Click here for the orientation meeting slide presentation.
The registration cost is $140.00. There is a $5.50 county usage fee, for a total of $145.50 for each registration.
Late fee, which begins after 1 March, is $25, for a total of $170.50 to register.
We expect all parents to volunteer to ensure the success of each team. Volunteer positions are: Assistant Coach, Assistant Referee (sideline judge), field preparation, social activities, and fundraising. If you choose not to volunteer, you may opt out for $50.00.
Scholarships are available for all players. Ask a coach for instructions, or send an email to the club leadership.
All players must register with USA Rugby as a player. Go to www.usarugby.org and then Membership/Become a Member. Register under invidivual high school registration, which is $30.00 ($20 for USA Rugby, and $10 for Rugby Virginia) for "Fort Hunt Youth Athletic Association Rugby Club." This registration also will be valid for the Summer 2012 season, if you choose to play. This registration is a requirement to play high school rugby, so please make a copy of your paperwork and turn it in to a coach.
Meetings
We will hold a mandatory high school rugby meeting on 18 January 2012 at 7:00pm at Sherwood Regional Library. See the details on the team calendar on the front page. We will hold an orientation for all new players and parents, and will conduct paperwork/compliance verification for all players.
Congratulations!
The following Fort Hunt Girls Rugby players made the 2011 Rugby Virginia All-Star team:
First team:
Carol B
Madelyn C
Helen C
Alternates:
Efua O-A
Madeline E
Samantha N
GEAR!
Kit Bags
We ordered custom Fort Hunt Rugby kit bags for players in 2011, and may do it again in 2012, depending on interest. Minimum for an order will be 30 kit bags.
The bags are made by International Athletic of Ferndale, WA, the same company that made the red/white/blue canvas kit bag that Coach Dacey has been using nonstop since 1987. Here are the details:
For the high school boys, we will have a bag that has a blue/black body (to match the playing uniform, see below). This color scheme also will basically match the middle scool rugby color scheme for the Fort Hunt/Alexandria team, although the bags will not be customized for "Fort Hunt/Alexandria." The Fort Hunt Rugby patch will go on each end. There will be a white stripe on each side. One side will have "Fort Hunt Rugby" on it, and the other side will have a custom name; both sides will be done in red lettering.
For the high school girls, and for all summer recreational players (and boys HS players who want one), we will order a bag that has a green/gold body (to match the girls’ playing uniforms, see below). All other details of this bag are the same as above.
(Just to be clear, anyone can order either color, boys/girls, summer players, moms/dads, whatever/whoever.)
All bags will be size XL, which is 13"x34". All bags will have an inside zippered pocket.
The cost for each bag last year was $85. This likely will be the cost for 2012 bags. This may seem expensive, but these are big, top-notch, heavy canvas bags with custom artwork, which will last for years to come--Coach Dacey’s bag is proof of that.
Custom Shorts and Socks
We have a few custom Fort Hunt Rugby shorts from last year. Most of them are in smaller sizes. These shorts are an optional purchase; players still must have black rugby shorts for matches.
For 2012 we will be ordering for the boys black/blue socks, and the girls will get green/gold.
This is what the Fort Hunt high school rugby jerseys look like:
Girls:
Boys:
New for 2012, a second set of jerseys:
And our original boys HS jerseys:
Above: The Warriors squad who went down to Hampton for the state Div II semi-finals, May 2011.
Here’s an article from the West Potomac HS Wire, from 15 December 2010. There are a number of factual errors, so we have to wonder who Ms. Palo talked to for her information, but nonetheless it’s great that we’re getting some exposure:
The Basics
...getting started
You’ve got enthusiastic, highly experienced, and fully qualified coaches (Dacey, Roach, Vonada, Bowman, Golding, and more) ready to go, now all you have to do is register, kit up, show up, and bring your friends along.
The Fort Hunt Rugby U-19/high school program will not be a recreational program, not a simple extracurricular, but will be a full-season spring sport, and as such will compete directly with all other spring sports, like soccer, baseball and lacrosse. Players may participate in other sports other than rugby, but must understand that club policy will be that only players who attend training, those who dedicate themselves to their club and their teammates, will start and play for the A side. You can play another spring sport, and show up for rugby games and play B or C side--no problem at all, but you won’t make the starting 22 until you dedicate yourself to the team, to the program, and to your teammates.
Basic Facts of the Fort Hunt U-19/High School Program
(as of 27 January 2011)
Rugby has been a youth sport in the Fort Hunt/Mount Vernon community through the Fort Hunt Youth Athletic Association (FHYAA) since 2006
Fort Hunt Rugby runs two programs:
U-19/High school rugby for girls and boys 14-18
Summer recreational youth touch and tackle rugby (7-17), with 93 players in Summer 2010, 120 expected in Summer 2011
No experience necessary; we will teach you how to play rugby
This is not a school- or FCPS-affiliated program; this is an FHYAA/Rugby progrm
Dates
Registration is open now
Training starts on 22 February
Matches begin in early March
Matches end in early June
Purpose/Philosophy
Teach competitive, high-level rugby to high school-age youth
Compete in the Rugby Virginia league
Emphasize player development, teamwork, discipline, sportsmanship, and respect for teammates, opponents, coaches and officials
Teach and instill unique rugby culture and traditions
Foster a love for the lifetime sport of rugby
All coaches will be USA Rugby nationally certified for full-contact youth rugby
Future: a Summer 2012 U-19 tour, destination TBD
Expectations/Ground Rules
High school rugby is a spring sport, like any other high school-age sport
Players and parents are expected to dedicate themselves to the program and their team
This is not a recreational program, but a varsity-level program emphasizing player development and competition
The best players who attend training will start, and will play
-- There will be B-side matches for all other players, and likely a C side
Players who do not attend training will be last in consideration for play, regardless of experience or ability
Players must attend a minimum of 4 full-contact practices before being permitted to play, regardless of prior experience
Players must demonstrate proper contact discipline and physical/emotional maturity before being permitted to play
All players are required to wear a personally fitted mouth guard for training and matches
Players, coaches and parents/spectators must abide by respective USA Rugby, Mid-Atlantic Rugby Football Union, Rugby Virginia and Fort Hunt Rugby codes of conduct
Players and coaches will personally sign their respective code of conduct and turn it in, as a requirement for participation
Fees
$120 registration for Spring 2011
-- Scholarships are available
$30 mandatory registration through USA Rugby, done online and separately from FHYAA registration
-- $20 for USA Rugby registrtion
-- $10 for Rugby Virginia registration
$5 voluntary match fee for each home match
Equipment
Team-provided equipment
-- All training gear: balls, cones, poles, pads, practice jerseys, etc.
-- Game jerseys (team property)
Player-provided equipment
-- Black over-the-calf socks (for matches)
-- Rugby shorts (training and black shorts for matches)
-- Black compression shorts (matches)
-- Personally fitted mouth guard (mandatory for training and matches)
-- Water (training)
-- Boots: molded-sole or screw-in studs are okay (football screw-in toe stud must be removed)
