Portal:CS1986 Men

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CS1986 Men Portal

The second Combined Services player financed tour consisted of more experienced players and were planning to improve on the 84 Tour results. To see individual and team photos, view selected pages from the 1986 England Tour Brochure Manager Pat O'Connor (Army) made all the pre-tour arrangements, right down to the last details, but due to a military commitment, did not make the tour. The Pre-tour training was complemented by USARFU assistant coach, George Betzler, giving us pointers, that were instrumental in a strong showing in the scrimmage with Washington RFC right before departure.

In January 25-26 the USNA hosted a National Military and Collegiate Coaching Clinic. Speakers were Mr A. P. (Bill) Freeman (NZ), George Betzler (Assist USA Eagles Coach), Ray Cornbill (Former USA Eagles coach), Herb Howell (Chairman, National Collegiate Committee)

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Team Record

Seniors Record
Date	Opponent	Score	Notes
<date>	Georgia	17-3	Battle of New Orleans tournament; Ts by Ridnell, Lien, Davis, PK by Pollard
<date>	ERU U-25	18-25	BNO: T by Destafney, PK (4) and C by Williamson
<date>	Midwest	7-18	BNO: T by Bennett, PK by Williamson
	Florida	3-16	BNO; DG by Feathers
15 Mar	Brize Norton	33-10	Tour; Ridnell - T
16 Mar	Clifton RFC	13-26	Tour
19 Mar	Royal Artillery	16-19	Tour Ridnell - T
21 Mar	REME Arborfield	46-10	Tour
21 Mar	Royal Engineers Corps	11-25	Tour
23 Mar	United Services Portsmouth RFC	12-14	Tour

Senior write up for Battle of New Orleans [[1]]

1986 tour record 2-4. Write up here [[2]]

Seniors Roster
Name	Service	Notes
Ridnell, Tony	Army	England Tour, Georgia, MW
Destafney, Bob	USMC	England Tour, ERU Excalibur
Byzewski, John	USMC	England Tour, Georgia, MW
Adgate, Gene	USCG	England Tour, ERU Excalibur, MW
Bennett, Jack	Army	England Tour, ERU Excalibur, MW
Carter, Bruce	Army	England Tour, Georgia, Florida
Davis, Orie	USCG	England Tour, Georgia
Finley, Will	USCG	England Tour, MW
Foster, George	Army	England Tour, Georgia, MW
Lang, John	USCG	England Tour, ERU Excalibur, MW
Mahre, Mike	Navy	England Tour, ERU Excalibur
Malley, Bob	Army	England Tour, Georgia, Florida
Murphy, Sean	Air Force	England Tour, MW
Pollard, Walt	Army	England Tour, Georgia, Florida
Purcell, Dennis	USCG	England Tour
Rand, Mike	USCG	England Tour, Georgia, Florida
Rutledge, Paul	Air Force	England Tour, ERU Excalibur, MW
Sands, Jeff	Marine Corps	England Tour, Georgia, Florida
Stewart, Steve	Army	England Tour, Georgia, Florida
Swords, Kevin	Air Force	England Tour, Georgia, ERU Excalibur, MW
Suchanek, Brad	USCG	England Tour, Georgia, ERU Excalibur, MW
Williamson, Bob	Air Force	England Tour, ERU Excalibur, MW
Trumps, Tom	Army	England Tour, Georgia, Florida
Buchanan, Andy	Army	England Tour
Mora, Rudi	Army	England Tour
Pomeroy, Trip	Army	England Tour
Thomas, Mike	Army	England Tour
Tibbits, Keith	Marine Corps	England Tour
Swords, Brendan (Danny)	Air Force	England Tour
Morrison, Dan	Army	England Tour
Knofcynski, Mark	Air Force	England Tour
Butler, Dan	VMI	England Tour
Trapnell, Jay	Air Force	England Tour
Lein, Pat	NA	Georgia, Florida
Macleod, Dan	CG	Georgia, Florida,Selected as alternate England Tour
Sisson, Matt	CG	ERU Excalibur
McCoy, Keith	AF	ERU Excalibur, MW
Leonard, John	CG	ERU Excalibur, MW
Ritter, Tex	CG	ERU Excalibur, Florida
Sherman, Pat	AR	ERU Excalibur
Carter, S	AR	Selected, could not travel, England Tour
Kucek, Mike	AF	ERU Excalibur
Diemer, Tim	AF ROTC	MW
Cronin, D	USCG	Selected, could not travel, England Tour
Procak, George	MC	Florida
Metzger, Rick	AF	Florida
McCown, Jim	MC	Florida
McKeon, Brian	MC	Florida
Feathers, Rick	AR	Florida
Dolan, M	USA	Selected, could not travel, England Tour
Dolan, T	USA	Selected, could not travel, England Tour
Mc Carty, T	USCG	Selected, could not travel, England Tour
Rapp, W	USA	Selected, could not travel, England Tour
McCown, J	USMC	Selected as alternate England Tour
Nagle, E	USCG	Selected as alternate England Tour

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Leadership

Chairman - Dick Battock, USAF

Coach - Jerry Gallion, LtCDR, USCG

Back Coach- Denny Merideth, USAF

Manager - Pat O'Connor, USA

Manager - Mike Malone, USMC

Convenor of Selectors - Ron Hagan, USAF

Team Captains, Battle of New Orleans: Byzewski (Georgia), Destafney (ERU and Midwest), Pollard (Florida)

Team Captain/vice captain, England tour: Byszewski (captain), Destafney (vice)

Juniors Coaches - Bob Wolf (MC), Vern Francis (AF), Kevin O'Keefe (MC)

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Media

Battle of New Orleans Team L to R, First row - Mike Malone, Pat Lien, John Byzewski, Paul Rutledge, Bob Destafney, Tony Ridnell, Gene Adgate, Dan MacLeod, Jerry Gallion; Second row - Steve McNair, Mike Mahre, Bob Malley, ??, Bruce Carter, ??, Steve Stewart, Pat Sherman, Dick Battock; Third row - Tom Trumps, Kevin Swords, ??, Jeff Sands, ??, Orrie Davis, Brad Suchanek, Tex Ritter; Fourth row - Denny Merideth, Bob Williamson, Jack Bennett, Sean Murphy, George Foster, Mike Rand, Walt Pollard, Will Finley, and Pat O’Connor.

More Photos here: 86 CS Photos

Go here for 1986 Battle of New Orleans Report

Go here for 1986 CS Tour Selection Letter

Go here for 1986 CS Tour Report

Go here for Coach Battock's post 86 tour letter

Go here for 1986 England Tour Brochure

Read about the tour in the Newsletter account, pages 5 and 6 here [[3]]