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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022 | |
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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N | |
CONGRATULATING THE PROVIDENCE WOMEN'S RUGBY DIVISION II TEAM ON | |
WINNING THE USA RUGBY CLUB DIVISION II ATLANTIC SUPER REGIONAL AND | |
ADVANCING TO THE USA RUGBY CLUB NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS | |
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Introduced By: Senator Tiara T. Mack | |
Date Introduced: May 12, 2022 | |
Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration | |
1 | WHEREAS, Since their humble beginnings in 2004, the Providence Women’s Rugby |
2 | Team has made a significant mark within the sport in the Greater New England region and has |
3 | proven to be a very competitive club in both local and national competitions; and |
4 | WHEREAS, The Providence Women’s Rugby Club won three straight New England |
5 | Football Rugby Union (NERFU) Cup Division II Titles in a row from 2007 to 2009, and placed |
6 | second in the 2008 and 2009 Northeast Rugby Union (NRU) competitions; and |
7 | WHEREAS, In the 2022 USA Club Rugby Atlantic Super Regional, held in East Aurora, |
8 | New York, from April 30 to May 1, the Providence Women’s Rugby Team played with |
9 | inspiration, pride and tenacity to emerge victorious and advance to the National Championships |
10 | which will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 21st and May 22nd of 2022; and |
11 | WHEREAS, In the first game of the Super Regional, the Providence women emerged |
12 | victorious in a high-scoring game over Phoenixville White Horse with a score of 31 to 20. In the |
13 | Super Regional Finals game against Severn River, which was played in the rain on a muddy |
14 | pitch, both teams exhibited enormous amounts of grit and toughness under difficult conditions, |
15 | before Providence struck first and scored on a kick by Team Captain Ashley Hanson to take a 3-0 |
16 | lead. Severn River came back and dominated for a long stretch, taking a 5-3 lead into the last |
17 | twenty minutes of the match, when Providence exhibited sterling teamwork and got the ball into |
18 | the hands Morgan Brokaw who scored to give Providence the lead for good as they played |
19 | ferocious defense and held off numerous Severn River attacks to clinch the game and advance to |
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1 | the National Finals; now, therefore be it |
2 | RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby congratulates the |
3 | Providence Women’s Rugby Team on winning the 2022 USA Rugby Club Division II Atlantic |
4 | Super Regional, and wishing them continued success in Atlanta on May 21st and May 22nd, at |
5 | the USA Rugby Club Division II National Championship; and be it further |
6 | RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
7 | transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to Jay Giroux, Providence Rugby Football Club |
8 | Executive Board President, and Vice-President Susan Ely. |
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