STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — Summer has officially begun as it’s rugby season in the mountain towns. Steamboat fans packed bleachers and crowded under tarps on their lawn chairs, ready to drink cold beers and watch a storied rivalry game. While the…
Jerome Hatem lived life the same way he played rugby. For many years, Jerry, as he was known, played prop for the Gentlemen of Aspen Rugby Club, which isn’t the most glorious of positions. Usually on the front line, the…
It is with a heavy heart we announce the passing of a true Gentleman of Aspen, Jerry Hatem. As many are aware, he was a fixture of Aspen Rugby for years, participating as a player and administrator up until his…
They may have called it a “friendly,” but that’s rarely the case when the Gentlemen of Aspen Rugby Club meets on the pitch against Vail. The two clubs met last weekend at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Denver in a…
That chicken with its head cut off feeling? I get it now, assuming said chicken also was a recently concussed, mildly asthmatic Kansan who prior to moving to Colorado three years ago couldn’t have told you the difference between a…
Bon voyage, 2017. What a year it was for Aspen-area sports. As is customary, I compiled a quick list of what I believe were the top 10 stories of the past dozen months. I’m probably missing something big, but I…
Saskia Meagher is ready to represent Aspen in rugby if called upon. To get that opportunity, she’s going to need a few more women to want the same. “Maybe there just aren’t as many girls who know about it,” Meagher…
Don’t ask James Kistner what his role is for the Gentlemen of Aspen Rugby Club, because he doesn’t know. Learning a new sport means learning a new language, and the vocabulary has been a struggle to acquire for the 2017…
The 43rd annual Cowpie Classic rugby tournament, held last weekend in Steamboat Springs, has been extended. At least, that will be the feeling when Steamboat rugby travels to the Roaring Fork Valley to play the Gentlemen of Aspen Rugby Club…
It wasn’t that the Steamboat Springs women’s rugby team has never had success in its home tournament. The squad, for instance, placed third in the 2015 edition of the Cowpie Classic rugby tournament. The Steamboat women have never had a…