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A U G U S T 2 0 2 0 0 9 V O L U M E 1 I S S U E 6

IN BR I E F :

• Gumi are out for us. The

organizers of the Waegook

Cook touch rugby team have

come to the dark side and

are setting up a 7s and/or 10s

team. Stay posted for more

info about a possible trip

down south or a visit to

Seoul from the ‘Southern

Barbarians’.

• Players for this Saturday’s

game remember to drink

plenty of fluids leading up to

the match. Also, there will be

a 20,000 won levy for all Sur-

vivors who will be taking part

in post-match celebrations at

Scrooge.

• Kit will be available at the

field this weekend for those

without. Cost 120,000 won.

You need to purchase to kit

to take the field.

CONTACTS :

• Ted Gray (Club Captain) 011-287-9558

• Roddy Bancroft (Manager) 016-494-7363

• Simon Walsh (Pitch Captain) 010-9417-9554

• Kurtis Taogaga (Media) 010-7263-5878

• Rawiri King (Coach) 010-8698-4982

• Justin Jackson (Social Officer) 010-5465-6122

Maybe Next Weekend

the boys with the limited time

available.

Survivors to watch will be

Justin Jackson in the forwards

and reliable second five Tim

O’Connor. Jackson will be

looking to cap off his career as

a core member of the squad

with back to back wins over

REME and City RFC before he

heads back to the States in

Septmeber. In the backline,

O’Connor holds the key to link-

ing up with first fives Nick

Goodman and Theron Fau and

unleashing the Survivors’ con-

in the hotly contested loose

forward positions. First five

Richard Jones’ organisational

skills and backline direction

will be sorely missed as will

bullocking South African lock

John Bresler.

The August heat and hu-

midity will definitely work in

the home team’s advantage.

The young Survivors squad

have been slogging it out in the

midday sun in an effort to gain

a crucial advantage over REME

this Saturday and City RFC

who arrive from Hong Kong

the following week. Player/

Coach Rawiri King has been

putting the team through their

paces on the pitch combining

technical, skills and endurance

training to get the best out of

By Kurt Taogaga

The Seoul Survivors are gear-

ing up for the impending visit

of the Royal Electrical and Me-

chanical Engineers RFC

(REME). Coming off the back

of an enjoyable tour of New

Zealand, REME will look to

come away with the honours

against an exuberant Survivors

squad. The match takes place

this Saturday, 22nd of August at

10AM at Jamwon Rugby Pitch

in Apgujeong.

REME were runners-up in

this year’s British Army Corps

Championship losing to the

Royal Engineers 28-8 in the

final. Nevertheless, the British

Army possesses the best rugby

development programme of any

military organisation in the

world so the Survivors will

definitely have their work cut

out for them with a number of

key players out of Saturday’s

game.

The Seoulites have had a

solid couple of weeks training

since the summer break and

expect a physical encounter

against a tough and fit opposi-

tion. Injuries, vacations and

work commitments have ruled

out a number of Seoul’s regular

starters giving a handful of

newbies the chance to impress

and claim some spots especially

P ITCH D IRECT IONS :

• Leave Apgujeong Station

through Exit 6. Walk straight

down two blocks and turn

right between Hyundai High

School and Shinsa Middle

School. Walk to the end of

the street and turn left fol-

lowing the highway embank-

ment until you can enter the

River Park area about 50

metres ahead on your right

through the tunnel. Look for

the rugby posts.

After-match drinks, raffle and Bledisloe Cup game at Scrooge Bar in Itae-won from 5pm.

Credits

Editor: Kurt Taogaga Co-editor: Ali McCannell

Contributing writers: RJ Karas and Kurt Taogaga

Photos: Guangzhou - Robin Ash; Dave Bailey - Justin Courteau; Mudfest -

Sunny Myung; Orphanage Visit - Sunny Myung and Jordan Smigelsky

Survivors History: Dave BaileySurvivors History: Dave BaileySurvivors History: Dave BaileySurvivors History: Dave Bailey Repatriated Canadian Survivor Justin

Courteau reflects on another Survivor

Dave Bailey; a consummate rugby man

lost in tragic circumstances upon his

return to America.

Dave Bailey started playing Rugby

with the Survivors in 2002 and played

off and on (but mostly on) until

2006. Bailey played fly-half for us

and toured extensively with the team

playing in Manila, Guam, Cambodia

and Thailand. He was an integral part

of the team, not just because he was a

good player or because you could count

on him to be at every practice and game

but, because he made playing for the

Survivors incredibly fun.

During the years that he played, the

Survivors often played games against

the U.S. forces and against another ex-

pat team in Busan. So long bus trips

were the norm just about every week-

end. Dave, along with a few others,

made those bus trips the most entertain-

ing part of the weekend. So much so

that some guys looked forward to the

ride down more than to the game itself.

Dave knew just about every rugby song

imaginable and when the bus got quiet

(which, to be honest, it never really did)

Dave could be counted on to grab the

microphone and keep the guys enter-

tained just by cracking jokes and deal-

ing with the weekend’s penalties.

In 2006, Bailey decided that it was

time to move back to West Virginia

with Jamie - a girl he had met in Korea

- and start a family. Everyone on the

Survivors wished him the best and

hoped that he'd be back.

Unfortunately, Dave Bailey died

shortly after moving back to the States

from complications with Tuberculo-

sis. According to doctors, Dave was

one in a million who react negatively

to TB tests which are considered man-

datory by his local teaching union.

As a testament to his character, rugby

players from around the world showed

up to pay their respects at his fu-

neral. Many of the Survivors who

were good friends with Bailey couldn't

afford to fly to the U.S. to see him for

the last time so it was decided that an

emergency fund should be created -

funded totally by players - in the event

that something like this should happen

again. It was put to good use when, a

year or two later, a team member lost a

parent and the team was able to subsi-

dize their trip home.

For those that knew Bailey, he will

always be remembered. For those that

came to Korea after Bailey had left, the

next time the Bailey fund is passed

around, put a few dollars in and take a

moment to remember the guys who

came before you and built this team.

Dave Bailey and Justin’s partner Jocelyn.

Once A Survivor; Always A Survivor.

Dave Bailey (centre) following the game closely.

Dave Bailey, Jocelyn Kaiser and Roddy Bancroft enjoying the good times.

showcase the Seoul

Sisters pitted against

the City Rugby Club

of Hong Kong’s

women’s team. The

Sisters, predominately

comprised of ex-pats

from in and around

Seoul, will be looking

for a strong result

against their oppo-

nents. If their training

is any indication the

Sisters will be relying

on strong play from a

skilled forward pack

while their back line

will be looking for any

opportunity to break

through the City

Rugby Club of Hong

Kong’s defense.

After two crack-

ing matches the Seoul

Survivors will take the

pitch in the day’s main

event versus the City

Rugby Club of Hong

Kong’s men’s senior

team. Undoubtedly

the Survivors will

have two tough acts to

follow and, assuming

the Survivors do not

want to leave their

By RJ Karas

The City Rugby Club of

Hong Kong will travel to

Seoul for a full day of

festivities on August

29th. The day will kick

off with a Colts match;

both the Survivors and

the City Rugby Club of

Hong Kong support an

under-18 squad. Need-

less to say that will be

the most frenetic match

of the day. Although

most of the youngsters

lack the skills to be se-

lected for their respec-

tive senior teams they

certainly will have a leg

up on the veterans when

it comes to conditioning.

Baring a significant

climate-change event

between now and the

next Saturday said con-

ditioning will come in

quite handy in the late

summer heat that has

recently ravaged Seoul.

There will hardly be

a break in the action

when the Colts walk off

the pitch. The second

match of the day will

loyal supporters with a

sour taste in their

mouths, the Hanboks

will look to make it a

clean sweep of the day.

With that being said,

the City Rugby Club

of Hong Kong cer-

tainly have no plans of

rolling over. Seoul

will once again rely on

their stellar defensive

record; the Survivors

have only allowed ten

points to their Yellow

Sea Cup opponents

through two matches,

and look to capitalize

off of their opponents

mistakes. So far this

season the Survivors

have no one to blame

but themselves for

poor results. Barring a

lack of discipline, the

Hanboks should have

little problem dispos-

ing of the City Rugby

Club of Hong Kong

and, in doing so, com-

plete the sweep of the

day.

Name: Justin Jackson

Nickname: Cock Block,

Glory Boy

Position: Prop

Birthdate: 04/06/1982

Hometown: Bettendorf, Iowa

Player Profile CITY RFC HEADING TO SEOUL

A native of The Hawkeye State, famed for

it’s vast cornfields, Jackson acquired the

nickname ‘Glory Boy’ in the famous Cam-

bodian Pool Games of ‘07. His other nick-

name has its roots in the habit of ‘running

interference’ in the bars of Itaewon. Start-

ing with the Survivors as a loose forward,

he has made the successful transition to

the front row especially in his running

game on the fringes.

First rugby memory:

Showing up my first practice and being

placed at prop because I was a fat ass.

What are you doing in Korea?

Trying to keep the local Itaewon bar econ-

omy afloat through liberal spending on

booze.

Favourite thing about Korea:

The very liberal attitude towards drinking.

Least favourite thing about Korea:

The very conservative attitude about eve-

rything else.

What do you enjoy about your posi-

tion?

Winning a scrum.

What don’t you like about your posi-

tion?

Anything that causes me to scrum down in

the first place.

Do you have a good luck charm/ritual

for games?

I always say a prayer and offer up liba-

tions to Ted Gray in the hopes he deems it

fit that the weather will be good and the

battle will go our way.

What do you miss most about home?

Ma and Pa and the great corn fields of

Iowa.

How would you like to improve

yourself off the rugby field?

I’d like to get a better work ethic.

If you were to die tomorrow,

what would you be remem-

bered for?

No clue but I hope it has some-

thing to do with going out in a

blaze of glory that in some way

involves Megan Fox, firearms, al-

cohol and a high speed police

chase.

What do you like most at train-

ing? Sweating out my hangover

and feeling like I accomplished

something on a Saturday.

What do you like least at train-

ing?

The noises Kurt makes when he

tries to breathe.

What are your interests out-

side rugby?

Books. I tend to put away a book

a week.

Do you have a favourite quote

or saying?

“Very little is needed to make a

happy life; it is all within yourself,

in your way of thinking”. --Marcus

Aurelius

Survivors Summer

Group photo after the excellent BBQ

The big winner on the day Prizegiving at Jamwon for Games

Day

Survivors resplendent in pink hats

The boys quickly find a match

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