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Waverley Womens Rugby – Waverley Warriors 7′s Sponsors Day March 3rd

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Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

The women’s 7′s Team – The Waverley Warriors have been busy during the 7′s season wrecking havoc on the field. The girls have been training down at Coogee Beach over the past few months have are having a knees up to thank their sponsors.

  • Platinum Sponsor – Coogee Bay Hotel
  • Gold Sponsor – Fusion Physio
  • Silver Sponsor – Ausbright Electrical Solutions

On Saturday 3rd March they women’s team will be heading down Coogee Bowling Club and saying thankyou to their sponsors. They’ll be meeting up from 12pm -4pm with BBQ, drinks and bowls – $10 for bowls on the day.

RSVP KATE ON 0426 961 243 BY 24/02/2012

Flyer below:

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SWRU Grand Final

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Thursday, August 25th, 2011

Unfortunately Waverley women didn’t make the finals this year, but this Saturday is the Sydney Women’s Rugby Union Grand Final where Sydney University and Merrylands will battle it out for the top spot.

Kick-off is 1.30pm at Pittwater Rugby Park (Warringah Rats Home Ground) Pittwater Rd Narrabeen.

The SWRU Awards Presentation will be held in the Warringah Club Room after the game.

Each Club will receive 3 awards and the Most Improved Club Shield will be awarded.

There will be free Finger Food provided and drinks can be purchased from the bar.

Awards presentation: 3.30pm in the Warringah Club Room behind the Grandstand.

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Women, WAGs and Wine Evening

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Monday, August 1st, 2011

Last Saturday evening a group of women all connected with Waverley Rugby Club met up for a wine-tasting evening.

There were several of the current players from the women’s team, a few girlfriends of players from the mens’ teams, and a handful of friends or other associated ladies.

Fun was had by all, and it was a good opportunity to chat to different people who all want to be part of our great club, but in different capacities.

Big thanks to Mark Fowler from Chateau Tanunda who ran the tasting for us.

The Nightwatch Chardonnay Pinot Noir served on arrival was a great hit, and for $18 you really can’t go wrong if you are looking for a good sparkling wine without spending heaps of cash.

We tasted a further three whites and three reds from a variety of their ranges.

The Barossa Tower Shiraz was very enjoyable as a lighter red, and is currently available at Kemenys on Bondi Road for $16.99 a bottle, with the added bonus of 6 free if you buy 6!

Go get some while it lasts.

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Women’s game rained-off

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Friday, July 22nd, 2011

Unfortunately the women’s game against Merrylands is cancelled as their fields are closed due to the wet weather.

The Waverley men’s games are still on, and the girls are encouraged to get along to Waverley for at least part of the afternoon to support the men. Tomorrow forecast is slightly better than today, so we might get a little bit of sunshine!

In relation to last weeks game (v Rockdale) which was also rained-out, we’re now replaying that on 13th August at 10.30am, at Waverley.

We will look for a suitable date to play Merrylands, but it will most likely be a Sunday.

NB – I did suggest to Merrylands that they come to us tomorrow and play before our men on the back oval, but it was too short notice to switch to such an early start.

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Kimmy represents Sydney

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Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

Congratulations to Kim McKenzie who is currently playing rugby for the Sydney Women’s Team.

The team is usually stuffed-full of Sydney Uni and Warringah players, so for Kim to be on the team showing that Waverley girls can be just as good as the players from the stronger teams is great for us all.

Kim has been playing rugby since her teens, but only joined Waverley in 2007. She has been a constant member of the team ever since then, and does a great job propping, usually at tight-head.

Her first game for Sydney was last weekend when they went down to Canberra to play the ACT Women’s team as a curtain-raiser to the Brumbies v Stormers game.

Kim played the whole of the first half, during which the game remained scoreless. Kim was subbed off at half-time, and the ACT girls went on to beat Sydney 17-5. Maybe Kim should have played the whole game…

The only Sydney score was a try from hooker Victoria Meki (Merrylands).

Sydney’s next game is 11th June at Coogee Oval. 1.15pm kick-off against NSW Country. The women’s game will be followed by a men’s game, also Sydney v Country (kick-off 3.10pm). See flyer below for full details:

Lets have a big Waverley effort to get down there and support one of our own!

Teams are as follows:

Sydney: 15. Kelly Ducker (Sydney University); 14. Clare Illsley (Rockdale), 13. Lakeisha Tipene (Rockdale), 12. Sarah Jean (Sydney University), 11. Hayley Tipene (Rockdale); 10. Tui Ormsby (Warringah), 9. Faryaneh Hayati (Sydney University); 8. Danni Cormican (Sydney University), 7. Temahia Parker (Rockdale), 6. Michelle Bailey (Sydney University); 5. Haruka Takahashi (Sydney University), 4. Elisha Single (Sydney University); 3. Tuaine Ina Mata (Sydney University), 2. Victoria Meki (Merrylands), 1. Lilin Tay (Warringah).
Reserves: 16. Janelle Shepherd (Penrith), 17. Kim McKenzie (Waverley), 18. Annie Crichton (Penrith), 19. Natalie Maclarn (Warringah), 20. Iliseva Batibasaga (Sydney University), 21. Tika Yeend (Rockdale), 22. Beatriz Muhlbauer (Sydney University), 23. Marjorie O’Neill (Sydney University).

NSW Country: 15. Erin Green (Newcastle University); 14. Lauren Denniss (Newcastle University), 13. Candice Clay (Newcastle Wanderers), 12. Sarah Riordan (Newcastle University), 11. Emma Gillogly (Armidale); 10. Vanessa Foliaki (Orange Emus), 9. Renee Cross (Newcastle University); 8. Megan Shanahan (Orange Emus), 7. Dayle Clampitt (Newcastle University), 6. Angela Hipwell (Moree); 5. Cassy van Rythoven (Newcastle University), 4. Ali Simon (Warialda); 3. Kimberley Fyfe (CSU Bathurst), 2. Margaret Watson (Newcastle University), 1. Tammy Clay (Newcastle Wanderers).
Reserves: 16. Karissa MacGregor (Hamilton), 17. Charmaine Buckley (Grenfell), 18. Katrina Sager (Newcastle Wanderers), 19. Miranda Falk (Newcastle University), 20. Ashley Adams (CSU Bathurst), 21. Steve-Lee Shiels (Newcastle University), 22. Jessica Scadding (CSU Bathurst), 23. Lauren Diduszko (Orange Emus).

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Waverley Women in TV show

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Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

UPDATE: Bonnie’s episode airs this Wednesday evening (15th June). Channel 9. 9.30pm.

Almost a year ago I received a rather strange phone call from a TV production manager. The caller explained that they were making a documentary following the lives of several obese Australians as they tried to lose weight.

The program-makers were providing assistance to the participants by suppling experts such as personal trainers and nutritionists to keep them on the right track, but it was more about each person’s personal journey, and would not be a competition like “The Biggest Loser”.

Part of this “assistance” included giving the participants certain challenges to undertake to help them start leading a healthier life. This is the part that we come in…

One of the participants, Bonnie Coulls, had expressed an interest in playing a team sport, but she felt her weight, 145.7kgs last February, ruled that out for her. That might be true of many sports, but us rugby players see somebody like that and just think “they’d make a good prop”. Luckily the cameraman/producer working most closely with Bonnie had played a lot of rugby in the past, so he came up with the idea of encouraging her to play women’s rugby.

Bonnie was not told she was trying rugby so she was rather shocked when her personal trainer brought her along to her first training session. A write-up of that evening can be found here: “Welcome Bonnie”

Bonnie played with us from early June until the end of the season last year. She quickly picked up the necessary skills and was surprisingly fast, so she was a great additional prop for the team. Unfortunately she took a bad hit in the last game of the rounds, fracturing her collar bone and dislocating her AC joint. This meant she couldn’t play in the finals with us (when we were defeated by eventual winners Sydney Uni).

I asked Bonnie if this injury had hampered her weight-loss effort. She said it did make training hard for about a month, but she and her trainer found ways to work around it.

After months of anticipation the TV series goes to air this week. The first episode of “Big – Extreme Makeover” is on channel 9 at 9.30pm this Wednesday.

Bonnie was filmed for the show every couple of weeks from last February until November. She can’t reveal her finishing weight – we’ll have to watch the show to find out. The actual episode she features in hasn’t been confirmed for a slot yet, but will mostly likely be late June.

If anybody reading this article would like more information on women’s rugby either in Sydney or elsewhere in Australia please contact me via women@waverleyrugby.com.au. As you can see from Bonnie’s story – there really is a position on the field for people of any size and shape.

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Big – Extreme Makeover, with Bonnie Coulls

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Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

Almost a year ago I received a rather strange phone call from a TV production manager. The caller explained that they were making a documentary following the lives of several obese Australians as they tried to lose weight.

The program-makers were providing assistance to the participants by suppling experts such as personal trainers and nutritionists to keep them on the right track, but it was more about each person’s personal journey, and would not be a competition like “The Biggest Loser”.

Part of this “assistance” included giving the participants certain challenges to undertake to help them start leading a healthier life. This is the part that we come in…

One of the participants, Bonnie Coulls, had expressed an interest in playing a team sport, but she felt her weight, 145.7kgs last February, ruled that out for her. That might be true of many sports, but us rugby players see somebody like that and just think “they’d make a good prop”. Luckily the cameraman/producer working most closely with Bonnie had played a lot of rugby in the past, so he came up with the idea of encouraging her to play women’s rugby.

Bonnie was not told she was trying rugby so she was rather shocked when her personal trainer brought her along to her first training session. A write-up of that evening can be found here: http://www.waverleyrugby.com.au/?s=bonnie

Bonnie played with us from early June until the end of the season last year. She quickly picked up the necessary skills and was surprisingly fast, so she was a great additional prop for the team. Unfortunately she took a bad hit in the last game of the rounds, fracturing her collar bone and dislocating her AC joint. This meant she couldn’t play in the finals with us (when we were defeated by eventual winners Sydney Uni).

I asked Bonnie if this injury had hampered her weight-loss effort. She said it did make training hard for about a month, but she and her trainer found ways to work around it.

After months of anticipation the TV series goes to air this week. The first episode of “Big – Extreme Makeover” is on channel 9 at 9.30pm tonight.

Bonnie was filmed for the show every couple of weeks from last February until November. She can’t reveal her finishing weight – we’ll have to watch the show to find out. The actual episode she features in hasn’t been confirmed for a slot yet, but will mostly likely be late June.

If anybody reading this article would like more information on women’s rugby either in Sydney or elsewhere in Australia please contact me via women@waverleyrugby.com.au. As you can see from Bonnie’s story – there really is a position on the field for people of any size and shape.

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Women play Merrylands on Saturday

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Thursday, April 14th, 2011

This Saturday the women head out to Granville Park to play Merrylands.

Merrylands and Waverley have each won a game and lost a game this year, but Merrylands are two spots ahead on the table due to picking up a bonus point in each of their games.

The girls in black (aka Scarylands) are generally big; and with a strong league contingent playing with them they are likely to have handy ball skills too.

Waverley would be considered by most to be the under-dogs in this clash, but if the forwards can focus on winning and securing good ball then our backs have plenty of speed and skill to be getting some scores on the board.

This could be the shake-up in the comp this weekend!

In other games Warringah play Penrith, and Rockdale face the only undefeated team so far: Sydney Uni.

Follow us on Twitter (@WavesWomenRugby) for score updates at half-time and full time.

The table at the end of round 2 looks like this:

Team P W D L F A Df Pts
Syd Uni 2 2 0 0 24 17 7 9
Merrylands 2 1 0 1 71 24 47 6
Warringah 2 1 0 1 64 17 47 5
Waverley 2 1 0 1 69 55 14 5
Penrith 2 1 0 1 26 66 -40 5
Rockdale 2 0 0 2 29 121 -92 1
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Lyndsey’s story

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Thursday, March 17th, 2011

How did you first get into rugby:

I was attending a school with a big rugby focus and a decision was made in my senior years to re-establish the women’s team after some years without one. It was all a bit of a novelty for most who bit the bullet and signed up.  We were, unknowingly, about to take on some of the sportiest schools in Sydney with girls who were much better “equipped” for the game; the largest girl in our team probably weighed all of 60kgs. In our first game – a home game – almost every classroom in a school of nearly 1000 students was empty. We had plenty of support and great, patient coaches (one of which is now with ARU and other was a former Wallaroo) but very little experience.

What attracted you to playing rugby:

The fact that there’s a position for every shape, size and skill-base, plus the novelty of playing something a bit more physical and daring than netball or tennis. 

 Memories from those first couple years:

Hampering amounts of fear, successfully (if somewhat clumsily) tackling a similarly small girl in one of my first games and later watching my little sister make a serious break through a pack of much larger women (and seeing our entire team, so elated by the fact that we might score a try, stop dead in their tracks to scream and applaud) only for her to be squashed by the opposition before the try line and get carried off.

How long did you play for, and are you still playing?:

Yes, this is my 7th season.

 Why you are still playing?:

The on and off field camaraderie and the fun of attempting to steal the ball whenever it goes to ground. Lineouts too, they’re ridiculous amounts of fun. Not to forget rugby bus trips, especially when you play in regional Australia and you’re travelling hours and hours to get to a remote town for a 9am kick-off and celebrating (or commiserating) on the way home.

 In what way has rugby has enhanced your life as a whole (friendship, confidence, fitness, etc)?:

Women’s rugby brings together the most eclectic bunch of girls: sporty girls, country girls, even really girly girls, and people from a myriad of backgrounds. Our team is made up of Scots, Kiwis, Poms, Canucks, Aussies and Yanks. And because the team is made of up so many specialist positions, you don’t need to be the fastest or the toughest to do well in your position.

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Women’s Sydney Redfern Sevens

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Thursday, March 17th, 2011

This Saturday sees the real kick-off for women’s rugby in Sydney for the 2011 season.

A Sevens comp is being held at Redfern (National Centre of Indigenous Excellence) with each team who play in the 15s competition entering at least one team.

Waverley have strong numbers at the moment so have decided to field two teams.  This gives us the chance to run a very competitive team of girls who will be able to take on the likes of Warringah and Sydney Uni, and also run a 2nd team to ensure that girls new to rugby get a chance to take to the field.  However, don’t under-estimate the 2nd team!  There are plenty of girls in the 2nd team who have played several years of rugby, so they might be the surprise stars of the day.

If you don’t have much planned for Saturday please come along to watch for a while.  The draw is as follows:

Draw
10.00am Waverley Gold Rockdale
10.20am Sydney Uni Merrylands
10.40am Warringah Penrith
11.00am Waverley Blue Campbelltown
11.20am Rockdale Warringah
11.40am Waverley Gold Penrith
12.00noon Merrylands Waverley Blue
12.20pm Sydney Uni Campbelltown
12.40pm Waverley Gold Warringah
1.00pm Rockdale Penrith
1.20pm Merrylands Campbelltown
1.40pm Sydney Uni Waverley Blue
2.00pm Break
2.20pm Pool A 1st Pool B 2nd
2.40pm Pool A 2nd Pool B 1st
3.00pm Pool A 4th  Pool B 4th
3.20pm Pool A 3rd Pool B 3rd
3.40pm Shield Final

NCIE is located at 180 George Street, Redfern.  See here for more details of the location: http://www.ncie.org.au/index.php/contact.html

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