Training & Duty Day Hamper

Girls training this wednesday will be indoors from 8-9pm

Sunday should be our duty day at worcester, however the U15s have agreed to do it for us if we provide some raffle prizes. Last year we made a hamper so it would be nice to do the same again.
We need people to bring with them this week to training items to go into the hamper. Such as biscuits, cheese, wine, xmas pudding, chocolate . . you get the jist

I know you all talk on facebook, text and all the rest of it so please get together so we dont have 15 girls turn up with the same thing :)

Any problems then txt me

Thanks

Tolley

Training Tonight & County

Training will be held indoors again this evening, 7.30-9pm

Myself, Jem or Steve wont be there so the session will be ran by Pete.

This sunday is the county tournement. It will be held at Southam RUFC, Kineton Rd, Southam, Warks, CV47 2DG. www.southamrufc.org.uk.

please be there for 11.15, please dont be late as you have to register and fill out paper work first!

Anyone still owing money for hoodys please bring that sunday (cheques to Silverfx) bare in mind that if you gavent paid for your hoody you will not recieve it sunday!

See you Sunday

Tolley

Wednesday night training

Due to the conditions of the pitches on Westons, we will be training indoors on Wednesday. training will be reduced to 8.00pm until 9.00pm.

please bring your county hoody cheques. 22.50, made payable to SilverFX.

Steve

This Sunday

The match is on. We are playing on Cummins Frm pitches. Meet at 12.45 for a 2.00pm kick off.

Steve

County hoodies

For those that have ordered hoodies, the order has gone in. Can you bring cheques on Sunday please? Made payable to SilverFX for £22.50.

We will have them delivered in time for the county tournament.

Steve

Worcester Ladies & Training

Girls just to let you no that worcester ladies are playing Lichfield this saturday.
Kick Off is at 6pm and should be a quality game of rugby.
I suggest that if you can make it then please do as it would be a good experience for some of you to watch some ladies premiership rugby! And obviously support your ladies team!

Training sunday, 10am-12pm, on cummings field over the canal.
be nice to see you all there please :)

Tolley

Well Done!!

Girls, again just to say well done for sunday! it really was a fantastic effort from everyone!

Lets not let this win get on top of us though, we had to train hard to accomplish what we did sunday! We still have a lot to work on, so lets have full attention and effort at training and continue to move forward and improve!

note; those of you that havent yet payed subs please bring your cheques wednesday made out to - wrfc m/j section for £50

I must stress girl that if this isnt paid asap then u will not be able to play untill it has been paid, next match is 30/11/08 so you have till the wednesday before that at the very latest!!

Tolley

Match Sunday 16/11/08

Away game sunday to lichfield - 2.30 Kick Off

please meet at worcester for 12pm or at lichfield for 1.15pm ready to start warming up at 1.30 prompt!!

i dnt need to stress how important it is to make a big effort this weekend, we have got a lot to prove, u did well in training wednesday so lets make good use of what we learnt and play some good rugby.

also girls i needs registration fees ASAP!
the cclub have informed is that if we dnt get them in pronto then we will no longer be able to play the girls who have not paid up, so if you could bring them sunday along with 2 passort photos i would really appreciate it!

Tolley

Training Wednesday

Girls it is important that you make a big effort to get to training this wednesday!!
we have a lot of match preparation to do for sunday so would appreciate a good turn out.
Lets have you there on time and ready to train at 7.30pm

After our talk last wednesday we hope to see an improvment in the way the session goes

Tolley

COUNTY TRAINING SUNDAY

Just a reminder that county training this sunday is at Greyhounds Hereford City Sports Club Grandstand Road HR4 9NG. Due to horse racing taking place on sunday training has been moved forward and will be 9.30 to 11.30

Meet for Bridgnorth match

If you need a lift, let one of us know. We'll be leaving the Barn Owl pub at 12.15pm. Looking to get to Bridgnorth for 1:00pm for a 2:00pm kick off.

Steve

Lifts for today

Only Rich and I will be taking people from the club this morning. No-one else has contacted us and Tolley won't be coming down.

If you do need a lift and you have not contacted anyone, you MUST ring us as early as possible this morning on the numbers further down the page.

Steve

Game against Burfield

Girls as you know we are away at lichfield sunday. 2.00 Kick Off

1.15pm meet there, if you need lift we will be meeting at worcester at 12pm

Jem is unable to give lifts sunday which means there will be less cars leaving so if you need a lift please let myself or steve know asap (before sunday!!) Its important you let us know because we dont want 10 girls turing up at worcester and only have space for 5 so plz txt us before hand.

Numbers are further down the page.

See you sunday

Tolley

Fixture this weekend

We have agreed a fixture at short notice with Burfield. We need all players available for this weekend please.

Steve

Back outside!

The lights are back on and the weather is good. That means we are training outside again. Bring boots and spare clothes.

All U18 training will be back on the Westons pitches between 7.30pm and 9.00pm from now on on Wednesday nights.

Steve

Numbers - training and overall

We had 8 girls at training this weekend. We only had 15 to go to Jimmie's Angels. We regularly get into this situation every season but it's getting tougher this year.

We need more players, is the bottom line. Can you all ask your non-playing friends at school and college? We need to recruit or we may have to consider formally joining up with someone else in order to fulfil fixtures.

Steve

Last weekend

i would firstly like to say thank you to Jimmies angels for their hospitality and for the fixture.
Well done to all the girls that played.

Congratulations to Worcester, another outstanding performance!

i must stress though girls we still have a lot of hard work and some serious training to do. The season will continue to get harder and tougher so lets keep at it and work hard!

Tolley

Match on Sunday - 5/10/2008

This sunday we are away to Jimmies Angels. Kick off at 1.30pm

Due to the warriors being at home sunday we will not be able to meet at sixways!!

If you need lifts or to follow some one we will be meetin at county hall in worcester at 11.00, any later and we willhave gone so lets be on time those girls that need lifts please let us know before sunday morning!!

If your going straight there then its a 12.15pm meet for a 1.30 Kick off!

Directions to both county hall and Aylestone St James' RFC are below

any problems let myself, steve of Jem know.

I wont be there myself girls but i wish you all the best, just remember what weve done in training and you will be fine!

Tolley

Jimmies angels - http://www.aylestonestjamesrfc.co.uk/

County Hall Worcester - http://worcestershire.whub.org.uk/home/directions

Worcester U15s girls site

Just to confirm that our sister team, the U15s, have their own site. Look at their own site for more information on what's going on with them.

Steve

Great Start!!

Summer pre-season proved good as we kick started the season with a satisfying 53-5 victory! some quality attacking backs moves matched by some equally brilliant hard work from the forwards. With many girls having their first U18 game, or first game at their new position we couldn't have asked for a more pleasing outcome. Special credit to the younger girls who really stepped up and matured perfectly into Under 18s rugby! I'm pleased to say how well the team pulled together, communicated and proved any doubters wrong - Worcester will remain as strong as ever! Well done to all the girls, despite the hot weather everyone played brilliantly, lets continue now to train hard, improve our skills and have an enjoyable season!! :)

Squad. .

1-Crooky
2-Nic
3-Shoulders
4-Millie
5-Wino
6-Elizer
7-Ghostie
8-Wee Wee
9-Fran
10-Asskiss
11-Jade
12-Beth
13-Lou
14-Abbi
15-Lydia
16-Alix

Forthcoming fixtures

Our fixtures until Xmas:

9/21/2008	Newbold (League A)	Newbold-0n-Avon RFC
9/28/2008	County Training	11am prompt Greyhounds RFC
10/5/2008	Jimmies Angels	Away - time tbc
10/12/2008	Match tba	to confirm location pm
10/15/2008	Gloucester Academy (A) 8pm	Bishops College, Gloucester
10/19/2008	County Training	10am Prompt Sixways
10/26/2008	Kettering (A)	CANCELED - Training 10am
11/2/2008	Bridgnorth (League A)	U15's Rochford, U18's Bridgnorth RFC
11/9/2008	County Fixture tba	to confirm location pm
11/16/2008	Burfield (A)	Lichfield RFC
11/23/2008	Newbridge, Wales	TBC
11/30/2008	County Fixture tba	to confirm location pm
12/7/2008	Camp Hill (League H)	Sixways pm
12/14/2008	County Tournament	to confirm location pm
12/21/2008	Duty Day Sixways	tba

Game on Sunday

girls just to let you know its a 2.00pm Kick Off at Newbold-on-Avon Rugby Club

Cars will be leaving from worcester at 12.oopm if you need a lift please get in contact with myself, steve or Jem before sunday!!

otherwise its a 1pm meet at newbold, please dont be late this is our first match of the season lets make a good impression ay!?

Also, all of you who havent filled a player registration form yet need to, i will have some with me on sunday but if you could let me know if you need one that way i will have enough for everyone. remember - no forms, no play!

See you sunday - Tolley


Tolley- 07875375654
Steve-07795244165
Jem- 07762278621

Directions
http://www.newboldrfc.com/contact.html

Training (pre-season and in-season)

Training is continuing on Wednesday nights and we had 11 U18s this week,. These are great numbers and are allowing us to really move things along and skills are improving across the whole squad.

The first Sunday training is on 7 September and we will be on Cummings Farm, just not sure which pitch yet. It would be great to see everyone on both this Wednesday and next Sunday.

Steve

Summer training

Summer training is going well. We are moving things along but we need to see the rest of the players down if we are to keep up the pace. If you're not on holiday, we would like to see you down training. Numbers are OK, but we could do with a few more......

Steve

TDG

After the recent 3 day National Talent Development Camp at Hartpury College you will all be pleased to know that Sophie Watkiss has been selected for the RFUW 2008/09 Talent Development Group(TDG).

Sophie's displays for Worcester last year mark her out as a real prospect and we all look forward to her demonstrating further progress in the coming season.

Some people might think that as National Cup Winners & National 10's winners last season Worcester may have had more than one representative in the TDG squad however our success last year was down to quality coaching & the incredible hard work & committment of the players that took us unbeaten until our defeat in the semi-final of the 7's on the last day of the season. Rugby really is the ultimate team game and last year you girls showed week in week out the sort of qualities that make a stand out team. Let's do it again next season!

John

Loads of players available for the Bears this week for the friendly against the Army. The Army turned up with a weakened team and only started with 13 players. Other players turned up and as there were some injuries they were needed.

The Bears started well and several of the players we know had good games. Ale was running things in the centre and Jo Hart had another storming game in the full back and centres. Tolley was looking good in the forwards until she was forced off with an ankle problem. Weewee was having a reasonably quiet game on the wing until BJ from Camp Hill put her over for a try in the corner. She was unlucky not to score again a little while later when she was held up by the Army in the same corner. Jo put in a fantastic break from the centre to score. Coral put in a 50m run to score while Bean missed a tackle to allow the Army back into the game in the last few minutes. The final score was a Bears win of 22-10. Look at the Bears web site for a full report.

Steve

(All of the above is true except for any reference to Coral or Bean. They just turned up to watch... Good support girls..................)

Summer Training

Time to wake you all up again!

Pre-season fitness training is available to all of you from next Wednesday the 2cnd July. Training will start at 7.30pm on Cummings Field over the canal bridge. Bring with you Trainers and Boots.

See as many of you there as possible to get fit for another very successful season.

john

End of season silverware

HPAs

Many of you (most of you) haven't confirmed attendance at the HPAs yet. You will have received an email with a PayPal link. Do that and pay your £5 and that's good enough to be registered.

You won't get any more reminders from the RFUW, so take this opportunity.......

Steve

Rugby League (contd.)

Rhi is having a good time. The team is friendly, the training is good and all rugby related and I think she might even get a bit of game time against the RAF tomorrow. All 16+ players ought to have a think about doing it. It'll do wonders to keep up fitness levels across the summer. I know it's adult players (over 16 counts as adult in League) but trust me, you have the skills to keep up. The team is the Coventry Bears so have a look

I can take people from Bromsgrove if lifts are needed.

Steve

Summer Rugby League

I'm taking Weewee to Coventry on Thursday to look at League training. Anyone else interested, let me know.

Steve

REGIONAL CONFERENCE

Thanks for the girls who offered to help out at the regional conference this coming saturday but i have found out today that you will not now be required .

thanks keith

End of year lunch

Remember all, it's going to happen on Sunday June 8th. We will be meeting at the club (in the main car park) at 12:30 for 1:00pm. We'll take the opportunity to0 take some photos with trophies.

Steve

Seven's results

Not exactly what we wanted for the end of the season, but the day stayed dry and the rugby was of the highest quality.

We were drawn in smaller pool (one team short) and played Letchworth first and then Tynedale. We won both matches with some big scores and went into the quarter finals where we played our old rivals Burfield. A win there and we were into the semi final stages.

We were drawn against Exeter Saracens who we had never played before. They put 4 tries on us! Fair play, they were a quality team and played some superb 7s rugby. They had some great players and we struggled to keep up with them. They went on to contest the final against Wimbourne and our season finished on a lower note.

Having said that, we won a chunk of silverware this year. Cup winners, 10s winners and regional champions is a record second to none and Rich, Keith, Pete and I are justifiably proud of the team we have coached and seen growing in stature over the last two years. It's been a privilege and a pleasure to be involved in such a team.

Steve

Sevens squad update

Lydia is fit and will be joining the squad on Saturday. Good luck to all.

Steve

National Sevens

The National Sevens will take place at Leighton Buzzard RFC on Saturday. You should aim to be there at 9.30am. Early start I know. The Herts County Show is on the same day so the traffic might be a problem, so watch out.

The squad is:

Ale
Beth
Bean
Sophie W
Jade
Kim
Coral
Eliza
Weewee
Pikey
Ghostie.

There is one spare space that I will confirm shortly.

Steve

Last training sessions

As it is end of season, our final training session before the 7s will be Wednesday 21 May. So no training this Sunday.

Steve

West Midlands are regional champions

Congratulations are due to the West Midlands regional squad who had a great day on Sunday. Winning both pool matches (29-0 and 17-0) put them into the cup rounds.

A win against a tough East region side 5-0 put them into the final. A controversial match followed but the West Mids were victorious with a 7-0 score. The coaches handled their squads well and everyone played their part even though some were unable to play in the final. No matter, the squad performance got us to the final and helped us win.

Worcester regional players:

Siobhan Adams
Leanne Cook
Coral Hinton
Ale Lewis
Sarah Mimnagh
Kim Morris
Jade Newman
Anna Norris
Beth O'Brien
Katie Pittaway
Eliza Slinn
Lydia Thompson
Stacey Tolley
Rhiannon Watkins
Sophie Watkiss

Well done all.

National 10s review

Well, a good day at Lichfield for all. We had to work hard against all the opposition, Reading was a struggle and everyone had to put in some big games to come away with it. Final results were:

Worcester 49-0 Tynedale Panthers
Worcester 26-5 Darlington Mowden Park
Worcester 36-0 Letchworth (Coral's 50 yard run in!)
Worcester 12-0 Reading
Worcester 24--7 Wimbourne

Points for - 147, points against - 12.

Squad: Shove, Fidler, Coral, Ale, Jade, Kim, Nic, Pikey, Bean, Lize, Lydia, Tolley, Weewee, Sophie, Wino,

Steve

National 10s Winners!

Well done to everyone. Sorry I couldn't be there. I'll put a better report in when I get some more info. Key headlines I got off Keith was let in 2 tries, scored 23. Not bad....

Steve

Divisonal 10s results

Well done for the good result on Sunday. Sorry I wasn't there as it sounded like another excellent squad performance. Unfortunately I won't be there for the finals either as I'm off at Super League again.

The final scores were:

Worcester 37 - 5 Comets
Worcester 19 - 0 Melbourne
Worcester 38 - 5 Newbold/Tamworth
Worcester 31 - 14 Kettering
Worcester 17- 0 Letchworth

The finalists at Lichfield on 4 May are Reading, Wimbourne, Letchworth, Darlington Mowden Park, Tynedale and us. All old opposition with the possible exception of Reading who I don't think we've played.

Steve

National Tens Sunday

The national 10s are at Mellish RUFC Nottingham War Memorial Ground
Mappley Pains Nottingham NG3 5RX on sunday . Please be there for 10 oclock on sunday .We can only select 15 so the following players have been selected for sunday. Please let steve know asap if you are not available .

ALE
BEAN
BETH
ASSKISS
JADE
LYDIA
FIDLER
KIM
CORAL
RHIANNON
ELLIZZA
PIKEY
WINO
SHIOBHAN
NIC

www.mellishrfc.co.uk

Great result, good day

Congratulations to all of the Worcester players. A great squad effort and everyone did their bit across all of the rounds, not just the final.

Steve

Match report v welwyn/basford

On sunday the u/18 girls played welwyn/basford in the final of the u/18 national cup at Lichfield rfc. The match turned out to be cliff hanger in the end. Worcester opened the scoring early on with a try by Bean but the opposition soon scored to make it 5-5. No quarter was being given by both sides but a try by Lydia before half time made it 10-5 to worcester at the break. The break seemed to suite welwyn/ basford the best and they came out very strong in the second half to soon score to make it 10-10. Welwyn/basford were still pushing worcester very hard and scored a try with about 10 minutes to go to make it 15-10 . This seemed to be the wake up call that worcester needed and started to push the opposition hard and eventually with 3 minutes left Asskiss scored under the posts which was converted by bean to make it 17-15 to worcester which turned out to be the final score. Credit must go to the players of both teams who played an excellent high standard of rugby which was played in good spirit to make it a very close final .

U18 cup final winning team 2008

Wednesday Training @Regional training

Training this wednesday will be in the indoor training area 7.30 -9.00. Just a reminder that regional training for the u/18s is on saturday 19th at kenilworth rfc 9.30 till 12. This has been moved from sunday 20th so teams can enter the national 10s on sunday the 20th.

CUP FINAL SUNDAY

Please meet at lichfield at 10 oclock sunday . Kick off 12pm. There are also 4 other matches tasking place on sunday at lichfield.

Ten top women’s rugby clubs from across the country will be hoping to end their season with some silverware this weekend when they contest the RFUW National Cup Finals Day on Sunday April 13th at Lichfield RFC.
In the Premiership Cup, kick-off 315pm, this year’s Premiership winners Saracens will take on Richmond who defeated Wasps in the semi-finals. The cup final will see in action a whole host of the England international players who helped England claimed a third and unprecedented RBS 6 Nations Grand Slam this season, including Maggie Alphonsi, Claire Allen, Rachel Burford, Emma Layland and Alice Richardson.
In the Premiership Shield, where clubs who finished from 5th to 8th in the Premiership this season, Blaydon Team Northumbria will take on Clifton, kick-off 130pm. Again, there are more England internationals in action, including props Katy Storie for Blaydon and Sophie Hemming for Clifton.
The Championship Cup is contested by teams placed top of the Championship North and South leagues and that will see in action Bath take on Darlington Mowden Park Sharks, kick off 130pm also.
In the National Under 15s and Under 18s Cups Gloucestershire’s Thornbury take on London Irish and Welwyn will be looking for victory against Worcester respectively. Both these games kick off at 12pm.

Into the final!

A very hard-fought day at Burton RFC. First up against Leonidas Ladies who had knocked us out of the cup last year (and who we played for 70 minutes earlier in the year for a 0-0 draw). A very tough game with some hard-as-nails opposition. Both sides up very quickly in defence which meant little wide ball. Not for want of trying from both sides. A breakthrough from Asskiss into the corner put us 5-0 up. Very quickly Leos came back and put one under the post and made it 5-7. Asskiss managed to get through with a nippy run and Bean converted for a 12-7 win.

Leos then played Burfield (Burton/Lichfield combined) and ran a little amok scoring a number of tries for a 24-0 win. We had to beat Burfield to confirm going through. A loss would get down to points difference.

Playing Leos had taken it out of both teams and while defences were very tight, we failed to make much of scoring opportunities. Bean converted her own try to go 7-0 up but some over-enthusiastic rucking gave away a penalty just outside our own 22 which Lauren from Burfield punished us with the kick to make it 7-3.

Some tough defence was needed to hold Burfield out to finish with a win putting us into the final.

Congratulations to: Beth, Nic, Asskiss, Alyssa, Fidler, Bean, Ale, Tolley, Kim, Shove, Leanne, Ghostie, Lie, Pikey, Weewee, Coral, and Wino.

2nd round of the cup

The second round of the cup will be held at Burton RFC. Please be there promptly for 12:30pm. Address is:

Burton RUFC

Peel Croft

Lichfield Street

Burton upon Trent

DE14 3RH

WWW.burtonrugbyclub.co.uk

Steve

1st cup round results

Well done to all who were there. We're through to the next round of the cup and looking forward to the draw.

The results were:

Flying Comets 0 - 66 Worcester
Worcester 28 - 7 Kettering
Kettering 17 - 0 Flying Comets

Scores came from Sophie (4T), Bean (2T 6C), Jade (1T), Lydia (2T), Hatty (1C), Wino (1T). The Kettering scores were Lydia (3T), Coral (1T), Bean (4C).

Steve

Match vs. Burfield

Just to confirm that the match is to be hosted by Bromsgrove rugby club. Please be there at 12:30pm promptly for a 1:30pm kick off.

Any problems, let me know.

Steve

1st round of the cup

The cup round will be held at Newbold upon Avon RFC and we need to be there for 12:15pm. You can find directions on the link above.

Don't know what the draw is yet (done on the day) but please be prompt.

Steve

Tour, bag Packing and quiz nite

Hey Girls

Just a quick update on where we are with everything. .

£125 is the final price, this is to be paid in cach or cheque to John Slinn ASAP please

Bag Packing is on the 8th March which is a saturday so if you need to book it off work, please do so, were aiming to do 3-4 hours at Sainsburys in Worcester. Everyone needs to buckets and Steve will bring the rugby shirts for us to wear whilst we are there! We do want as many people there as poss, as more people means more buckets which can collect more cash!! :)
and as were all dead polite charming young ladies, i think we should make lots of money!!

Finally 14th March, need to know defiante numbers for the quiz night in bromsgrove, £5 a ticket, its ment to be 6in a team so if we can get a couple of team that would be brillaint!
Tolley has the players ticket so money to me please!! ha ha promise i wont spend it!

Thanks

Tour Reps

Message from Tolley

Hi girls

After much delay we have finally sorted out tour! The cost will be £125, this does include the £25 deposit you should have already paid. We need to know definite numbers preferably by this weekend, but by Wednesday will be fine, this includes parents that may be coming with you as well please.
The final balance needs to be paid by no later than the 20th February.
Any checks to be made out to John Slinn, cash to Steve or your tour reps!!

Finally we need to put at least one team in for the quiz night at romsgrove rugby club on the 14th March
would be better if we could have a full team turn out as it is in aid of our tour after all.

Tour Reps

Regional weekend

Remember we have training on Saturday and the match on Sunday. It's a 9:30 training start at Kings Norton on Saturday and a 2:30pm kick off at Lichfield on Sunday.

We will confirm what time to turn up on Sunday at training.

Steve

Westcliffe and Letchworth report

An incredibly early start saw us down in Westcliff in Essex. Sadly not a hint of seaside, but some tough rugby instead. We were due to play a triangular with Westcliff and Letchworth. We were to start with Westcliff so we began the warmup. Unfortunately we had our first injury even before the first match kicked off as a tackle on Shove by Spidee meant that Shove had to head off to hospital with a shoulder problem before the first ball was kicked in anger. A separated shoulder means a couple of weeks off so hoping for a quick recovery there. Weewee had to step in and played her first matches as prop, so thanks to her.

Westcliff were tough opposition and we knew that they would be hard opponents and so it proved.Their number 8 caused havoc through most of the first half but Bean managed to convert her own try to give us a half-time 0-7 lead. Some tough half-time talking from the coaches allowed us to make a much better showing in the second half and the tackling was much improved. Having said that Westcliffe scored but a final try from Bob closed hings out at 5-12.

We then went into a second match against Letchworth. We had the advantage of having our game heads on and first half tries from Asskiss and Bob allowed us to carry a 0-25 lead into the break. Jade, Fidler and Lydia scored before some great individual play got Letchworth their try. The match finished 5-40 to us. Some great hospitality from Westcliffe and it was time to head home. Our thanks to Westcliffe and Letchworth for the day.

Team: Weewee, Coral, Kim, Leanne, Wino, Lize, Pikey, Spidee, Ale, Jade, Bean, Hatty, Asskiss, Lydia, Beth. Replacements: Nips, Fidler, Ghostie

Steve

Sunday regional training

Remember that regional training is at King's Norton RFC on Sunday. Aim to get there for 12:30 for a 1:00pm start.

The weather is looking as if there might be some snow. Check on http://hometown.aol.co.uk/keanclifford/myhomepage/newsletter.html
to get the latest news.

Steve

Update on Scotland tour

We have one match pencilled in with Murrayfield Wanderers girls, we have a coach quote which we are comparing with the costs of flying. Once we get another team and the travel options sorted we are close.

Ale has tracked down some accommodation options in a hostel and we are looking for opinions from players. Speak to Ale, Tolley or Pikey as your player representatives.

Fund raising - Quiz night at Bromsgrove RFC on March 14 and we will sort out some bag packing and other options.

Steve

Westcliffe coach confirmed

The coach is confirmed as leaving the club at 07:15 on Sunday morning. We need to fill it up to avoid having to use club funds so I'm looking for as many players and supporters as we can.

Let me know if there are any problems.

Steve

Away to Westcliffe

We are off to Westcliffe on Sunday 27 January. Westcliffe is near Southend-on-Sea so is a long, long journey. Due to this we will be taking a coach. As before the cost will be an estimated maximum of £15. If it's more I'll let you know. More importantly we need to fill up the coach to minimise the costs.

We will be playing Westcliffe and Letchworth and looking for a 1:00pm kick off. They have similar problems in terms of changing rooms as us, so turning up in as much match kit as possible will be an advantage.

Steve

Wednesday training indoors

Due to the conditions of the pitches training will be held indoors tonight. Go to the shed for a 7:30pm start.

Do not go over to Westons land.

Steve

Leos U18s vs. Worcester U18s

After a good win against Lichfield/Burton we headed up north to play last seasons cup winners. We played a later kick-off at Castleford RUFC as there had been a girl's development day looking to attract more U15 players to the sport, which we were pleased to support.

The players were all fired up as Leos had knocked us out of the cup last year at the semi-final stage and as we arrived at Castleford they had the cup standing in a prominent position on a table. We had gone up with only 16 players and an injured scrum-half so we were playing a number of players out of position in order to make up a team.

We started off against a team including 5 Talent Development Group and two current England U20 internationals so it was never going to be easy. There was a big pack and a back division that came up very quickly to shut down space. Within the first 10 minutes Twink held up the Leos full-bck over the line and we were under pressure for much of the next 10 minutes. The defence was up to the task and after some aggressive mauling from Leos (which we struggled to contain) we went into the break at 0-0.

After half-time things didn't get any easier but a couple of changes of tactics made the game much more even-handed. We had more time inside the Leos 22, but neither side could make the final break and the match ended at 0-0. The players afterwards agreed that it was the toughest match probably since the cup round last year and the coaches agreed that it was probably the best performance this side has ever put up.

Player of the match went to Twink for saving the try and also for running from her own in-goal area with 4 Leos players between her and her support (and still getting over the half-way line). Put a few hearts in mouths....

Team: Tolley (captain), Trig, Shove, Ghostie, Wino, Lize, Pikey, Spidee, Kimbo, Fidler, Bean, Bob, Jadey-wadey, Nips and Twink. Replacements: Ale and Weewee.

Coach confirmed

Remember we're on the coach tomorrow. Please be at the club for a 9.00am start. There is enough room for parents to come along as well, so the more the merrier. We have 19 players I believe, plus Keith and I so space for a number of other passengers.

Steve

Next few fixtures

These are our next set of fixtures. All due to be done unless I hear otherwise.

13/01/2008		Leos (A)
20/01/2008		Regional Trials
27/01/2008		Westcliffe (A)
03/02/2008		Regional Training
03/02/2008		Stourbridge(H)
10/02/2008		Regional Match
17/02/2008		Welwyn (A)
24/02/2008		National Cup Rd 1
02/03/2008		Lichfield Burton (H)
09/03/2008		Regional Training
16/03/2008		Regional Match
23/03/2008		EASTER
w/c 25/3/08		Tour
30/03/2008		National Cup Rd 2
06/04/2008		Kettering (A)
13/04/2008		National Cup Finals

Steve

Travel to Leos by coach

I have booked a 35 seater coach to take us to Leos on Sunday. It's a long way away so it is an early start I'm afraid. The coach is getting to the club (nearest car park to the main entrance) for 9:00am.

We are due to kick off at 1:45pm so are looking to arrive at 1:00pm to warm up. We can stop on the way (must for 30 minutes for the driver). We will leave at 4:30pm-ish and will get back around 8:00pm. The cost of the coach is £15 per head maximum. If we fill up a 35 seater then the cost will reduce.

There will be no cars going up there and I have paid personally for the coach, so remember to bring your fare along.............

The match is to be played at Castleford RUFC and their web site gives details of the development day that we are part of, so we need to put up a good performance to show the quality of women's U18 rugby.

Steve

Training after Xmas

Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year to you all. Welcome back to the season.

Training starts again tonight Wednesday 2 January (normal times) and this Sunday's match not being on, continues on Sunday over on Cummings Farm.

Steve