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Northwich U15’s Girls make Divisional Squad
For the 2010-11 season the RFUW decided to change the structure of representative rugby and so the talented player pathway. So for the first time girls from the club were invited to attend not the regional trials but divisional trials for the ‘North’ Division. The North consists of the entire North West, Yorkshire, and North East areas combined extending from the Scottish border to Staffordshire and Nottingham in the midlands. We’re delighted to say that all Northwich players at both age groups acquitted themselves well at the trials and two U15 girls have been selected. They will play in a number of games and a tournament at the end of the season.

Northwich Ladies in the pink!
Northwich Ladies Rugby Team kicked off their pre season training with the some of the squad taking part the 5k Race for Life at Tatton Park on Saturday 10th June in aid of Breast Cancer Research; a charity very close to their hearts, as close family of 5 members of the team have either fought, or are currently fighting the disease.
The Ladies were seen running in their newly acquired change strip especially designed for raising funds for Breast Cancer Research. Team Captain Jodie Coutts commented, “Thanks to our sponsors Storengy we have a very unique strip that we are all very proud of, and will continue to raise funds for Breast Cancer Research throughout the rest of the season by asking for donations at every match at which the kit is worn.”
The Ladies will continue with their pre season fitness training on Wednesday evenings 7-8.30 at Moss Farm Leisure Centre. If you think Ladies Rugby might be for you or you just want to get fit with a great group of ladies then please call us a call, Karen Gooch (Manager) 07703 918866 or Jodie Coutts (Captain) 07515 02475.

Northwich Women host fun 10’s tournament
The Northwich women’s team again hosted a 10’s tournament over the bank holiday weekend. Although not as well supported this year, last year’s successful formula worked a treat again and all teams had a great time and enjoyed a great night with ‘the new’ Amen Corner at the Northwich Festival that evening. Look out for next year’s event on Saturday 27th August 2011. See the teams below at Moss Farm.

Six Northwich players make 2009-10 County grade
On Sunday September 27th 2009 Northwich women and girls section provided no fewer than six players for county action. In games against Northumberland, Hailey Coutts, Jodie Coutts and Natalie Wilson helped the women’s team 32-20 win, with Hailey connvertinng one of the Cheshire tries. Thea Breau, Amy Johnson and Nieve Jones were selected for the U18’s game and helped Cheshire to a resounding 41-8 win. Nieve scored the first try from a characteristic break and helped create another after running 30 yards through the Northumberland defence. Nieve added another three conversions after Cheshire forwards featuring Amy Johnson fought a hard battle with the larger Northumberland pack feeding regular ball to their wingers who outpaced their counterparts on both wings. All the players are looking forward to games with Yorkshire and Lancashire in October. Stay tuned for detail of the games.

Don’t forget we are always looking for new players of all ages. Just call or email us for more information.

Great 2008-9 season!
Northwich Ladies finished in a respectable mid-table position and have come a long way in such a short time. When we started out this season we have 80% new players and were hoping to use this season to gain experience and confidence and start building the massively depleted team back up after the previous season. . This has been a great success and with a season of ups and downs we have learnt and developed so much. We enjoyed a number of wins and learnt from a number of loses! Natalie (Hooker), Mel McPhillips (Prop), Karen Gooch (2nd Row) and Hailey Coutts (centre or 2nd row) were all selected to represent Cheshire this season, Jodie Coutts (number 10) played for North-West. This is testiment to the quailty players in the current team.

Off the pitch the girls have developed a positive team spirit and friendships that extend beyond the rugby field. Our calendar was a great success and we managed to raised lots of funds for new equipment. All of the teams efforts and contributions will be celebrated at the Northwich RUFC Annual Awards night on May 29th at Hartford Legion.

We have loads coming up in the summer including Vale of Lune 10's, TOUR to Solstice Sevens and our own annual 10's Tournament that has now become a regular feature of the Northwich Festival Weekend in August. Then we can look to the future and next season and the tasks of further player recruitment and pre-season training. This would be the perfect time for those ladies that have always wanted to try something new to come down and give ladies rugby a go.

Throughout the summer we will be doing various fun fitness sessions on a Tuesday night at Moss Farm at 7pm, activities include rounders, aqua aerobics and football if people are interested in getting involved then they can contact me for more information - 07788 502682.

Northwich girls make U18’s county & regionals

Three Northwich Girls were selected as part of the 2008-9 County and North West regional squads. All the players featured both in the Cheshire county game beating Lancashire in October convincingly and regional games via West Midlands and North East in February & March. All players managed to get on the score sheets with both tries and conversions. 

In the National tournament in March in Lichfield, the players were in action again, against teams from across England and Wales. The squad played very well and were unfortunate to lose to a single ‘golden’ try against the North East but beat Yorkshire in the bowl competition.

Northwich Girls in action in representative games 2008-9

Girls midweek training to restart
Thanks to the recent RFUW workshops and great support from Weaverham, St. Nicholas and Bridgewater High Schools, midweek training will restart on Wednesday 21st January 2009. The sessions will run under lights at the rear of the swimming pool block on Wednesday evenings from 6.30 until 8pm, just ask for Kevin Jones, Chris Jones or Mark Morris. All girls from Year 8 to 13 are welcome (RFUW age groups U15 & U18’s), there’s no need for any experience, just bring some kit, boots and a gum shield. If you have any questions please call Kevin Jones on 01606 592494.

Women win plate
The Women’s 10’s competition ran at the Northwich Festival over the bank holiday weekend proved to be big success. The weather held out all day as 5 teams battled it out for the Northwich 10's Champions Trophy 2008 - previously held by Camp Hill Ladies. Teams including Waterloo, Rossendale, Chesterfield and two sides from Northwich Ladies played a round robin tournament. There was a fantastic display from all teams but Waterloo Ladies outclassed all opponents to finish as tournament winners, they were unbeaten throughout the whole day and only had one try scored against them - of course it was by Northwich Ladies!!

Northwich Ladies saw the debut of numerous players that are completely new to the game and are overjoyed and proud to be runners up in the tournament - picking up the runners up Plate. More pictures are on the match report page and at http://www.flickr.com/photos/23007426@N05/sets/72157606941668329               August 2008

Come along?
Northwich Ladies have an exciting season to look forward this Autumn and are looking for new players. Posters with information on training nights are currently being circulated around the Vale Royal area. Please come down and try rugby for yourself. Download poster - pdf format.                                                                      July 2008