Cowtown Rugby Tournament 2007
Hosted by the Fort Worth Rugby Club
October 6, 2007
Gateway Park, Fort Worth, Texas - map

The date and venue are set! October 6, 2007 at Gateway Park. Full details regarding registration, divisions, participants, the pub crawl, and everything else about the 21st Annual Cowtown Rugby Tournament will be available here.

Tournament Director & Committee

Tournament Director: Jon Kohn, 817-681-7131 -

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Latest Information

Pub Crawl - Downtown - Saturday
Printer-friendly - 2007 Cowtown Rugby Tournament Pub Crawl Flyer.

Division, Brackets, and Schedules

Each team is guaranteed three, forty-minute games.

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About Gateway Park Gateway Park is The City of Fort Worth’s new state-of-the-art athletic facility. It features three flood-lit, RealGrassTM synthetic pitches, wireless electronic scoreboards, covered bleachers and other amenities. The City’s guidelines for use of this multi-million dollar facility are strictly enforced. The city of Fort Worth and the Fort Worth Rugby Club appreciate your patience in respecting the following rules and guidelines: No food or beverages (other than water) are allowed inside the playing enclosures. There is a large concourse area between the pitches that is the designated food and beverage pavilion (see map below). Please inform all players and supporters about these restrictions and don’t abuse the City’s field monitors for politely telling you to throw away your food and beverage as you near the fields – they are only doing their jobs. No aluminum studs are allowed on the fields. Molded cleats are preferred but rubber screw-in cleats are acceptable. Any type of standard, cleated athletic shoes are safe for play in all weather. Other important information about Gateway Park: Bleacher seating is limited for fans and the entire park is completely paved. Spectators will be given seating preference for the bleachers and will be asked to watch matches from the near sides of the field. No tents will be allowed to be set-up inside the park perimeter. If your team plans on bringing one, it will have to be set-up in the wooded areas to the east of the fields and the main parking lot. The Fort Worth Rugby Club has permission to set up a limited number of tents inside the facility. These tents can be rented by any participant for $50.

Sunday - Free Coaching & Referee Session - Sponsored by STRR

Featuring A-panel referee Kevin McCaslin.

On Sunday, October 7, the Society of Texas Rugby Referees (STRR, www.strr.net) will sponsor a field session on Laws/Refereeing from 9am-1pm at Gateway Park. 

STRR is bringing in Kevin McCaslin to help coach and evaluate the refs on Saturday at the tournament, followed by the field session on Sunday.

An announcement and the latest information is posted on the STRR website.

The STRR would like to invite all club coaches and team captains to attend the Sunday session, where one of USA Rugby's top referee trainers will be working with our referees on practical applications of the Law. This will be an outdoor, informal session on the field. The session will cover for each set piece and all loose phases (Tackle, Ruck, Maul) the key things referees should be looking at and how they communicate with players and captains.

For more information contact Greg Puklicz, STRR North Scheduler.

Pub Crawl

The Pub Crawl is back! Last year the Cowtown Tournament experimented with scheduling the rugby finals after dark. This year the finals will be complete before 7:00 pm so all participants have a chance to make the crawl.

This year’s crawl will start at 8:00 PM and end after 2:00 AM, featuring specials on Rahr and Sons beer – the official beer of the Fort Worth Rugby Club – at locations throughout downtown. A pub crawl schedule will be included in your tournament information packets. (No over-turned billiards tables this year, please!)

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Hotel Information

The following hotels are only a few miles from the pitch. The pitches are two miles from downtown - an easy drive straight down I-30. The event hosts recommend staying in downtown Fort Worth where theatres, resturaunts, bars, etc. are all within easy walking distance. Go to www.sundancesquare.com for more info. The historic Stockyards are also a quick taxi ride down Main Street should anyone want to take in the country scene. You can visit www.fortworthstockyards.org for more info.

Quality Inn and Suites - a budget hotel near the pitch and a mile from downtown.
2425 Scott Avenue
Fort Worth, TX 76103
Phone: (817) 535-2591
Rate: 59.99

This a budget hotel located immediately behind the Best Western at I-30 & Beach St.
The Quality Inn is only a mile from the pitch and downtown.

Embassy Suites - located in downtown Fort Worth.
Location: 600 Commerce Street
Fort Worth, TX 76102
Phone: 817-332-6900
Rate: call

This is a good option for those wishing to enjoy the pub crawl with an easy walk back to the hotel.

Weather

Weather.com lists average highs for Fort Worth at 76 degrees and overnight average lows at 60 degrees in mid-October.  This is a beautiful time in Fort Worth, with typically bright blue skies, lots of sun, and cool breezes.

More Questions?

Cowtown Tournament Director

Jon Kohn
817-681-7131

Cowtown Tournament Commitee

Map to Gateway Park

Map of the hotels, downtown, and the sports complex.  A map specifically for the post-tournament party will be available on Saturday at the tournament. 

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Gateway Park

Registration And Payment

$325 Registration fee

To register and pay with a check, use this registration form and mail payment to:
    Fort Worth Rugby Club
    P.O. Box 471069
    Fort Worth, TX 76147-1069

For specific requests or questions, or contact the tournament director.

Online Registration And Payment