<P>Hey Ladies,</P>
<P>Good Luck this Saturday at the games! I really wish I could be playing this season! Unfortunately, it's not OK for pregnant girls to play rugby. Something about the safety of the baby? ;) </P>
<P>A friend of mine is the Head Cheff at the Westin Grand in Vancouver, and he recently met a lovely guest who lives in the town of Rugby in the UK. He emailed some photo's from the town of Rugby, as it apparently all began there! Thought you might be interested to have a look at some history from our sport.</P>
<P>Photo's are attached. </P>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The nations flags (including yours) flying outside the school where the game started<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV></LI>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">A picture of the Rugby museum where, up untill recently the "Gilbert" balls were hand made.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV></LI>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">A picture of the bronze statue of William Webb Ellis who was the first to pick up the ball and run with it.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV></LI>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">A plaque on the wall showing the exact place he ran to with the ball<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV></LI>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">2 pictures of the main Rugby field where he ran with the ball.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV></LI></UL>
<P>Play hard this weekend and win it for you and your teammates!</P>
<P>Miss you all! </P>
<P>Allice </P>