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Girls Camps

Mark your calendar! The Midwest Thunderbird Girls U-19 will be conducting their regional camps on the following dates:

September 28 - Bowling Green, OH
October 12 - Madison, WI

More details to follow.

USA RUGBY COACHING CLINICS

USA Rugby will be holding two coaching clinics in suburban Chicago on August 2-3, 2008.  The clinics are "Introducing Rugby" and "Developing Rugby Skills". These coaching clinics are important for youth rugby coaches to attend and gain coaching certification from USA Rugby.  The Coaching Clinics will be held at the Hoffman Estates Park District Community Center and Ice Arena, http://www.heparks.org/facilities_ccia.aspx, 1685 W. Higgins Road, Hoffman Estates, IL.  To get started go to http://www.usarugby.org/information/default.asp?NavPageID=58323, and click on Coaches' Portal.  If you have problems registering contact secretary@iyra.org.    The Chicago Area Rugby Football Union are offering a limited number of scholarships to youth rugby coaches to pay for their registrations fee to attend these coaching clinics.  For more information and an application form contact CARFU at http://www.chicagorugby.com/template.php?sid=19

Scholarships for USA Rugby Coaching Clinic

CARFU will be providing 15 full scholarships to the USARugby CDP Coaching Clinic to be held in Hoffman Estates this coming August. Requests for consideration should be sent to Adrian Gannon (CARFU) at Rugbyteacher@sbcglobal.net by July 8th. To qualify an applicant needs to fulfill the following criteria:

1. Be a current coach with an iYRA recognized club.
2. High School club should be in the geographical confines of CARFU.
3. CIPP member of USARugby.
4. Have paid the $20 coaches portal fee.
5. Have made a commitment to coach High School Rugby for the spring of 2009.

Please note that only one coach from each program will be eligible for the $125 scholarship. An e-mail request is sufficient but please provide all relevant information on the applicant and the club that the applicant coaches. A short bio on the applicant and club is recommended.

TOUCH RUGBY CLINIC

Under the guidance of the Arlington Stallions Rugby Club, the Palatine and Hoffman Estates Park Districts will be holding youth rugby clinics this June and July at Pebble Park in Hoffman Estates. These clinics are open to residents and non-residents.

Details are at http://www.palatineparkdistrict.com/summer08.pdf on page 58. Additional youth rugby clinics will be organized by the iYRA in other towns in Illinois during 2008 and these will be announced when arrangements are finalized with the local Park Districts. Currently we are in discussions with the Northbrook Park District to set up similar programs on the Chicago Northshore.

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