News & Press Releases from USA Rugby South
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March 1, 2010
Hey coaches and players.
Here are the details for the Columbia, SC Mini-Camp for the Northern South Players:
Saturday, March 6th - 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Batesburg-Leesville Leisure Center, 227 Highland Avenue, Batesburg, SC 29006-1413
The gist of this camp is to better our basic skills and provide a fun, friendly, competitive environment to showcase your rugby prowess and possibly be selected to participate in the 2010 South player pool . The camp is open to all CIPP'ed players in the South who have played at least two seasons of rugby.
There will be a camp fee, ranging from $15 to $25, based on number of attendees. What we'll provide: field, lunch, water, ice, Gatorade, bananas, oranges, bars, a local trainer and a bit of rugby instruction. You'll need to bring: running shoes, molded cleats, mouth guard, water bottle, a light jersey and a dark jersey (club gear is okay for this event), "special" snacks if those we provide don't whet your appetite, and a good attitude.
We are excited about the venue as we are able to offer inexpensive and fun accommodations to all attendees.
Accomodations:
Camp Kinard
6053 Two Notch Road, Batesburg-Leesville, SC 29070
www.sclrc.com/campkinard
Approximately 5 minutes from Interstate 20, and approximately 8 miles from the above Pitch. Camp Kinard can provide dinner for a group of 20+ at $7.25/person in our Dining Hall. This will include main dish, sides, drink, and salad bar. There are bunkbed cottages available for our players to sleep in. These are twin beds, and each player would need to bring her own pillow and twin bedsheets or sleeping bag. Each cottage sleeps a total of 16. Cottages have their own bathrooms and lounge/sitting areas. The cost per person would be $10 for Saturday night or $15 for a Friday and Saturday night stay. Cheap, right? There are Lodge Rooms available, which are set up much like motel rooms and have 2 double beds and private bathrooms, but these are more expensive. Campfire, hayride, and teambuilding field games are on the house.
For obvious reasons, we need a firm head count on players attending and needing accommodations ASAP. If you are a player, please respond with your intent on attendance via email to me, PMJervey@gmail.com and/or to the team manager, Raelyn Barlow, RaelynRugby@aol.com. If you are a coach or a team contact, please forward to your players you think would benefit from this venue. If you have any questions or concerns, shoot me an email.
Thanks! Looking forward to the 2010 South season. RSVP today.
Cheers,
Patty Jervey
Coach, South Senior Women
We are, the South.
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South TU 7s 2010 Plan
Primary Goal: Identification of 7s Athletes that project to National Team Play, by 2016
Secondary Goal: Represent the South TU at the 7s All-star Championship
Selection Mechanism(s):
The
TU will be divided into three (3) regions, and two (2) coaches are
assigned to each, responsible for holding a selection camp in their
area, held on Saturday and Sunday only, as follows:
SOUTH Regional Camp (Florida LAU/Palmetto LAU): May 8, 9
Location: TBD
Coaches: Greg Schor, Austin Decanay
Player Fee: $100; hotel and meals provided. Transportation to and from Event not included.
EAST Regional Camp (North Carolina LAU, Georgia LAU, Midsouth LAU EAST of Nashville): May 15, 16
Location: Life University, Marietta, GA
Coaches: Dan Payne, Ben Jones
Player Fee: $100; hotel and meals provided. Transportation to and From Event not included.
WEST Regional Camp (Midsouth LAU West of Nashville, Including Nashville, Deep South LAU): May 28, 29
Coaches: Julie McCoy, Jeff Reuther
Player Fee: $100; hotel and meals provided. Transportation to and from Event not included.
Location: Little Rock, AR
Selection Camp Fitness Requirements:
The
fitness requirements needed for International Team Performance are
significant; this coaching staff is committed to selecting players
capable of achieving these fitness goals, as well as providing for a
culture of International caliber, as a Regional Select Side Team. The
aim of this experience is to ready players for the International
experience, on the local level.
Fitness guidelines as per Coach Caravelli:
10 m dash: Target 1.65s. Fastest athletes all under 1.6s
40 m dash: Target 4.99s. Fastest players under 4.7s
Beep Test minimum: 13-5
10-100m Shuttle Test:
Complete all Ten in 15sec down & 40sec back.
A
sample fitness training schedule will be available on this website
forthcoming. We will test 10 and 40m dash; Beep and 10-100 m shuttle.
Basic Skills to be assessed:
Ball Transfer
Primary and Supportive running lines
Ruck and Counter Ruck
Tackle and Jackal
Performance in a Team Environment will be assessed via scrimmages based on the number of players available at each camp.
Coach Bios:
Julie McCoy,
TU Team Head Coach: 7s Eagle 1998, West Select 15s Head Coach for
Women, 1998-2002; West Select U23 Head Coach for Women, 1998-1999; West
Select 7s Head Coach for Women, 2000-2004; Assistant Coach of Defense,
USA Women’s 15s Team, 2002-2004; Assistant Coach USA Women’s 7s, 2005;
Head Coach USA Women’s 7s, 2006-2009; Current Little Rock Men’s Club 7s
Head Coach, 2006-2009; Current Little Rock Men’s Club 15s Coach 2010 to
present. Email: julesmccoy@sbcglobal.net
Ben Jones, TU
Team Assistant and Skills Coach: England RFU 7s Player, 2008-2009;
Samurai International 7s Player 2005-present; England RFU Level 1 and 2
Coaches Certification; Current Life University Coach, obtaining Masters
in Sport Health Sciences. Email: jonesben1@hotmail.com
Greg Schor,
TU Team Assistant Coach: Head Coach, Ft Lauderdale Men XV 2005, Head
Coach Ft Lauderdale Men 7's 2007,2008 Head Coach, South Women’s
7's 2002-2005 Assistant Coach, US Eagle Women’s 7's 1999-2003 Head
Coach Atlantis 7's Benidorm 2002 Co-Coach, US Maccabiah Men
2009-present Email: rugbychiro@aol.com
Dan Payne, East
Regional Coach: Former 15s Eagle, 2007; Current Assistant Coach USA
Men’s 15 Team; Current Rugby Director, Life University. Email:
dan.payne@life.edu
Austin Dacanay, South Regional Coach:
All America 7s player 1998-1999, Atlantis 7s player 1998-1999, Life
University 7s player 2000-2004, Life University 15s player 2000-2004,
South Select Men’s 15s Assistant Coach 2004-2005, South Select 7s Men’s
Head Coach 2006-2009, Current Philippines RFU 7s player 2007-present,
Current Philippines RFU 15s player 2006-present. Email:
adacanay@hotmail.com
Jeff Reuther, West Regional Coach:
Atlantis Tour 7s Player - Trinidad (2001, 2007), Venezuela (2000),
Toronto (1999), Benidorm (2001), Lisbon (1999), Cape Fear (1999).
Played for West (2003), MARFU (2005, and South (2000-2002, 2004) TU
Teams Coach - Baylor University (2006-2007)
Coach - New Orleans 7's
(2008-2009) Email: flyhalf777@hotmail.com
Dick Elliott, South TU Administrator/Manager: Email: MiamiDick@hotmail.com
Ellie Karvoski, South TU 7s Strength and Conditioning Coach: Email: ekarvoski@aol.com
Team Development Process:
A
pool of no more than 24 players will be selected based on the criteria
above. A South Select Team will enter a side into the Cape Fear
Tournament July 3-4, 2010, and another USA 7s LLC Event in late July
(TBD as that schedule isn’t final until mid February), for Team
Development and further selection. A Final Team of 12 will be chosen
from player performance at these tournaments, to represent the South TU
at the 7s All-star Championship, August 28, 29, 2010.
Hotel,
meals, and transportation at each venue will be provided by the Union.
The athlete is responsible for the cost of any airfare etc., to and
from each venue.
Please email Dick Elliott for overall
administrative inquiries, Julie McCoy for Rugby inquiries, and Ellie
Karvoski for Strength and Conditioning inquiries.
To sign up for
a Regional Camp, please email the Regional Coach for each Division.
(Dan Payne, East; Austin Dacanay, South; Jeff Reuther, West)
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