July 5th, 2006

The Rugby Football Union for Women will be holding its annual Performance Camp for 15 to 17-year-old girls over the weekend of July 21st to July 23rd at Loughborough University.

30 of the best and most talented young players from across the country, identified from May’s Royal & SunAlliance National Youth Rugby Festival, have been invited to attend.

The weekend will offer the girls high quality and intensive coaching. There will also be educational sessions on performance lifestyle, conditioning and the requirements needed to become an international athlete.
 
For the RFUW the performance camp is an ideal opportunity for the coaches to further identify the best young players in the country as they look to the development of future international players.
 
Since the performance camp’s inception over seven years ago several players have progressed along the performance pathway and into the full England squad, including the likes of this year’s England Rugby World Cup squad members Maggie Alphonsi, Michaela Staniford, Amy Turner and Rachel Burford.

Girls attending RFUW Performance Camp

Kathryn Gowler Kettering RFC
Natalie Barugh Thorbury RFC
Michelle Brophy Welwyn RFC
Georgina  Cook Diss RFC
Vikki Cornborough Petersfield RFC
Hannah Field  Reading RFC
Rachel Fraser Morpeth RFC
Nicola Garbutt Scunthorpe RFC
Claire Garner Doncaster RFC
Sarah Graham Tynedale
Nicola Hoole  Trowbridge RFC
Amber Hyde  Darlington Mowden Park
Katie Pittaway Worcester RFC
Harriet Lamplugh De Smith Cranbrook RFC
Natalie McClarnon Harlow RFC
Amy Millar  Reading RFC
Marlie Packer Ivel Barbarians
Libby Peak  West Norfolk RFC
Vicky Perkins Lewes RFC
Alice Petitt  Medway RFC
Helen Price  Worcester RFC
Emily Scarratt Leicester Forest ladies RFC
Juliet Short  Tyndale Panthers
Robyn Steward North Kesteven
Alix Taylor  Sandel RUFC
Sian Taylor  Darlington Mowden Park
Megan Williams Welwyn RFC
Sophie Woodfall Aylesbury RFC
Sophie Russell Uttersford Hunters RFC
Sarah Ferguson  Darlington Mowden Park

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