tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82318121588845181902024-03-05T06:31:18.506-08:00Venus Rugby NewsVenus Rugby News - Our BlogAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10555131661464701193noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231812158884518190.post-74136340130021319332017-05-31T12:08:00.000-07:002017-05-31T12:08:05.614-07:00Fitness is back!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Fitness at Millwall Park is back! Join us every Monday and Wednesday before touch at 7pm. All good stuff;) Sweat and rugby balls guaranteed!Andrea Milica Bielskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15957944661605992803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231812158884518190.post-7043293250251944532017-03-05T06:21:00.002-08:002017-03-05T06:21:38.697-08:00Great Sunday training session.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Although my hangover was so big that I nearly didn't get to the park, some of the girls actually turned up sober and very keen to train! Felix with Flex's help ran a very interesting session. We have seen some great lines and good runs. Thanks to all. </div>
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<br />Andrea Milica Bielskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15957944661605992803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231812158884518190.post-9152026975466469662017-03-02T07:21:00.001-08:002017-03-02T07:21:11.346-08:00Three games left, where we are?!<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
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The season is coming slowly to an
end. And what an end it is going to be! For the first time we are actually in
the top of the league and with 3 games left, we still have chances to actually
win it. We said goodbyes to some of our old friends who left the country, but we
also welcomed so many more. Once Venus, always Venus so I hope the goodbyes
were not forever ;) <o:p></o:p></div>
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We have 3 games left in the
season. Two away and one, the last one, and the most important – at home. 18 of
March, 26<sup>th</sup> of March and 9<sup>th</sup> of April. I hope you can all
secure those dates so we can have whole Millwall Venus family with us. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I hope we can expand with the
influx of the students and a raise in the popularity of the game amongst women.
Let’s all help our new ladies to develop and grow. Let’s train hard and do some
hardcore tackles. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I have some great plans for the
summer season break so we can keep in touch, train, work on our fitness and
play some 7s. We also have tour that Anna is kindly helping to organise. <o:p></o:p></div>
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18<sup>th</sup> March<o:p></o:p></div>
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Andrea Milica Bielskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15957944661605992803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231812158884518190.post-67515967127501937022017-02-26T08:04:00.000-08:002017-02-26T08:04:43.247-08:00Great win!Millwall Venus won agains Brockleians Ravens 12-39!Andrea Milica Bielskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15957944661605992803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231812158884518190.post-41465956387971030622017-01-17T06:22:00.001-08:002017-01-17T06:34:38.362-08:00Physio Clinic Wednesday January 18<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0K6QnKFC9DRVb5s42ucmg3Ibvh7arotjAYOLz8_0nRQoknSBDRYx4tNJ1N6Ra9DStwjLsvYlQnpElqTcT7SGD8iFbt2Z8iDoeGvIqY_9C7w4sEeosP6ZKiwEkmaqTw_OVnUf9GX5Uw5s/s1600/Physio+Image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0K6QnKFC9DRVb5s42ucmg3Ibvh7arotjAYOLz8_0nRQoknSBDRYx4tNJ1N6Ra9DStwjLsvYlQnpElqTcT7SGD8iFbt2Z8iDoeGvIqY_9C7w4sEeosP6ZKiwEkmaqTw_OVnUf9GX5Uw5s/s1600/Physio+Image.jpg" /></a>Club Physio Patrick will be in the Club on Wednesday, January 18th - 7.30pm -9pm<br />
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Email physio@millwallrugby.com to reserve a time or turn up on the night, first come first served. No charge to current members.<br />
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Thanks<br />
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First Aid OfficerAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12364202776500149559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231812158884518190.post-31117107906406972742017-01-14T06:34:00.001-08:002017-01-14T06:34:23.121-08:00First game in the yearDear supporters and players,<br />
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Venus played today at 11:30 at home and although we lost 7:17 we had probably the best game in the season. We played against the first team in the league and the improvement we made since the last time was noticed by the opposition, their coach and most importantly - us! We were strong, united and we didn't lose our pace. Thank you all. I'm so bloody proud:)Andrea Milica Bielskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15957944661605992803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231812158884518190.post-4907092020592934192016-12-10T05:44:00.000-08:002016-12-10T05:44:13.361-08:00Venus wins at home 46-33!What a great game! We had fantastic turnout with 20 players at the pitch, however the opposition had only 11 and we lend them a player to play 60min 12s. It is important to mention the it was Louise'a 100 cap!Andrea Milica Bielskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15957944661605992803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231812158884518190.post-82070059826394568552016-11-13T08:34:00.000-08:002016-11-13T08:34:11.773-08:00Second win at home!After an amazing fight and with a support of fantastic defence,Venus have won at home against Brockleians Ladies 34-0. More info soon.Andrea Milica Bielskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15957944661605992803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231812158884518190.post-67500234020669271862016-11-01T08:36:00.003-07:002016-11-01T08:36:59.850-07:00Physio clinicHi all,<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Andrea</span></span>Andrea Milica Bielskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15957944661605992803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231812158884518190.post-89505352220506129712016-10-27T01:00:00.001-07:002016-10-27T01:00:22.621-07:00Sunday game cancelled! Fitness instead?Sunday games has been cancelled by the opposition. Please let me know if anyone wants to come to an extra training session on Sunday morning. I propose some mixed intensive fitness for 30-40min.Andrea Milica Bielskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15957944661605992803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231812158884518190.post-29726594226084791172016-10-23T03:00:00.001-07:002016-10-23T03:00:11.326-07:00Home game!Hi all! We have a home game today at 2pm at Millwall park against Beccehamian. Come and support us. The squad for today:<br />
Hayley, Louise, Hannah, Kirstie, Colette, Harry, Jodie, Amanda, Edna, Rebecca, Inge, Zaii, Andrea (Polski), Jenn, Alejandra, Ucheora, Andra, Charlieann, AnnaAndrea Milica Bielskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15957944661605992803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231812158884518190.post-59776447084995534802016-10-12T08:31:00.000-07:002016-10-12T08:31:11.626-07:00Training tonight - new coachHi ladies! Don't forget about the training tonight. Also, I would like to properly announce that we have a new coach - Felix Greenhalgh! We already had a first session with Felix last week and he also saw as playing against Croydon so he has plenty of ideas how to make us great ;)<br />
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If you are new and still hesitating if you want to join - don't! We still have beginners joining so you won't be alone.<br />
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AndreaAndrea Milica Bielskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15957944661605992803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231812158884518190.post-5656882471213858822016-09-12T02:16:00.000-07:002016-09-12T02:16:43.108-07:00Please read & help - IPF and Gracie Matthews Ladies,<br />
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I am writing to you today because I am totally gutted with the story of Gracie Matthews, a girl like me or you, a fellow rugger. Gracie was a successful player when the biggest nightmare happened - she broke her leg during the game so badly, that the leg had to be amputated. She is much better now, I follow her on her blog at: <a href="https://grapeygrapes.wordpress.com/">https://grapeygrapes.wordpress.com/</a> - she seems to be doing well baring in mind what has happened to her.<br />
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But this is not exactly why I am writing to you. I am writing to you because of double standards in the RFU and their Injured Players Fund (IPF). RFU is a hugely funded organisation and we all know that women are massively underfunded in this sport anyway. Only few women are lucky enough to be paid at all for playing and now what the IPF has done is just outrageous -<b> they have refused to help Gracie because... her injury is not serious enough. I don't know, but in my opinion it's pretty permanent, life changing and catastrophic. </b><br />
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So few people got upset about it including Jeff Probyn who wrote a column about it. In the article linked here he still says it's unchecked info but Gracie already confirmed it on her twitter.<br />
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Why I am writing about this today? Because we are all women, we all play rugby and I think we can spare 2 min to support Gracie. Some guys on Facebook from "Women's Full Contact Sport" page have lunched a campaign for Gracie and they write emails to Mike England from IPF to tell him to change their decision on Gracie. Look at Gracie's website, check Probyn's column and please write to Mr English.<br />
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I allowed myself to copy an email that was sent by the Women's Full Contact Sport to mikeengland@rfu.com and adjust it a bit (but feel free to write your own thing. Please get involved.<br />
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<i>Dear Mr England,</i><br />
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<i>I am writing to you regarding the IPF's decision not to regard a full leg amputation as a serious enough injury to get some financial help from IPF. The decision to exclude Gracie Mathews fro any grant by your awarding body is morally and professionally unacceptable.</i><br />
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<i>Jeff Probyn has just written an article about it. I'm not going to ask you to reconsider. You should make this decision yourselves following Jeff's article.</i><br />
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<i>The RFU is an extremely rich union substantively helped in this regard by the enormous volunteer network. Unlike soccer, your overall wage bill is sparse in comparison to revenues received. </i><br />
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<i>As a female rugby player, I want to tell you, that I am deeply concerned with your decision and I cannot imagine that me or any of my teammates would be refused a grant from you in a similar situation. </i><br />
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<i>Best regards,</i><br />
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Andrea Milica Bielskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15957944661605992803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231812158884518190.post-79112659214634338052016-09-11T12:08:00.002-07:002016-09-11T12:08:40.740-07:00Venus wins at homeGreat game this weekend! Millwall Venus won today against Kingston Komets 25:5! I'm really proud of the team and how they played! Woop woop! The detailed match report will follow!Andrea Milica Bielskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15957944661605992803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231812158884518190.post-40362238989351205552016-09-10T11:58:00.000-07:002016-09-10T12:20:21.920-07:00Millwall Venus - Kingston LadiesThe gods of the rain have listened to our prayers and fortunately it's wet today! That means that the pitch should be much nicer tomorrow, just in time for our first home game agains Kingston Ladies. We lost our first game in the season so our appetite is huge to make this Sunday a victory day for the club. We still feel like we need more game-time together to correct our mistakes but we have a good squad for tomorrow and loads of energy to tackle hard and run fast!<br />
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Squad for tomorrow (not in any particular order): Colette, Chiara (King's), Polski, Kirstie, Hannah, Amanda (captain), Hayley, Jodie, Andrea, Charlie, Edna, Paz, Frech Jo (yes!), Chelsea, Liva, Inge (not confirmed), Celine (King's).Andrea Milica Bielskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15957944661605992803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231812158884518190.post-76991067649591983522016-09-05T05:41:00.003-07:002016-09-05T12:07:30.814-07:00First game - lostUnfortunately we have lost our first game against St Francis 56-5; but we stay positive. We had really good squad with 2 players completely new to rugby but they both did amazing. We did a lot of good things - for example our scrums were very powerful and we won few of them. We also had few impressive runs and ball recycling moments - some of those should have resulted with tries but we made mistakes.<br />
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Andrea Milica Bielskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15957944661605992803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231812158884518190.post-28243285018416191352016-09-04T01:04:00.004-07:002016-09-04T01:04:54.933-07:00Game day - St Francis v Millwall Venus<div lang="en-GB" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
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for 2pm at St Francis Rugby Club in Crawley. It is unfortunately miles
away but we are ready for this new challenge more that ever. In the last
2 months we have managed to recruit few amazing players and many
promising beginners. We are strong, positive and most importantly – we
have a 15 with some subs! That's a point for free;) But hey, the plan is
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<strong>Zaii Alema, Andrea
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Harry Heard, Amanda Huddleson (captain), Rebecca Kelly, Chelsea McDonagh, Alice Merritt (LSE), Charley Mitten,
Louise Norris, Hannah Salway, Edna Schweizer (manager), Liva Servan,
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It's bank holiday but the training is still on! Please join us at 7:30pm. If there will be enough ladies, we can split from the guys and do some more prep for our first game.<br />
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Andrea Milica Bielskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15957944661605992803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231812158884518190.post-51391995153946688802016-08-18T02:37:00.001-07:002016-08-18T02:37:55.444-07:00Players news - August 2016Players, supporters, friends,<br />
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The pre-season is full-on and we have very good numbers on the trainings. At the moment we are being coached by James Wakefield and the coaches from the Return to Rugby. Also Monday mixed fitness session have a good turn out from the women side, which makes me particularly happy as this is one of my goals for this season. Guys are also more used to our presence now, so we start to be properly noticed and we receive help and support from their side. We even managed to impress them with Rosie's super-pass;) It actually impressed all of us, I don't care if the guys are impressed;) This Monday we have learned a lot of things about the defence and it would be very good to be able to implement this during the game. Wednesday was Robin and tackling basics - ground is hard as stone and we do need rain!<br />
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In regards to the coach issue - I am pleased to announce that we have a preliminary agreement with a coach and he will be joining us end of September/beginning of August. This is a really ambitious guy and I hope that our cooperation will be as successful as Matt's with the men's team. More details will follow.<br />
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The season starts on 4th of September with our first game against St Francis. We have booked the minibus so the travel is secured. Numbers looks good at the moment so I am very optimistic about it. Now what we need to do is WIN :) Let's start the season well.<br />
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I want to also mention the recruitment program targeting the universities. We have secured a deal with a network of small campuses and we will be hosting a recruitment open-day on 25th of October. Also, Matt has secured an agreement with Queen's Mary and RFU and we are going to get some new players from them. <br />
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Some other admin things, especially for the new guys - please remember that you need gumshields and it would be nice if you could buy the club socks at the bar. We should look like a team ;) Also, the short are available at Millwall store at <a href="https://www.oneills.com/shop-by-team/rugby/rugby-union/millwall-rugby-club.html">https://www.oneills.com/shop-by-team/rugby/rugby-union/millwall-rugby-club.html </a><br />
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Don't forget about your membership - if it's due - pay it :)<br />
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Also, for those who still didn't sign up for this - Jodie organises a recruitment gathering/social event in the Greenwich park this Saturday at 2pm. There is a ball game planned, bit of leafleting and pub crawl so please let me or her know if you want to join!<br />
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Peace and love!<br />
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Andrea<br />
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I'm so proud of you guys. Last training was really good and the numbers are starting to look really positive. I think we are building very successful team. We have some experienced players who are clearly inspiring others to be better and to develop and we also have few beginners who are really doing well. I can also see a lot of energy in all the girls. On top of that we have James as a coach and the coaching support from Robin. It looks like Randall and some other coaches from Back2Rugby may get involved too! See you next week!</div>
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It's the training day today and I want to encourage everyone to come. I hope you are all pumped up with emotions and motivation after watching rugby sevens at the Olympics.<br />
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We have an amazing coach and fantastic group of new girls so let's get to work :) I also want to remind that our first game is in less than a month so we should get together and practice, practice and practice! Can't wait to see the effects of that hard work that we did this summer.<br />
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AndreaAndrea Milica Bielskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15957944661605992803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231812158884518190.post-10221853398285983922016-07-27T14:42:00.001-07:002016-07-27T14:42:51.695-07:00First training - doneSo fellow ruggers.. We finally came back. The clubhouse was full of people and Matt the coach gave us a bit of a speech about the player's survey. Unfortunately, the girls were not included, so we were warming up our calves and ankles (and patience);) After that, we have all headed to the pitch and started some work with James Wakefield and James Newman. It was absolutely great to work with those two! We had a few new players including some proper beginners so that was additionally interesting. Anna was around too with her 8 months belly taking some pictures and thinking what hurts more, giving birth or being tackled by Amanda. Well, I can tell you, both are pretty painful ;)<br />
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