Dayton Area Rugby Club

Dayton Area Rugby Club
Dayton Area Rugby Club
Nickname(s) Flying Pigs
Founded 1973 (Men) & 1979 (Women)
Location Dayton, Ohio, USA
Ground(s) Eastwood Metropark
Chairman Shane Stachurski
Coach(es) Shane Stachurski (Men); Thomas Kraemer (Women)
Captain(s) Kudzai Muzorewa (Men); Bonnie Shields & Jen Butler (Women)
League(s) Midwest Division II (Men)
Official website
www.daytonrugby.com

Dayton Area Rugby Club is a rugby union football club based in Dayton, Ohio, United States. The club currently fields Men's, Women's and Under-19 (High School) squads and play their home games at Eastwood Metropark, (which is located in Riverside, Ohio, and part of the Dayton area's Five Rivers Metroparks).

As well as running three squads, the club also provides support of other area High School/U-19 sides and volunteers for various local events. As well as a number of players also coaching at various levels, there are also a few club members who have gone on to continue their involvement in the sport by becoming referees.

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History

Men's Squad

Rugby first came to Dayton, Ohio in the fall of 1969 when a group of University of Dayton students, led by Bob Borgerding, played their first rugby match. The University of Dayton continues to play rugby to this day, fielding both a Men's and a Women's squad.

Club rugby came onto the scene in 1973 with the founding of the Dayton Triangles RFC, named for the first champion of the National Football League, the Dayton Triangles. This name was soon changed to the Miami Valley Rugby Football Club (RFC), later changing its name to Dayton RFC. At the same time, Wright State University RFC spun off the Gem City RFC. Unfortunately, Wright State’s squad folded soon after the split, while Wittenberg RFC and Wright-Patt. Jets RFC were growing out of Dayton RFC.

In the early 1980s, the Dayton RFC and Gem City RFC merged to form the Dayton Argylls RFC. This arrangement lasted until the early 1990s, when the Dayton Argylls RFC and the Wright-Patt. Jets RFC merged.

The current squad logo, which gives the squad its nickname of Flying Pigs, is a winged wild boar, which was chosen as a merger of the Argylls’ boar logo and the Wright Patt. Jets' jet aircraft logo.

Over the years, rugby squads in the Dayton area have been very successful. In fifteens competition, the Wright Patt. Jets were Military National Champions. The Argylls, in their final season, placed third in the Midwest Division II Championship. The Flying Pigs qualified for the Midwest Division II Championships in both 1994 and 1995, placing second in 1994. Dayton has had success in rugby sevens as well, qualifying for the National Championship in 1984 and 1985.

Women's Squad

The first women's squad was started in 1979 and lasted into the next decade. The Women's squad was reformed in 1999 by Lola Akinmade. The squad has been very successful, winning the Midwest Division II Women’s Championship and finishing third in the nation in 2002. During part of its existence, the squad was merged with the women's squad of the Cincinnati Kelts; after a few years as the joint Cincinnati-Dayton Women's squad the team split in 2006 to rejoin their respective city clubs.

Under-19s (High School) Squad

High school rugby in Dayton began in the early 1980s with two teams: Centerville, (coached by John Guhde and Joe Mitolo), and Fairmont, (coached by Ron Flohre), which soon combined. There was a re-start of high school rugby in 1993 with the advent of a Chaminade-Julienne team, (coached by Kevin Kavanaugh). In the late 1990s, a combined Dayton High School team, (coached by Chris Schreel), had two second-place finishes in the Ohio High School Championships.

The current squad incarnation was started in the mid-2000s and has already seen some of players selected to the Ohio U19 squad and the Ohio South Select squad. In the 2009 season, the squad took the SW Ohio Cup, advancing to Ohio finals.

Venues

The club has lived up to its current name over the years, using many different venues around the Greater Dayton area. Before the team secured their current home pitch at Eastwood, venues they have used have included Dayton's Carillon Park and Centerville's Leonard E. Stubbs Memorial Park.

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