Montreal Barbarians Rugby Club

November 21st

Now that the rugby pitches are being snowed-over, it's time to have our annual awards banquet, where we honour the best from this past season.

Please join us at the Casa Greque on Prince Arthur street in downtown Montreal, where we shall be on November 21st.

You should have recieved your ballot for the Terror of the Highlands awards, and the list of eligible entrants by email. To be eligible, you are either a paid-up social member, or have played some rugby this year and are in good standing with your dues. If you think you should be on the 'eligible' list but are not, please contact Pat Schmidt by October 27th. If you haven't recieved your ballot, please email thebarbs@gmail.com and we will ensre you get your copy.

Please fill out your ballot to the best of your ablilty, and send it to both thebarbs@gmail.com and trevormark@gmx.net (be sure to send to both, or your ballot may not get properly counted). This must be done by Sunday November 1st, to allow time for the awards to be properly engraved and organised.

Coaches awards for both Men and Women will also be handed out at the banquet, along with the TOTH awards.

The sum of $30 will get you a full meal, and it's a BYOB, with an SAQ around the corner... Dress-up for the occasion!! Please RSVP for the Banquet by reply-all-ing to the invite email, or if you wish to write a new one, please ensure that both thebarbs@gmail.com and Angela Beauregard are recipients. With some luck, some of our clubmates should be able to get us on the guestlist for a club or 2 also!

See you all on November 21st!

October 7th

Comedy for a Cause

Bourbon Street West are hosting a new series of their comedy nights, and on October 7th, The Montreal Barbarians are the cause!

We have 250 tickets in our possession, that we will hand out to members at upcoming games and practices to sell for $10 each. The proceeds of which will all come back to the club.

It all starts at 9pm to 11pm. and the headliner will be Kenny Robinson (from Just for Laughs and other TV shows).

This is a great event for all members, their families and frends to attend, so please come and pick up some tickets and bring everyone out... This is a completely open event, so you may invite anyone.

If you cannot make it to any of the upcoming games or practices, you can reserve tickets through Angela Beauregard (abeauregard4113@hotmail.com).

The event is marked on the Club's Google calendar, and there will be a Facebook event.

Thanks, and see you all at Bourbon on the 7th!

Greetings Barbs,

August 15th, there will be a lamb roasting on a spit, in the general vicinity of a pool, and many, many coolers full of ice and beer.

The, what might become annual, Barbs pool party and lamb roast is coming next saturday. The event will be entirely kid-friendly, and the somewhat larger kids will be hanging around in the pool until the wee-hours!

For those that remember last year, we all had a blast, and plan to do the same this year. The event begins in the afternoon, at John G's place. Further details, such as his address, will be handed out at practice (for rather obvious reasons, this event will not be advertised on Facebook!). Please come along to regular practices, or call the nearest Barb member if you can't make it to practice.

We will send out a further email this week with details on start times, and JohnG's address for those that didn't get it, or write it down!

See you then!

July 18th 2009

quebec city

Hello Fellow Barbs,

For those that haven't yet heard... Women 1st XV are playing in Quebec City, on the Plains of Abraham at 1:30pm. The men 1st XV are playing in 3-Rivers, which is conveniently, half-way to Quebec, at 3pm.

The plan is simple... If you're playing, Women stick around, Men keep going up to Quebec, and those not playing, watch either game, and we all meet in Quebec City for a big blow-out in the evening!

We have been able, with the awesome help of Angela, to book 15 rooms at the same hotel we were at last year. For $127 you get a suite that can comfortably sleep 4 people, with breakfast included!

All you need to do, is call the Hotel and reserve a room for yourself(you'll need a credit card). Tell them you're with the Montreal Barbarians Rugby club, and presto!

Quality Suites Quebec City
1600 rue Bouvier
Quebec, QC, G2K 1N*
T: 418-622-4244
Confirmation # 101941

I know it's short notice, but let's get this going and have an awesome weekend, some winning rugby and a party to top it all off!

See you in Quebec City!

The Barbs

March 14th 2009

Afternoon of Songs & Laughs: Take II “Celebrating the Spirit of Kelly-Anne”

Thank you to everyone who came out on March 14th for an afternoon of Songs & Laughs: Take II “Celebrating the Spirit of Kelly-Anne”. A total of $2100.00 was raised in support of the Montreal Barbarians Rugby Club
in memory of Kelly-Anne Drummond.

A specail thank you goes out to McKibbin's Irish Pub in the West Island who hosted the event
as well as our entertainers:

Singer / Song writer Dave Moran
Comedians Mike Paterson & Tim Rabnett perform as the DANDlyons

February 1st 2009

Super Bowl Chili Fundraiser

On Feb 1 the first fundraising event for the club was held at Sundance's place. Everyone gathered to watch the SuperBowl (with the US feed which included the US commercials!) and dine on 3 variations of the Chilli (special thanks to our chef Felix). In addition to the beer and Chili sales a Half-and-Half was held.



		Upcoming Events
		January 17th Indoor Training This year's indoor the men and women will in seperate venues as follows. Senior Men Starts February 7th 8:00 to 9:30 at John Abbott College Senior Women Starts February 2nd 8:20 to 10:20 at West Island College Time to get rugby ready. See you at indoor.
		January 1st Head Coach - Senior Men We are happy to announce a new coaching partnership for the Senior Men's side. Marcos Ceretti has been appointed Head Coach, and will be ably assissted by Ian "Jimmy" Salmon. The executive and the Club would like to thank both John and Jason Thompson for their years of service. John will still be coaching with the club by continuing to coach the Senior Women. Jason is also not leaving the club, he will be heading-up the organisation of the Junior program via a new position - VP Development. In this role Jason will be the point-man of the club for all activities concerning Junior and Minor rugby.
		May 28th Rookie Night Rookie night will be held 7pm on Saturday May 28th at the Black Lion pub in Beaurepaire village: 445 Beaconsfield Boulevard Beaconsfield, QC H9W 4C2 All our games on Saturday are home at Westwood: 12pm Women v Brome 1.30pm Men 2 v Beaconsfield 2 3pm Men 1 v Beaconsfield 1 Please come out and support all our teams. After the games we will host Brome & Beaconsfield at Mckibbins, before heading to the Black Lion, our reservation is for 7pm. Rookies, you must dress as Super Heroes Veterans, you must dress as Villains. If you were to show up not wearing a costume, expect to be fined!
		April 9th Kelly-Anne Drummond Fundraiser Mckibbin’s West Island and the Montreal Barbarians Rugby Club invite you to an Afternoon of Songs & Laughs: Take IV “Celebrating the Spirit of Kelly-Anne” To raise funds for the Junior and Elite Athletes Of the Montreal Barbarians Rugby Club in memory of Kelly-Anne Drummond April 9th, 2011 from 2pm – 5.30pm 6361 Trans-Canada Hwy,Complexe Pointe-Claire,Pointe-Claire, QC H9R 5A5 Live entertainment ! Singer / Song writer Dave Moran Raffles, Auctions and Door Prizes! $20 ticket price includes: 1 free beverage, finger food and live entertainment Come Enjoy the Fun and Support our Aspiring Athletes
		April 16th The Barbs in Boston! The tour to Boston is now a go... We will be leaving Montreal Friday April 15th, late afternoon/early evening, returning Sunday April 17th. Please come to practice on Tuesdays or Thursdays for more information on deadlines and such. For the time-being, please start putting money aside! We will be requiring a deposit of $100 from those members wishing to come on the tour. The deposit guarantees your spot on the bus, and helps towards all the expenses. Again, for further information, please come to either Tuesday or Thursday practice. If you cannot make either of those practices, please talk to someone who does. See you at practice!
		February 3rd Indoor Training Indoor Training starts Feb 3rd at WIC, 7pm to 9.30pm. Bring a friend and get yourself into shape Upcoming Events We are holding onto Tuesdays at John Abbott, however this will not be paid for by the club. If you are interested, more information will be made available soon(such as when we start), however we will be askeing for money to cover the cost (not the $2 honour system we have used in the past though!), so be prepared. We are sending a men's team to the St. Jean tournament on Feb 26th, if you are interested, it'll cost you $10. There are limited spots left, so first come first served (unless you happen to be a prop, we need one or 2 more!) We are also sending at least 1 team to Truro this year again, this will be the weekend of March 11th - 13th Lastly, We are touring to Boston on April 16th, we will send a Women's side and as many men's sides as we can muster. More details will follow for all of these events, please come to practice in Feb where we will ensure you have all the info you need. If for whatever reason you cannot make it to training and want to participate in any of these events, this site, the facebook page will be updated, and for the particularly nosy, send an email to thebarbs@gmail.com and we will ensure you get the info See you at Indoor!
		November 13th Annual Awards Banquet We will be holding our Banquet on Saturday November 13th.... See you at the Brochetterie Alexandre(518, Duluth, corner Berri) at 6pm for dinner and the awards ceremony. Then we will be moving to Upstairs, right next to B-Sides(3614 St. Laurent). If you are not coming to dinner and plan to meet at the club, we are on the guest list as the Barbarians rugby club. See you all there!
		October 16th 2nd Annual Prom Dress Rugby We will be holding our 2nd Annual Prom Dress Rugby event at 3pm on October 16th. We are co-hosting the event with the Irish, and so this year the event will be held at their grounds in St. Julie. The good news is that there will be beer and a BBQ on-site, with the party to follow the game. We will be asking $5 a head to play, just to cover sundries, and even a real ref this year (no Alex Hart running about like a lunatic!). There will be scrummaging and lineouts, so, well, dress accordingly!! Remember, you can't wear the same dress twice!
		August 28th Neon Disco Night The next club social event will be held on Saturday August 28th. On this day, we have 2 home games Vs RCM, and the possibility of a women's game also. The theme is "Neon Disco". The night will end-up at Electric Avenue on Cresent (and 80's themed night club for those that don't know). After the rugby, we'll head to Mckibbins as is custom, we are trying to get Mckibbins to lay on their bus to give us a ride downtown to mckibbins on Bishops, leaving the west island at around 8pm, and then we will move across to Electric Avenue. Dress accordingly for such an occasion. Needless to say the title should help your choice of colours! We'll keep you up-to-date on the bus situation!
		July 31st Barbs at the Highland Games The Barbs have been invited by the organisers of the Highland games to play our games at the site of their festival. Please see the flyer below. Players will recieve a wristband so they don't have to pay the entrance fee of $10. All games will be played as scheduled: 12pm Women v St. Annes 1.30pm Men 2 v Brome Lake 2 3pm Men 1 v Brome Lake d We hope to see you all support both us and the Highland Games! http://www.montrealhighlandgames.qc.ca/ Flyer - Click Here
		July 24th Pool Party & Alumni Night!‏ July 24th we have a fulll home stand at Westwood Park! 12pm Women V Ormstown 1.30pm Men 2 V St. Lambert 2 3pm Men 1 V St. Lambert 1 We asking all members to come and support the girls at noon, and at 1.25pm, after the girls game, there will be a club photo under the posts. All members must be there or they will not be in the photo. Everyone will also be wearing a Barbs jersey for the photo. Since this will also be alumni night, we are asking for all members who know/are in contact with ex-players/members to please contact them and ask them to come watch the games and join us at the pool party (the event has been posted on the Alumni Facebook page). Once the games are finished, we will be moving to JohnG's place, for our annual Pool Party kicking off at 6pm. Directions upon request (please email thebarbs@gmail.com if you didn't recieve the email). For the princely sum of $20, there will be plenty of beer, wine and regular non-alcoholic drinks, along with a lamb roasting on a spit. Other food will also be available. The 40-foot pool will also be open. This is a "kid friendly" event, so you are all more than welcome to bring families (kids get in free!) We do ask that members please bring a cooler with some ice! See you all on the 24th!
		July 10th Rookie Night Cowboys and Rodeo Clowns The night is at Pj's Pub and continues at Spurs. Meet at 8pm at Pj's Pub on St. Jaques. Vets, Dress like a cowboy Rookies, Dress like a Rodeo Clown
		June 26th Barbarians at Mckibbins (6pm!) Come to Mckibbins dressed in Barbs gear! Anything Barbs related will do, playing jersey, t-shirt, hoodie... This is a fundraising event for the club, $2 at the door will get you a $4 bottle of beer, and entrance to a draw to win some stuff too. That $2 goes straight to the club. Please come and support your friendly neighbourhood rugby club! Bring friends, bring family, bring anyone! Come watch the girls beat-up on TMR at 3pm at Westwood before the bar! See you all there (those not present will be noted and names passed to Sundance!)
		May 8th Captain's Dinner The Captains dinner will be held at The Residence, on St. Jean. at 6.30pm on the 8th May. http://www.brasserielaresidence.com/ There will be a set menu, you will be able to choose your food, and the beer is cheap! We have 3 Home games, for the men, ParcO have switched, and the women will be playing the Irish at 1.30pm, so we will be having 3 games on the Turf Field in DDO. From there, we all go straight to the dinner!! All club members are to attend. See you there!
		May 1st Boston Tourists We have scheduled 2 men's games against the South Shore Anchors from Boston. This will be reciprocated by a return journey to Boston in 2011 to play them. The women have a preseason game against Laval. After these 3 games, ALL players will head over to Mckibbins for some food & refreshments ( we will try to strike a deal with mckibbins for this day). After that, we are all heading downtown to show the Boston guys how we party in Montreal! See you on the 1st!
		April 10th The Barbs Present - Sevens Rugby! We are proud to present a full contact sevens tournament to kick off the season! The details are: Saturday evening1, April 10th. There will be both a Mens and Womens Tournament. Right now, we don't know which clubs will be joining us), but for both Men and Women it will be a 3-team round-robin event, each team will get 2 games. This will all be held out in the Dome at the Saint Lazare Sports Complex, starting at 9pm. The only condition to play is that you are registered... Your 2009 registration will still be valid for this event. If you are interested, please contact your coach, for the women that would be Mo (maureen_macmahon@hotmail.com) and Jason for the men ( jjt001@hotmail.com ). Spots will go quick, only 10 players per team per weekend. Don't forget Indoor training has started, so you can get yourself into shape for these events, Sundays and WIC, 3 - 5pm, and Tuesdays for some pick-up hockey and touch rugby at John Abbott, 7.30pm start time. Our first 15-a-side games have been scheduled for May 1st... A club from Boston will be bringing 2 teams to Montreal. See you at practice!
		February 14th Indoor Training Starts! In a change to the normal indoor training sessions, this year they will be held on sundays at the West Island College gym, starting on February 14th. Junior players (U18) will have 2-3pm Senior players (18 and up) will have 3-5pm We still have the John Abbott gym on Tuesdays, starting on the 2nd February, at 8pm. We will split the gym in 2, have ball hockey for those that want the extra time to run about and have some fun, and the other half will be used as an extra practice/skill improvement time for newcomers to the game.
		December 17th Tournaments in early 2010 If you are interested in some early rugby in 2010, please read-on We are planning to send teams to Truro and to the St. Jean Tournament. St Jean is Saturday February 27th, and Truro is planned for March 12 - 14th. St. Jean is a 15-a-side tournament played indoors, 3 games of 18 minutes each. Costs to play will be only help to cover the entry fee, so the more of you there are, the cheaper it is to play. Truro is a slightly different beast. It's a 7's tournament in Truro Nova Scotia. Our Tour comittee is working out the details of how we will get up there and accommodations and such, needless to say, it's a good time with plenty of good stories. Both of these are open to ALL members, rookie/vet/young/old. The most you will require is to have been registered for 2009. If you are interested in either of these tournaments, please send an email to thebarbs@gmail.com. We would like to send both a mens and womens teams to both tournaments, so please sign up!
		December 4th 2009 AGM The Montreal Barbarians AGM has been set for Friday December 4th at the DDO Civic centre, at 6.30pm in room 006. All members of the Montreal Barbarians are required to attend. If we do not reach quorum, we will have to do this all again, which means you will simply get more spam. As per our constitution, if you wish to propose any changes to the Club Constitution (found on the website, on the "About the Barbs" page), please do so at least 10 days before the meeting, so all members can be notified of the proposition, and it will be discussed at the AGM. Please bring some non-perishable food items that we will then donate to a food bank.
		November 21st Now that the rugby pitches are being snowed-over, it's time to have our annual awards banquet, where we honour the best from this past season. Please join us at the Casa Greque on Prince Arthur street in downtown Montreal, where we shall be on November 21st. You should have recieved your ballot for the Terror of the Highlands awards, and the list of eligible entrants by email. To be eligible, you are either a paid-up social member, or have played some rugby this year and are in good standing with your dues. If you think you should be on the 'eligible' list but are not, please contact Pat Schmidt by October 27th. If you haven't recieved your ballot, please email thebarbs@gmail.com and we will ensre you get your copy. Please fill out your ballot to the best of your ablilty, and send it to both thebarbs@gmail.com and trevormark@gmx.net (be sure to send to both, or your ballot may not get properly counted). This must be done by Sunday November 1st, to allow time for the awards to be properly engraved and organised. Coaches awards for both Men and Women will also be handed out at the banquet, along with the TOTH awards. The sum of $30 will get you a full meal, and it's a BYOB, with an SAQ around the corner... Dress-up for the occasion!! Please RSVP for the Banquet by reply-all-ing to the invite email, or if you wish to write a new one, please ensure that both thebarbs@gmail.com and Angela Beauregard are recipients. With some luck, some of our clubmates should be able to get us on the guestlist for a club or 2 also! See you all on November 21st!
		October 24th Tournament in Tremblant We are GO for the tournament, details have changed a little, see below. This is open to all the men, young or old, any level, and we need about 17-18 bodies to get through the day.. 1:00pm MTRFC v Barbarians 2:00pm St Annes v Barbarians 3:00pm MTRFC v St Annes 20 minute halves 5 mins for half time. The guys from the Tremblant club have gotten us a deal for $40 per person for the night, including breakfast on the Sunday morning; at the Hotel Mont Tremblant (in the old village). Hotel Mont Tremblant If you are interested in staying, please contact Karine at the Hotel - either by phone or email – and be sure to mention that the booking is being made as Rugby Club rates. If you are interested in playing, please contact Jason (either jjt001@hotmail.com or call 450-424-0277) ASAP; we need to know if we have enough players before we can confirm.
		October 7th Comedy for a Cause Bourbon Street West are hosting a new series of their comedy nights, and on October 7th, The Montreal Barbarians are the cause! We have 250 tickets in our possession, that we will hand out to members at upcoming games and practices to sell for $10 each. The proceeds of which will all come back to the club. It all starts at 9pm to 11pm. and the headliner will be Kenny Robinson (from Just for Laughs and other TV shows). This is a great event for all members, their families and frends to attend, so please come and pick up some tickets and bring everyone out... This is a completely open event, so you may invite anyone. If you cannot make it to any of the upcoming games or practices, you can reserve tickets through Angela Beauregard (abeauregard4113@hotmail.com). The event is marked on the Club's Google calendar, and there will be a Facebook event. Thanks, and see you all at Bourbon on the 7th!
		October 10th
		Recent Barbs Events September 1st Practice is now at new times and a new location for the next 2 weeks, While we wait for the Ecole des Sources artificial field to be completed, we will be practicing at Westminster Park, just off St Johns at the following times: September 1st and 3rd, 7.30pm to 9pm September 8th and 10th, 9pm to 11pm Yes, it's late, but because the turf field is delayed, we need to pracice somewhere Here is a map of the location View Montreal Barbarians Grounds in a larger map
		August 15th Greetings Barbs, August 15th, there will be a lamb roasting on a spit, in the general vicinity of a pool, and many, many coolers full of ice and beer. The, what might become annual, Barbs pool party and lamb roast is coming next saturday. The event will be entirely kid-friendly, and the somewhat larger kids will be hanging around in the pool until the wee-hours! For those that remember last year, we all had a blast, and plan to do the same this year. The event begins in the afternoon, at John G's place. Further details, such as his address, will be handed out at practice (for rather obvious reasons, this event will not be advertised on Facebook!). Please come along to regular practices, or call the nearest Barb member if you can't make it to practice. We will send out a further email this week with details on start times, and JohnG's address for those that didn't get it, or write it down! See you then!
		July 25th Rookie Night Rookie Night is upon us once again, and this year promises to be a memorable event. We have quite a few rookies this year, so we will need lots of bodies to show up to help keep order! The night begins at 7:30pm at Mckibbins. The night ends at Bourbon West, early in the morning. The Masters At Arms will be enforcing a strict dress code as follows: Men Rookies : Fairy Princesses Women Rookies: Working Men (think construction worker!) Vets: Figures of Authority. Cristal Zavala and Adam Warnock, the Masters-at-Arms, are charged with ensuring this dress code is adhered to, and will have spare clothing on-hand for those that either do not follow the code, or are not up to their exacting standards. There will be lots of free drinks, along with plenty of games with punishments for those that lose.... There might also be punishments for those that win! The Masters at Arms may also deliver punishment for any questional behaviour.... Bring some cash for the taxi to Bourbon West, where we shall end the night, quite possibly with some Rookies on stage..... See you all on Saturday! P.s Rookies thinking they can get out of this.... Remember we know who you are!
		July 18th 2009 Hello Fellow Barbs, For those that haven't yet heard... Women 1st XV are playing in Quebec City, on the Plains of Abraham at 1:30pm. The men 1st XV are playing in 3-Rivers, which is conveniently, half-way to Quebec, at 3pm. The plan is simple... If you're playing, Women stick around, Men keep going up to Quebec, and those not playing, watch either game, and we all meet in Quebec City for a big blow-out in the evening! We have been able, with the awesome help of Angela, to book 15 rooms at the same hotel we were at last year. For $127 you get a suite that can comfortably sleep 4 people, with breakfast included! All you need to do, is call the Hotel and reserve a room for yourself(you'll need a credit card). Tell them you're with the Montreal Barbarians Rugby club, and presto! Quality Suites Quebec City 1600 rue Bouvier Quebec, QC, G2K 1N* T: 418-622-4244 Confirmation # 101941 I know it's short notice, but let's get this going and have an awesome weekend, some winning rugby and a party to top it all off! See you in Quebec City! The Barbs
		June 23rd 2009 May 9th 2009 Captains Dinner was May 9th at the DDO Civic Centre Check out the pictures on the Facebook page. You missed one hell of a party if you were't there!
		April 25th 2009 First games of the season this year at the turf field were played by both Men and Women. Men played an inter-squad game, women played Laval afterwards, with a good time had by all at McKibbins afterwards, lots of singing had by all. Thanks to the Laval girls for coming out!
		March 14th 2009 Afternoon of Songs & Laughs: Take II “Celebrating the Spirit of Kelly-Anne” Thank you to everyone who came out on March 14th for an afternoon of Songs & Laughs: Take II “Celebrating the Spirit of Kelly-Anne”. A total of $2100.00 was raised in support of the Montreal Barbarians Rugby Club in memory of Kelly-Anne Drummond. A specail thank you goes out to McKibbin's Irish Pub in the West Island who hosted the event as well as our entertainers: Singer / Song writer Dave Moran Comedians Mike Paterson & Tim Rabnett perform as the DANDlyons
		February 1st 2009 Super Bowl Chili Fundraiser On Feb 1 the first fundraising event for the club was held at Sundance's place. Everyone gathered to watch the SuperBowl (with the US feed which included the US commercials!) and dine on 3 variations of the Chilli (special thanks to our chef Felix). In addition to the beer and Chili sales a Half-and-Half was held.
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