MARFU Collegiate All Stars

[Kris]

All,
This is from Kate Nichol, the coach of the Mid-Atlantic Rugby Football Union All-Star team.

-Kris

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MARFU,

Below please find the tryout schedule for 2011 MARFU Collegiate All-stars (women). Thank you to Philly WRFC, Chesapeake WRFC, and JMU WRFC, for offering to host the camps.

The first event will be an invitational camp against the #6 ranked women's premier league team, DC Furies. For development purposes, the invite list is primarily composed of players from the LAU squads.

All players are encouraged to attend all the regular camps and will be selected from those. Players will need to attend at minimum one of the regional camps and the final camp to be considered. Our plan is currently to take a competing side and a developmental side to Pittsburgh for NASCs, finances permitting. The more the players can attend, the better. We have a very tough gameplan in mind for NASCs and players may need time to work it out. The final camp will be by invite only and based on LAUs, Furies game, and North & South camps.

Invitational vs DC April 16 (probably in Frederick, MD)
North camp May 8 (Edgely field, Philly)
South camp May 15 (JMU)
Final camp May 21st-22nd (Bocek field, Baltimore)
NASCs June 8-12 (Pittsburgh, PA)

I realize there may be conflicts on dates, but the collegiate schedule is VERY challenging if you want names out 2 weeks before NASCs. MARFU could easily be #1 at the representative level. For that to happen again, we need the very best players competing at representative levels. NASCs is a selection venue for US WNT and an excellent place for some of our less seen athletes to compete in front of the US coaches, as well.

Finally, regarding the change from U23 to Collegiate, this is the statement from USA: "This change also supports the new Women’s High Performance structure, which early in 2011 will assess the top 100 – 120 athletes across the country age 20 and over and name 20 - 25 athletes each into the Collegiate Elite Academy and the Collegiate Development Academy."

I will be posting info to the MARFU U23 facebook page, including fitness programs.

Cheers,
Kate Nichol, MARFU Collegiate All-stars Coach

Asst Coaches:
Brenna Costello, DC Furies, [e-mail]
Roshna Wunderlich, JMU, [e-mail]
Ali Ibrahim, EPRU, [e-mail]
Leslie Joyce, Chesapeake, [e-mail]

Manager:
Emily Sabato, [e-mail]

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[Kris]

All,
Here is an update from the MARFU Women's Collegiate All-Star Coach.

-Kris

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Please forward as appropriate. We would love to see players from all of the MARFU Women's College Clubs!

The 2011 All Stars season is upon us! For 2011, the Women's U23 program has been changed to a Collegiate All Stars program, focusing on players enrolled in undergrad. A limited number of waivers are available for those eligible under the traditional U23 guidelines but not the Collegiate guidelines, and players in this category should contact the MARFU Collegiate All Stars staff for more information.

Players who are considering trying out for the All Stars team are strongly encouraged to pre-register via this form spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEw0SDJFTXBSY3lLdHh5VXNXWlFvNEE6MQ

All players are encouraged to attend the Open Camps; the final camp is Invitational and will be based on performance at prior MARFU events. Players will need to attend at minimum one of the regional camps and the final camp to be considered for selection to the travelling All Stars side. Attendance at as many events as possible is encouraged to increase player preparation for selection and the preparation of the team for the All Stars competition.

The participation fee is $10/camp, and will be used to cover camp expenses. All camps will begin at 9:30 sharp, and players are encouraged to arrive sufficiently early to allow registration and preparation time.

North Open camp May 8 (Edgley Field, Philadelphia)
South Open camp May 15 (UVA - Charlottesville, VA)
Final Invitational camp May 21st-22nd (Baltimore)
NASCs June 8-12 (Pittsburgh, PA)

Please let us know if you have questions or concerns.

Kate Nichol
Head Coach
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Emily Sabato
Manager
[e-mail]

[rugbybill]

There was a typo in the above. I fixed it. The South Open camp is not in Centerville. It's at UVA in Charlottesville.