by thepom02 | Aug 12, 2024 | Featured, News, Rugby
Pre-season training has begun. While we already a couple of weeks into our preparation for the Fall 2024 season, we still welcome new players of all experience and ability to come out and join us.
Our current training sessions for August are split between two locations. Training runs from 7pm – 9pm both evenings.
Tues: Addison softball fields, just west of the golf course clock tower. This is a grass field.
Thurs: Chase Park (4701 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60640). This is a turf field.
Our coaching staff is here to help you become the best player you can be.
by thepom02 | Jul 14, 2022 | Featured, News, Rugby
With the 7’s season winding down, LPRFC will soon be ramping up for the coming Fall season. This Fall we will be running teams in Division 2 and Division 4, ensuring competetive rugby for players of all levels and abilities.
The current schedule can be found here on this site.
Our official pre-season training starts August 2nd and will continue every Tuesday and Thursday into the season. Please check back for details of times and locations. We will also be holding some more specialised sessions before August. These will focus on different areas of the team and may not be required for all players e.g. forwards, backs, defence
The first of these sessions will be held at Montrose Harbour on July 21st and will be a forwards focused session.
In addition, we are also holding team fitness sessions at Wells Street Fitness on Wednesday evenings (7-8 pm) and Saturday mornings (11-noon).
Please contact us if you have any questions about training or the upcoming season.
by thepom02 | Jan 9, 2020 | Featured, News, Rugby
We are pleased to partner, yet again, with local Crossfit gym CrossFit Defined.
We will be hosting pre-season training sessions at their Lakeview facility (3834 N. Broadway) from this Saturday, January 10th through March 7th. Start time is 1pm, so please be there earlier as that is when we start training. Bring clean shoes to work out in, especially if there is inclement weather.
These sessions are free to all club members and potential new players and are a great way to get into shape for the start of the Spring season, but also to get to know some of your teammates if you are new to the club.
We look forward to seeing a few new faces and most of the old ones.
by thepom02 | Aug 12, 2019 | Match Reports, News, Rugby
LPRFC D2 32 Fox Valley 12
Sideline tank tops were in abundance as Park battled the heat and their opponents in an earlier than usual pre-season warm up.
It was not an auspicious start to the game as Park gave up a try after only 3 minutes following a break down the Maoris’ left wing but parity was soon restored by Finnegan taking advantage of an overload to score the first of his four tries on the day.
Despite the hot weather, Park worked hard to develop their up-tempo, running style and created several chances through unselfish support lines – only the odd forward pass preventing even more opportunities.
New club captain, Laux, lead from the front, a constant menace at the breakdown all game and setting up McCann for Park’s second try with a steal at the ruck.
Called to start at the last minute, Heatley pressed his claims to the hooker spot with stellar work in the loose.
Further tries by Davis and Laux sandwiching a second from Fox Valley gave Park a 20 – 12 lead at halftime.
For much of the second half, neither team was able to add to the score until Finnegan completed his hat-trick in the final ten minutes.
Try: Finnegan 3, McCann 1, Laux 1, Davis 1
Con: Jahner 1
LPRFC D3 24 Fox Valley 5
With both sides being short of two full squads, a third half was agreed upon to allow each team to get essential pre-season minutes for their players. Many had already made their way into the game as substitutes in the first 80 minutes.
Park continued on in an impressive manner with Frisch opening the scoring with a 50 yard run that included at least 4 cutbacks and changes of direction.
Branham to Long proved to be a better choice than Long to Branham as the center-cum-backrow put away his Number 8 for a try under the posts before Finnegan grabbed his fourth of the day and Aiello scooped up a rolling ball for surely the shortest try of his career.
One more score was left on the table when Shaaban did not quite have the pace to out run the Maori wing from 40 yards.
Try: Frisch 1, Long 1, Finnegan 1, Aiello 1
Con: Olander 1, Finnegan 1
by thepom02 | Jan 9, 2016 | News, Rugby
Pre-season training begins Saturday 9th January and continues on each Saturday until March.
We will be training at CrossFit Defined Lincoln Square facility (2750 W. Lawrence) at 2pm. With the current wet weather, please bring a change of indoors shoes to train in.
Cost will be $10 per session with the club subsidizing the overall cost.
We will also start some more rugby skills related sessions at the same venue on Thursday 21st January and continuing every other week. These will have a 7:30pm start.
Outdoor training is expected to start the first week of March. Please continue to check back for details.
New players as well as current players are welcome to some along.
