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