This weekend offers not one but two exciting opportunities to enjoy a good time with the men and women of Fog Rugby at the LookOut Bar in the Castro.

On Friday, November 20, join us for the Fog Friday Beer Bust where you’ll get all the Budweiser beer you can drink from 6pm to 9:30pm for only $8! Come on out, unwind after a hard work-week, and enjoy a beer with the men and women of Fog Rugby.

Fog Friday Beer Bust

Place: LookOut Bar (corner of 16th and Market Streets, San Francisco)
Date: Friday, November 20
Time: 6:00pm to 9:30pm

On Sunday, November 22, Fog Rugby is back again as the host of Jock Sunday, a weekly afternoon/early evening, high-energy jump fueled by a rotating cast of top name DJs. Packed every Sunday with hot, sweaty, jocular boys — and girls — Jock is all-star! The party starts at 3pm and there’s a suggested $2 donation at the door.

Jock Sunday

Place: LookOut Bar
Date: Sunday, November 22
Time: 3:00pm

Be sure to check out the selection of Fog Rugby T-shirts and hats on sale at both events. We’ll also be raffling off exciting prizes, so don’t miss out!

Relatives of the victims of United Airlines flight 93 gathered at the plane’s crash site in western Pennsylvania today, taking part with in a groundbreaking ceremony for a memorial to honor the passengers who lost their lives on September 11, 2001. They were joined by Ken Salazar, US Secretary of the Interior.

Mark Bingham, an early member of the San Francisco Fog, was one of the 38 passengers on that flight. He was 31 years old at the time of the crash.

The San Francisco Fog is exceedingly proud to host two top-flight women's rugby tournaments this weekend.

On Friday, November 6, the Women’s Division I Club Championships will kick off, featuring the nation's top women's club teams in pool play. The clubs head into the trophy rounds on Sunday, November 8, culminating in the crowning of the 2009 National D1 Champions.

This weekend also sees the first Women's Premier League (WPL) Championship. Newly introduced for the 2009 club rugby season, the WPL pitted eight top senior women's clubs from across the U.S. against each other in an elite six-week competition.

Hosted by The San Francisco Fog R.F.C. in association with USA Rugby, both events will take place at the Gaelic Athletic Association's field at 11th Street and Avenue E on Treasure Island. Admission is free to all spectators. There will be vendors selling food, refreshments and rugby gear.

UPDATE: Select matches will also be available for live viewing online (as well as replay) via Ustream.tv USA Rugby channel. See the schedules below for details.

Match Schedule – Women's D1 Championships

Match	Day	Time	Field	Home Team	Away Team
1*	Friday	9:00am	1	NOVA	Seattle
2*	Friday	11:00am	1	San Diego Surfers	Atlanta
3*	Sunday	10:00am	1	Seattle	Atlanta
4*	Sunday	12:00pm	1	NOVA	San Diego Surfers

*Match will be streamed live and available for replay on Ustream.tv.

UPDATE: In Match 1, NOVA beat Seattle 25-23. In Match 2, the Surfers beat Atlanta 21-10.

Match Schedule – Women's Premier League

Match	Day	Time	Field	Home Team	Away Team
1	Friday	9:00am	2	Amazons	ORSU
2	Friday	11:00am	2	Keystone	DC Furies
*3*	Friday	1:00 pm	1	Beantown	New York
4	Friday	1:00pm	2	Berkeley	MN Valkyries
5	Sunday	9:00am	2	ORSU	DC Furies
6	Sunday	11:00am	2	Amazons	Keystone
7	Sunday	1:00pm	2	Beantown	MN Valkyries
*8*	Sunday	2:00pm	1	Berkeley	New York

*Match will be streamed live and available for replay on Ustream.tv.

UPDATE: In Match 1, the Amazons beat ORSU 27-20. In Match 2, Keystone beat the Furies 27-5. In Match 3, New York beat Beantown 13-10. In Match 4, Berkeley beat the Valkyries 19-5.

President Obama today signed the Matthew Shepard-James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act into law. The law is named after Matthew Shepard, a Wyoming college student tortured and killed because he was gay, and James Byrd, a black man lynched by white supremacists.

The Matthew Shepard-James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act gives the Justice Department the power to investigate and prosecute bias-motivated violence, where the perpetrator has selected the victim because of the person’s actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability.

The San Francisco Fog R.F.C. stands united in working towards a future in which such acts never occur.

In the first video below, Matthew Shepard’s mother, Judy Shepard, speaks about her son’s life. The second video recounts James Byrd’s murder and its aftermath.

The Men of the San Francisco Fog will play in a round-robin day of rugby on Halloween, Saturday, October 31st.

The Fog will be joined by Berkeley RFC and the San Bruno Saints in round-robin play, with multiple sides from Berkeley and the Fog taking part. The day will include a total of six 40-minute games at the Fog Rugby pitch on Treasure Island with first kickoff at 11am.

Also on Saturday, the Fog Women will travel to Palo Alto to take part in the annual Stanford 10s Tournament. The tournament takes place at Stanford’s Steuber Rugby Stadium and begins bright and early at 7:45am.

Training for both the Fog Men and Fog Women continues every Tuesday and Thursday, from 7:30 to 9:30pm.

This Friday, October 16, join the men and women of Fog Rugby at the LookOut Bar in the Castro to enjoy all the Budweiser beer you can drink from 6pm to 9:30pm for only $8!

Be sure to check out the selection of Fog Rugby T-shirts and hats on sale that night. We’ll also be raffling off exciting prizes throughout the evening.

Come on out, unwind after a hard work-week, and enjoy a beer with the men and women of Fog Rugby.

Sign up for the Fog Friday Beer Bust on our Facebook Event page!

Place: LookOut Bar (corner of 16th and Market Streets, San Francisco)
Date: Friday, October 16
Time: 6:00pm to 9:30pm

Rugby Sevens has been added as an Olympic Sport! Fog Rugby will be celebrating this recent development and holding an informational event for sevens rugby on Wednesday, Oct 14, 7:30pm at Truck.

Come learn the game and see what the buzz is about. See all of the action, hard work and fast pace of one of the most physically demanding team sports in the Olympics. You will get sucked into the game, and feel the excitement as the teams score try after try!

Truck is located at the corner of 15th and Folsom Streets in San Francisco (website / map & directions).

After securing a solid victory in Tempe, Arizona, this past weekend, the Fog Women finished fifth overall in West Coast Division I. The Fog beat Tempe 35-24 to edge out the same team in the final rankings, only narrowly missing the D1 playoffs. The club at large is proud of such a strong showing for the women in only their fourth season as a team.

The Fog Women will continue to play on into the post-season with tournaments and scrimmages.

A California bill, signed into law by governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Sunday, honors the life of Harvey Milk, California’s first openly gay politician elected to public office, by proclaiming his birthday, May 22, as a day of significance across the state each year.

Milk was elected a San Francisco Supervisor in 1977 and served until he and mayor George Moscone were assassinated by Dan White in 1978.

The Fog men are gearing up for the 2009-2010 season with practices on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7:30pm - 9:30pm, at the Fog Rugby pitch.

The men’s first pre-season game is on Saturday, October 17.