Women’s Rugby Skills Enhancement Training Sessions at Exeter College
Monday 23rd April we held our 4th SET (Skills Enhancement Training) session for women’s rugby. Specifically targeting girls in their final year of school and the U15 rugby age group, the evening was a great success.
It was attended by over 85 girls including 71 external students from Devon, Cornwall and Somerset along with some of our current cohort of rugby academy, all of the girls had a great time.
The evening was organised by Dave Kimberley and Jack Fahy our Women’s Rugby Academy coaches at the college and supported by both the RFU and Tyrrell’s, who are the official sponsor of the Women’s Premier 15’s in its inaugural year. The evening was introduced by a Tyrrell’s representative and taken by none other than Bristol Ladies players Caity Mattinson, Clara Nielson and Poppy Leitch who were nothing short of fantastic in their positivity, coaching and attitudes towards rugby and women’s sport. They really are amazing role models for these young aspiring girls and they were able to teach them some important technical points within playing the game.
The SET sessions are free to attend and designed to bring girls in the area together to develop their skills, meet new people, experience different coaching and train in a new environment.
Many of our current cohort of players were there to discuss how the college has helped their rugby development and what they are currently studying with us. The coaches were able to chat with parents and coaches to discuss our aims and the direction of the college academy, as well as successes this year and a proposed tour of Canada next academic year. There will be more SET sessions on offer for girls of the same age group next season and we would be delighted if girls would like to come along. Please keep an eye out on our website, the Exeter Chiefs website (soon to be updated) and any of Exeter College social media pages for more information. If you are interested in studying with us next year, then please contact us to find out more, you can email us by clicking here.
Until then, keep playing!
