Over the upcoming Memorial Day weekend, over forty rugby teams will converge on Randall’s Island in New York City to compete for the Bingham Cup, named after Mark Bingham, one of the heroes of United Flight 93. Bingham’s 36th birthday would be this May 23, if religious fanatics had not hijacked his plane and tried, in vain, to turn it into a missile against Washington, D.C. Why not honor his memory by going to the games? Full info is here. A brief history of the tournament can be found here. The website for the host team, Gotham Rugdy Football Club, is here. I suppose one way to commemorate a rugby player is to beat the crap out of each other on a muddy field for an hour and a half. There will be plenty of beer afterwards, as well.
(Photo of Mark, courtesy of San Francisco Fog, SF’s rugby team.)
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