Sun 30th Nov Herts Girls County Games at Worcester

The next Herts County Girls Games are now at Worcester RFC and Herts U15’s are playing in a Triangular Fixture against Herefordshire and Worcestershire, whereas Herts U18’s are playing Worcestershire.

The following 20 Herts U18 Players have been selected for 30/11 with their squad number:
1 Milly Fuggles
2 Charlie Hughes
3 Alice Nee
4 Laura Watson
5 Megan Childs
6 Mica Gooding
7 Jess Robinson
8 Geri Thomas
9 Claire Shutler
10 Nikki Alcock
11 Abi Lee
12 Hayley Guilder
13 Alex Robertson
14 Georgia Peedle
15 Megan Williams
16 Eleanor Morris
17 Hannah Winfield
18 Emily Tarling
19 Sam Voyle
20 Emma Wilson

A 53 Seat Coach to take the Herts U15 Girls Squad and Herts U18 Girls Squads to Worcester RFC on Sun 30/11. It has been hired from Reg’s Coaches (which should be printed on the side of the Coach) and will be leaving from outside the Sports Village at the University of Hertfordshire Sports Village, de Havilland Campus, Hatfield Business Park, Hatfield, Herts, AL10 9EU at 09.30 sharp.

Venue: Worcester RFC, Sixways Stadium, Sixways, Worcester, WR3 8ZEWhen you arrive at the Club please turn left at the island outside of the club and then straight over at the next small island and there is coach parking just past this island.

u/15s Kick off 1.30 each match 15 minutes each way
u/18s kick off 2.00 normal match time 35 minutes each way

U12 team photo - and details for next match

The U12 team from our first game - thanks to the Stevens family for the picture.

Next game 30 November at Dulwich College, Dulwich Common, LondonSE21 7LD

Directions: Dulwich College lies due South of the City of London only six miles from the River Thames and is adjacent to the South Circular Road, the main ring route around South London.

By Car:

Entrance to the College is from Dulwich Common (the South Circular, A205) only. There is ample parking on the campus for visitors.

We are looking at a 2pm kick-off, so an arrival by 1.30 (or before if you want to go skating!). If anyone is looking for lifts then please let me know.

At present the following have said that they are available for the game. If your daughter's name is missing or circumstances have changed please let John Birch know:

• Hayley Everett
  
• Saoirse Lavelle
  
• Beth Lewis
  
• Tamzin Luftig
  
• Kalina Mendy
  
• Rebecca Maynard
  
• Chloe Muir
  
• Phoenix Page 
  
• Niamh Parris
• Allessandra Stevens
  
• Beth Summerfield
  
• Kate Summerfield
  
• Leah Wattley
  
• Ciara Williamson

RFUW newsletter November 2008

RFUW NEWS UPDATE – November 08

2010 iRB Women’s Rugby World Cup – England have won the right to host the 2010 iRB Women’s Rugby World Cup. The prestigious tournament, which was last held in Edmonton, Canada in 2006, will be staged across West London and will showcase the top 12 international teams in world rugby. The RFUW and RFU fought off stiff competition from Germany, South Africa and Kazakhstan to host the 2010 event. Further details will be announced in due course.

RBS 6 Nations – England kick-off their defence of the RBS 6 Nations at home on February 7th against Italy and with the iRB Rugby World Cup 7s running concurrently in March, England could face one of their toughest seasons since the 2006 Rugby World Cup. This year the England home games will take place at London Welsh RFC in Richmond which is a great venue, with fantastic transport links that is also close to the men’s games at Twickenham should you wish to watch both matches or just soak up the atmosphere. All of the England and England A curtain raiser fixtures are detailed below:

					KO	Men's KO
7th February	Saturday	A's	vs.	Spain	11:45
		England	vs.	Italy	13:30	15:00
28th February	Saturday	A's	vs.	Nomads	14:00 - TBC
15th March	Sunday	A's	vs.	France A's	11:45
		England	vs.	France	13:30	15:00
21st March	Saturday	A's	vs.	Nomads	11:45
		England	vs.	Scotland	13:30	15:30

Keep an eye on rfu.com/women’s rugby for the latest updates.

December Internationals – England will warm-up for the RBS 6 Nations with an international fixture against Ireland on December 20th. This match is away, so if you want to catch some rugby nearer to home England A will be taking on Italy A on the 14th at London Welsh, kick-off 12pm. The RFUW Development side will also take on Italy A at the same venue on the 12th, kick-off 7pm.

2009 iRB Rugby World Cup 7s – England Women’s 7s Coach Simon Amor has just announced his squad for the 2008/2009 season which will see England compete in the inaugural Rugby World Cup 7s. The tournament will run alongside the men’s rugby world cup in Dubai from March 5th-7th. Before the Rugby World Cup, England will compete in the Dubai 7s in November and the San Diego 7s in February. Keep an eye on rfu.com/women’s rugby for the latest 7s information, and news on how you can follow England’s progress in the Rugby World Cup.

AGM – The RFUW AGM will take place on December 14th at London Welsh, on the same day as England A take on Italy A. Full information is enclosed, please return your attendance / proxy form to the RFUW by 5th December 2008.

New RFUW Employees – The RFUW have made three new appointments, with David Rose joining the team as Head of Development and Barry Maddocks and Kevin Moggridge as Club and Coach Officers for the South West. David joins us from the RFU where he was the Midlands Referee Development Manager. He is tasked with ensuring women’s and girls’ rugby becomes a fully integrated part of rugby in England. He will work closely with the RFU, Sport England and other delivery agencies to ensure that there are as many opportunities as possible open to women and girls to play rugby. Barry and Kevin join a team of ten CCOs across the country who will be responsible for supporting the development of women’s and girls’ rugby across the region. They will have an extensive remit which will include player development, coach development and club development. Barry’s regions are Gloucestershire and Dorset & Wilts while Kevin will work in Cornwall, Devon and Somerset.

Regional Programme – Senior regional trials will take place on Sunday 14th December. All trialists will need to register for the trials online. Senior registration will commence on Monday 10th November until Friday 28th November. Please visit rfu.com/women for more information. This year more than ever, the pathway through to England Elite will only be accessed through the Regional Programme. Under 15s and Under 18s regional trials will take place on Sunday 11th January. Youth Trials will be closed in most regions and this information will be included on the trial form and the website. Please note you will not be able to turn up and trial on the day for any of these trials. Please see the enclosed regional programme document for more info and to place on your notice boards, for any enquiries please contact regionalrugby@therfu.com.

Referee Expenses – Please note that referee expenses have been increased to 40p per mile, in line with the RFU rate. I look forward to seeing some of you in December at London Welsh RFC.

Rosie Williams

Managing Director 

Sun 30th Nov Herts Girls County Games at Worcester

The next Herts County Girls Games are now at Worcester RFC and Herts U15’s are playing in a Triangular Fixture against Herefordshire and Worcestershire, whereas Herts U18’s are playing Worcestershire.

The following 20 Herts U15 Players have been selected for 30/11 with their squad number:
1 – Amber King
2 – Melissa Gargaro
3 – Charlie Faloona
4 – Scarlett Cooper-Wall
5 – Sydnie Grace
8 – Courtney Arberry - Captain
9 – Bryony Pomfret
10 – Shira Kilgallon
11 – Lotte Clapp
12 – Nathalie Gooch
13– Becky Dawson
14 – Sophie Mccormack
15 – Rachel Mccullough
16 – Sidney Nurthen
17 - Oren Blindell
18 – Lois Kentish
19 – Rachel Selwood
20 – Alice Llelliott
21 – Stevie Farrow
22 – Olivia Lee

A 53 Seat Coach to take the Herts U15 Girls Squad and Herts U18 Girls Squad to go to Worcester RFC on Sun 30/11. It has been hired from Reg’s Coaches (which should be printed on the side of the Coach) and will be leaving from outside the Sports Village at the University of Hertfordshire Sports Village, de Havilland Campus, Hatfield Business Park, Hatfield, Herts, AL10 9EU at 09.30 sharp.

Venue: Worcester RFC, Sixways Stadium, Sixways, Worcester, WR3 8ZE

When you arrive at the Club please turn left at the island outside of the club and then straight over at the next small island and there is coach parking just past this island.

u/15s Kick off 1.30 each match 15 minutes each way
u/18s kick off 2.00 normal match time 35 minutes each way

U12s: First game, and the next

Well done everyone who came to the game against Kent on Sunday. It was a steep learning curve for everyone against a much more experienced team used to playing with each other, but after the shock of the first 10 minute period you all setteled down brilliantly only losing the second and third periods 2-0 and 2-1 respectively. They had some fast wings, but our forwards were awesome - winning almost every scrum!

We have a return game now set for 30th November, kick-off at 2pm at Dulwich College in South London. This is one of the country's leading private schools - and we will be playing on one of their main rugby pitches, so the facilities should be superb. The match will be part of a big Christmas fair being held at the college, with ice skating and all kinds of other activities going on - so it will be a day out for everyone.

Full details, directions, etc. will be circulated... once we receive them. In the meanwhile (if you have not done so already) please let John Birch know if you are available.

This will probably be the last fixture before Christmas as we have been unable to confirm an opponent or venue for 14th December. We may have a training session on that afternoon however - again more details when they are confirmed. After Christmas the aim is to have training session or matches on some of RFUW's regional weekends (see above). However, as these are compressed into a much shorter period this season we will probably not have sessions on every weekend this season.