October 9, 1988: Atlantis at Celtic Fest II

(Atlantis tournament #19)
Emil Signes
JUNE 2013

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Notes of 2013: As a follow-up to our sponsored Thursday evening event, US All Stars vs. Celtic All Stars, in Bethlehem's High School stadium, we held a four-team event on Sunday October 9, incorporating two Atlantis teams, the Saltires, and the Duck Brothers. I have no notes of this other than the rosters and results.  Atlantis 1 beat Atlantis 2 and the Duck Brothers but lost to the Saltires in the tournament final.  Atlantis 1 lost all 3 games.

Here are the rosters (because we were short total numbers, both Tom Brewer and Chris Petrakes played for both teams):

Atlantis 1:

98 Tom Brewer, Union County
36 Will Brewington, Duck Brothers
28 Mark Gaejten, NOVA
94 Kevin Higgins, OMBAC
31 Chris Petrakes, MOB
99 John Redmond, MOB
95 Tony Ridnell, OPSB
48 Mike Siano, Philadelphia-Whitemarsh
72 Tommy Smith, Santa Monica

Atlantis 2:

98 Tom Brewer, Union County
100 Rob Farley, Philadelphia-Whitemarsh
101 Von Freudenberg, Virginia Beach
 31 Chris Petrakes, MOB
   8 Dave Priestas, Bethlehem
102 Bill Russell, U. Virginia
 15 Joe Taranto, Union County
103 Reggie Tift, Philadelphia-Whitemarsh
104 (un-remembered)

June 10, 2013: I just found this article that I wrote shortly afterwards that describes this second round of the Celtic Fest. It looks as though I wrote it to Randy Lieberman of Rugby Magazine but I don't think it ever saw print.

  October 22, 1988
     
     Randy: here's a summary of Sunday's results, per your
     request.  Also, there were 1200 tickets sold at the gate on
     Thursday, and the official count was 1500 in attendance.
    
     
               Saltires win Rubber Match
     
     After getting trounced by, then tying, the American All-Stars
     on Thursday night, the Saltires finished their tour with a
     24-18 Sunday win in what was essentially an overtime match.
     
     Preliminary matches
     
     In preliminary games, the Saltires defeated Atlantis, 30-6,
     and the Duck Brothers 26- , while the All-Stars defeated the
     same two teams 34-0 and 20-4, respectively.
     
     Saltires vs. American All-Stars
     
     In the final match, missing Kevin Higgins, Mark Williams,
     Barry Williams, and Gary Lambert, the American All-Stars
     added John Redmond of the Maryland Old Boys and Mark Gaetjen
     of the Duck Brothers to center and wing, respectively.
     
     The Americans scored first when Tommy Smith surprised the
     Saltires with a "wrong side" kickoff that rolled nearly to
     the goal line.  The Saltires botched up the resulting lineout
     throw in, and Chris Petrakes thanked them for the try.
     
     It was all Saltires till early in the 2nd half, as Scotland
     winger (and 10.6 100-meter man) Derek Stark smoked around
     everyone for two tries, and Gala flyhalf Jim Maitland
     finished off a good break to give the Saltires an 18-6 lead.
     
     Tony Ridnell got the All-Stars back in the game with a wicked
     stiff arm and 25-meter run to make the score 18-12.  On the
     ensuing kickoff, Ridnell won the ball and passed directly
     back to Mike Siano, who broke three tackles and got into the
     opposition 22-meter area, where he passed to John Redmond for
     the score.  Tommy Smith's conversion tied the game.
     
     Time had run out, but referee Peter Simpson decided to ignore
     his watch and play till the next score.  After a penalty
     against Will Brewington for tackling a Saltire who had just
     fallen on the ball, the Saltires spun the ball to Stark, who
     ran around Gaetjen.  When he reached Tommy Smith, who had
     covered from the other side of the field, Stark moved the
     ball back in to center Harry Hogg who ran the last 30 meters
     unmolested.
     
     Although the Americans filled in the center and wing spot
     with quality players, it is difficult to replace a Kevin
     Higgins and a Barry Williams, and the Saltires played much
     stronger at the center and wing positions than they had on
     Thursday night.
     
  Saltires 24 American All-Stars (Atlantis A) 18
      
Saltires
 Pos
 Atlantis
Dent
 1
 Ridnell-T
Brady
 2
 Brewington
Hogarth
 3
 Siano
Maitland-T, 3C
 4
 Smith-3C
Thompson-C
 5
 Petrakes-T
Hogg-T
 6
 Redmond-T
Stark-2T
 7
 Gaetjen
    
        
     Total Scoring in Sunday's matches
     
     Saltires 30 Atlantis B 6
     
     Saltires: Tries--Hogg, McHardy, Stark 2
           Conv---Maitland 5
     
     Atlantis: Try:  Brewer
           Conv: Russell
    
     All-Stars 20 Duck Brothers 4
      
     All-Stars: Tries--Brewington 2, Petrakes, Brewer
            Conv---Smith 2
     
     Duck Brothers: Try--DiFelice
     
     All-Stars (Atlantis A) 34 Atlantis B 0
     
     All-Stars: Tries--Brewington 2, Gaetjen, Siano, Smith
            Conv---Smith 5
     
     Saltires 26 Duck Brothers  
     
     Saltires: Tries--Hogg 2, Brady, Hogarth, Dent
           Conv---Maitland 3
     
     Duck Brothers:
         
     
     Total Scoring, Sunday:
     
     Saltires 
Name
 Tries
 Conv.
 Points
Maitland
 1
 11
 24
Hogg
 4
 0
 16
Stark
 4
 0
 16
Brady
 2
 0
 8
McHardy
 1
 0
 4
Dent
 1
 0
 4
Hogarth
 1
 0
 4
Thompson
 0
 1
 2
Total
 14
 12
 80
    
     
   American All-Stars / Atlantis
Name
 Tries
 Conv.
 Points
Smith
 1
 10
 22
Brewington
 4
 0
 16
Petrakes
 2
 0
 8
Gaetjen
 2
 0
 8
Brewer
 1
 0
 4
Siano
 1
 0
 4
Ridnell
 1
 0
 4
Redmond
 1
 0
 4
Total
 13
 10
 72
    
     
    
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