(rev. 2/8/2016- 12:15)
Tentative
Division for US Women's 7s
4-1997 to 2002, when announcement made - that due to US - Jamie Scott working on RWC with Olympics in sight - 6-2003 to 10/9/09, acceptance of sevens into Olympics
9-2010 to 2015 (maybe maybe maybe if time) - Women's World Series and BOTH men and women qualify in NC
-- Note to self: I show the possibility of the following events, notes and questions follow:
03-02. 2003 Fiji Sevens. Have picture, roster, results including scores and individuals. Need one extra pic. --
03-02. 2003 Whangarei (NZ) Sevens. Have picture, roster, most results as above; need both scores vs. North Harbour. --
03-03. 2003 Hong Kong Sevens. Picture, roster, results including scores and individuals. --
04-03. 2004 Hong Kong Sevens. Picture, roster, most results, no individual scoring.
05-03. 2005 Hong Kong Sevens. Picture, roster, all results including individual scoring.
05-11. 2005 NAWIRA Sevens (Barbados). Picture, don't have roster except from pic, game scores from Wikipedia, no indiv.
06-02. 2006 Los Angeles Sevens. PIcture, rosters, all results including individual scoring.
06-03. 2006 Hong Kong Sevens. I have nothing a picture, roster minus one (tallest), no results --
06-11. 2006 NAWIRA Sevens. US Developmental Sevens. Probably NA...
06-12. 2006 Dubai (DNP as US). NA
See here for all Dubai Women's tournaments:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai_Women's_Sevens#Dubai_Tournament_2006
07-02. 2007 San Diego Sevens. Did this take place? Details?
07-03. 2007 Hong Kong Sevens.
07-11. 2007 NAWIRA Sevens.
07-12. 2007 Dubai Sevens. No results on Wikipedia.
08-02. 2008 San Diego. Have a picture, -- nothing else --
08-03. 2008 Hong Kong - Champions! have info to include - pics, etc. not sure I have entire roster
08-05. 2008 Amsterdam - have a picture (not sure of one person) have a roster ... have game results
08-??. 2008 Bahamas Qualifiers - need to look for pix I have, etc. --
08-12. 2008 Dubai. -- Were we there? I have nothing ... --
09-02. 2009 San Diego. Did it take place? Details?
09-03. 2009 Dubai (RWC7s).
09-03. 2009 Hong Kong.
09-03. 2009 what else this year?
START NEXT CHAPTER
09- whatever in Nov. or December
-- What was there in 2010, 2011, and 2012 prior to the Women's World Series of Sevens? --
<- todo, 2/4:
-- 2003: a couple more pictures, and a little writeup, find original picture of Sinkler in Fiji paper --
-- 2003 Whangarei - find actual results, little writeups on games, a couple more pix? --
-- 2003 Hong Kong 2003 - brief writeup a couple of pictures ...
-- 2004 & 2005 Hong Kong - ditto --
-- 2005 after HK: NAWIRA 7 in Barbados --
-- 2007
-- get data for 2006, 07, 08, 09 & find announcement of Olympic's selection of 7s --
Chris Ryan was the tour manager and assistant coach in Fiji and New Zealand. I was the head coach, for both tours; Beet McKinnon the physio in Fiji and New Zealand and Doc Sue Bercuk the physio and chiropractor in Hong Kong. Program Director Al Caravelli assisted with the coaching chores in Hong Kong.
2003-02 Fiji 7s program.jpg
There is nothing better for a sevens person than a "working" trip to Fiji, This tournament, and the two that followed, are documented in USA Women Sevens to Fiji 2003. The US women were in the newspapers every day they were there, every day were recognized on the streets of Suva and the village where they stayed, and were the guests of Ambassador David Lyons at the US Embassy.
The Fiji trip is documented here, with lots of pictures: US Women to Fiji (Lomaiviti Sevens), February 2003
2003-0208 US@Fiji 7s Champions.jpg
USA Eagle Women Win Lomaiviti Sevens in Fiji, February 8, 2003
Top, L to R: Jen Sinkler, Lindsay Davison, Ashley Farmer, Lyn Wissmiller, Jo Anne Ward, Dana Creager, Jess Hammond
Bottom, L to R: Laura McDonald, Liz Reed, Katrinka Blunt, Pam Kosanke
( - brief comments; picture in Fiji paper, e.g. Sinkler on tabloid - can I find original? -?)
The format of the Lomaiviti Sevens was made up to accommodate our presence, and took place as a side event during one of the BP Oil Series. The BP Oil series is the Fiji domestic equivalent of the IRB World Sevens Series (2016: the IRB is now World Rugby and the World Sevens Series at the time was a men-only series): it is held over 11 weeks in December through March and points are assigned based on each week’s results. The Lomaiviti Sevens is Leg 6 of the 11-leg series. We were to play 3 games, against a club side, and two select sides. With the expectation that we'd win all 3, the final game would be the US against the Fiji national team, selected from the best players in the other Fiji sides there that day.
US 40 Nukuvutu 0. This was an easy win. No individual scores per game are recorded.
US 0 Touchdown (Fiji national Touch team) 7. This loss shocked the US women, as what they saw as cruising easily through the tournament had become just the opposite. The interesting thing about this game was that, at least at the time, we were told the best women athletes in Fiji were playing touch, rather than tackle, rugby. They didn't have a lot of experience with contact, but they clearly were capable of it - witness their shutout; though we had very little ball, they did tackle us when we had it. The game was a complete defensive battle. Touchdown kept the ball away from us for most of the game, and although our defense was superb, we were rarely on attack.
US 14 Teivovo 0. Teivovo is an invitational side that was put together for the day; one of its players was Tiffany Capdeville, an All-American from Chico State then living in Fiji. Our performance was, honestly, mediocre.
US 21 Fiji 0. The Fiji side for this game was, in theory, selected from all the other Fijian teams in the tournament, but 8 of the 10 (as I recall from a distance of 24 years) had played in the Touchdown game that we had lost. In our preparations for the game vs. Fiji (we had been transformed into underdogs), Chris Ryan asked the team what the purpose of defense was. After several answers, like "stop the opponent from scoring," etc., he reminded everyone that the purpose of the defense was to get the ball back.
The team decided to focus on forcing turnovers in the test match vs. Fiji. This strategy paid off and the Eagles’ stifling defense never allowed Fiji room to breathe. The game was played entirely within the Fiji half and resulted in a “never in doubt” victory.
When I - Emil Signes - had been in Fiji for the first time, with the US men at the 1993 Fiji Sevens, our liaison was Jone Ratu of the village of Rukurukulevu. The team visited the village - in fact we actually got to visit Jone's house - met his wife and children - and partook in a kava ceremony and sitting there on the floor cross-legged, listened for a couple hours to the village choir singing Fijian hymns.
I asked Jone if he'd be our liaison for this trip and he said yes. As a benefit of having Jone with us, we got to visit Rukurukulevu and duplicate much of the men Eagles' experience. Everyone had a wonderful experience.
It was a tough life: from here we were on to New Zealand.
2003-0213 est USW in Whangarei paper-900w.jpg
Eagles at Whangarei Mayoral Reception with Northland Rugby CEO
L to R: Liz Reed, Jess Hammond, Pam Kosanke, Dana Creager, Liz Reed, Katrinka Blunt, Tim Hamilton (Northland Rugby CEO), Lindsay Davison, Lyn Wissmiller, Jo Ward, Jen Sinkler, Laura McDonald
The US women always try to get in a couple of cultural events during competitive tours. We arrived in Auckland during America's Cup Fever (the Cup started during our visit), and stopped by the New Zealand boat during our visit to the harbor. Later we got to visit the Maori community of Waitangi, the birthplace of New Zealand. This is where Europeans and Maori signed the famous treaty that bears the town’s name and is generally considered to be the founding document of New Zealand as a nation. Our visit to Waitangi included a competitive game of touch rugby against the Waitangi men’s team. We were welcomed, and spent the night, at the Te Tii Marae in Waitangi, where our sleeping place was a large room with 13 mattresses spread on the floor. We also got to visit the larger, ceremonial Marae there. The Whangarei Sevens started the next afternoon.
The NZ trip is chronicled here - US Women Sevens to NZ February 2003 -, with lots of pictures (not to miss: our tour to the Kawakawa toilets, winner of the prestigious "Golden Plunger" award).
US Results at
2003 Whangarei Sevens (W5 L1 T1)
US 33 Glenfield (Auckland) 0.
US 41 Ohaeawai 0.
US tie Aotearoa Maori. I vaguely remember this game as 12-12, but the report shows no scores, other than "a last-second conversion attempt could have won the game." ... and most likely have put us into the stadium for the final.
US 5 Aotearoa Maori B 12. The US women have always had just as much trouble with the New Zealand (in this case, Aotearoa Maori) 2nd sides as with their first. And no wonder, because - those that remember the Black Ferns teams of the era will know their names - in this tournament playing for the "B" team were Cheryl Waaka (a finalist for "World Player of the Year") and Vanessa Cootes (who had scored 5 tries vs. the US in the 1998 (15s) World Cup final).
This loss put the US out of the championship game, and they finished with 2 wins over North Harbour (NZ province) to take 3rd place.
US win North Harbour. -- are the scores of these 2 games find-able? --
US win North Harbour. I have not been able to find the scores of these two games.
The combined results for the Fiji - New Zealand tour was a W-L record of 8-2-1 including the draw with the current Hong Kong champions (Aotearoa Maori) and a victory over the Fiji national team.
Individual Scoring, US at Whangarei Sevens
2003-03 Eagle Women at HKG-1200w & Osito.jpg
US 40 Fiji 0.
US 0 New Zealand 22.
US 0 England 5. This was the game the US really needed to win, to avoid New Zealand in the semifinal.
US 29 Hong Kong 0.
US 7 New Zealand 17 (semifinal). It was a decent performance and an improvement on the first game, but close losses to New Zealand get tiring after a while.
US 7 Kazakhstan 14 (3rd place match). In a third-place game the US didn't really want to play, we allowed Kazkhstan two first-minute tries before coming back, but ultimately failed in a 7-14 loss.
2004-03 USW at HK Banquet-1400w.jpg
Eagles at 2004 Hong Kong Women's Sevens Banquet
Standing, L to R: Pat Neder, Al Caravelli, Courtney Warner, Stephanie Bruce, Diane Schnapp, Emil Signes, Christine Franz
Seated, L to R: Meredith Whalen, Val Griffeth, Alison Price, Lynelle Kugler, Christy Ringgenberg, Erina Queen
In neither 2004 nor 2005 could we find competitions such as those in which we were able to participate in previous years, and it showed in our results.
US Results at 2004
Hong Kong Sevens (W5 L2)
US 35 Japan 0.
US 29 Sri Lanka 0.
US 57 Singapore 0. I found no game descriptions nor individual scoring records.
The problem with this easy pool was that the US was never tested, whereas the other three contenders - Australia, New Zealand and Kazakhstan, were all in the same pool and each had two tough matches on day 1.
US 0 Australia 17 (pool 2). Australia scored two outside tries when the US defensive line didn't get to the outside attacker quickly enough, and one when the US was trying to play out of its own end.
US 0 Kazakhstan 5 (pool 2). The US threw away two scoring opportunities in the first half, then couldn't respond after Kazakhstan took a 5-0 lead. This dropped the US into the 5th place match.
US 70 Singapore 0 (5th place). It was hard not to score.
2005-03 USW at Hong Kong 7s-1600w.jpg
US Women at 2005 Hong Kong Sevens
Standing, L to R: Sue Bercuk, Physio & Chiropractor, Jules McCoy (Asst. Coach), Ines Rodriguez, Pam Kosanke, Suzanna Barth, Jen Sinkler, Erina Queen (captain), Emil Signes (Coach)
Kneeling, L to R: Christy Ringgenberg,
Dana Creager, Jo Ward, Daniela Mogro, Alison Price,
Chris Ryan (Manager)
Emil Signes was Head Coach, Julie McCoy the Assistant Coach, Chris Ryan was Manager, and Sue Bercuk the Physio and Chiropractor. The players were
Suzanna Barth, Harlequin Olde Girls (CO)
Dana Creager, Northern Virginia
Pam Kosanke, Chicago North Shore
Daniela Mogro, New York
Alison Price, Kansas City Jazz
Erina Queen, Emerald City Mudhens
Christy Ringgenberg, U. Minnesota
Ines Rodriguez, Keystone (PA)
Jen Sinkler, (MN) Valkyries
Jo Anne Ward, Beantown
2005-03 HK poster w Meredith.jpg
Poster for Hong Kong Women's Sevens Features Meredith Whalen
Unfortunately Meredith tore her ACL at practice a couple of weeks before the tournament.
US Results at 2005
Hong Kong Sevens (W3 L2)
US 7 New Zealand 12. The US
shut out New Zealand for nearly 10 minutes, and a Pam
Kosanke try converted by Ines Rodriguez produced a 7-0
lead. Two late second-half tries sadly sealed the US'
fate.
US 47 Singapore 0. Christy Ringgenberg led the US with four tries. Jen Sinkler, captain Erina Queen and Daniela Mogra also had tries and Rodriguez converted 5 of the.
US 38 Hong Kong 0. Ringgenberg had 3 tries, Rodriguez two, and Jo Anne Ward one. Kosanke made three conversions and Rodriguez one.
US 5 Australia 10 (Semifinal). The US scored first when Jen Sinkler weaved her way through half the Aussie team to take a 5-0 lead. The US kickoff, though, went past the dead ball line and Australia scored on the ensuing free kick. A second half Australia try started at a penalty kick, and then - on the last play of the game, the US was called for a forward pass 3 yards from the Australia goal. It was noted that in the past two years, Australia had scored five tries against the US - all of them (!) on penalty or free kicks.
US 31 Japan 7 (3rd place). Although disappointed in not being able to play for the championship in front of 40,000 people in the stadium during the men's Rugby World Cup Sevens, the US polished off Japan for third. Jen Sinkler had a hat trick, Kosanke and Rodriguez add one try each, and Rodriguez added 3 conversions.
New Zealand won the tournament.
2005-1119 USW in Barbados.jpg
US Women at NAWIRA Sevens, Barbados (Nov. 2005)
Top, L to R: Mark Santiago (Coach), Kate Turpin, Christy Ringgenberg, Phaidra Knight, Alison Price, Tyshawn Henry, Julie McCoy (Head Coach)
Bottom UNKNOWN, Jo Anne Ward, Lynelle Kugler, Laura Cabrera, Teena Mastrangelo, UNKNOWN, Chris Ryan (coach)
(-- US Women Win - any descriptions of games - brief summary, which Eagles scored? --)
US 36 Trinidad and Tobago 0.
US 46 St. Lucia 0.
US 38 Guyana 0.
US 38 St. Vincent 0.
US 52 Barbados 0.
US 40 Jamaica 5.
(-- I assume these were all Pool matches and then the 6-0 team won? -check- --)
Exhibition Match at end: US 29 West Indies 0.
Foot in the Door. With the advent of the official IRB Sevens Series, and especially the USA Sevens in Los Angeles, the US women's community, spearheaded by newly appointed coach Julie McCoy, and with the cooperation of USA Rugby and USA Sevens, was able to get a foot in the door of this event. The women were able to secure a slot - last game Saturday - for the US and Canada to play at the Home Depot Center Stadium in the presence of people that had come to watch the USA Sevens.
The format was a four-team tournament (US-A and US-B; Canada and Young Canada). They played a round-robin at UCLA's well-manicured field. There were 10 games in the tournament, which was played to a championship. That night, the US and Canada women faced off in an exhibition match following the last men's game.
2006-02-USA A in LA 06.jpg
US-A at Los Angeles Sevens 2006
Top, L to R: Ellie Karvoski (manager), Julie McCoy (coach), Alison Price, Sarah Chobot, Kate Turpin, Tyshawn Henry, Chris Ryan (coach)
Bottom, L to R: Laura Cabrera, Courtney Warner, Daniela Mogro, Jo Anne Ward, Christy Ringgenberg, Teena Mastrangelo
2006-02 US-B at LA7s-1400w.jpg
US-B at Los Angeles Sevens 2006
Top, L to R: Emil Signes (coach), Chad Wamsley (manager), Annie Antar, Stephanie Bruce, Melissa McKibben, Janay Lake, Jenna Flateman, Mark Santiago (coach)
Bottom, L to R: Suzanna Barth, Jacki LImberg, Laura McDonald, Amy Daniels, Beth Black, Kelly White
US-A. Julie McCoy and Chris Ryan were the coaches, and Ellie Karvoski the manager; the players were
Laura Cabrera, Berkeley
Sarah Chabot, (MN) Valkyries
Tyshawn Henry, New York
Teena Mastrangelo, Chicago North Shore
Daniela Mogro, New York
Alison Price, New York
Christy Ringgenberg, (MN) Valkyries
Kate Turpin, (MN) Valkyries
Jo Anne Ward (capt), Beantown
Courtney Warner, Berkeley
US-B. Emil Signes and Mark Santiago were the coaches, and Chad Wamsley the manager; the players were
Annie Antar, Atlanta Harlequins
Suzanna Barth, Colorado Olde Girls
Beth Black, NOVA (Northern Virginia)
Stephanie Bruce (capt), Berkeley
Amy Daniels, Beantown
Jenna Flateman, New York
Jackie Limberg, Chicago North Shore
Janay Lake, Albuquerque Atomic Sisters
Laura McDonald, At Large
Melissa McKibben, Kansas City Jazz
Kelly White, Belmont Shore
(A team 4-1; B
team 2-2-1)
ROUND ROBIN
US-A 19 Young Canada 7. US-A tries by Tyshawn Henry, Christy Ringgenberg, and Teena Mastrangelo. 2 conversions by Jo Anne Ward.
US-B 12 Canada 12. US-B tries by Laura McDonald and Stephanie Bruce, conversion by Bruce.
US-A 14 US-B 7. US-A tries by Christy Ringgenberg and Alison Price, conversions by Ward. US-B try by Amy Daniels, conversion by Stephanie Bruce. We were all in this together, of course, but I will admit that as coach of the US-B team, we were working hard for a win, in this game as well as the semifinal.
Canada defeated Young Canada.
US-B 12 Young Canada 5. US-B tries by Amy Daniels and Stephanie Bruce, conversion by Bruce.
US-A 10 Canada 12. US-A tries by Laura Cabrera and Jo Anne Ward.
SEMIFINALS
US-A 5 US-B 0. Try by Christy Ringgenberg. Great effort by both teams!
Canada over Young Canada.
3RD PLACE
US-B 19 Young Canada 0. Tries by Janay Lake, Laura McDonald and Suzanna Barth. Conversions by Stephanie Bruce.
FINAL
US-A 5 Canada 0. Try by Christy Ringgenberg.
STADIUM EXHIBITION
US 10 Canada 0. This, the last game of the evening following Day 1 of the men's World Series of Sevens, was played in the stadium and started at 7:08 PM. As all games of the day, it was a defensive struggle. Christy Ringgenberg, the tournament's leading scorer, scored both tries.
The crowd that stayed - mostly US fans - enjoyed the game and the results.
And - once again - the US kept pushing the envelope for women's international sevens participation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America_and_Caribbean_Women's_Sevens_Championship
-- note to self: example of how to go to specific spot: --
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America_and_Caribbean_Women's_Sevens_Championship#Special_Exhibition_Match
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2006-03 USW with staff-HK.jpg
US Women in Hong Kong, March 2006
Top, Sadeana Green (manager), Mark Santiago (Coach), Julie McCoy (Head Coach), Lynelle Kugler, Pam Kosanke, Tina Nesberg, Teena Mastrangelo, Chris Ryan (Coach), Beet McKinnon (physio)
Bottom: Daniela Mogro, Christy Ringgenberg, Alison Price, Dana Creager, Jo Anne Ward, Laura Cabrera
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2007-03 USW at HK.jpg
US Women at Hong Kong 2007
Top: Seadana Green (manager), Julie McCoy (Head Coach), Yancy Graf, Alison Price, Ellie Karvoski, Phaidra Knight, Beet McKinnon (physio), Chris Ryan (coach)
Bottom: Amy Daniels, Christy Ringgenberg, Teena Mastrangelo, Ines Rodriguez, Jen Starkey, Jo Anne Ward
-- PICTURE AND ROSTER --
-- DUBAI SEVENS December 1-2, 2007 --
2008-02 USW at
San Diego.jpg
US Women at the San Diego Sevens, February 2008
Top: Drew Fautley, Tyshawn Henry, Kelly White, Ellie Karvoski, Alison Price, Kitt Wagner, Amy Daniels, Amy Daniels, Julie McCoy (Head Coach), Lo Stender (trainer)
Bottom: Sadeana Green (manager), Teena Mastrangelo, Pam Kosanke, Jenn Starkey, Christy Ringgenberg, Jo Anne Ward, Sadeana Green
-- Based on the above picture, there was a women's event here, but I have no information about it --
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam_Women's_Sevens#2008
The staff was Julie McCoy (Head Coach), Chris Ryan (Coach), Drew Fautley (Coach), Sadeana Green, Michael Moses (Physio), and the players were -- ( -- here's where I got the list --): ( http://scrumhalfconnection.com/2008/05/09/amsterdam-7s-tournament-may-17-18-2008/)
Stacy Bennett (NOVA)
Tyshawn Henry (New York)
Ellie Karvoski (Little Rock)
Phaidra Knight (New York)
Teena Mastrangelo (Chicago North Shore)
Melissa McKibben (Kansas City Jazz)
Ines Rodriguez (Keystone)
Christy Ringgenberg (Minnesota Valkyries)
Jenn Starkey (NOVA)
Lindsey Stephenson (Orlando)
JoAnne Ward (Albany)
Jess Watkins (Stanford)
US Women Results at 2008
Amsterdam Sevens (W6 L1)
Day 1: pool games
US 64 Czech Republic 0.
US 49 Susies Valkyries 0.
US 78 OA Airlines Economy Class 0.
Day 2: Cup pool
US 44 Corsolettes 0.
US 24 Brazil Gold 0.
US 33 Wooden Spoon 0.
US 5 Samurai St. George 14 (Cup SF).
Day 1
US 45 Bermuda 0.
US 52 Trinidad & Tobago 0.
US 45 Guyana 0.
Day 2
US 67 Cayman Islands 0 (Quarterfinal).
US 59 Guyana 0 (Semifinal).
US 14 Canada 19 (Sudden-death Overtime).
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--- notes only: 2006 Dubai - virtual US team took part as Little Rock.
In 2006 at NAWIRA "Developmental" team participated in Barbados
In 2007 at NAWIRA "Developmental" team participated in Nassau
USA did not participate in NACRA from 2009 through 2014:
NACRA 7s in Mexico City in 2009 and Georgetown, Guyana in 2010 but US didn't participate
In 2011 the USA South participated in Barbados;
In 2012 US didn't participate in Ottawa (Canada won total pts of 284-0 / 6 games)
2013 US DNP in Guyana / 2014 US DNP in Mexico City / --
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US Women at San Diego 7s 2009
-- I have no information about this event --
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Note 2015 NACRA was Olympic Qualifier in Cary, NC, June 13-14, 2015 at WakeMed Soccer Park
2015 NACRA tournament:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_NACRA_Women's_Sevens_Championships
(-- Canada had already qualified - how? World Series? --)
June 13
US 45 Jamaica 0.
US 74 Barbados 0.
US 50 Cayman Islands 0.
June 14
US 59 Bahamas 0 (QF).
US 53 Jamaica 5 (SF).
US 88 Mexico 0 (Final).
(-- MISC: from Hong Kong programs sent to via FB by Ruth Mitchell ... will obviously need more --)
-- for a later chapter: --
2011 Hong Kong
The Head Coach was Ric Suggitt, the Manager Kellie Cavalier, and the players were
Beth Black
Ryan Carlyle
Katie Dowty
Victoria Folayan
CJ Hildreth
Lauren Hoeck
Pam Kosanke
Nathalie Marchino
Vanesha McGee
Deven Owsiani
2012 Hong Kong Sevens
The Head Coach was Ric Suggitt, the manager Jo Anne Ward Kos, the physio Nicole Titmas, and the players were
Beth Black
Amy Daniels
Katie Dowty
Victoria Folayan
Irene Gardner
Lauren Hoeck
Christina Mastrangelo
Devin <spelling?> Owsiany
Vanesha McGee
Jane Paar
Jillion Potter
Kimber Rozier
4-1997 to 2002, when announcement made - that due to US - Jamie Scott working on RWC with Olympics in sight - 6-2003 to 10/9/09, acceptance of sevens into Olympics
9-2010 to 2015 (maybe maybe maybe if time) - Women's World Series and BOTH men and women qualify in NC
-- Note to self: I show the possibility of the following events, notes and questions follow:
03-02. 2003 Fiji Sevens. Have picture, roster, results including scores and individuals. Need one extra pic. --
03-02. 2003 Whangarei (NZ) Sevens. Have picture, roster, most results as above; need both scores vs. North Harbour. --
03-03. 2003 Hong Kong Sevens. Picture, roster, results including scores and individuals. --
04-03. 2004 Hong Kong Sevens. Picture, roster, most results, no individual scoring.
05-03. 2005 Hong Kong Sevens. Picture, roster, all results including individual scoring.
05-11. 2005 NAWIRA Sevens (Barbados). Picture, don't have roster except from pic, game scores from Wikipedia, no indiv.
06-02. 2006 Los Angeles Sevens. PIcture, rosters, all results including individual scoring.
06-03. 2006 Hong Kong Sevens. I have nothing a picture, roster minus one (tallest), no results --
06-11. 2006 NAWIRA Sevens. US Developmental Sevens. Probably NA...
06-12. 2006 Dubai (DNP as US). NA
See here for all Dubai Women's tournaments:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai_Women's_Sevens#Dubai_Tournament_2006
07-02. 2007 San Diego Sevens. Did this take place? Details?
07-03. 2007 Hong Kong Sevens.
07-11. 2007 NAWIRA Sevens.
07-12. 2007 Dubai Sevens. No results on Wikipedia.
08-02. 2008 San Diego. Have a picture, -- nothing else --
08-03. 2008 Hong Kong - Champions! have info to include - pics, etc. not sure I have entire roster
08-05. 2008 Amsterdam - have a picture (not sure of one person) have a roster ... have game results
08-??. 2008 Bahamas Qualifiers - need to look for pix I have, etc. --
08-12. 2008 Dubai. -- Were we there? I have nothing ... --
09-02. 2009 San Diego. Did it take place? Details?
09-03. 2009 Dubai (RWC7s).
09-03. 2009 Hong Kong.
09-03. 2009 what else this year?
START NEXT CHAPTER
09- whatever in Nov. or December
-- What was there in 2010, 2011, and 2012 prior to the Women's World Series of Sevens? --
<- todo, 2/4:
-- 2003: a couple more pictures, and a little writeup, find original picture of Sinkler in Fiji paper --
-- 2003 Whangarei - find actual results, little writeups on games, a couple more pix? --
-- 2003 Hong Kong 2003 - brief writeup a couple of pictures ...
-- 2004 & 2005 Hong Kong - ditto --
-- 2005 after HK: NAWIRA 7 in Barbados --
-- 2007
-- get data for 2006, 07, 08, 09 & find announcement of Olympic's selection of 7s --
2003. A Season of Sevens: Fiji, New Zealand, Hong Kong
Following an intense 3-day camp in Fort Lauderdale on January 17-19, 15 players participated in the Lomaiviti Sevens in Fiji, the Whangarei Sevens in New Zealand, and the Hong Kong women’s sevens. They wereEagle Women Sevens Players: Fiji, New
Zealand, & Hong Kong 2003
| Player |
Age |
Club |
Fiji |
NZ |
HK |
| Katrinka Blunt |
26 |
Bay Area She
Hawks |
x |
x |
x |
| Dana Creager |
29 |
NOVA |
x |
x |
|
| Lindsay Davison |
27 |
Beantown |
x |
x |
x |
| Ashley Farmer |
21 |
West Chester U |
x |
x |
x |
| Val Griffeth |
21 |
Vassar College |
x |
||
| Jess Hammond |
30 |
New Orleans |
x |
x |
|
| Pam Kosanke |
25 |
Chicago North
Shore |
x |
x |
x |
| Tasha Maninno |
26 |
Atlanta |
x |
||
| Laura McDonald |
23 |
San Antonio |
x |
x |
|
| Erina Queen |
32 |
Emerald City
Mudhens |
x |
||
| Liz Reed |
27 |
St. Louis |
x |
x |
|
| Lisa Rowe |
31 |
Maryland
Stingers |
x |
||
| Jen Sinkler |
24 |
(MN) Valkyries |
x |
x |
x |
| Jo Ward |
24 |
Beantown |
x |
x |
x |
| Lyn Wissmiller |
27 |
Chicago North
Shore |
x |
x |
Chris Ryan was the tour manager and assistant coach in Fiji and New Zealand. I was the head coach, for both tours; Beet McKinnon the physio in Fiji and New Zealand and Doc Sue Bercuk the physio and chiropractor in Hong Kong. Program Director Al Caravelli assisted with the coaching chores in Hong Kong.
Eagle Women at Lomaiviti Sevens, Fiji, February 8, 2003
2003-02 Fiji 7s program.jpg
There is nothing better for a sevens person than a "working" trip to Fiji, This tournament, and the two that followed, are documented in USA Women Sevens to Fiji 2003. The US women were in the newspapers every day they were there, every day were recognized on the streets of Suva and the village where they stayed, and were the guests of Ambassador David Lyons at the US Embassy.
The Fiji trip is documented here, with lots of pictures: US Women to Fiji (Lomaiviti Sevens), February 2003
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USA Eagle Women Win Lomaiviti Sevens in Fiji, February 8, 2003
Top, L to R: Jen Sinkler, Lindsay Davison, Ashley Farmer, Lyn Wissmiller, Jo Anne Ward, Dana Creager, Jess Hammond
Bottom, L to R: Laura McDonald, Liz Reed, Katrinka Blunt, Pam Kosanke
( - brief comments; picture in Fiji paper, e.g. Sinkler on tabloid - can I find original? -?)
US Results at 2003 at Fiji (Lomaiviti) Sevens
This tour was organized through the good offices of Jeremy Duxbury, publisher of Teivovo Magazine, not only Fiji's rugby magazine, but also the largest circulation magazine in Fiji.The format of the Lomaiviti Sevens was made up to accommodate our presence, and took place as a side event during one of the BP Oil Series. The BP Oil series is the Fiji domestic equivalent of the IRB World Sevens Series (2016: the IRB is now World Rugby and the World Sevens Series at the time was a men-only series): it is held over 11 weeks in December through March and points are assigned based on each week’s results. The Lomaiviti Sevens is Leg 6 of the 11-leg series. We were to play 3 games, against a club side, and two select sides. With the expectation that we'd win all 3, the final game would be the US against the Fiji national team, selected from the best players in the other Fiji sides there that day.
US 40 Nukuvutu 0. This was an easy win. No individual scores per game are recorded.
US 0 Touchdown (Fiji national Touch team) 7. This loss shocked the US women, as what they saw as cruising easily through the tournament had become just the opposite. The interesting thing about this game was that, at least at the time, we were told the best women athletes in Fiji were playing touch, rather than tackle, rugby. They didn't have a lot of experience with contact, but they clearly were capable of it - witness their shutout; though we had very little ball, they did tackle us when we had it. The game was a complete defensive battle. Touchdown kept the ball away from us for most of the game, and although our defense was superb, we were rarely on attack.
US 14 Teivovo 0. Teivovo is an invitational side that was put together for the day; one of its players was Tiffany Capdeville, an All-American from Chico State then living in Fiji. Our performance was, honestly, mediocre.
US 21 Fiji 0. The Fiji side for this game was, in theory, selected from all the other Fijian teams in the tournament, but 8 of the 10 (as I recall from a distance of 24 years) had played in the Touchdown game that we had lost. In our preparations for the game vs. Fiji (we had been transformed into underdogs), Chris Ryan asked the team what the purpose of defense was. After several answers, like "stop the opponent from scoring," etc., he reminded everyone that the purpose of the defense was to get the ball back.
The team decided to focus on forcing turnovers in the test match vs. Fiji. This strategy paid off and the Eagles’ stifling defense never allowed Fiji room to breathe. The game was played entirely within the Fiji half and resulted in a “never in doubt” victory.
Individual
Scoring, 2003 Fiji (Lomaiviti) Sevens
| Player |
Tries |
Conv |
Pts |
| Pam
Kosanke |
2 |
9 |
28 |
| Jen
Sinkler |
3 |
0 |
15 |
| Jo Ward |
2 |
1 |
12 |
| Ashley
Farmer |
2 |
0 |
10 |
| Katrinka
Blunt |
1 |
0 |
5 |
| Liz Reed |
1 |
0 |
5 |
| Total |
11 |
10 |
75 |
| Opponents |
1 |
1 |
7 |
When I - Emil Signes - had been in Fiji for the first time, with the US men at the 1993 Fiji Sevens, our liaison was Jone Ratu of the village of Rukurukulevu. The team visited the village - in fact we actually got to visit Jone's house - met his wife and children - and partook in a kava ceremony and sitting there on the floor cross-legged, listened for a couple hours to the village choir singing Fijian hymns.
I asked Jone if he'd be our liaison for this trip and he said yes. As a benefit of having Jone with us, we got to visit Rukurukulevu and duplicate much of the men Eagles' experience. Everyone had a wonderful experience.
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Team shares Yaqona (AKA kava, grog) at our host Jone Ratu's house
Team shares Yaqona (AKA kava, grog) at our host Jone Ratu's house
It was a tough life: from here we were on to New Zealand.
Eagle Women at Whangarei Sevens February 14-15, 2003
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Eagles at Whangarei Mayoral Reception with Northland Rugby CEO
L to R: Liz Reed, Jess Hammond, Pam Kosanke, Dana Creager, Liz Reed, Katrinka Blunt, Tim Hamilton (Northland Rugby CEO), Lindsay Davison, Lyn Wissmiller, Jo Ward, Jen Sinkler, Laura McDonald
The US women always try to get in a couple of cultural events during competitive tours. We arrived in Auckland during America's Cup Fever (the Cup started during our visit), and stopped by the New Zealand boat during our visit to the harbor. Later we got to visit the Maori community of Waitangi, the birthplace of New Zealand. This is where Europeans and Maori signed the famous treaty that bears the town’s name and is generally considered to be the founding document of New Zealand as a nation. Our visit to Waitangi included a competitive game of touch rugby against the Waitangi men’s team. We were welcomed, and spent the night, at the Te Tii Marae in Waitangi, where our sleeping place was a large room with 13 mattresses spread on the floor. We also got to visit the larger, ceremonial Marae there. The Whangarei Sevens started the next afternoon.
The NZ trip is chronicled here - US Women Sevens to NZ February 2003 -, with lots of pictures (not to miss: our tour to the Kawakawa toilets, winner of the prestigious "Golden Plunger" award).
US Results at
2003 Whangarei Sevens (W5 L1 T1)
Most of these are not
commented at all in the original report; those comments that
follow are the little that I wrote at the time. My
comment at the time was "the Eagles 7s team waltzed through
its 3 Friday games ...
US 33 Glenfield (Auckland) 0.
US 41 Ohaeawai 0.
US tie Aotearoa Maori. I vaguely remember this game as 12-12, but the report shows no scores, other than "a last-second conversion attempt could have won the game." ... and most likely have put us into the stadium for the final.
US 5 Aotearoa Maori B 12. The US women have always had just as much trouble with the New Zealand (in this case, Aotearoa Maori) 2nd sides as with their first. And no wonder, because - those that remember the Black Ferns teams of the era will know their names - in this tournament playing for the "B" team were Cheryl Waaka (a finalist for "World Player of the Year") and Vanessa Cootes (who had scored 5 tries vs. the US in the 1998 (15s) World Cup final).
This loss put the US out of the championship game, and they finished with 2 wins over North Harbour (NZ province) to take 3rd place.
US win North Harbour. -- are the scores of these 2 games find-able? --
US win North Harbour. I have not been able to find the scores of these two games.
The combined results for the Fiji - New Zealand tour was a W-L record of 8-2-1 including the draw with the current Hong Kong champions (Aotearoa Maori) and a victory over the Fiji national team.
Individual Scoring, US at Whangarei Sevens
| Player |
Tries |
Conv |
Pts |
| Pam
Kosanke |
3 |
12 |
39 |
| Jen
Sinkler |
7 |
0 |
35 |
| Jo Ward |
3 |
4 |
23 |
| Lindsay
Davison |
4 |
0 |
20 |
| Dana
Creager |
3 |
0 |
15 |
| Ashley
Farmer |
3 |
0 |
15 |
| Liz Reed |
3 |
0 |
15 |
| Katrinka
Blunt |
1 |
0 |
5 |
| Laura
McDonald |
1 |
0 |
5 |
| Lyn
Wissmiller |
1 |
0 |
5 |
| Total |
29 |
16 |
177 |
| Opponents |
6 |
4 |
38 |
Eagle Women at Hong Kong Sevens March 27-28, 2003
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US Eagle
Women at 2003 Hong Kong Sevens
Standing, L
to R: Emil Signes, Al Caravelli, Pam Kosanke, Jo Ward,
Katrinka Blunt, Ashley Farmer, Erina Queen, Sue Bercuk,
Chris Ryan
Kneeling, L to R: Nicole (our liaison), Jen Sinkler, Lisa Rowe, Lindsay Davison, Tasha Mannino, Val Griffeth
Sitting: Osito
Kneeling, L to R: Nicole (our liaison), Jen Sinkler, Lisa Rowe, Lindsay Davison, Tasha Mannino, Val Griffeth
Sitting: Osito
Injuries.
From beginning to end, Hong Kong was
more problematic, and ultimately
less successful, than either Fiji or
New Zealand. Even
before we began the journey,
Meredith Whalen tore her Achilles
tendon at a team camp in
Pennsylvania. Then
at a scrimmage against Berkeley,
Katrinka Blunt dislocated her
shoulder (although it popped back in
and she was able to play – albeit in
pain), and Val Griffeth tore her ACL
(although it was not diagnosed as an
ACL tear until after the tournament
and she actually got a few minutes
play in and scored a try.)
SARS
and the attack on Iraq. On top
of these and other injuries (Jen Sinkler and
Ashley Farmer were still recovering from
patellar tendonitis, and in Hong Kong Joanne
Ward was to turn her head quickly in a
discussion and find her neck suddenly
stiffen [this was an especially hard-working
tour for Doc Sue!]), there was SARS and
there was war in Iraq. We
were scheduled to leave on Friday March 22,
and doubts about the trip were surfacing
everywhere.
France, Italy and Argentina dropped
out of the (men’s) Hong Kong Sevens, and
Japan out of the women’s tournament. New
Zealand said they weren’t sure they were
going.
The IRB and the Hong Kong tournament
began putting out daily reports as to the
tournament’s status. Al
Caravelli
stayed in touch with the tournament, the
State Department, and made nightly calls at
11:30 PM to speak to the US Consul in Hong
Kong.
We followed the daily updates of the
World Health Organization, and, still
uncertain, decided to alter our travel
plans: we would meet in San Francisco for
two days and defer our final decision till
Monday morning.
Following the scrimmage with
Berkeley (a great experience except for the injuries), and
a long players-only meeting to discuss the pros and cons
of the trip, a consensus decision was reached: we would
go. Both
SARS and Iraq were issues.
The war had begun two days before we gathered and
security against terrorism as well as disease was high on
everyone’s mind. Virtually simultaneously the IRB
announced that the tournament would proceed.
And so it goes.
US Results at 2003 Hong Kong Sevens (W2 L4)
New Zealand played under the auspices of Aotearoa Maori and was called "Aotearoa Maori New Zealand" ... (Aotearoa in Maori means "Land of the Long White Cloud" and is equivalent to "New Zealand.")US 40 Fiji 0.
US 0 New Zealand 22.
US 0 England 5. This was the game the US really needed to win, to avoid New Zealand in the semifinal.
US 29 Hong Kong 0.
US 7 New Zealand 17 (semifinal). It was a decent performance and an improvement on the first game, but close losses to New Zealand get tiring after a while.
US 7 Kazakhstan 14 (3rd place match). In a third-place game the US didn't really want to play, we allowed Kazkhstan two first-minute tries before coming back, but ultimately failed in a 7-14 loss.
US
Individual Scoring Results, Hong Kong 2004
| Player |
Tries |
Conv |
Points |
| Pam
Kosanke |
2 |
8 |
26 |
| Lisa Rowe |
5 |
0 |
25 |
| Katrinka
Blunt |
2 |
0 |
10 |
| Val
Griffeth |
1 |
0 |
5 |
| Erina
Queen |
1 |
0 |
5 |
| Jen
Sinkler |
1 |
0 |
5 |
| Total |
12 |
8 |
76 |
| Opponents |
10 |
4 |
58 |
Eagle Women at Hong Kong Sevens March ¿25-26?, 2004
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Eagles at 2004 Hong Kong Women's Sevens Banquet
Standing, L to R: Pat Neder, Al Caravelli, Courtney Warner, Stephanie Bruce, Diane Schnapp, Emil Signes, Christine Franz
Seated, L to R: Meredith Whalen, Val Griffeth, Alison Price, Lynelle Kugler, Christy Ringgenberg, Erina Queen
Eagle
Women Roster, 2004 Hong Kong Sevens
| Name |
Club |
Home Town |
Age yrs |
Ht ft'in |
Wt lbs |
| Stephanie Bruce |
Brown Univ |
Summit, NJ |
22 |
5'7 |
140 |
| Val Griffeth |
Vassar College |
Westfield, NJ |
22 |
5'8 |
140 |
| Lynelle Kugler |
U. Northern
Colorado |
New Raymer, CO |
22 |
5'7 |
155 |
| Pat Neder |
Atlanta
Harlequins |
Waukesha, WI |
37 |
5'4 |
140 |
| Alison Price |
Kansas City
Jazz |
Lander, WY |
26 |
5'8 |
140 |
| Erina Queen |
Emerald City
Mudhens |
Denver, CO |
33 |
5'10 |
145 |
| Christy
Ringgenberg |
U. Minnesota |
Madison, WI |
21 |
5'7 |
140 |
| Diane Schnapp |
Berkeley All
Blues |
San Francisco,
CA |
35 |
5'6 |
140 |
| Courtney Warner |
Emerald City
Mudhens |
Derry, ID |
24 |
5'4 |
145 |
| Meredith Whalen |
New York |
Grand Rapids,
MI |
25 |
5'3 |
135 |
In neither 2004 nor 2005 could we find competitions such as those in which we were able to participate in previous years, and it showed in our results.
US Results at 2004
Hong Kong Sevens (W5 L2)
US 35 Japan 0. US 29 Sri Lanka 0.
US 57 Singapore 0. I found no game descriptions nor individual scoring records.
The problem with this easy pool was that the US was never tested, whereas the other three contenders - Australia, New Zealand and Kazakhstan, were all in the same pool and each had two tough matches on day 1.
US 0 Australia 17 (pool 2). Australia scored two outside tries when the US defensive line didn't get to the outside attacker quickly enough, and one when the US was trying to play out of its own end.
US 0 Kazakhstan 5 (pool 2). The US threw away two scoring opportunities in the first half, then couldn't respond after Kazakhstan took a 5-0 lead. This dropped the US into the 5th place match.
US 70 Singapore 0 (5th place). It was hard not to score.
Eagle Women at Hong Kong Sevens ¿- March 26-27 -?, 2005
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US Women at 2005 Hong Kong Sevens
Standing, L to R: Sue Bercuk, Physio & Chiropractor, Jules McCoy (Asst. Coach), Ines Rodriguez, Pam Kosanke, Suzanna Barth, Jen Sinkler, Erina Queen (captain), Emil Signes (Coach)
Emil Signes was Head Coach, Julie McCoy the Assistant Coach, Chris Ryan was Manager, and Sue Bercuk the Physio and Chiropractor. The players were
Suzanna Barth, Harlequin Olde Girls (CO)
Dana Creager, Northern Virginia
Pam Kosanke, Chicago North Shore
Daniela Mogro, New York
Alison Price, Kansas City Jazz
Erina Queen, Emerald City Mudhens
Christy Ringgenberg, U. Minnesota
Ines Rodriguez, Keystone (PA)
Jen Sinkler, (MN) Valkyries
Jo Anne Ward, Beantown
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Poster for Hong Kong Women's Sevens Features Meredith Whalen
Unfortunately Meredith tore her ACL at practice a couple of weeks before the tournament.
US Results at 2005
Hong Kong Sevens (W3 L2)
US 7 New Zealand 12. The US
shut out New Zealand for nearly 10 minutes, and a Pam
Kosanke try converted by Ines Rodriguez produced a 7-0
lead. Two late second-half tries sadly sealed the US'
fate.US 47 Singapore 0. Christy Ringgenberg led the US with four tries. Jen Sinkler, captain Erina Queen and Daniela Mogra also had tries and Rodriguez converted 5 of the.
US 38 Hong Kong 0. Ringgenberg had 3 tries, Rodriguez two, and Jo Anne Ward one. Kosanke made three conversions and Rodriguez one.
US 5 Australia 10 (Semifinal). The US scored first when Jen Sinkler weaved her way through half the Aussie team to take a 5-0 lead. The US kickoff, though, went past the dead ball line and Australia scored on the ensuing free kick. A second half Australia try started at a penalty kick, and then - on the last play of the game, the US was called for a forward pass 3 yards from the Australia goal. It was noted that in the past two years, Australia had scored five tries against the US - all of them (!) on penalty or free kicks.
US 31 Japan 7 (3rd place). Although disappointed in not being able to play for the championship in front of 40,000 people in the stadium during the men's Rugby World Cup Sevens, the US polished off Japan for third. Jen Sinkler had a hat trick, Kosanke and Rodriguez add one try each, and Rodriguez added 3 conversions.
US Individual
Scoring Results, 2005 Hong Kong Sevens
| Player |
tries |
conv |
pts |
| Christy
Ringgenberg |
7 |
0 |
35 |
| Ines
Rodriguez |
3 |
10 |
35 |
| Jen
Sinkler |
5 |
0 |
25 |
| Pam
Kosanke |
2 |
4 |
18 |
| Daniela
Mogro |
1 |
0 |
5 |
| Erina
Queen |
1 |
0 |
5 |
| Jo Ward |
1 |
0 |
5 |
| Total |
20 |
14 |
128 |
| Opponents |
5 |
2 |
29 |
New Zealand won the tournament.
US Women at NAWIRA Sevens - at Garrison Savanah, Barbados November 19-20, 2005
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US Women at NAWIRA Sevens, Barbados (Nov. 2005)
Top, L to R: Mark Santiago (Coach), Kate Turpin, Christy Ringgenberg, Phaidra Knight, Alison Price, Tyshawn Henry, Julie McCoy (Head Coach)
Bottom UNKNOWN, Jo Anne Ward, Lynelle Kugler, Laura Cabrera, Teena Mastrangelo, UNKNOWN, Chris Ryan (coach)
(-- US Women Win - any descriptions of games - brief summary, which Eagles scored? --)
US 36 Trinidad and Tobago 0.
US 46 St. Lucia 0.
US 38 Guyana 0.
US 38 St. Vincent 0.
US 52 Barbados 0.
US 40 Jamaica 5.
(-- I assume these were all Pool matches and then the 6-0 team won? -check- --)
Exhibition Match at end: US 29 West Indies 0.
US at LA Women's Invitational 7s (February 10, 2006)
Foot in the Door. With the advent of the official IRB Sevens Series, and especially the USA Sevens in Los Angeles, the US women's community, spearheaded by newly appointed coach Julie McCoy, and with the cooperation of USA Rugby and USA Sevens, was able to get a foot in the door of this event. The women were able to secure a slot - last game Saturday - for the US and Canada to play at the Home Depot Center Stadium in the presence of people that had come to watch the USA Sevens.
The format was a four-team tournament (US-A and US-B; Canada and Young Canada). They played a round-robin at UCLA's well-manicured field. There were 10 games in the tournament, which was played to a championship. That night, the US and Canada women faced off in an exhibition match following the last men's game.
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US-A at Los Angeles Sevens 2006
Top, L to R: Ellie Karvoski (manager), Julie McCoy (coach), Alison Price, Sarah Chobot, Kate Turpin, Tyshawn Henry, Chris Ryan (coach)
Bottom, L to R: Laura Cabrera, Courtney Warner, Daniela Mogro, Jo Anne Ward, Christy Ringgenberg, Teena Mastrangelo
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US-B at Los Angeles Sevens 2006
Top, L to R: Emil Signes (coach), Chad Wamsley (manager), Annie Antar, Stephanie Bruce, Melissa McKibben, Janay Lake, Jenna Flateman, Mark Santiago (coach)
Bottom, L to R: Suzanna Barth, Jacki LImberg, Laura McDonald, Amy Daniels, Beth Black, Kelly White
US-A. Julie McCoy and Chris Ryan were the coaches, and Ellie Karvoski the manager; the players were
Laura Cabrera, Berkeley
Sarah Chabot, (MN) Valkyries
Tyshawn Henry, New York
Teena Mastrangelo, Chicago North Shore
Daniela Mogro, New York
Alison Price, New York
Christy Ringgenberg, (MN) Valkyries
Kate Turpin, (MN) Valkyries
Jo Anne Ward (capt), Beantown
Courtney Warner, Berkeley
US-B. Emil Signes and Mark Santiago were the coaches, and Chad Wamsley the manager; the players were
Annie Antar, Atlanta Harlequins
Suzanna Barth, Colorado Olde Girls
Beth Black, NOVA (Northern Virginia)
Stephanie Bruce (capt), Berkeley
Amy Daniels, Beantown
Jenna Flateman, New York
Jackie Limberg, Chicago North Shore
Janay Lake, Albuquerque Atomic Sisters
Laura McDonald, At Large
Melissa McKibben, Kansas City Jazz
Kelly White, Belmont Shore
US Results at 2006 LA Women's Invitational 7s
(A team 4-1; B
team 2-2-1)
ROUND ROBIN US-A 19 Young Canada 7. US-A tries by Tyshawn Henry, Christy Ringgenberg, and Teena Mastrangelo. 2 conversions by Jo Anne Ward.
US-B 12 Canada 12. US-B tries by Laura McDonald and Stephanie Bruce, conversion by Bruce.
US-A 14 US-B 7. US-A tries by Christy Ringgenberg and Alison Price, conversions by Ward. US-B try by Amy Daniels, conversion by Stephanie Bruce. We were all in this together, of course, but I will admit that as coach of the US-B team, we were working hard for a win, in this game as well as the semifinal.
Canada defeated Young Canada.
US-B 12 Young Canada 5. US-B tries by Amy Daniels and Stephanie Bruce, conversion by Bruce.
US-A 10 Canada 12. US-A tries by Laura Cabrera and Jo Anne Ward.
SEMIFINALS
US-A 5 US-B 0. Try by Christy Ringgenberg. Great effort by both teams!
Canada over Young Canada.
3RD PLACE
US-B 19 Young Canada 0. Tries by Janay Lake, Laura McDonald and Suzanna Barth. Conversions by Stephanie Bruce.
FINAL
US-A 5 Canada 0. Try by Christy Ringgenberg.
STADIUM EXHIBITION
US 10 Canada 0. This, the last game of the evening following Day 1 of the men's World Series of Sevens, was played in the stadium and started at 7:08 PM. As all games of the day, it was a defensive struggle. Christy Ringgenberg, the tournament's leading scorer, scored both tries.
The crowd that stayed - mostly US fans - enjoyed the game and the results.
And - once again - the US kept pushing the envelope for women's international sevens participation.
US at Hong Kong Women's Sevens (dates, 2006)
... Jules was the coach through the RWC qualification in 2009 ... ) --https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America_and_Caribbean_Women's_Sevens_Championship
-- note to self: example of how to go to specific spot: --
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America_and_Caribbean_Women's_Sevens_Championship#Special_Exhibition_Match
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US Women at Hong Kong Sevens (dates, 2006)
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US Women in Hong Kong, March 2006
Top, Sadeana Green (manager), Mark Santiago (Coach), Julie McCoy (Head Coach), Lynelle Kugler, Pam Kosanke, Tina Nesberg, Teena Mastrangelo, Chris Ryan (Coach), Beet McKinnon (physio)
Bottom: Daniela Mogro, Christy Ringgenberg, Alison Price, Dana Creager, Jo Anne Ward, Laura Cabrera
Julie McCoy
was Head Coach, Chris Ryan Coach, Mark Santiago Coach,
Sadeana Green was Manager, Beet McKinnon physio, and the
players were
Laura Cabrera -- clubs for all --
Dana Creager
Pam Kosanke
Lynelle Kugler
Teena Mastrangelo
Daniela Mogro
Tina Nesberg
Alison Price
Christy Ringgenberg
Jo Anne Ward
Laura Cabrera -- clubs for all --
Dana Creager
Pam Kosanke
Lynelle Kugler
Teena Mastrangelo
Daniela Mogro
Tina Nesberg
Alison Price
Christy Ringgenberg
Jo Anne Ward
US Results at 2006 Hong Kong Women's Sevens
-- DON'T HAVE RESULTS --________________
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US Women at
San Diego 7s 2007
Was there a women's event here?
I have no information about it
______________________________
Was there a women's event here?
I have no information about it
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US Women at Hong Kong Sevens (-- DATES --, 2007)
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US Women at Hong Kong 2007
Top: Seadana Green (manager), Julie McCoy (Head Coach), Yancy Graf, Alison Price, Ellie Karvoski, Phaidra Knight, Beet McKinnon (physio), Chris Ryan (coach)
Bottom: Amy Daniels, Christy Ringgenberg, Teena Mastrangelo, Ines Rodriguez, Jen Starkey, Jo Anne Ward
Julie McCoy
was the Head Coach, Chris Ryan Coach, Beet McKinnon
physio, Sadeana Green manager, and the players were
Amy Daniels, -- ¿club? --
Yancy Graf, -- ¿club? --
Ellie Karvoski, -- ¿club? --
Phaidra Knight, -- ¿club? --
Teena Mastrangelo, Chicago North Shore
Alison Price,-- ¿club? --
Christy Ringgenberg, -- ¿club? --
Ines Rodriguez,-- ¿club? --
Jen Sinkler, -- ¿club? --
Jo Anne Ward, -- ¿club? --
Amy Daniels, -- ¿club? --
Yancy Graf, -- ¿club? --
Ellie Karvoski, -- ¿club? --
Phaidra Knight, -- ¿club? --
Teena Mastrangelo, Chicago North Shore
Alison Price,-- ¿club? --
Christy Ringgenberg, -- ¿club? --
Ines Rodriguez,-- ¿club? --
Jen Sinkler, -- ¿club? --
Jo Anne Ward, -- ¿club? --
-- PICTURE AND ROSTER --
US Results at 2007 Hong Kong Sevens
-- RESULTS ---- DUBAI SEVENS December 1-2, 2007 --
--- Did we participate? As US? If so, need
everything - pictures, roster, scores, etc ...
---
-- The
Dubai website (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai_Women's_Sevens#Dubai_Tournament_2007)
says the Canada and the US had teams, but "there were no
international matches" ... -- If we
went as the US, we should include! --
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US Women at San Diego 7s (-Dates-, 2008)
US Women at the San Diego Sevens, February 2008
Top: Drew Fautley, Tyshawn Henry, Kelly White, Ellie Karvoski, Alison Price, Kitt Wagner, Amy Daniels, Amy Daniels, Julie McCoy (Head Coach), Lo Stender (trainer)
Bottom: Sadeana Green (manager), Teena Mastrangelo, Pam Kosanke, Jenn Starkey, Christy Ringgenberg, Jo Anne Ward, Sadeana Green
-- Based on the above picture, there was a women's event here, but I have no information about it --
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US Women at Hong Kong Sevens (-- dates --, 2008)
2008-03 HK
champions.jpg
US Women - Champions at Hong Kong!
Top: Drew Fautley (Coach), Julie McCoy (Head Coach), Jen
Starkey, Kelly White, Alison Price, Amy Daniels, Ines
Rodriguez, Tyshawn Henry, Michael Moses (Physio), Chris
Ryan (Coach)
Bottom: Ellie Karvoski, Pam Kosanke, Christy
Ringgenberg, Teena Mastrangelo, Sadeana Green
The Head Coach was
Julie McCoy, with Assistants Chris Ryan and Drew
Fautley, the Manager Sadeana Green, the physio Michael
Moses, and Program Administrator Christine Franz.
The players were
Amy Daniels, -- ¿club? --
Tyshawn Henry, -- ¿club? --
Ellie Karvoski, -- ¿club? --
Pamela Kosanke, -- ¿club? --
Teena Mastrangelo, -- ¿club? --
Alison Price, -- ¿club? --
Christy Ringgenberg (captain), -- ¿club? --
Ines Rodriguez, -- ¿club? --
Jennifer Starkey, -- ¿club? --
Kelly White, -- ¿club? --
Amy Daniels, -- ¿club? --
Tyshawn Henry, -- ¿club? --
Ellie Karvoski, -- ¿club? --
Pamela Kosanke, -- ¿club? --
Teena Mastrangelo, -- ¿club? --
Alison Price, -- ¿club? --
Christy Ringgenberg (captain), -- ¿club? --
Ines Rodriguez, -- ¿club? --
Jennifer Starkey, -- ¿club? --
Kelly White, -- ¿club? --
US Women Results at 2008 Hong Kong Sevens
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US Women at Amsterdam Sevens May 17-18, 2008
2008-05 USW@US
Consulate-Amsterdam.jpg
Eagle Women at US Consulate in Amsterdam May 2008
Very Back: Drew Fautley, Michael Moses, Lindsey Stephenson, Jenn Starkey
Back: Christy Ringgenberg, US Consul, Julie McCoy, Chris Ryan, Ines Rodriguez, Phaidra Knight, Jessica Watkins
Front: Jo Anne Ward, Teena Mastrangelo, Stacy Bennett, Ellie Karvoski, Melissa McKibben, Sadeana Green
Eagle Women at US Consulate in Amsterdam May 2008
Very Back: Drew Fautley, Michael Moses, Lindsey Stephenson, Jenn Starkey
Back: Christy Ringgenberg, US Consul, Julie McCoy, Chris Ryan, Ines Rodriguez, Phaidra Knight, Jessica Watkins
Front: Jo Anne Ward, Teena Mastrangelo, Stacy Bennett, Ellie Karvoski, Melissa McKibben, Sadeana Green
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam_Women's_Sevens#2008
The staff was Julie McCoy (Head Coach), Chris Ryan (Coach), Drew Fautley (Coach), Sadeana Green, Michael Moses (Physio), and the players were -- ( -- here's where I got the list --): ( http://scrumhalfconnection.com/2008/05/09/amsterdam-7s-tournament-may-17-18-2008/)
Stacy Bennett (NOVA)
Tyshawn Henry (New York)
Ellie Karvoski (Little Rock)
Phaidra Knight (New York)
Teena Mastrangelo (Chicago North Shore)
Melissa McKibben (Kansas City Jazz)
Ines Rodriguez (Keystone)
Christy Ringgenberg (Minnesota Valkyries)
Jenn Starkey (NOVA)
Lindsey Stephenson (Orlando)
JoAnne Ward (Albany)
Jess Watkins (Stanford)
Stacy Bennett
(NOVA), Tyshawn Henry (New York), Ellie Karvoski (Little
Rock), Phaidra Knight (New York), Teena Mastrangelo (Chicago
North Shore), Melissa McKibben (Kansas City Jazz), Ines
Rodriguez (Keystone), Christy Ringgenberg (Minnesota
Valkyries), Jenn Starkey (NOVA), Lindsey Stephenson
(Orlando), JoAnne Ward (Albany) & Jess Watkins
(Stanford) - See more at:
http://scrumhalfconnection.com/2008/05/09/amsterdam-7s-tournament-may-17-18-2008/#sthash.Il2G6SaX.dpuf
US Women Results at 2008
Amsterdam Sevens (W6 L1)
The results below were
from wikidpedia.com.
US 64 Czech Republic 0.
US 49 Susies Valkyries 0.
US 78 OA Airlines Economy Class 0.
Day 2: Cup pool
US 44 Corsolettes 0.
US 24 Brazil Gold 0.
US 33 Wooden Spoon 0.
US 5 Samurai St. George 14 (Cup SF).
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US Women at NAWIRA Sevens (World Cup Qualifier) (Nassau, Bahamas, October 25-26, 2008)
Day 1
US 45 Bermuda 0.
US 52 Trinidad & Tobago 0.
US 45 Guyana 0.
Day 2
US 67 Cayman Islands 0 (Quarterfinal).
US 59 Guyana 0 (Semifinal).
US 14 Canada 19 (Sudden-death Overtime).
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--- notes only: 2006 Dubai - virtual US team took part as Little Rock.
In 2006 at NAWIRA "Developmental" team participated in Barbados
In 2007 at NAWIRA "Developmental" team participated in Nassau
USA did not participate in NACRA from 2009 through 2014:
NACRA 7s in Mexico City in 2009 and Georgetown, Guyana in 2010 but US didn't participate
In 2011 the USA South participated in Barbados;
In 2012 US didn't participate in Ottawa (Canada won total pts of 284-0 / 6 games)
2013 US DNP in Guyana / 2014 US DNP in Mexico City / --
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US Women at San Diego 7s 2009
-- I have no information about this event --
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US Women at Rugby World Cup Sevens (March 5-7, 2009)
US Women Results Rugby
World Cup Sevens 2009 Mar 5 to Mar 7 2009 in Dubai (Wx,
Ly):
--- END THIS CHAPTER POSSIBLY BEFORE THE
BAHAMAS QUALIFIERS AND MOVE INTO A SEPARATE CHAPTER WITH
THE BOYS ---
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US Women at Hong Kong Sevens (-- dates --, 2009)
US Women Results at 2009 Hong Kong Sevens
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-- ¿¿Any other events that we participated
in before October 9, 2009?? --
Note 2015 NACRA was Olympic Qualifier in Cary, NC, June 13-14, 2015 at WakeMed Soccer Park
2015 NACRA tournament:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_NACRA_Women's_Sevens_Championships
(-- Canada had already qualified - how? World Series? --)
June 13
US 45 Jamaica 0.
US 74 Barbados 0.
US 50 Cayman Islands 0.
June 14
US 59 Bahamas 0 (QF).
US 53 Jamaica 5 (SF).
US 88 Mexico 0 (Final).
-- END after this tournament!! continue in next chapter --
(-- MISC: from Hong Kong programs sent to via FB by Ruth Mitchell ... will obviously need more --)
-- for a later chapter: --
2011 Hong Kong
The Head Coach was Ric Suggitt, the Manager Kellie Cavalier, and the players were
Beth Black
Ryan Carlyle
Katie Dowty
Victoria Folayan
CJ Hildreth
Lauren Hoeck
Pam Kosanke
Nathalie Marchino
Vanesha McGee
Deven Owsiani
2012 Hong Kong Sevens
The Head Coach was Ric Suggitt, the manager Jo Anne Ward Kos, the physio Nicole Titmas, and the players were
Beth Black
Amy Daniels
Katie Dowty
Victoria Folayan
Irene Gardner
Lauren Hoeck
Christina Mastrangelo
Devin <spelling?> Owsiany
Vanesha McGee
Jane Paar
Jillion Potter
Kimber Rozier