UYWRUFC is the University of York Women's Rugby Union Club. It is open to all women who are interested in Rugby, including girls who have never picked up a ball! Many of our players have never played the game before joining University. We are:
- York Sport Union Team of the Year 2014
- League Champions 2013/14, gaining promotion and winning the league by a massive 296 points!
- Roses Champions 2014
Our project
Our goal is to establish a development squad to allow new players to learn from the experienced ladies and a qualified coach.
And in addition enable our development squad to attend the first XV games to expose them to the game.
- The Women's rugby team has been part of the university for a number of years and, with the sport becoming increasingly popular, we have found that more students are wanting to try the game.
- With so many new players is it's a challenge to adapt sessions to the varying abilities and obviously it takes some time for the new players to understand the game. By creating a development squad we will be able to train new players without the added pressure and difficulty which often comes with training with the the first team.
- We have found that a number of potentially gifted women drop out of the club in the first few weeks because they struggle to pick up the new concepts quickly and the fast paced sessions can be off-putting to someone who has never touched a rugby ball before.
- By donating to our project you will be helping the women of University of York get into and stay playing rugby union.
Where will the money go?
- If we hit our minimum target, we will be able to run training sessions led by a qualified coach throughout the rest of the 2014 season.
- If we hit our full target we will be able to pay for transport to take our developing ladies to the First XV games so that they can watch the match and, if they want, even get some time on the pitch!
- We aim to purchase a new First XV strip to allow our developing ladies to compete in friendlies against other similar teams in the area.
- If we exceed our target we will be able to have additional coach led development training sessions which will help the new players improve and gain in confidence.
- We will give fortnightly updates on how our developing players are doing and how the team is progressing throughout the project.
Costs
- £1200 will transport to all 4 first XV away games left this season (@ £300 for transport to and from a single away match)
- £450 will provide the team with our target of 15 training sessions with a Qualified Coach (@30 each)
- £990 will be enough
to purchase 22 new shirts (@ £45 playing shirt)
And if we raise all of that we will hit our ultimate target of £2640!
Rewards
We have some fantastic rewards to say thank you to anyone who donates! Check out our rewards section to find out more!
Find us here:
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/York-University-Womens-Rugby/123689545765
Twitter @UYWRUFC
Instagram http://i.instagram.com/uywrufc
If you have any questions please email womensrugby@yusu.org
We need YOUR help to succeed!
Please donate today by clicking on the right of the page and select your gift
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