THE AUSTIN VALKYRIES INVITE YOU:

To an exclusive private screening of the FIRST Rugby Movie "Forever Strong" - winner of Heartland's truly moving picture award.

Support your local women's rugby team with their
fundraiser screening of this Heartland Truly Moving Film.

Tickets are $10 in advance, and $12 at www.austinvalkyries.com thru paypal (print your receipt and pick up tickets at WILL CALL)

Let any Valkyries know if you want tickets and we will get them to you!

Not in Austin, but still want to donate?

We are a 501(c)3 non-profit organization with over 50 rostered players and social members

We actively support our local community – A.I.S.D. schools, Marathon Kids, Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Nike's Human Race

Team website gets over 7000 hits per year; local games and tournaments host up to 300+ players and spectators

Donation Packages:

$500 National Eagle – Full-color ad on back cover of playbill, 6 tickets to event, 10 raffle tickets, logo & link on website

$300 Texas All-Star – Full page b&w ad, 6 tickets to event, 6 raffle tickets, logo & link on website

$150 Austin Valkyrie – Half page b&w ad, 4 tickets to event, 4 raffle ticekts, logo & link on website

$75 Rugger Hugger – Quarter page b&w ad, 2 tickets to event, 2 raffle tickets

Austin Valkyries vs Texas A&M
1pm @ Burr Field (austinvalkyries.com for directions)

Come out and watch these two teams play their first game of the fall season. We have both been practicing just a few weeks, so this will be a great warmup match.

Good luck to both teams!

Rookie Collegiate Clinic - Sept 1st, 2007 in AUSTIN, TX

Schedule of events:
10:00: Warm up
10:30 - 1:00 Individual Skills
1:00 - 2:00 Lunch
2:00 - 3:30 Situational Drills
3:30 - 5:00 Scrimmage
6:45 Dinner with the Austin Valkyries

There are two options of payment for this clinic:

$10 per player includes Clinic & Small Lunch
$20 per player includes Clinic, Small Lunch & Dinner (**possible showing of a 2007 Tri-Nations Match**)

Austin can be an expensive city, so we wanted to make sure there was an option for a team dinner with the Austin Valkyries. Come meet the current team, coaches, eagles and veterans! Come experience a rugby family beyond the collegiate experience.

Please RSVP that your team or projected amount of players are attending. We also have some housing, it is FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE!

Coaches:
Meg Pace (Austin Valkyries Coach)
Meredith Bagley (USA Eagle Pool)
Heidi Whitman (USA 7s Eagle Pool)
Traci Schmidtke (USA U23 Eagle)
Wendy Young (USA Eagle Pool)

Thanks,
Wendy

All right Ladies,

Now that our practice location is set - Burnet through the Fall - its time to get started.  We'll have a kick-off meeting at my house on Tues. Aug. 14th at 7:00pm.  I'll be providing dinner and a little chat on our goals, philosophy, expectations and strategy for the upcoming Fall season.  I'll also be providing you with a packet describing my expectations for your off day workouts so if you want to start getting in shape now, I highly recommend it.  Official practices will start on Thurs. Aug. 16th at 7:00 pm sharp at Burnet.  If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at ffmpace@netscape.net and I'll be happy to chat.  See you all on the 14th.

meg  (your newly anointed head coach)

ps I'm on vacation until July 30th so if you call or email before then I may be delayed in my response

pps directions to my place will follow at a later date

WORKOUT PROGRAM:

* Indicates full sprint     Workouts should consist of: 1mile warm-up

all others at 80% maximum        stretch

                                                                  sprints

                                                                  1 mile slow cool-down

                                                                  stretch 

note:  If you wear a mouthpiece when playing rugby, wear it when sprinting 
 

First Week    Fifth Week    Eighth Week 

  Day 1  2 x 440    Day 1  11 x 25*    Day 1  10 x 110

            2 x 220    7 x 85     10 x 85*

                                          3 x 110    10 x 55*

  Day 2  4 x 330    3 x 220    26 x 25*

            2 x 110    3 x 110 

            2 x 110*    2 x 85*     Day 2  19 x 25*

                                          11 x 25*    15 x 55*

Second Week           10 x 110*

                                Day 2  2 x 220  

  Day 1  3 x 440    6 x 110  Ninth Week

            3 x 220    9 x 25*

                                                              Day 1  15 x 25*

  Day 2  2 x 330  Sixth Week      10 x 55*

            2 x 220         5 x 85*

            2 x 110    Day 1  4 x 220    3 x 110

            2 x 110*    3 x 110    2 x 220

                                          3 x 110*    3 x 110*

Third Week      5 x 85     5 x 85*

                                          5 x 85*     10 X 55*

  Day 1  4 x 440    1 x 440    15 x 25*

            5 x 85*

                                Day 2  2 x 440    Day 2  3 x 220

  Day 2  1 x 440    2 x 220    2 x 110*

            2 x 220    6 x 110*    10 x 85*

            5 x 110         10 x 55*

            4 x 85*   Seventh Week      14 x 25* 

Fourth Week      Day 1  2 x 330

                                          12 x 55*

  Day 1  4 x 85     1 x 330

            4 x 110    10 x 85*

            1 x 220    1 x 330

            8 x 55*     10 x 25*

            1 x 220

            4 x 110    Day 2  1 x 330

            4 x 85*     10 x 85*

                                          9 x 25*

  Day 2  2 x 220    10 x 55*

            4 x 110    9 x 25*

            5 x 85*

7's practice begins May 15 at  Burnett Middle School in North Austin.  Practice will be held every Tuesday and Thursday from 7-8:30pm. 

Don't know how to play 7's?  Don't know how to play rugby?!  Come meet the team!

Burnett Middle School is located off of Burnett Rd and Steck (this is the closest major intersection!). Click here for a map.

Purchase your 7s jersey here...

Lone Star 7s
June 2nd, 2007
Ft. Worth, TX

DEBUTANTE BALL (contact Wendy at scooterwe@gmail.com)

We will be having the traditional Debutante Ball after the Men's Final match! Don't know what that is? READ ON!!

Buy the most hideous dress you can find at the Salvation Army, Good Will or perhaps you have an old bridesmaid dress in your closet? Put the dress on and play rugby!! Perhaps the most intense and fun rugby game you will ever play in your life!! Ask an old rugger how much they loved playing in the Ball!

Awards:
Most HIDEOUS
Most ACCESSORIES (have to be soft and rugby friendly)
Best MAKEUP
Best WEDDING THEME
Most likely to be MARRIED IN THIS DRESS...

*awards will be donated items*

Cost: $10 per player

The rules and regulations will be put forth by our esteemed referee before the match.

Check out the new and improved ONLINE WOMEN'S CALENDAR!

The key to making this work is submissions from YOU! Simply click the button on the left and join as a member of the calendar. Then you can submit game times, scores, location...and more!

http://playrugby.shorturl.com/

I have the ultimate admin over this calendar, but all events are posted automatically and the calendar reflects the changes immediately. The calendar on this blog is also linked to that calendar, so its still a reliable source.

Let me know what you think!

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Austin Valkyries 2007
DATE	WOMEN	LOCATION
SPRING
20-Jan
27-Jan	TRU U23 Tryouts	AUSTIN
3-Feb	Camp for OU noon to 6pm	AUSTIN
10-Feb
17-Feb
24-Feb	TRU U23 Warmup Weekend (Valks play U23s)	AUSTIN
3-Mar	LAU U23 Tourney	Denton, TX
10-Mar
17-Mar
24-Mar	Nash Bash	Nashville, TN
31-Mar	Austin v. Black Ice NOON	AUSTIN
1-Apr	Austin v. Boulder Babes 11AM	AUSTIN
7-Apr
14-Apr	Austin vs. Seattle	AUSTIN
21-Apr	Austin vs. Belmont Shore	AUSTIN
28-Apr	U23 Tryout/Seniorside Tourney	AUSTIN/Ft. Worth
5-May	Austin @ KC Jazz	Kansas City, KS
12-May
18-May	West Senior Warm-up Matches	Denver, CO
13-17 Jun	Senior Women's NASC	Blaine, MN
FALL
18-Aug
25-Aug
1-Sep
8-Sep	Pumpkinfest	Philidelphia, PA
15-Sep	Austin vs. Texas A&M	AUSTIN
22-Sep	Austin @ Glendale	Glendale, CO
29-Sep
6-Oct	Austin @ St. Louis	St. Louis, MO
13-Oct
20-Oct
27-Oct	Women's Club Playoffs	AUSTIN
3-Nov	Women's Club Championships	Kissimme, FL