Rugby Pictures - Blacksburg v. Blackwater

Here are probably my last set of Blacksburg Rugby pictures for some time. Hope you like. Open up the article to see the whole collection.

Rugby Pictures - Blacksburg @ James River

This weekend was a challenge for photographing. It was raining and very overcast, but I did manage to snag a few really good pictures. Open up his article to view the full gallery.

Rugby Pics - MARFU Div III semi-finals - Blacksburg v. Virginia

Here are the pictures from when Blacksburg played Virginia. Open up the article to view the full gallery.




The pictures can be found on my Picasaweb site at http://picasaweb.google.com/jpates

The sad part is this is probably my last set of pictures of the Blacksburg Rugby team. I will be moving next month to Richmond, and I do not think I will continue doing rugby photographs. Blacksburg was a team that I truly enjoyed. Even though I only played less than 2 seasons with them, they have always made me feel like a welcome addition to the team whether or not I was able to play. For this, I feel incredibly lucky to have known many great people from the team.

I do wish Blacksburg Rugby the best of luck in the upcoming seasons, and I may make it out when they play James River. I might have to dust off my camera for that.

Rugby Pics - Blacksburg v. James River

Rugby Pictures - BBurg v. Radford

I finally got the pictures uploaded. I was having Internet problems, but I got that resolved. They are in my usual Picasaweb site. If you want to view any of my pictures, go to http://picasaweb.google.com/jpates.

Here is the slideshow of the gallery from the Sept 11th game of Blacksburg Rugby versus Radford University.

No Rugby Pictures This Week

I was planning on taking some pictures of the Blacksburg Rugby friendly match against Huntington and Virginia Tech this weekend. As I was getting ready to go take them, I set my camera back down and decided not to go.

I think I was being bothered that I was not playing. And after numerous gout attacks over the last couple of years, I haven't been able to participate. The more annoying part is that I doubt I will be able to again since even walking can be mildly painful, much less running or scrumming. I think watching everyone else having a good time out there while I am confined to the sidelines is starting to get to me.

I think another reason I am feeling less inclined to take pictures is that I know almost no one on the team now. Since I am not playing, I am not getting to know the new people. Turnover on the team can be high sometimes since we do get a good number of college guys on the team that eventually graduate and move away. So, outside of the team leadership that I do know, no one else out there was familiar to me, and that didn't help with the decision of whether or not to go take pictures.

Maybe I will not be in such a bummed mood for the next home game.