Dear Parents,
We have finally made all the
arrangements for our Spring Break tour and are ready to give you an itinerary.
We will also plan a very short meeting after practice Wednesday at 5:45 PM in
Coach Mills’ room, for us to cover some things not mentioned here and to answer
any questions you might have. I realize this is short notice and if you can’t
be there please stop by any night after practice. Also all of the info will
appear on StheaglesRugby.Blogspot.com including roster in the coming days for
your reference.
The cost per player for this
year’s tour will be $650 per player. The true cost is $900 per player but as
usual the club has benefited from the generosity of many people to lower the
cost per player and subsidize the coach’s fare.
Also the players will be hosted by the families of both our opponents
for a total of three days which also lowers the cost since we will only need 2
nights in hotels and only 3 meals the boys will have to pay direct. Included in
this price will be air fare, bus transportation, hotel stay and tour site entry
fees and one team dinner.
We will be playing two games
against the 2 best High School programs in the New York-New England area,
perennially nationally ranked Xavier of NYC and Greenwich HS of Greenwich CT.
We will have 3 days between games and the boys will get to do some fun events
in between. We plan on taking them to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown
NY and for a tour of the Military Academy at West Point and the new Memorial
Museum at Ground Zero. As fun as this sound’s I can assure you the friendships
made during their stays with their opponents families will be long lasting and
carry on one of the fine traditions of camaraderie in the gentleman’s game of
rugby. So please honor this by not asking to take your son off the tour for
another purpose.
Saturday March 15:
Arrive at Terminal E (Group Check
in) at 8:15 Am. Flight UA983 Leaves at
10:25 AM-arrives LaGuardia 2:50 PM
Bus will transport players to
Xavier HS in NYC, will they will be picked up by families of Xavier.
Coaches will be staying at the
Affinia Hotel in NYC.
Sunday March 16:
Players will travel with Xavier
families to game site at TBD Place and time. We believe it to be Randall’s
Island Park for an early afternoon Game. We will know by Wednesday’s meeting.
Players will travel back with the
Xavier families to their homes.
Monday March 17:
Players will come into school
with their Xavier Hosts for 8:15 Bell. Coaches and Bus will pick up players and
head to Cooperstown NY- 3 ½ Hours- for an afternoon tour at the Baseball Hall
of Fame. (Paid)
Team will be staying in the
August Lodge in Hartwick Seminary, NY. Team will have dinner at Bocca
Restaurant in Cooperstown. (Paid)
Tuesday March 18:
Breakfast at Jackie’s Restaurant
in Cooperstown at 8:00 Am. (Players pay): Bus to West Point – 3 hours, for
afternoon tour of facility-3 Hour. We
hope to have a Walk thru practice on West Point grounds.
Team will be staying at Hampton
Inn in Newburg NY. Team Dinner in local
restaurant (Players Pay)
Wednesday March 19:
Breakfast will be at Hampton Inn
(Paid with room). Bus will leave at 8:30 Am for 1 ½ hour trip to lower
Manhattan for tour of Ground Zero. Team
will have light lunch (Players pay) and we will head out to Greenwich early
afternoon to arrive at 2:00 PM for an expected 3:30 PM Kickoff. Greenwich will host
a group dinner and players will go home with the Greenwich families.
Coaches will be staying at
Delamar Hotel in Greenwich.
Thursday March 20:
Players will be brought to
Greenwich HS with their host families for school bell. Bus will take players to
LaGuardia for the return flight UA 360 at 2:38 PM arriving Houston 5:47 PM.
Time permitting we may do a walk tour of Time Square or Rockefeller Plaza or
perhaps the Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point before we head to LaGuardia.
Thank You
Coach Wolfinger
Tour Contacts:
Coaches:
Jim Wolfinger 713-823-1901 (M), Jim.Wolfinger@sths.org
Brett Mills 713-703-0878 (M), Brett.Mills@sths.org
Jim Schreiner 254-368-5247 (M), jntconstructionservices@gmail.com
Marty Power 713-303-7725 (M), Martin.Power@Kochind.com
Tour Guide:
Nancy Purdin 520-403-3859 (M)ndpurdin@gmail.com
