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Son of a Beach rugby tournament heats up Hudson Fields

17 teams participate in annual event
Delmarva Rugby Club’s Keith Jones, a former Sussex Central athlete, plows through a Media Rugby player during the Son of a Beach Tournament. DAN COOK PHOTO
Dan Cook
May 27, 2017
Former Sussex Central athlete Art Vandelay, aka Casey Strohmeyer, runs through a Media tackle. DAN COOK PHOTO
Delmarva Rugby’s Spencer Powell, who played rugby at Lake Forest, puts the hurt on a Media ball carrier. DAN COOK PHOTO
Delmarva Rugby’s Justin Coleman, center, a former Dover High athlete, gets some added yardage. DAN COOK PHOTO
Delmarva Rugby’s Justin Coleman gets clotheslined by a Media tackler. DAN COOK PHOTO
Delmarva Rugby’s Joe Baker gets set to make a tackle. DAN COOK PHOTO
Eric French of the Northeast Philly Irish club says ‘out of the way’ to a Hibernians tackler. DAN COOK PHOTO
Kori Seidel, left, of the Lehigh Valley Hooligans passes to teammate Nicole Volk in the 19-19 tie with Chesapeake. DAN COOK PHOTO
Kate Kocsis of the Lehigh Valley Hooligans fights for more yardage in the tie with Chesapeake. DAN COOK PHOTO
Lehigh Valley carrier Kelsi Beahm passes off before getting tackled. DAN COOK PHOTO
Lancaster Rugby Club’s Stephanie Nell, right, carries the ball against the Phoenixville Whitehorse squad. DAN COOK PHOTO

Nine men’s teams and eight women’s squads scrummed, grubber kicked, tackled, chicken-winged and made scissor moves during the fourth annual Son of a Beach rugby tournament May 20 at Hudson Fields in Milton.

Men’s teams competing were Happy Valley, Hibernians, Delmarva, Prince William, Pax River, Reading, Northeast Philly Irish and the Media Rugby Club. Men’s play consisted of the Yogi Bear Division, Father Abraham Division and the Marrying Kind Division.

Women’s clubs were Phoenixville, Lehigh Valley, South Jersey Devils, Northeast Philly Irish, Chesapeake, Pax River, Lancaster, and the Nuts and Jugs Club. Women’s play consisted of the Barnacle Bill and Chicago Divisions.

For more information go to http://www.delmarvarugby.com.

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Dan has worked for the Cape Gazette for more than 30 years as a photographer and reporter, covering high school sports and happenings around eastern Sussex County. He won a photography award from the National Newspaper Association, and numerous awards from the Maryland, Delaware, D.C. Press Association. A Delaware native, Dan graduated from Cape in 1972 and returned as a teacher and coach in the 1980s. He retired from the classroom in 2016. He was inducted into Cape High’s Legends Stadium in 2016. In his spare time, Dan enjoys spending time with his wife, two sons, grandchildren and dogs. 

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