US Women’s Rugby Foundation awards $1000 to Fallbrook High School Girls Rugby Club

The US Women’s Rugby Foundation is pleased to announce its 2009 Girls Rugby Grantee.  A grant in the amount of $1000 will be distributed to Fallbrook High School Girls Rugby Club. The grant funds will be used to purchase scrum caps and protective vests for the team.

Fallbrook High School Rugby Club was founded in 2007, and currently has 60 girls enrolled in three teams (U14, U16, and U19) making it the largest girls program in Southern California.  Their U14 and U16 teams both won Southern California U14 and U19 girls divisions. With an ambition to inspire girls to participate in rugby Fallbrook has traveled as a group to give an introductory course in rugby to a high school near them.  They have developed players that have played for the U19 and U23 So. Cal Griffin Girls team.

The US Women’s Rugby Foundation is very proud to award Fallbrook these funds and would like to thank our donors for their support of our organization.

Please note that the application for our Spring 2010 grant opens January 15, 2010.

The US Women’s Rugby Foundation, founded in 2005, is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization dedicated to promoting girls and women in the sport of rugby. The Foundation is committed to fostering and sustaining the growth of rugby by working to assure girls and women have a voice, an agency, and the opportunities to participate. To learn more about the Foundation go to http://www.uswrf.org.