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Welcome to the Wednesday, July 1 issue of the iYRA newsletter. In this edition:

• Rugby Coaching Clinic

• Coaching Scholarships

• Summer Youth Rugby Clinics

• Representing Their Country

• iYRA Summer Meeting

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The Illinois Select Side, the Tornados, will be celebrating July 4, 2009 by playing a game of rugby against a visiting youth team from Windsor, England.  The game will be played at the Chicago Blaze Rugby Fields in Lemont on Saturday, kick off 2pm.  For more information on the game read the Premium Preps pre-game article by clicking here.

Rugby Coaching Clinic

USA Rugby will be conducting two coaching clinics in Chicago on the weekend of August 8 and 9, 2009 for youth rugby coaches.  The two courses are:

Introducing Rugby Workshop:
This course is designed for coaches that spend most of their time introducing the game to new players. It is ideal for high school head coaches and college and club assistant coaches. The focus is being able to implement the fundamentals of the game to players that have little or no experience.

Developing Rugby Skills Workshop:
This course is designed for coaches focused on working with players with experience and aspiring to help those players play at a higher level. The course work is ideal for head coaches and those that are involved in club and all-star play. There is an emphasis on identifying key factors, practice planning, game sense and skill development.

The coaching clinics will be held at:

Chicago Hope Academy
2189 West Bowler St and 2433 West Roosevelt Rd
Chicago, IL 60612
312.491.1600
www.chicagohopeacademy.com

For more details on the coaching clinics click here.

Coaching Scholarships

The Illinois Youth Rugby Association is interested in recruiting new coaches to start new youth rugby programs in Illinois and also to develop the knowledge and ability of existing youth rugby coaches. To ensure that the 2009 USA Rugby Coaching Certification Workshops are available to everyone that is interested in attending, the Illinois Youth Rugby Association is willing to provide funding to subsidize the entry fee. If you are interested in receiving a subsidy please respond to me via email:

jwinterkorn@sram.com

Please provide Name, Club Affiliation and requested subsidy.

Summer Youth Rugby Clinics

Rugby clinics are being held in the following Chicago suburbs this summer:

Palatine and Hoffman Estates - 3rd through 8th grade boys and girls will learn the fundamentals of rugby each Monday and Thursday evening at 6pm.  Read more on Page 58

Schaumburg - 5th through 12th grade boys and girls will learn the fundamentals of rugby each Wednesday evening at 6.30pm.  For details to register for the camps click the following links:

Ages: 10 Yrs. to 13 Yrs.

Ages: 13 Yrs. to 17 Yrs.

Representing Their Country

The following Illinois Select Side players have been nominated for consideration to represent the USA U-17 and U-19 National Rugby Teams:

Matt Lancor - Plainfield

Ryan McGlynn - Mt. Carmel

Mike Jennrich - Montini

Clint Woods - Naperville Warriors

Jordan Poll - Naperville Warriors

Kevin Lydon -Arlington Stallions

Brian Pateras -Arlington Stallions

Andrew Collins -Arlington Stallions

Nick Niro -Arlington Stallions

Mike Waszkowski -Morton Mustangs

Jake Fulk - St. Charles

Congratulations to these fine athletes

iYRA Summer Meeting

The Illinois Youth Rugby Association will hold their Summer Meeting on Sunday August 23 at 1pm.  The location for this meeting is currently being arranged.  Representatives from member clubs are expected to attend.  The meeting is open to anyone who is interested in youth rugby.

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