The uneducated ramblings of a former Pasadena RFC lock.

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Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Souther California Griffin Awards

The night started off simply enough, at Coach’s house. Being a forward, I was not smart enough to read the entire invitation (at least it wasn’t an e-vite) and did not bring a sports coat. Shoes…check. Pants…. check. Tie…check. Coat… negative. Doc escorted me to his Sport coat closet (think Imelda Marcos) where I selected his finest dinner jacket.

Knowing that the open bar was from 6:00 to 7:00 pm, Pasadena’s troublemakers checked in at 6:01. The excitement was palpable. Jerry Collins, the All Black Flanker would be on hand, we were all excited to hear what he had to Say. Keegan was the most excited and he almost missed it. eating hurriedly so he wouldn't miss anything, he started choking on a piece of Brie and I had to do a Kiwi maneuver on him. Jerry finally arrived just in time for dinner, but he didn’t seem to be that hungry as he by passed most of the buffet line, skipping the French fries, French toast and asked if he could get a Kaiser role to replace the Baguette? Odd. Just before the festivities began, Alexis showed up. He was all decked out and even sported an All Blacks tie. Unfortunately, he had to remove it after about 75 minutes as it started choking him.

As you have undoubtedly read by now, Pasadena RFC pretty much “ran the table” Saturday night, taking home 5 of the 6 awards they were nominated for. We were, I am told, 2 votes away from also receiving the Team of the Year Award as well. That award went to Belmont Shore who had an “OK” year. Keegan and I will be digging shallow graves for those CIPP’ed players that didn’t vote. Below you will find our winners.

Division III Most Valuable Player: Matt Hettermann
Coach of the Year: Michael Bryant
Distinguished Service Award: Jim Ciampa
Player's Player Award: Keegan Hornbeck
Sportsperson of the Year: Michael Bryant

I enjoyed seeing Eagle Rock’s table look utterly defeated each time a Pasadena player was announced. I am sure they are still trying to figure out why they weren’t somehow winning awards. I think there were more than a few people VERY surprised by the Pasadena onslaught of victories. But what did our table think?

Recognition is a weird thing. Not one person from PRFC expected to win. They all had an, “I am sure _____ will win cause he deserves it more” attitude. Can you blame Coach for thinking that the Southern California Men’s Griffin Coach would win? Who can blame Keegan for thinking that Henry Bloomfield (an Eagle that just retuned from playing in the World Cup) might be chosen? Can you blame Matt for thinking Frazier would win? Or Ciampa for thinking the ex-President of the Union would get the nod? Surely they all deserved their award, but I am always impressed with the “I am no better than anyone else” mentality that our team has. There is no place for ego…I do love a good Eggo though.

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