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Mar 28, 55 days ago

SCRUMptious

The Portland Rugby Club is excited to join the Boys and Girls Club
of the Portland Metropolitan Area in hosting Scrumptious, a chef
competition benefiting both organizations. The PRC is committed to supporting our greater community
through volunteerism and event partnerships. The event is Thursday, May 2 nd from 5:30-11:00pm at the
Castaway.

This inaugural event is bound to be a huge hit with 5 local chefs from some of Portland’s best
restaurants. The chefs will prepare bites and attendees will get to vote on their favorites, only one chef
can be crowned the Scrumptious Winner! The event will include a silent auction, raffle, wine wall and
hor d’oeuvres.

The participating chefs include:

Aaron Barnett, Restaurant St. Jack
Sarah Schafer, Irving Street Kitchen
Alex Diestra, Saucebox

Jeff McCarthy, KitchenCru
And one Surprise Chef!

Tickets are on sale and space is limited! Visit the www.SCRUMptiousPDX.com for more information.

If you are interested in sponsoring this event visit www.portlandrugby.org/event_sponsor or contact
Andrea at events@portlandrugby.org.

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Jul 18, 675 days ago

50th Anniversary a Huge Success!

I’m happy to report that the Portland Rugby Club’s 50th Anniversary Old Boy Festival and Banquet were a huge success yesterday. The current men’s and women’s teams stepped up as asked and help create an incredible event to honor five decades of Pigs history.

The tournament (as most of you know) was held at the new home of Pigs rugby, Northgate Park in North Portland. More info coming soon on the specific nature of the arrangement made with Portland Parks and Rec, but we fully expect to be at Northgate for both practices and games in the years to come, and starting it off with a full day of old boys rugby was a perfect beginning. The money raised from both the Festival and Banquet will go towards portable lighting at Northgate this Fall!

Many thanks to Old Boar Wayne for donating the use of the tents at the field, John at Shut Up And Eat for the amazing pulled-pork sandwiches, our sponsor Widmer for all the bottled beer the old boys could drink, the Lady Pigs for a tasty bake sale and JC Guadiz for hauling around the rugby posts in his truck.

A huge thanks to Shana Norton-Terrall and Andrea Crosby for planning the banquet at the Bossanova Ballroom which went off without a hitch. It wouldn’t have been possible without a ton of current Pigs and Lady Pigs volunteering their Saturday night to be the servers and dishwashers and greeters and setup/teardown crew, a huge SOOOOUEY to all of you guys that helped out! Volunteer Coordinators Paul Gardner and Lee Chapman were exemplary in their organization and leadership.

A hefty congratulations goes out to Cleve Larson, Tom Hussey, Bill Benowicz and Patrick Donaldson who all received ‘Golden Boar’ awards for their years of service to the club and integral roles in keeping the PRC alive and well for 50 years.

The banquet also was the first PRC event featuring our new charity partners SE Works, which had four staff members that attended and most likely learned far too much about rugby culture in just a few hours. Cheers to SE Works!

It was great to see players from all five decades present at both events, as this club wouldn’t be around if not for their commitments and sacrifices over the years. We thank each and every one of them for carrying the torch through the years.

I know that I can speak for the current crop of Pigs when I say that we are excited to continue the tradition of success and camaraderie that has been handed to us, and we will all do our part to make sure the next 50 years is as great as the last fifty.

Cheers to you all,

In Rugby,

Alex Johnson

Secretary, Portland Rugby Club

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Jul 8, 684 days ago

Field Change for 50th!

The Old Boy PRFC 50th Anniversary Rugby Festival has changed fields! Still same time, same date (July 16th), but now at Northgate Park in North Portland. Don’t be the only one wandering around Westmoreland on Saturday! Pass the word along to friends!

Thanks.

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Jun 16, 1072 days ago

2010 Casino Night

Portland Rugby’s 5th Annual Casino Night benefited local charity New Avenues For Youth. The PRFC has now donated almost $15,000 to New Avenues over the past 4 events! This year’s event was held on September 11th at the Adrianna Ballroom.

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