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Welcome to the Wednesday, June 17 issue of the iYRA newsletter. In this edition:

• Rugby Coaching Clinic

• Summer Youth Rugby Camps and Clinics

• Tornados' Results and Reports

• Midwest Girls Select Side Championships

• Former Lincoln Way Player named to the All American 2009 Team

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The Illinois Select Sides, the Tornados, have recently completed a series of games against Wisconsin and other State Select Sides.  Under the direction of the Select Side Head Coach, Nolan Day, the Tornados have performed well with some of the players attracting the attention of the USA National team's Selectors and being invited to participate in rugby camps leading to possible selection to the USA National U-17 and U-19 teams.

We thank Premium Preps for the first class coverage they provided of the Tornados games against Wisconsin.

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.

Summer Youth Rugby Camps and Clinics

The Illinois Youth Rugby Association will host a camp for high school players on the weekend of July 24-26, 2009. The three day camp will feature motivational, educational and tactical presentations and daily skills development sessions.  Read more and sign up. 

Additional camps and clinics are being held in the following Chicago suburbs this summer:

Barrington - 1st through 8th grade boys and girls will learn the fundamentals of rugby each Tuesday afternoon at 2pm. Read more.

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.

Schaumburg - 5th through 12th grade boys and girls will learn the fundamentals of rugby each Wednesday evening at 6.30pm.  For details contact Pieter Hugo

Tornados' Results and Reports

As a curtain raiser to the recent USA international rugby game against Wales, the Tornados played their annual game for the Cody Cup.  In two exciting games the Tornados U-17 lost 12-5 and the Tornados U-19 lost 17-0 to Wisconsin.  Read the reports of both games by clicking here.

Then a week later the Tornados traveled to Elkhart, Indiana to compete in the Midwest Select Side Championship.  The Tornados U-19 side won the Championship in a hard fought game against Indiana North 11-10.  The Tornados U-17 side lost in the final against Ohio 31-14.  The results of the preliminary games were:

Tornados U-19's beat Ohio North 23-3 and Iowa 39-0.  Tornados U-17 beat Indiana North 27-17 and Indiana South 19-17

Midwest Girls Select Side Championships

The Illinois Girls Select Side, the Tornadoes, will compete this weekend June 20 and 21 in the Midwest Championships to be held in St. Charles Illinois. The games will be played at Primrose Park in St. Charles.  On Saturday Illinois play Indiana at noon and Wisconsin at 3pm.  The Championship games will be played on Sunday at 10am, 11am and noon.

Former Lincoln Way Player named to the All American 2009 Team

Kyle Grossheider, alumni of Lincoln Way High School and former Tornado, was named a 1st team All American by USA Rugby after his performances at the Super League National Championships and in the ITT tournament where he was a South All-Star. Kyle plays wing at Life University and is majoring in business.  The All American Team is made up of the nation's best collegiate rugby players who are picked annually on the basis of performance at the Collegiate All-Star Championships, the National Collegiate Championships and the preceding collegiate season. The All-American Team has long been a precursor to international honors, with many All-Americans graduating to the USA National Team. 
 

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