Texas Youth Rugby Association – NEED PLAYERS

Dear Women’s Coaches and Club Representatives:

I am contacting you today with regards to an issue that has already been addressed with Traci Schmidtke (Austin) and Alena Kolarsky (HARC) in regards to a Girl’s Youth Rugby Skills Development Clinic. Hopefully you might have some interest from your team with regards to helping out or sending interested individuals to partake in this endeavor.

About 4 weeks ago the Texas Youth Rugby Association (TYRA) addressed the issue presented to us by USA Rugby with the non-existence of women’s high school and youth rugby teams in the State of Texas. Our brainstorming and vision lead us to develop and host a girl’s skills development clinic in conjunction with the USA Rugby CDP Clinic in Dallas on November 3rd and 4th. We have full support from USA Rugby and the clinic will take place from 9 am – 3 pm on that Saturday and we are trying to get as much interest as possible. With some support from TYRA, the USA Rugby Football Foundation and some generous donors we have rugby balls and t-shirts to give out to any High School or Junior High School girl who attends as well as some information about Rugby as an emerging sport and the possibilities in the area to play.

We hope that as many players and coaches from various clubs will be on hand to help out and show the girls that they too can play this game. We also want to show them that this is a game to be played in high school, college and beyond. What we would also ask is that your teams help out by donating their time or any rugby items that you might have on hand to help promote the clinic in your area as well as to be given to individual participants throughout the day for their participation and efforts. Other clinics are also being planned for the Austin and Houston areas.

Please remember that we are promoting this sport in local high schools and parochial programs and want to keep encourage the growth of Rugby that both the Texas Youth Rugby Association and USA Rugby have worked hard to achieve.

If you have nay questions or concerns please contact either Rick Marshall (TYRA President) rmarshall@energyexports.com or myself; we will try to get back to you as soon as possible.

Yours in Rugby,
Anthony Mattacchione
USA RUGBY Youth Development Network Member
Texas
amattacchione@jesuitcp.org
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