Austin Valkyries Women's Rugby

Fall 2010 Schedule and Notes

// July 21st, 2010 // No Comments » // 15s, News, Schedule

All, with much excitement I bring you the 2010 Fall Schedule! Our first game is 8/28 in Austin, so make sure you note that on your calendars. Critical events are BOLD!! The schedule is always available and up to date on the website as well.

We would encourage everyone to start purchasing tickets for Pumpkinfest (airport PHL) and West Championships (airport DEN) as well. Remember if you purchase a ticket for earlier than 4pm on Friday you are responsible for getting yourself to the team hotel etc. Likewise if you stay until Monday you are responsible for your lodging and transportation on Sunday night. Please do not book your ticket on Sunday to leave any earlier than 4pm for both of those dates.

DO NO PURCHASE TICKETS FOR the Midwest/West weekend as the location has not been confirmed. Let me know if you have questions.

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Wendy

Austin Valkyries and Crossfit Central

// July 19th, 2010 // No Comments » // 15s, News

We’re happy to announce that we’ve struck a deal with Crossfit Central Relentless Boot Camps and Kettlebell Classes for August programs. If at least 10 of us sign up for either a boot camp, or a kettlebell class, we get the Valkyrie price of $80 for the month of August! This applies to any boot camp or kettlebell class…, limited to 2 classes per week. That’s $10 per class!

Email Marinda for more details!

Greetings Valks, Beavers/Mockingbirds/Zoo 7s, and Alumns!

// July 13th, 2010 // No Comments » // 15s, News, Schedule

The Fall Season is here!

Team Meeting
Team Meeting: Monday July 19, 7:00pm at Mr. Tramps restaurant, 8565 Research Boulevard
Austin, TX 78758.

All new, veteran, out of retirement, and interested but not quite sure players are welcome and encouraged to attend! We’ll go over the fall schedule, team expectations, meet our new coach, and all other housekeeping type information.

Meeting is not mandatory, but highly encouraged.

New Head Coach: Lachlan Ferguson
We are excited to announce that we’ll be working with Lachlan Ferguson as head coach for the fall season. He hails from Australia and will be working with the Blacks and St Edwards men’s teams this season. He brings extensive experience and we look forward to working with him.

His contact info: lafeyettelogan@hotmail.com, 512-850-0586

Practice Starts Monday July 26

Practices will begin Monday July 26 from 7pm to 9pm and continue Mondays and Wednesdays from 7-9pm throughout the fall at Burnet Middle School (8401 Hathaway Drive
Austin, TX 78757-7097)

Practice STARTS at 7pm, so plan to arrive early to boot up, ready to play at 7:00pm.

New players: you will need soccer cleats, a mouth guard, and sturdy shorts/tshirt you don’t mind getting dirty! Please bring water!

If you can’t make the first practice, that’s ok, you can come out later if need be! New players are always welcome: there are no tryouts or cuts. We will teach you the game.

Fitness
We have a short time period between practice starting and our first games, so start planning now for workouts on off days! We are working on a deal with Crossfit for August boot camp programs, more details to come! Otherwise grab a buddy and hit the gym/track/etc. Workouts are available on www.austinvalkyries.com and beaverrugby.com.

HYDRATE!

Any questions, please let me or any of the officers know. Forward this on to anyone new or not on the list serve!

Here’s to a great fall season, I can’t wait!

Cheers,

Marinda

President
Austin Valkyries
www.austinvalkyries.com

Fall 2010 Recruits!

// July 12th, 2010 // 2 Comments » // 15s, News

Are you looking for a new sport that combines strength, power and finesse? Women’s rugby has all of these elements and more! We are a community of powerful women that have been together since 1991 and we are actively seeking new players for our team. Don’t worry if you don’t have any experience or have never seen rugby, we will be happy to teach you the ways of this exciting sport.

Check out our recruiting page for more details or email recruiting@austinvalkyries.com to get more details!

Updates/Fall Season 2010

// July 12th, 2010 // No Comments » // 15s, Fundraising, News

Greetings Valks!

A few quick updates:

Officers:
Kelly has stepped down as Fundraising Officer due to extensive work and school commitments. Thank you Kelly for your contributions this past season as an officer!

Lauren Alexander has graciously stepped forward to replace Kelly as Fundraising Officer. If you have ideas for events, sponsors, etc, please email Lauren! (fundraiser@austinvalkyries.com).

2010 Fall Season:
The officers met last week (meeting notes to follow shortly), and we are still finalizing coaching and scheduling for the fall.

We can tell you to plan for practice to begin in late July, most likely the last week of July (July 26). So, yes, it’s about that time to start running/working out/etc in getting ready for the upcoming fall season!  Watch for updated emails next week with finalized start dates.

We’ll have a team meeting prior to the season beginning tentatively July 19, more details to come!

Recruiting:
Please keep an eye out for new players, new to the game and not! We’ll need lots of bodies out there, as we say goodbye to some dear teammates. Recruit at the gym, on the trail, at work, wherever. Help get the word out!

In Rugby,
Marinda