Showing posts with label Stourbridge Girls Rugby. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stourbridge Girls Rugby. Show all posts

Friday, 24 February 2017

Girls Pitch Up and Play at Stourton Park

























Sleet, mud and smiles as the

Girls take over Stourton Park.


The afternoon of Sunday 12th February may have been freezing cold and the pitches muddy, but there was so much enthusiasm, smiles and tackles from the 35 girls who attended the most recent Girls Pitch Up and Play at Stourbridge RFC.

Girls from six rugby clubs from as far apart as Oswestry and Worcester as well as some girls currently not playing club rugby had a great session developing from tag rugby into full contact.

These Pitch Up and Play sessions give clubs with smaller numbers of girls a fantastic opportunity to train with larger numbers and then to put skills learned into small contact development games. It was so good to see and hear so many girls enjoying rugby and the way they threw themselves into the game situations certainly gave some of the volunteer coaches who had never coached girls before a surprise!

Stourbridge Girls certainly get a lot out of these events both in terms of skills, game play and friendship and we are looking forward to the next one. If you have a daughter interested in playing rugby in years 7 to 10 we would welcome them with open arms.

Contact Nicki Spilman n.spilman@btinternet.com for further details.

Tuesday, 17 January 2017

Stourbridge Girls at Sixways





















On Saturday 14th January 2017, a group from the Stourbridge RFC Girls Rugby squad attended a 'Pitch Up and Play' event at Worcester Warriors' Sixways Stadium.

The day started with some training carousels delivered by Worcester Warriors coaches and a few of the Valkyries players before they went off for their own pre-match warm up. Each training carousel was intense, but fun and really showed the girls how to develop their skills and fitness. Training was followed by a short game, then lunch in the Sixways Premier Suite.

The girls and their parents were then invited to watch the Worcester Valkyries vs Wasps Ladies game in the main Sixways stadium. It was a great game with the Valkyries running out 60-19 winners in the end.

A big thank you from all of the Stourbridge Girls and their parents to Simon Northcott, who organised the day. The event did a great deal to inspire our girls and show them the opportunities that are available for them.