Rugby News May 2010

the annual youth awards were held in the club on friday last where players from the successful under 15 team , the under 17 and 19 teams gathered to celebrate the season A presentation of a club jacket was made to shane brennan to mark his appearances for Leinster A Schools Dearan Mcgrath outlined to the young players the training and skill development regieme that academy and senior players in his UCC senior side undergo on a week and monthly basis in order to play and compete at senior club and higher levels as well as presenting the under 17 awards. dearan outlined a typical weeks training in the senior set up whcih has 16leinster muster aand irish rep players at different levels where every player works on their individaul fitness and positional skill sets continuously outside of teamm practices and gave an insght to how far the young players can travel in the game H e encouraged the young players to be committed to improving their game outside of set team training and pointed out that they can aspire to the high levels and foreign travel within the game President lar foley thanked all the parents especially ,pointing out that without patental support there would be no youth section and all the players and coaches while looking forward to the new season
the under 15s were presented with the two trophies they won this year , the south east and leinster plate trophies ! winners in this category were player of the year , matthew mcwey , clubman of year sean fitzgerald, most improved ciaran sutton best newcomer john curtin
under 17 club man , steve noonan , most improved forward darren bawle , most improved back robbie corcoran player of the year adam jordan , under 19 club man of year tony wilson most improved aaron mcgrath best newcomer paddy o keeffe player of year emmett lynch,

south east
8 kilkenny players took part in South East under 17 screening and trial games and all performed to the highest level . the players were adam jordan , hugh lane , sean moran , robbie corcoran , gary dunne , liam mcwey, diarmuid hickey and darren knox.

coaching clinic
dearan mcgrath and rory mcinerney both ex youth players in the club gave a mornings half back skills coaching workshop on sunday last working with several of the youth sides backs . the enjoyable session ended with the lads getting a number of position specific practices t work on during teh summer. It is hoped that club backs coach paddy o driscolls summer backs sessions will further enhance the lads skills sets when they resume after exams while rory and dearan will deliver more general skill sessions over the summer.

Summer camp
the leinster rugby summer camps will take place in kilkenny this year from 2 nd to 6th of august . the camps are open to non players and players alike as well as boys and girls . young players are guaranteed to be introduced to rugby in a fun manner or if already playing to enhance thier skills in a fun environment as well as meet leinster players on thier camp visits. last year tullow man Sean o brien and nenagh man trevor hogan ,both fulll irish internationals visited and spent time with the young players.

teen tag

this will be the fifth year of the popular teen tag social tournament whcih mirrors the adult tag . It will commence after the exams and will be run by members of the clubs under 19 side. Boys and girls from 15 to 19 play regularily on a wednesday night and the fee is 3 euro.per nigh it is open to members and non members alike and concludes with an awards night and bar b que .