Over the last 22 years, the Tacoma Nomad Rugby Club has been making great efforts to increase the amount of youth rugby in the Pierce County Area. Currently the Tacoma Nomad Rugby Club has three youth teams and are always looking to expand to more area high schools.
In the Spring of 1987 the Tacoma Tsunami Rugby Program was formed. The Tsunamis were developed to bring awareness of the game to a larger number of High School students in the Pierce County area.
The Tacoma Nomad Rugby Club currently sponsor the Tacoma Tsunami High School Rugby Program. Led by veteran Nomad players Steve Chanfrau and Jeff Hunter. All high school boys from any school in the Pierce County Area are welcome to come out and play.
The Pacific Northwest Rugby Football Union currently has 12 other High School Club Programs representing its youth programs in Washington. The PNRFU youth season runs from February when the season starts. To May when the U.S. High School Championships take place.
Tsunami Contacts:
For all questions and concerns about the Tacoma Tsunamis Rugby program, contact:
Head Coach: Steve Chanfrau at coachsteve1@earthlink.net
Assistant Coach: Jeff Hunter at jkhunter@earthlink.net
For more information, check out there website at: www.home.earthlink.net/~coachsteve1/
Tsunami Schedule:
To view the 2010 Schedule of the Tacoma Tsunamis, click on the Schedule Tab of the website.
Tsunami Practice Schedule:
Currently the Tacoma Tsunamis are practicing at Portland Ave Playfields. Practices are Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:30 PM till 5:00 PM.
Portland Ave Playfields
3513 Portland Ave
Tacoma, Washington 98404
Tsunami Mission Statement:
The purpose of the Tacoma Tsunamis High School Rugby program is to introduce the second most played game in the world, RUGBY, to as many High School students as possible.
To this end, it is the goal of the Tacoma Nomad Rugby Club to teach basic skills and fundamentals of the game, maintain a policy of no cuts, promote universal participation, utilize positive reinforcement, foster pride in individual accomplishment, develop and maintain an all inclusive team spirit, encourage parental involvement and the bottom line, HAVE FUN.
