Annual Jammers/Grey Rugby Match
On Sunday, January 19, Connecticut’s quad rugby team, The CT Jammers, played the able-bodied Grey Rugby Team in an annual match at New Horizons Village in Unionville. The CT Jammers played a great game, but lost in overtime 33-32 to the Greys. The Connecticut Jammers team, sponsored by Gaylord Hospital, is a member of the United States Quad Rugby Association which allow athletes with quadriplegia to compete against other athletes throughout the Northeast. The Connecticut Grey is an “Old Boys” rugby club founded in Oxford in 1979.

Photo courtesy of Rick Hartford / January 19, 2014
The match was featured on the 11 o’clock news on WVIT Channel 30. Here is a link for more pictures from the game, courtesy of The Courant.