Nottinghamshire County U13s Squad

Nominations are now being taken for players to attend the Nottinghamshire County Squad Trials 2010

Trial Dates
U15/Year 10 Saturday 11th September
U14/Year 9 Saturday 18th September
U13/Year 8 Saturday 25th September

All Trials will take place at Newark RUFC (9.30am – 12pm)

Players already involved in either the NLD School of Rugby or EPDG Squads are not eligible to participate in the NLD County Squad Programme & should therefore not be nominated.

Club Coaches/School Teachers may nominate up to 4 players that they believe are of a suitable standard to play County Squad Rugby using the Nomination form below. Nomination forms should be sent via e-mail to nldrfu@therfu.com The e-mail subject should be clearly marked Nottinghamshire County Squad Nominations.

Nominations must be received 72 hours prior to the Trial dates above.

Coaches/Teachers who believe they have more than 4 players of a suitable standard to play County Rugby should ring Calvin Beech, RFU Community Rugby Coach/Nottinghamshire County Squads Co-ordinator on 07817 645 178 to discuss additional nominations. Any queries regarding the Nottinghamshire County Squad Programme should be sent to Calvin at CalvinBeech@therfu.com

The NLD County Squad programme 2010 runs for 3 months following the above Trials in September & will require players to attend 5 County Squad Training Sessions on allotted Wednesday evening dates at Newark RUFC leading through to a County Squads Festival on November 14th to be held at Worksop College in Nottinghamshire.
The NLD County Programme is now established as the 1st step on the NLD Player Development pathway leading on to Schools of Rugby & EPDG Squads before culminating in the NLD U16 Squad Programme for players of that age group.

Nottinghamshire County Nomination Form.doc 

NLD COUNTY SQUADS COACHING/MANAGING OPPORTUNITIES 2010

NLD RFU are now seeking additional Volunteer Coaches and Managers for Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire County Squads at U13’s, U14’s and U15’s. RFU Level 2 licensed Coaches or Level 1 licensed Coaches committed to achieving L2 within 12 months are invited to apply.

The NLD County Squad programme runs for 3 months from Trials in September, up to 6 Squad Training Sessions through to a County Squads Festival on November 14th. The NLD County Programme is now established as the 1st step on the NLD Coach Development pathway leading on to Schools of Rugby & NLD representative Squads. County Squad Coach & Manager appointments are made for 2 seasons in line with NLD RFU policy

Candidates will be able to work as part of a coaching team focussed on developing players & delivering high quality well planned sessions. Successful Coach candidate’s will be looking to develop their coaching skills & must be committed to Continual Professional Development (CPD) as part of the Coach Licence Pilot Scheme currently taking place in the Midlands East Region

As highly valued members of the NLD Player Development Team NLD RFU subsidise the cost of County Coaches attending the hugely successful 2 day Midlands Coaching Conference each year providing coaches with opportunities to observe leading national & Premiership Academy coaches delivering sessions. Other Coach Development opportunities are also available Coaches will receive high quality Gilbert/Samurai NLD Player Development Team clothing & reasonable travel expenses will also be reimbursed

Coaches with sons involved in County Squads will be allocated to other age groups

Managers will receive on the job training/support from the County Squad Co-ordinators

Please send you Coaching/Managers CV by e-mail to the respective County Squad Co-ordinator detailed below, closing date for applications is 3 September 2010:

Nottinghamshire:
Calvin Beech, RFU Community Rugby Coach; calvinbeech@therfu.com ; 07817 645178

Derbyshire:
Gary Rudkin, RFU Community Rugby Coach; garyrudkin@rfu.com ; 07957 140054

Please call the County Co-ordinators if you wish to discuss any aspect of County Squad coaching/Manager roles.