2010 Coaching Kids Rugby Course (CKR)

The VRU will be running a Coaching Kids Rugby (CKR) Course on Monday 19 April for all Pathway coaches (U8-U12). The course offers a great emphasis on Coaching/Refereeing at the Pathway levels and will provide you with the basic skills on coaching and developing Kids Rugby and Rugby skills.

The course will be held at Box Hill Rugby Club, Sparkes Reserve (cnr Middleborough rd and Canterbury rds, Box Hill). The course will commence at 6pm sharp.

All U8, U10 and U12 coaches are strongly encouraged to attend the course. We also encourage any team delegate who will Referee the team throughout the season to attend.

We have decided to structure the course in a way that will benefit all coaches (i.e. we will have a number of presenters in attendance on the night to make the session specific for all coaches). During the practical sections, one presenter will take the Walla coaches and the other presenter will take the Mini/Midi coaches through ‘Core Skills’ and ‘Individual Team Skills’. The CKR Walla course will run for 2 hours and the CKR Mini/Midi course will run for 3 hours (the extra hour is the Smart Rugby component)

A brief outline of the course structure is below

Intro to Kids Rugby 10mins

Warm Up 10 mins

Core Skills 45 mins

Individual and Team Skills 20 mins

Cool Down 5 mins

Game Management 30 mins

Conclusion 5 mins

Smart Rugby 1 hour

At the conclusion of the CKR course (2 hours), we will be running a Smart Rugby component for all Mini/Midi coaches. The Walla coaches are more than welcome to stay, however it is not a requirement that Walla coaches are SR compliant as Walla is a modified non-contact game. All Mini/Midi coaches must be SR compliant.

All participants will receive a CKR booklet and DVD. Participants who stay for the Smart Rugby Component will receive a SR booklet and DVD.

Rep Rugby Dinner

Under 12 State Trials

Please be advised that the Victorian Under 12 State Trials Registration Forms must be returned by Friday 23rd April.

Information below:

Is there anybody out there?

Yep I realise I am betraying my Pink Floyd fondness with the title but we are in need of a few more folks to stand up. In particular we are looking for:

1. Team managers (Under 16, Under 10)
2. Equipment coordinator
3. Grounds coordinator

Whilst these roles will require a commitment of time they are critical to the success of the season. If you are able to assist please get in touch with me asap (0400 777 582, michael@adoncar.com.au).

ALSO,

We have a number of upcoming courses that the VRU requires attendance at, being:

1. Junior coaching
2. Refereeing
3. Assistant referee (touch judges)

Having done the Assistant referee course last year I can say that it was time well spent understanding the new rules. In addition our team last year received a bonus point for each match as we had plenty of parents that had done the course and could step up to do the Assistant refereeing each match.

Please get in touch if you can assist with any of the above. The club can only continue to grow and provide opportunities to your children if you get involved.

JUNIOR 10'S CARNIVAL DAY

The pre-season carnival day will be upon us before we know it. So please mark this day in your diary - Saturday 24th April.

The carnival is an excellent opportunity for all the boys to get involved and get some real game time before the season proper commences. The games are played in a round robin format and are shorter than normal matches.

Please advise me (michael@adoncar.com.au) if you think your child will be unable to attend this day so that we can confirm player numbers.

Welcome all new players

We just wanted to say welcome to all the new players that have been at our pre-preseason training over the past few weeks. it is great to see so many new faces and we hope you have all had tonnes of fun and feel like you are well prepared for the next phase of training.

Also a big thank you to the coaches for their commitment to this new approach to training. So a big thank you to John, Tanga, ET and Craig. The lads are sure to benefit from your extra help and if anything we have managed to get them "bulking up" on a steady intake of sausage sandwiches!

Apart from the Under 16s (these guys will continue to train throughout the school holidays) we will see you all back bright and energised on Tuesday 13th April at 5:30pm from the Under 6s up.

If you know of any current players or you have some mates that should be coming down to training make sure you let them know over the school holidays.

***STOP PRESS*** Training Changes

Just a quick update that all training excepting Under 16 has been canceled for the school holidays. All training will begin again on Tuesday 13th April at 5:30pm for the Under 6 - Under 16.
Don't forget we have a sausage sizzle after each training session so more reason to get down for a run.

More to follow...

Rebels & BRUFC together in Hawthorn?

Check out the comments in the newspaper article by yours truly:

http://progress-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/rugby-rebels-go-glenferrie/

Nothing like a little self promotion for our fine club :)

Sponsors Required!!

We have been quietly moving along with all things pre-season for the last few weeks. One of our Key Initiatives for the pre-season has been our Sponsorship Drive. This was progressing very well until we had a major sponsor pull out at the last minute. A significant hole has eventuated in our budget for this season and that's were you come in. If you are in a position to influence a sponsorship decision or indeed can shift some sponsorship $$$ our way then please get in touch with me ASAP.

Why the need for sponsorship?
We are planning to have the entire Junior Club outfitted in new jerseys. For those of you that are new to the club some of our lads are playing in jerseys that were first spotted in a friendly union game on the Ark! We reckon its time to change em over. Check out the artist impression of the new jerseys in the top right hand corner!

QUICK!
We have until Wednesday 10th March (yep a full 5 days notice) before the orders are closed off for jerseys this season. Sorry for the late notice but we thought we had it covered.

We have been circulating a very brief Sponsorship Proposal to a number of potential sponsors. That Proposal can be provided by emailing me at michael@adoncar.com.au.

So please get in touch if you think you can help.

Bledisloe Cup Tix

Check out the excellent discounts being given by the ARU for us Rugby parents!!

Just click on the image below to check out the prices for the mighty Boroondara Club...

Billets for our UK Colts lads

Calling all BRUFC Junior Parents.

Our club Vice President Tony Ward has asked me to share this with you in regard to our Colts that have come out from the UK. If you can help out please email me at michael@adoncar.com.au or call me on 0400 777 582.

Ellen and I are currently housing 6 English lads who are in Australia for their "Gap year", and will be playing Rugby with our Colts for this season.

As we have family arriving from New York next week (on 12 March) and they are staying with us until 28 March, we need to arrange alternative accommodation for these 6 English lads for this period.

Five of these lads have played Rugby with Westoe Rugby Club in Newcastle, England, since they were 5, and are now 18/19 years old. The sixth player has travelled to Australia on his own, and comes from the Ampthill Club located between London and Leicester. They are qualified coaches who have volunteered to provide specialised skills sessions for our juniors while they are here. I can also vouch for their character, as they have been staying at our house for the last 6 weeks. We will welcome them back after our family departs, but in the meantime could we ask for volunteers to house these boys for the period of 12 to 28 March.I realise that it is not likely to be possible for anyone to put up all 6, but it would be good if we could get them accommodation in pairs. I have them in 3 bedrooms, with one bed and one mattress on the floor in each room - nothing fancy. If it helps anyone, I can lend a mattress (single size) to any household capable of putting them up.

They are also looking for more work, as they are currently getting casual work with Cleanevent which helps them keep their heads above water, but they are eating into their savings.

Sponsorship for the Juniors

We have just formed the Junior Sponsorship Committee and had our first meeting last night. Apart from beer and banter there were many great ideas thrown around. We are always looking for enlightened folks with lateral thinking to help out too. Let me know if you would like to be part of the committee.

In a nutshell we have formed the draft outline of the sponsorship agreement and the sponsorship proposal. We are planning to fit all the teams out with new playing kit this year. This will require a substantial sponsorship investment. If you know of anyone who might have a level of influence over sponsorship dollars please let us know.

Once the documents have been finalised we will be distributing them to potential sponsors for consideration. We will keep you updated on this progress.


To give you an artists impression of the new kit:

Sunday 7 March, 2010
Northern Rugby Club
(C.H. Sullivan Memorial Park, Blake st, Reservoir. Melways Ref 19 D9)
Registration 9:00am

More information can be found on the VRU web site by clicking Bankwest Centre of Excellence on the home page, then click Rep Teams and then click Under 18s.

www.vicrugby.com.au