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Mid-Atlantic Rugby Football Union (MARFU)
The Mid-Atlantic Rugby Football Union (MARFU) U19 Women's All Star team will be holding a series of tryouts to select a squad for the 2008 INASC (Invitational National All-Star Championships). This year's event will take place in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
The squad is open to any female born on or after January 1, 1989 and plays within the territory. Coaches for this year's program are Kevin Castner and Tony DeRemer. The first two events are OPEN tryouts - no recommendations are required. If you cannot make EITHER open tryout, you will not be considered for the team.
After the open tryouts, the rest of the assemblies will be for selected players only. Players should be highly motivated, competitive, and fit, with a solid grasp of basic rugby skills. If you have any doubts - COME!!
Confirmation for tryout is recommended, but not required. Confirm with your name, email, club/school, and positional preferences to:
MARFU U19 Women's All Star Team
This year's schedule will be the following:
Open Tryouts
October 5th, 2008 University of Maryland 10-4pm All players must be Cipp'd and have insurance Please bring water, appropriate rugby gear, and a bag lunch Directions to Maryland's Rugby field can be found at http://terpsrugby.com/Flash/schedule/f_directions.htm
October 12th, 2008 Lafayette College 10-4pm All players must be Cipp’d and have insurance Please bring water, appropriate rugby gear, and a bag lunch Directions to Lafayette's Rugby field can be found at http://epru.org/news/d.php?d=79
Combine (Selected players from the open tryouts)
October 26th, 2008 West Chester University 10-4pm All players must be Cipp'd and have insurance Please bring water, appropriate rugby gear, and a bag lunch Directions to WCU Rugby field can be found at http://www.epru.org/news/d.php?d=76
November 15th & 16th, 2008 Selected Team The EPRU is the host for this year's event Philadelphia, PA Will compete in the annual LAU tournament with the EPRU,PRU, and VRU U23 All Star teams
November 21st-23rd, 2008 Ft. Lauderdale, FL U19 INASC Tournament One match per day
Sat. Schedule:
MARFU vs South US U17 vs SoCal
Sunday Schedule:
Winner Match 1 vs Winner Match 2 Loser Match 1 vs Loser Match 2
At this year's tournament the Women's National Team will play an intra squad scrimmage. This match will be the last game of the day on Saturday. The WNT staff will be on hand observing this year's event.