championship beating the Gryphons 33-12.

Photos from the tournament can be found here.

The Bombers would like to thank Little Rock Rugby for hosting another great tournament and we look forward to next year. We would also like to thank everyone that came down, Academy, active, and Old Boys and hope we have more for next year.

Don’t forget we will be having an end of the season party this Saturday, November 17th, at Colombos starting at 7PM. We are still having the Bomber’s Food drive and if you can please bring a canned food to Colombos this weekend to help out the needy.