Fellow Ruggers,

This is an official invite to our first ever Advanced Skills Clinic! It will be held on Saturday, January 28th at Whitaker Fields (the UT Intramural Fields) located at the intersection of 51st and Guadalupe in Austin, Texas. It will begin 9am Saturday morning and will go until about 4pm. The clinic will be guest coached by Bryn Chivers, accompanied by Austin Hall. Bryn and Austin coach the U20 Women’s National Team and have offered to come to Austin to help us get to the next level in improving our more advanced skills. We welcome players of all experience!

There will be a $15 player fee which will include lunch. Please RSVP no later than Wednesday, January 25th! If you have any further questions, feel free to email me!

Thanks!
Julia Fortkort

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from USA Rugby South:

Rugby South Carolina in conjunction with USA Rugby are hosting two Coach Development Courses on November 5th and 6th for first time certification or renewal of certifications. Both courses will be on offer at this event.

Pricing and prerequisite information can be found for this event athttp://www.usarugby.org/#cc%3D%5BApplication%5D%5C%5CStructure%5C%5CContent%5C%5CBrand%20Resource%20Center%5C%5CContent%5C%5CHome%5C%5C20907F3F-1296-673E-836F-0F38F89441A9%5C%5C20907F3F-1296-BACE-1794-EBBD9527EB77%7B%7BTab%3AView%7D%7D

Actual registration can be found for the event at:https://membership.usarugby.org/Courses/OnlineSignup/SelectCourses.aspx?Category=EVENTCAT_COACH

If you have any questions on this event please feel free to contact me and I will either answer your questions or find the right person that can.

I look forward to seeing you and your coaches at the event.

Please forward this email to all the folks in your Rugby Community so that we can get as many folks on the certification track as possible. Remember if you can’t make this date there are other dates and our NC neighbors will be hosting in January 2012 as well!

Cheers,
Neil

Neil Richards
VP Rugby South Carolina
RuckandMaul@live.com
803.237.7045

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from my inbox:

I had the pleasure of observing two days of the Serevi Rugby camp, Fri and Sat in Seattle the previous weekend. Followed by watching the Vikings beat the Seahawks at the stadium with my son Blake myself.

Gordon Tietjens, the All Blacks greatest 7s coach in history, Coach Al Caravelli USA 7s coach, and Waisale Serevi the greatest 7s rugby player of all time from Fiji put on the clinic. What a pleasure and rare opportunity for American rugby players in attendance. Military 7s is about to explode in the future and more info to follow.

Thanks,
Dominic

Serevi Camp Wraps, Visits Seahawks

Serevi Rugby put a wrap on its first-ever Serevi Rugby Academy on Saturday, August 20th with a scrimmage at Seattle’s Magnuson Park. On the sideline providing running feedback and commentary were two of the game’s legends: Fijian great and Serevi Rugby co-founder Waisale Serevi and New Zealand All Blacks’ Coach Gordon Tietjens.
Tietjens had arrived from New Zealand on Thursday, just in time to join all 30 Academy participants at a Seattle Seahawks practice, after which Seahawks’ Coach Pete Carroll addressed the Serevi Rugby players. Carroll also took time to compare notes on high performance with Serevi, Tietjens and U.S. National Coach Al Caravelli, who was at the Academy Thursday and Friday to assess talent. Carroll arranged for Serevi Rugby participants to sit in the team section for Saturday’s exhibition game against Minnesota.
After talking to the players about intensity, nutrition and attention to detail, Tietjens put the group of elite players through two grueling workouts on Friday, driving home points from his morning lecture. Tietjens and Caravelli then joined Serevi on the shores of Lake Washington Friday evening for a Serevi Rugby-hosted event to benefit Washington State rugby.

Several camp participants, including Rocco Mauer, Tim Stanfill and Peter Tiberio, left the Academy Friday night to head to San Diego with Caravelli and the Collegiate All Stars.

After the Academy, Serevi noted “We couldn’t have asked for a better week. I ran the Academy as I would for a national team and players responded. They brought their A games and showed great passion and camaraderie. Gordon Tietjens was magic on Friday. Having Al in the house added to the sense of urgency we feel around growing this game in North America. I can hardly wait for the next Academy.”

Serevi Academy Kicks Off

Seattle- Serevi Rugby(tm) has officially kicked off the first-ever Serevi Rugby(tm) Academy for promising rugby athletes with Olympic aspirations. The Academy is organized like a national team camp to help better prepare 18- to 24-year-old athletes for the demands of international competition. The camp features New Zealand All Blacks’ coach Gordon Tietjens, winner of nine of the 12 World Rugby Sevens Championships, as well as Al Caravelli, the head coach of the U.S. national rugby team, who is planning on attending to evaluate prospective players.

“This is the largest group of elite rugby athletes ever gathered outside of a national team setting,” said Waisale Serevi, co-founder of Serevi Rugby(tm). “It is a testament to the quality of coaches and other players, the intensity of interest in the 2016 Olympics, and the fact that Seattle is becoming known as a hotbed of rugby in the United States.”

Players attending the camp include athletes from the University of Texas, the University of Arizona, Notre Dame, the University of Minnesota and the University of Nebraska, among others. It also includes two current U.S. Eagles players, several former NFL players and a cluster of players from Bermuda. The camp features conditioning, strategy and game management “chalk talks” as well as drills. The camp will wrap up with a mini-tournament at Magnuson Park on August 20st from 9:00 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. The tournament is free and open to the public.

Several partners joined Serevi Rugby(tm) to sponsor the camp, including World Rugby Shop, United Health Care, Sports Reaction Center, Gametapes, Garvey Schubert Barer, Kibble & Prentice and T3 Recovery Mattress. Full details on the Serevi Rugby(tm) Academy may be found at www.serevirugby.com. Serevi Rugby(tm) apparel may be found at www.worldrugbyshop.com.

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TRRA is hosting a Level 1 Referee course at the University of Texas on Sept 24th from 9:00 – 5:00. Participants should dress for activity and lunch will be provided. Please go to the USA Rugby website to register for the course. All course participants must register online prior to the event. Please see pre course requirements below.

Course Date: 09/24/2011
Course Educator is Rich Prim – 832-860-8468 – rich_prim@yahoo.com
UT contact is Butch Neuenschwander – 512-626-0337
TRRA contact is Traci Schmidtke – 512-968-4888 – tschmidtke@gmail.com

University of Texas
George Sanchez Educational Building – Map
Room 546 and 556
(Bldg is located across the street from the Bob Bullock Texas History Museum on Martin Luther King Blvd)

The Level 1 Referee Course is the basic course. It covers the referee’s priorities, provides an introduction to the Laws, and examines scrums, ruck/mauls,tackles,offside and advantage with focus on the critical parts and how to referee them. When a student has completed this course, and the accompanying test, they are ready to begin refereeing safely. This is just the first step in a referee’s education, but it is the necessary beginning.

The course will consist of mostly outside practical demonstration/instruction/participation (weather permitting, otherwise inside a gym) and some classroom work. Therefore please dress appropriately and please be ready for some mild physical activity (regular rugby kit is fine–sneakers, shorts/sweatpants, shirt, clothing that can withstand some physical activity!)

The course also includes completing a safety course and a short Law Test. Both must be completed online, with five additional safety questions to be answered during the course. The intention is that the test will serve to familiarize the student with the Law Book and how to use it. The instructor(s) will work with anyone who does not pass the first time so they will achieve the desired understanding.

Students will receive a Law Book, Course Manual, whistle, and cards (red and yellow).

The required pre-course preparational work online for those who register:

Course Preparation
There is a little bit of homework to be completed prior to the course. This is intended to cover subjects that can easily be done on your own, thereby freeing more course time for practical applications.

• Download a Law Book – Look at the Definitions in the beginning of the Book, scan Law 1 ­ The Ground, and look at the definitions in each of these Laws ­ 10 Foul Play, 11 Offside, 12 Knock-on, 15 Tackle, 16 Ruck, 17 Maul, 19 Lineout and 20 Scrum. Don’t try to memorize anything, just read it once for familiarity.
• IRB Rugby Ready – At this site you will find a short, on-line safety course offered by the IRB. It is free and takes less than an hour to run through. Once you have signed up, you can do the course in small portions if you don¹t have time to do it all at once. PRINT A COPY OF YOUR RUGBYREADY CERTIFICATE AND BRING IT TO THE COURSE.
• Laws of the Rugby Game – Complete the short Law test. This will finish 90% of the required Law test for the course certificate ­ in class you will need to answer five safety questions correctly. PRINT A COPY OF YOUR LAW QUIZ COMPLETION CERTIFICATE AND BRING IT TO THE COURSE.

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This is an official invite to our 4th Annual Rookie Clinic & Round Robin hosted by Texas Women’s Rugby! It will be held on Saturday, September 24th at Whitaker Fields (the UT Intramural Fields) located at the intersection of 51st and Guadalupe in Austin, Texas. It will begin at 9am Saturday morning and will go until about 3pm. Anna Kunkel will be heading up the clinic as we strive to improve on our basic rugby skills. There is a $10 fee for the clinic, which will include lunch. In the morning, we will have a skills clinic and in the afternoon we will everything into gameplay with a small round robin.

Please let me know if your team is interested and, if you can, provide me with an estimate of how many of your girls will be in attendance.

Thanks!
Julia Fortkort
Match Secretary for Texas Women’s Rugby

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We will be hosting a coach’s clinic July 30 & 31 2011 at the Little Rock Rugby Club Complex

There will be two levels of Workshops

Descriptions:
Introducing Rugby: This workshop is designed for coaches who concentrate on introducing the game to new players. It is ideal for high school head coaches as well as college and club assistant coaches. Focusing on the fundamentals, this workshop will benefit coaches and players with limited rugby experience.

Developing Rugby Skills: The emphasis of this workshop is on practice planning, game sense, and skill development. This workshop is designed for coaches focused on working with experienced players that aspire to compete at a higher level. The course work is ideal for head coaches and those that are involved in club, Super League and all-star play.

Hotel Information:

Comfort Inn Downtown Little Rock
707 Interstate 30
Little Rock, AR 72202
Phone - 501 687-7700
Rate – $79 (plus tax) for 2 double beds or a King Suite

Book under “USA Rugby Coaches Clinic”  (Ask for Shannon if you have any problems)

Contact Wilma for more details !

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UPDATE 8/3: We still have spots open that we’d love to fill. Additionally, we have a reduced fee for players who live near UCSB and would like to commute to camp instead of staying on site. Questions about camp can be directed to me at usarugby7smanager@gmail.com .

On behalf of Ric Suggitt, please find a flyer for the August 7s Open Camp attached. We are looking for athletic individuals who want to see what it takes to compete at the international level. Could you please post and distribute to any contacts who could recommend players? We are hoping for immediate distribution as we are just one month from the start of the first camp.

Women’s 7s Open Camp Flyer 2011

Please let me know if you have any questions!

Thanks,
Kellie

–
Kellie Cavalier
Manager
Women’s National 7s Program
usarugby7smanager@gmail.com

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