Illinois Youth Rugby Association
446 N. Wells St.
Suite 194
Chicago, IL 60654
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Tornados Select Side
The iYRA All State Select Side rugby team for boys was established to create an environment for individual youth girls to compete and excel at higher levels of competition.
The All State Select Side coach selects high school club players who display special talent for the game of rugby for the Select Side team which receives special coaching and training to enable the team to compete against other All State teams and international teams that visit this country. It is the aim of the iYRA to take the Illinois All State team on annual tours to foreign countries to compete against other international teams.
The official name of the Illinois All State team is the Tornados and we trust our team will earn the recognition synonymous with this natural occurrence that is found in our State and become a powerful force within Interstate and International competition circles.
The current coach of the Tornados is Nolan Day.
CONTACT: Nolan Day twoday@sbcglobal.net
Pictures/slideshow and video of 2010 Tour: click here
Tour 2011
iYRA Illinois Tornados 2011 Canadian Tour. Click here for Video.
2012 Tour Tryouts -Tornado Tour tryout Dec 31, 2011 9:00am to 11:00am at Naperville Central High gym 440 Aurora in the gym. Bring your running shoes for inside drills and wear rugby shorts. Optional buffet lunch $11 to follow. We have 10 of the spots taken by 2011 Tornados in just one week but have 15 more to fill. Call Coach Day with any questions. 847.212.0653 optional lunch to follow. Click here for tour flyer.
Illinois All State Team 2011 Schedule
Backs: Call Coach Day if you will miss a practice 847-212-0653
Forwards: Call Coach Lou 847-363-8422
Click here for waiver form to bring to practice
| DATE | EVENT | LOCATION |
| April 17 ______________ |
Speed work 3-4 pracitce 4:00 to 5:30 ________________________________ |
Lemont |
| April 23 May 1, 7, 15, 22 ______________ |
Speed work 3-4 practice 4:00 to 5:30 ________________________________ |
Lemont |
| May 29 ______________ |
Trial Scrimmage. Plan on attending if weather is bad. 2:00p to 5:00p ________________________________ |
The Blaze Lemont ______________ |
| May 30 ______________ |
U-17 & U-19 Trial Matches Possibles v. Probables 10:00a _________________________________ |
The Blaze Lemont ______________ |
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June 1 Click here for waiver form to bring ______________ |
Practice and scrimmage vs. IL South in Chillicothe. Players meet in Lemont at 4:00pm Departure at 4:10 sharp. (eat lightly before you arrive). ________________________________ |
7:00pm Chillicothe Elementary School ______________ |
| June 4 ______________ |
Practice - 9:00am to 11:00am. Bring $5 for lunch at Rookies after practice. (Route 64 a couple of blocks east of Randall Rd in St. Charles) ________________________________ |
Primrose Farm Park St. Charles on Bolcum Rd just west of Randall Rd. ______________ |
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June 5
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Annual Cody Cup. Tornados v Wisconsin Arrive by 10:45am. U-17 match is at Noon; U-19 match is at 1:30p Wear BLACK shorts! Meeting place Jimmy's restaurant on Randall Rd exit just north of 90 Tollway 09:00. All players are to attend both matches and the social hour after the U19's play. ________________________________ |
Madison |
| June 7 ______________ |
Practice 7:00pm to 8:45pm ________________________________ |
Blue Island ______________ |
| June 8 ______________ |
Corn Bowl Match - North Tornados v. South Tornados. Time TBA ________________________________ |
The Blaze Lemont ______________ |
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Midwest All State Tournament IL South - 5th place (2 wins and 1 narrow loss) |
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On June 10, depart for Elkhart at 1:30 from Lemont or other designated pick-up carpool loation. Practice at Moose Rugby Grounds 5:00-6; Dinner at hotel 7:00-8 | |
June 30 ______________ |
7's practice 7p-9p (forwards arrive at 6p to work on field prep) |
Lemont |
| July 2 | Great Lakes HS 7's (backs arrive at 7am for field set up) | Lemont |
| July 17 | Practice | TBD |
| July 20 _________________ |
U-17 v CWM Rhymni-Caerphilly, Wales in Chicago (Tornado Alumni Reunion Day) _______________________________ |
Hope Academy _________________ |
August 4 - 7 |
Tour - Information Flyer CONTACT: Nolan Day twoday@sbcglobal.net |
- Ohio - Canada |