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Blues Become First Club in USA Rugby History to Advance Two Sides to Divisional Elite Eight
Side Defeats EPA Bulldogs 22-13, D3 Defeats Budd Bay Barbarians 42-26 in the USA Rugby National Championship Series Round of Sixteen in their respective Divisions at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, CA, but both fall in Quarterfinals on Sunday.
KC Blues Qualify Both Sides for National Championships
Team huddle before Saturday's D1 game
The Blues have become the only Club in the country to send multiple sides to the 2012 USA Rugby National Championship Series Round of Sixteen at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, CA on May 12th & 13th, as both the D1 & D3 sides advanced out of the Regional Rounds April 28th & 29th. The D1 side defeated the Austin Huns 23-18 in Kansas City on Saturday night, while the D3 side beat the St. Louis Hornets for a 3rd place finish at the D3 West Regional in Omaha, NE on Sunday morning.
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KC Blues Drop Nail-biter at Palmer College
Forward Adam Orr - Picture Credit Phil Peterson
D1 side loses 20-19 to 2012 Midwest Champion & 2010 National Final Four team Palmer in Davenport, IA
Blues Celebrate 2011 at the Club's Annual Awards Banquet
2012 HOF Inductee Craig Smith, circa 1988
The Blues celebrated the completion of their 45th season in style on Saturday, February 18th 2012, at the Annual Awards Banquet and Hall of Fame Induction in the Penthouse Ballroom at Club 1000 in downtown Kansas City. The Ballroom was full, as over 130 current & former players and supporters and their guests gathered to celebrate the Blues organization, award members for outstanding play and service, and witness the induction of the Blues HOF Class of 2012. The event included a cocktail hour, buffet dinner, awards ceremony and HOF induction, and dancing.
The Hall of Fame induction followed the awards ceremony, with Blues legend Craig T. Smith taking his place in the honored group of 36 former players, a distinction that was created in 1999. 'Smitty' was a stand-out flanker for the Blues from 1983 - 1999, twice being named the Club's Forward MVP in '86 & '89, and playing a key role in the team's '93 & '94 Final Four appearances.
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