The county's leading U15 and U18 girls will be looking to repeat the achievement of the senior players and win divisional titles at Hartpury College this weekend.
The U18s are already flying high at the top of their table. Although London & SE drew with their main rivals - South West - in the opening game, their 32-0 win against North was far better than South West could achieve against Midlands, and now it is only the Midlands - who have lost both of their games so far - that stand between L&SE and the title. Hertfordshire girls in the squad for the game, on Sunday, are Sam Voyle (Welwyn), Claire Shutler (Saracens), Alice Nee (Saracens), and Shira Kilgallon (Welwyn)
The U15s will be playing their entire championship at the Festival, which will resemble the old Regional Festival with each team playing three 20 minute games. However, L&SE will be going into the competition with confidence having beaten South West 27-10 in a warm-up game last month - Hertfordshire representatives will be Harriet Austin (Hertford), Bryony Pomfret (Welwyn), and Sydney Gregson (Letchworth).
After this festival there will be 30 U18s and 30 U15s chosen to attend a training camp and a National Talent Development Programme.
The U18s will become part of the National Talent Development Group, attending a four day summer camp at Wellington College that will include skill development, team building, welfare and time management education. They will also receive five extra one to one sessions and a player specific development plan with their Divisional Talent Development Officer – in London & South East’s case Maggie Alphonsi.
The U15s players will attend a three day training camp at Wellington College in August with a focus on skill development as well as nutrition and strength and conditioning education plus expectations about elite athlete behaviour.
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