Over the last few weeks there have been a number of competitions where selectors for the Sydney 7s representative team were in attendance, Redfern 7s being the final one. Waverley Rugby Committee are delighted to be able say congratulations to Noella Green and Emily Walpole who were selected to be part of the Sydney 7s representative team. Their first game as part of the Sydney side will be this weeked in the Parramatta 7s comp. If anyone wants to go out and support the girls the competition promises some interesting games and a good day of rugby for the spectators.
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Over the last few weeks there have been a number of competitions where selectors for the Sydney 7s representative team were in attendance, Redfern 7s being the final one. Waverley Rugby Committee are delighted to be able say congratulations to Noella Green and Emily Walpole who were selected to be part of the Sydney 7s representative team. Their first game as part of the Sydney side will be this weeked in the Parramatta 7s comp. If anyone wants to go out and support the girls the competition promises some interesting games and a good day of rugby for the spectators.
Categories : Announcements, Womens
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.
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 Loserâ€.
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 propâ€. 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 [email protected]. As you can see from Bonnie’s story – there really is a position on the field for people of any size and shape.
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 Loserâ€.
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 propâ€. 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 [email protected] As you can see from Bonnie’s story – there really is a position on the field for people of any size and shape.
Tags : Big - Extreem Makeover, Bonnie, bonnie coulls, Coulls, obese, rugby, weight-loss, women's rugby
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.Â
 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.
Categories : Womens
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.
Categories : Womens
A team of the girls went up to Warringah on Saturday to play in the Sevens by the Sea competition. This write-up of the day was sent to me by an anonymous roving reporter. Hopfully get more of the same as its a good write-up…
There were only two games that were worth watching on the day. First was the opening clash between the mighty blue and gold of Waverley and the green and white of Warringah. The Waverley ranks were depleted due to an afterhours training session on the streets and bars of Sydney. The girls marshalled a team of eight, consisting of Nellie as captain, KD, Laura, Amanda, Bron, Alexis, Jacque and Claire.
The opening half saw Jacque at wing and Bron at hooker run on for their first game of rugby and Clare make the switch from the drudgery of the backs to the glamour of the forwards running on as a prop. Amanda came on in the second half to add a bit of rugby experience to the team and a few barnstorming runs up the middle, with the rest of the team passing the ball around reminiscent of the Fijians , but to no avail with the experience of the Warringah girls overcoming the blue and gold in the end.
The second game saw Waverley take on the Uni North Owls, with Alexis soaring to new heights being lifted in the line out by KD and Clair. (Philippa may need to watch out before Frosty converts the entire team to forwards).
In the second half, KD received the ball and took on the opposition bursting through the first line of defence only to be tackled by two players coming down heavily, breaking her ankle and lowering the team to seven players. After the game, Laura’s knee blew out to gain her a trip to join KD at the hospital. This forced Waverley to withdraw from the finals.
A special thanks goes out to Nellie for captaining and her medical experience and for Vicki and Lauren for helping the girls. Unfortunately, the camera crew (i.e. Lauren’s camera) was on the ‘fritz’ and was unable to capture any live shots of the girls on and off the field.
Better luck next time! The anonymous rugby reporter signing off.
In 2007 Erin Skubiski started a trend in the women’s team by shaving her hair off to raise money for charity. She’d only just joined the team when she did it but I do remember her having long blonde curly hair, which is only now, four years on, looking the same as it did pre-shave!
In 2009 another Canadian, Kathleen Ryan, took the baton from Erin and agreed to shave hers off. She spent months growing it as long as possible first, and Andy Collingridge was almost in tears when he heard she was shaving her head. Not sure if this was due to a love of brunettes (his story) or just a remembrance of the days when he actually had hair! Regardless, she shaved it all off, and is still growing it back in preparation for her wedding this October.
A brave Carmel McGrath has decided to pick up the clippers this year, with the aim of raising $2,500 for the Leukaemia Foundation. We’ve never persuaded Carmel to play rugby but as Erin’s girlfriend for the last couple of years she has watched many of our games, and even after Erin retired last year both of them frequently make the effort to come down and support. If you’ve ever seen a couple of girls on a portable Maui Jim two-seater deckchair/sofa you’ve seen Erin and Carmel.
Carmel is less than $900 from her target, so lets help her get there (and far beyond). Here is a message directly from her explaining why she is doing this:
So I’ve mustered up the courage to take part in Worlds Greatest Shave 2011 & shave my head for a great cause. Even though I already have short hair this is still a big deal…kind of scary actually!
This is the time to put your money where your mouth is & throw a few dollars together to sponsor me. Any donation, no matter how big or small, will make a difference to someone who really needs it AND I promise to post pics of how silly I look with no hair!!
The money I raise will be used by the Leukaemia Foundation to fund services to support patients and families living with leukaemias, lymphomas, myeloma and related blood disorders. All these services are free. My fundraising will also help to fund blood cancer research to find better treatments and cures.
Did you know?
- Every hour of every day, at least one person in Australia is diagnosed with leukaemia, lymphoma or myeloma.
- Every two hours, someone loses their life to blood cancer.
- $26 can provide emotional support to help someone overcome the shock of being diagnosed
- $40 can help improve treatments and find cures by funding a PhD student’s laboratory costs for a day
- $57 can support patients who are too ill to drive by providing a day’s transport to and from treatment
- $80 can give a regional family who’ve had to move closer to treatment, a place to call home for a night
**The big shave will happen on Fri 11th march at our place, followed by a BBQ & celebratory drinks. If you are in Sydney, please come along…I’m sure it will be very entertaining! [Email [email protected] if you want to attend]
If you’d like to sponsor Carmel please follow this link: http://tiny.cc/j5539
Thanks for your generosity 
In 2007 Erin Skubiski started a trend in the women’s team by shaving her hair off to raise money for charity. She’d only just joined the team when she did it but I do remember her having long blonde curly hair, which is only now, four years on, looking the same as it did pre-shave!
In 2009 another Canadian, Kathleen Ryan, took the baton from Erin and agreed to shave hers off. She spent months growing it as long as possible first, and Andy Collingridge was almost in tears when he heard she was shaving her head. Not sure if this was due to a love of brunettes (his story) or just a remembrance of the days when he actually had hair! Regardless, she shaved it all off, and is still growing it back in preparation for her wedding this October.
A brave Carmel McGrath has decided to pick up the clippers this year, with the aim of raising $2,500 for the Leukaemia Foundation. We’ve never persuaded Carmel to play rugby but as Erin’s girlfriend for the last couple of years she has watched many of our games, and even after Erin retired last year both of them frequently make the effort to come down and support. If you’ve ever seen a couple of girls on a portable Maui Jim two-seater deckchair/sofa you’ve seen Erin and Carmel.
Carmel is less than $900 from her target, so lets help her get there (and far beyond). Here is a message directly from her explaining why she is doing this:
So I’ve mustered up the courage to take part in Worlds Greatest Shave 2011 & shave my head for a great cause. Even though I already have short hair this is still a big deal…kind of scary actually!
This is the time to put your money where your mouth is & throw a few dollars together to sponsor me. Any donation, no matter how big or small, will make a difference to someone who really needs it AND I promise to post pics of how silly I look with no hair!!
The money I raise will be used by the Leukaemia Foundation to fund services to support patients and families living with leukaemias, lymphomas, myeloma and related blood disorders. All these services are free. My fundraising will also help to fund blood cancer research to find better treatments and cures.
Did you know?
- Every hour of every day, at least one person in Australia is diagnosed with leukaemia, lymphoma or myeloma.
- Every two hours, someone loses their life to blood cancer.
- $26 can provide emotional support to help someone overcome the shock of being diagnosed
- $40 can help improve treatments and find cures by funding a PhD student’s laboratory costs for a day
- $57 can support patients who are too ill to drive by providing a day’s transport to and from treatment
- $80 can give a regional family who’ve had to move closer to treatment, a place to call home for a night
**The big shave will happen on Fri 11th march at our place, followed by a BBQ & celebratory drinks. If you are in Sydney, please come along…I’m sure it will be very entertaining! [Email [email protected] if you want to attend]
If you’d like to sponsor Carmel please follow this link: http://tiny.cc/j5539
Thanks for your generosity
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