In-Person Coach Professional Development Featuring Jamie Cudmore

Date: Monday, November 20th, 2023

Time: 6:30-9:30 PM

Location:

Rundle College

7379 17 Ave SW

Calgary, AB

T3H 3W5

Join us for an evening of rugby insight and expertise! This event offers rugby enthusiasts and aspiring coaches a unique opportunity to learn from Jaime Cudmore, the Toronto Arrows New Academy Coach.

Professional Coaching Development with Jaime Cudmore: Get an up-close and personal look into the coaching philosophy and strategies from years of experience in the professional and international levels.

Rugby Skill Development: Learn some of the key rugby skills, drills, and techniques used by the Arrows Academy.

Q&A Session: Have your burning rugby questions answered by Jaime Cudmore and gain valuable advice for coach development.

Networking Opportunities: Connect with fellow rugby enthusiasts and coaches, fostering new relationships within the rugby community. Don’t miss this exceptional opportunity to learn from one of the most successful Canadian players.

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Rugby Alberta is pleased to announce the 2023 edition of the Alberta Regional Championship XVs tournament will be held at the St Albert Rugby Football Club from June 30 – July 2, 2023. The Alberta Regional Championship XVs tournament is one of Rugby Alberta’s flagship tournaments that normally consists of 16 teams, 8 teams per gender, and is run over the Canada day long weekend. Rugby Alberta strives to provide good value and meaningful competition for developing athletes across all the regions of Alberta. Rugby Alberta’s goals and objectives for the ARC Tournament is to explore the boundaries of player capabilities and identify players for the Wolf Pack age grade representative teams. In addition, Rugby Alberta is committed to upholding our standard of excellence, and delivering an outstanding experience for all players, coaches, match officials, spectators, sponsors, and supporters.

In March, Rugby Alberta requested bids from locations across our province that would be interested in hosting the 2023 ARC tournament, and a Bid Review Sub-Committee was formed that consisted of the following members:

• Darren Andruko – Treasurer, Rugby Alberta
• John Vavrek – Director-at-Large, Rugby Alberta
• Peter Houlihan – Executive Director, Rugby Alberta

The St Albert Rugby Football Club is well-known in the Alberta rugby community and has demonstrated experience in hosting a variety of high-profile events such as the 2021 YEG Sevens tournament and numerous international rugby matches including the 2006 Women’s Rugby World Cup.

Rugby Alberta is excited to have the ARC XVs tournament return to the Edmonton-area in 2023, and will be using this year as the re-start of the typical 3-year rotation for ARC-hosting duties where we alternate hosting between the Edmonton-area, the Calgary-area, and a non-Edmonton or Calgary-based location.

Rugby Alberta is excited to partner with Rugby Canada on upcoming events to provide opportunities to showcase the rugby talent we have in our province.  Rugby Canada recently announced that women’s age grade national programming would relaunch, ‘…with the aim of running programs that develop players and coaches through a national pathway in close collaboration with communities, clubs, schools, universities, and provincial unions.’  Rugby Alberta has been working with a number of Rugby Canada programs to plan upcoming events that will serve as part of the national player pathway.

For U18 and U20 female athletes, we are hosting a Talent Identification and Development Session in Red Deer on April 22 and 23.  This session is being held in partnership with staff members of the Rugby Canada age-grade programs and will serve as an opportunity for national coaches to observe players from our province.  Our provincial ID camp, along with similar camps being held in other provinces, will lead into:

• A Rugby Canada U20 selection camp to be held June 2-6 in Vancouver and Canada’s U20 Women’s Rugby Team will then play two matches alongside the Canadian-hosted Pacific Four Series games this July.
• The opportunity to be selected for Canada’s U18 West Women’s program. Following selection, athletes will have an opportunity to train and scrimmage to further identify talent in the Rugby Canada pathway restart. The U18 West program will be coached by University of Alberta coach Chelsea Ross, while University of Calgary coach Ricky Coombe will oversee the U18 program as a whole.

We have also recently announced the Senior Women’s Wolf Pack North v South Series, which will be used to prepare and showcase female athletes for selection to the Senior Women’s National Team, the Rugby Canada U23 women’s program, and the previously mentioned Rugby Canada U20 Women’s program.  Under the direction of Rugby Canada’s Senior Women’s Programming, this two-match series in May will feature the top rugby players from across the North and South regions of our province. This event will be an excellent opportunity for these athletes to showcase their talent and represent their regions with pride.

‘We are excited to kick-off some exciting events in April and May that will allow us to showcase some of the amazing women’s rugby players we have in our province.  You only have to look to the recent rosters of the Women’s National team playing in the PAC4 and on the Women’s National 7s team to know that our province is already well-represented in both squads.  But we know there is more talent to be showcased and that is why we have been working hard with Rugby Canada staff to plan these events.’ Rugby Alberta President Chris Cooke

Rugby Alberta plans to host other Talent Identification camps this summer for male athletes and will be working with Rugby Canada to ensure those camps can be held with Rugby Canada staff in attendance.  Stay tuned for more information over the coming months as details are finalized.

Rugby Alberta is pleased to announce Wolf Pack Talent Identification and Development Sessions for U18 and U20 female athletes (birth year 2003-2006) taking place in April 22^nd and 23^rd, 2023.

In conjunction with Rugby Canada’s U20 and U18 Programs, Rugby Alberta is looking to identify all eligible athletes for summer programming. U20 Eligible athletes are those born between 2004-2005 for the 2023 U19 Canadian Rugby Championships, as well as any athletes born in 2003 who would be eligible for the U20 National campaign. U18 eligible athletes are those born in 2005-2006 to be identified for the 2023 Western Championships in August and future Rugby Canada camps.

Sessions will be hosted in Red Deer and will cost $50 with fees helping offset field rental.

ALL athletes MUST pre-register for the camp by clicking on the button below. (Athletes will not be able to show up on the day of and complete the registration)

Sessions will take place on the following dates and athletes must be available to attend both sessions:

• April 22^nd 1pm – 5pm
• April 23^rd 9am – 12 pm

Venue

• The Dome in Red Deer (334 Energy Way Red Deer County AB, T4E 0A7

All athletes are advised to bring cleats for turf at The Dome, as well as their own snacks and water as there will be breaks during the sessions. There will be a therapist on hand for taping and emergency care only.

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