Posted on behalf of Emil Gullia...
To my esteemed comrades of HCRFC:
As you all know the proving grounds every weekend vary from pitch to pitch depending on who we play. We also know that a plush, green pitch is wonderful thing that brings a smile ever time it is played on. As an American Rubgy player this is not something that is often one of our amenities.
A new recruit to HCRFC is the bastard love child of a certain well placed individual at Pike Nursery. This thoughtful lad has approached his father and convinced him to donate the components to sod a pitch for our club, in exchange for a little Christmas tree labor.
Click 'Read More' to read the full story What I am saying here is that PK's pop will donate the sod for a pitch, in exchange for approximately (30) 3-4 hour shifts at a Pike Nursery, TBD later, from Thanksgiving to Christmas helping to sell Christmas trees. Christmas Trees for god's sake, that's all you have to do to get a pitch! (Well that and help lay the sod and pitch in for a tractor).
At Christmas we are going to provide this lad's father this needed labor. We are going to group up in teams of (?), wear a jersey, put on a smile, act courteous and professional, and sell the hell out of God's green pine! Those that don't will be publicly shamed and humiliated and asked to only play when we are traveling to some where like Columbus to play military meatheads, where you can pull into one parking lot and hock your weed wacker at a pawn shop, get a tattoo and a lap dance, with the money, all at the same strip shopping center.
This is a huge opportunity, in a lot of ways. (1.) we have a huge bargaining tool with the city to find a better pitch for us to practice/play on. (2.) we have a new pitch to practice and play on, (3.) we are a more attractive team to play due to our pitch and great hairstyles ( Paco not included). (4.) We can be viewed in the eyes of future sponsership hopefuls as pillars of the community due to our work at Christmas time and at the Home for Wayward Women. If we leverage this properly (5.) We can show our current sponsorship (Brewhouse Cafe, Guinness Beer- this season-thank you Bad Mitch!) that we have the ability to attract other like minded sponsorships. If we leverage this properly. (6.) thereby providing more exposure to their products, hopefully, garnering even more support (7.) We can show the city that due to our work with puppies and Nuns, and the opinions held by other corporate sponsors and clientele, but not necessarily the views of the owners of this station or website, we are a safe stable investment, and a therefore a worthy candidate of responsibility for when, down the road, we approach them to put a structure of some sort on this field. (8) HIGH Country Rugby now has a small plot to grow tall corn, so as the funny plants in the middle of our corn field are not recognized by the Drug planes, constantly scanning the city, for this plant the helps cure cancer and glycoma.
Get the picture.
We are calling on all members past and present to consider the following....
1. How am I going to help HCRFC with this endeavor.
2. Can I think of any place in the city, public or private, that would be a great field providing that it had grass, now that we can approach anyone with this gift of sodding and maintaining the field. ( WE NEED LIGHTS, when considering this location.)
3. Clear you calendars and a little bit of money to help
a. pitch in to rent a tractor.
b. provide man labor for the work of doing this.
c. provide your time for Pike Nursery at Christmas.
4.Adding my name as a write in candidate for Ruler of the Free World for the 2004 Presidential election.
Next week, Mitch-Real Estate Mogul-Jaffe and I are going down to the city parks department to discuss this. We are very serious about this. Please provide any suggestions as soon as possible.
As a closing statement, please also remember, the Brewhouse is our bar. So tip well, save ALL of your receipts, flirt with the waitstaff, and no spitting, cussing, smelling badly or acting stupid. We need these guys and may for a long time in the future, considering our future plans.
There are allot of ways to play on the proving grounds. How will you help? I hope you all choose to play on the right one.
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