Eastern Counties has its share of talent at international level. April Brown (Sudbury) crowned her final season of junior rugby with two caps for England U19 in their tour to Canada this spring. April moves on to play for Saracens next season. Lou Rickard will be busy this autumn - as well […]
This is set to be an exciting step forward for girls’ rugby in our part of the world.
Over four dates in the autumn, we will be running a development programme, hosted by Thetford Rugby Club.
If you are aged over 11, but under 17 on 1st September 2006, get along to your local club, join up, […]
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So what does the season look like?
Well, from 3 Sep to 27 May is 39 weeks (9 months!).
3 weekends are public holidays,
8 are affected by the regional programme,
4 are taken by the county programme.
There are 7 festival / competition weekends.
This leaves 17 weekends for club fixtures and training.
NB: Calendar updated 14th February 2007
The current age bands for girl’s rugby - which we are using today – only came in at the start of the 2004/5 season, but in just over a year’s time its going to be ‘all change again’. Why – and what will the changes be?
In an ideal world girls’ rugby would have single year […]
Blogging to better communication
Communication with players and club members is a continual headache, especially with a junior sports club where the audience you are really trying to get at are not necessarily the ones standing in front of you. As a rule teenage rugby players are no different to any others people of their age […]
Loads of news about Rugby Union for Girls and Women in Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk coming soon!
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