Round of 16 – NEED VOLUNTEERS AUSTIN, TX

Dear teams,

My name is Jenn Degroot and I play for the Austin Valkyries. I am sure you guys are aware that the Women’s Round of 16’s Championship Tournament is coming to Austin October 27 & 28 and I have taken on the role of organizing volunteers for the event.

It’s such an exciting opportunity to have this amazing rugby event in our own backyard. We, the Valkyries, are partnering with the Austin Black’s men’s team to put on the best tournament USA Rugby has experienced so we can be a venue for future rugby events.

As a part of the tournament we are in need of a number of individuals to volunteer their time to help at the tournament. Volunteering will entail tasks like ball running, assisting referees, running scores and paperwork and keeping the teams supplied with water for their sideline. We would greatly appreciate your participation in helping at this tournament. As a volunteer, USA Rugby will provide you with a Staff t-shirt and you will have the opportunity to watch rugby played by the best teams in the US. There will be two volunteer shifts; morning and afternoon. You can certainly volunteer for both or you are welcome to just watch some great rugby.

Please forward this information on to your teammates and compile a list of names and emails of all that would be interested in participating at the tournament. I would appreciate it if you could send me this list by October 15th, so that we can know how many volunteers we will have and because the tournament is quickly approaching. I will be sending more detailed information in the next weeks.

For the teams that have already expressed interest in helping out, thanks for being so prompt about it, if you could get me a list of names and emails that would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,
Jenn DeGroot

In case you were curious, National Seedings so far:

1. Northeast #1 – New York
2. Pacific #1 – Berkeley All Blues
3. Midwest #1 – TBD
4. South #1 – Atlanta Harlequins
5. Northeast #2 – Beantown
6. Midwest #2 – TBD
7. Mid-Atlantic #1 – TBD
8. Northeast #3 – Keystone
9. Mid-Atlantic #2 – TBD
10. Midwest #3 – TBD
11. Mid-Atlantic #3 – TBD
12. West #1 – Kansa City Jazz
13. SoCal #1 – TBD
14. Pacific #2 – ORSU
15. West #2 – Glendale Olde Girls
16. Pacific #3 – Emerald City Mudhens