June 14, 2013: Atlantis 1-2 in 1986 Virginia
Beach Sevens
(Atlantis tournament #3)
Emil Signes
JUNE 14, 2013 (rev. July
16, 2013)
June 14, 2013: I'm writing
this in
2013 as only a brief writeup in Rugby Magazine exists on
paper from that event, and the only
digital image I have is from a collage put together a few years ago. This is the only
tournament this year at which I
wasn't the only staff member; I was the coach and
Bob Davis was the manager, earning him Atlantis staff member
#2.
July 13, 2013: I found notes today including positions played
and some scores and scoring, included below.
Top Left: Cut off
// 2nd top: Scott Stephens,
center, Terrence Titus right, behind in blue Scott
Walker, referee Ed Browder
3rd top: Gary Lambert running touch
Top
right: Paul Sheehy with ball being chased by
Mark Gaetjen, Dan
Morrison & Scott Walker (in back, blue),
Chris Petrakes and JR Robbins (back, yellow)
Bottom Left: Mark Daniels with ball chased by Terrence Titus,
L, and Chris Albrittain,
R; in background Jim Montaine
Bottom
middle: Will Brewington
Bottom right: Dan Morrison with
ball, Chris Petrakes
ready to tackle; in back Paul Sheehy and
Carter Mann
June 14, 1986.
Atlantis had its first-ever 1-2
finish at the Virginia Beach Sevens. I have no game
results, but I do have the squads and a collage
from the weekend's play.
Players' teams are the sevens clubs each represented; if different, 15s clubs
are in parentheses.
Following the roster list
is a collage of action from the
tournament, followed by the Rugby article.
Note that the reason I am able to
list DNP (did not play) in these early tournaments is
that until approximately 1990 no substitutions were
allowed except for injury (i.e. no tactical subs).
Atlantis I, wearing yellow Cherry Point jerseys, runners-up:
26 Mark Daniels, Life College: FH (5)
27 Paul Donovan, Duck Brothers (NOVA):
P (54)
28 Mark Gaetjen,
Duck Brothers (NOVA): W (5)
29 Gary Lambert, Life College: P
(3)
30 Jim Montaine, Life College:
H (2), P (1), SH (1)
31 Chris Petrakes, MOB: C
(4)
32 JR Robbins, Washington:
H (3)
33 Drew Siegel, Life
College: SH (4)
34 Scott Stephens,
Langley Old Boys (Washington): P
(2), C (1)
W 34-0 over
Cobras (Washington Irish B)
(DNP: Robbins, Stephens)
Tries:
Gaetjen 3, Daniels 2, Siegel,
Lambert. Conversions: Gaetjen 3.
W 10-4 over Langley Old Boys
(DNP: Petrakes, Montaine)
Tries:
Gaetjen, Lambert. Conv. Gaetjen.
W 32-0 over William and Mary
(DNP: Lambert, Donovan)
Tries:
Stephens 2, Montaine 2, Daniels,
Gaetjen. Conversions: Gaetjen 4.
W ?-0 SF over Richmond (DNP
Robbins, Stephens)
Tries:
Montaine 2, others?
L 4-18 to Atlantis II (DNP:
Lambert, Siegel)
Tries:
Petrakes.
Atlantis
II, wearing
turquoise T-shirts, champions:
35 Chris
Albrittain, Duck Brothers (NOVA)
36 Will
Brewington, Duck Brothers
(MOB)
37 Greg Eades,
Life College
38 Carter
Mann, Buffalo Old Boys
39 Dan
Morrison, Fort Bragg
40
Chris Schmidt,
Baader-Meinhof
(Chesapeake)
41
Paul Sheehy,
Washington
42
Terrence
Titus, Life
College
43
Scott Walker,
Bethlehem
W
14-4 over Camp
Lejeune (DNP:
Schmidt,
Eades)
Tries:
Mann (2),
Morrison.
Conversion:
Morrison
W 28-0
over PUGS
(James
Madison) (DNP:
Albrittain,
Mann)
Tries: Eades
(3), Morrison,
Walker,
Sheehy.
Conversions:
Morrison
2.
W SF
?-0 over
Virginia Beach
(DNP:
Brewington,
Morrison)
Tries: Titus
(2), ??.
Conversions:
??
W Final
18-4
over Atlantis
I.
Tries: Mann
(2), Walker,
??. Conversion:
Morrison.
