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Volume 1, Issue 6
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THE BRITISH ARE COMING!
S E O U L S U R V I V O R S S E O U L S U R V I V O R S S E O U L S U R V I V O R S S E O U L S U R V I V O R S
R U G B Y F O O T B A L L C L U BR U G B Y F O O T B A L L C L U BR U G B Y F O O T B A L L C L U BR U G B Y F O O T B A L L C L U B
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
MUDFEST IN BORYEONG
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