Valley Rugby Tour

Tour is Tiring...

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Pictures have been made intentionally blurry to protect the guilty...

Saturday, 9/13- Oban- Curran House

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Monday, 9/15 Dunotter Castle- Stonehaven

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Sunday 9/14- Alias day

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After an evening in the town of Inverness, we loaded up the bus and made our way through the Whisky region on towards Stonehaven where we were to meet our next billets in Macke FP. We stopped at Glenfiddich Distillery, put on our number ones (khakis, button shirts, ties, and blue blazers) to take the tour. Aliases were created by Coach and assigned by the Fun Coordinator and "Hello My Name is...." tags were applied.

Here is the list of aliases:

JJ- Dick Gizinya
Patrick- Mike Oxlonger
Primi- Pop Blister
Jeff- Barry McCokkiner
George- Ben Dover
Trevor- Phil McCracken
Tyler- Ivan Jakinoff
Nick- Phil Acio
Pat- Pat Mecroch
Carl- Adolph Oliver Busch
Ric- Turd Ferguson
Chris H.- Hugh Jardon
Toby- Buck Futts
Mike H.- Mike Hunt
Doug- Cam LaToe
Mike L- Peter Puffer
Chris L.- Tucker Muffin
Matt L.- Phil Yernipple
Tom M.- Pastor Beckenforth
Duncan- Finn Gerbanger
Steve M.- Red Karpetlacher
Jensen- Heywood Jeblomi
Tod- Parker Indareer
Jake- Jenny Talwarts
Andy- Ule B. Aiken
Matt R.- Dick Insider
Mark- Hans Omihog
Denny- Andy Aterout
Todd- Emerson Biggins
Brian- Seymore Knockers
Eli-Juan Tahummer
Joe- Craven Morehead

New News 9/5/2008

2008-09-05T17:16:00.000-07:00

This is evrything I've got:
Itinerary:
Sep 6 Arrive Contenental ticketing for check in 5:30 AM. Depart Seattle to Edinburgh via Newark ~ Flight departs SeaTac 7:40am
Sep 7 8am: Av Edinburgh, clear custom,s collect baggage ~ coach to Stirling Castle & then onto/Milngavie arriving 2:00 pm Pat Galvin Ar Glasgow airport 7:00 PM
Sep 8 11am: Light training ~ Lunch at a Milngravie tavern
Sep 9 Daytrip to Glasgow Match #1, 6:00 PM vs West of Scotland, Glasgow
Sep 10 am: Light training ~ Lunch at a Milngravie tavern ~ Coach to Oban Lorne from Glasgow - 96 miles / 2 hours
We will not be billeted on this stop. SORRY. We will stay at the the Corran House this will be covered by ground transportation fees Breakfast will be the tourists responcability – You can find more about the Corran House at http://www.corranhouseoban.co.uk/ They said that they would organize a ceilidh in the pub downstairs while we are there… This is a Scottish Square dance.
Sep 11 Daytrip in Oban area Match #2, 6:00 PM vs Oban Lorne
Sep 12 Visit Oban Distillery it is in the heart of town, so it is convenient. Free tour, 20L paid tasting. Open until 7:30pm M-F ~ Bus to Glasgow for the Warriors match 7:30 kick-off at Firhill Arena 80 Firhill Road Glasgow G20 7AL the Warriors tickets have been arrainged through the ttour sponsorships… we have aranaged for 31 tickets, pick up at venue.
Sep 13 Coach via Loch Ness to Inverness & overnight at Inverness Hostel Coach from Oban to Inverness 118 miles / 3 hours
Inverness Hostel, which will be covered by ground transportation fees.
Sep 14 am: Training ~ pm: Coach to Stonehaven from Inverness 130 miles / 3 hours
Sep 15 am: Sightseeing - Dunnotter castle ~ pm: Old Boys match vs Mackie FP
Sep 16 3rd Match vs Mackie FP.
Sep 17 Coach to N Berwick via Edinburgh
Sep 18 am: Train to Edinburgh ~ pm: Old Boys game vs. TBD
Sep 19 Coach to Murray Field ~ Match #4 vs. N. Berwick.
Sept 20 Fly Edinburgh via Newark to Seattle. Leave N.Berick by train 9am. Flight departs Edinburgh 12:30pm, Ar. Newark 3:20pm, Lv. Newark 6:00pm, Av Seattle 9:08pm PDT

9/6/2008 Departing 7:40 - arriving 9/7/2008 10:00 AM
1. Patrick Blair
2. Primi Mark Bond
3. Bobcat Jeff Candler
4. George Costakis
5. Nick Elder
6. Carl Grahn
7. ZIPPY Ric Hall
8. Toby Helfenstein
9. Mike Hill
10. Mike Ling
11. Chris Lytle
12. Matt Lytle
13. Tom Miller
14. Red Steve Munro
15. Kyle Patrick
16. Tod Pitts
17. Matt Riddle - Richard de Fromage
18. Brian Scoggins
19. Eli Titialii
20. Joe Zuklic
21. Jensen Norelius - stand-by
22. Doug Lindblad - already in Scotland
23. Jake Powell - already in Scotland
24. Pat Galvin - arriving 9/7 in PM
25. Mark Roberts - arriving 9/8 in PM
26. Trevor Covich - arriving 9/9
27. Tyler Covich - arriving 9/9
28. Andy Ramsay - arriving 9/11
29. JJ - arriving 9/12
30. Todd Schmitt - arriving 9/12
31. Flock Chris Hall - arriving 9/12
32. Duncan Moore - arriving 9/14 Denny Russell - arriving 9/14

Our flight is Continental airlines 1580 departing from SEATAC to Newark 7:40 AM.
Our flight is Continental airlines 1580 arriving Newark 3:46 PM AM. from SeaTac
Our flight is Continental airlines 36 departing from Newark to Edinburgh 7:50 PM.
Our flight is Continental airlines 36 arriving Edinburgh 7:50 AM. from Newark

In country tour party emergency call number Carl Grahn at 206 617-2221
011 is the country code for dialing back to the US.

Bus Company
James Dodds
jdodds@doddsoftroon.com
Dodds of Troon Ltd
4 East Road
Ayr
Scotland KA8 9BA
Tel 01292 288100
Fax 01292 287700

West of Scotland
Our primary contract at our first stop is Ross Wilson
0141 956 3243 (home)
07704540303 (mobile)
work - ross.wilson@southlanarkshire.gov.uk
home - Ross.Wilson@southlanarkshire.gsx.gov.uk

The West of Scotland club grounds are at:
BURNBRAE
GLASGOW ROAD
MILNGAVIE
Glasgow
G62 6HX
Phone: 0141 9563116

Oban Lorne - Kick off at approx 6pm on Thursday
Corran House - From U.S.A. - 011 441 631 566040
The 3 choices I would give you here are a Ferry trip to Mull and Iona although you would not need the coach for this. Inverary Castle which is about 40minutes away or Kilmartin Glen ( ancient standing stones and other good stuff).
Friday - Warriors Tickets We have made aranagemnets for 31 tickets. We can pick up at venue.

Inverness
Inverness Hostel - Within UK - 01463 231771

Staonehaven
Andy's parents Huge Ramsay - From U.S.A. - 011 441 569 762575

North Berwick
Ken Macaulay - macaulay@northberwick.eclipse.co.uk

Tour Itinreary

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Tour Map- Click on "View Larger Map" to see route

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Thanks Guys!

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Big time thanks are in order to Zippy, Andy, Doug, Ling, George and all of the other Roos who helped pull the tour off! There is no way that a tour of this size and scope would be possible without the hours and hours of time these die-hard rugby enthusiasts put into getting this together. Thanks and Cheers! The trip of a lifetime is just a few days away.

2008-09-02T08:16:00.000-07:00

All of the kit arrived Friday August 22nd. George, Andy, Henry, Patrick and Jacob gave me a hand sorting the gear into piles by size and then into players kit bags. This was a big job taking almost 12 hours on Sunday August 31st.

Kit distribution has been scheduled for Thursday September the 4th however the whole ball of wax will be taken to the Monday practice in an effort to get the gear into the hands of the tourists a few days early.

It has been decided that we will visit Stirling Castle, our first Scottish castle, on our first day (seen here below).

Anybody Can Post!

2008-09-01T20:21:00.000-07:00

Everybody who is going on tour was sent an invitation to be a blog contributor. It is our hope that folks will put up photos and give tour updates from the road...

Valley Rugby Club Tours Scotland- 2008

2008-09-01T19:55:00.001-07:00

The Official Valley Rugby Club Tour of Scotland 2008 blog is up and running!