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European Touch Championships

1/10/2012

Three club members represented Scotland in the recent European Touch Championships in Treviso, Italy.

Dave Vale was part of the victorious Mens Open squad that retained the title from two years ago beating England in a close final 10-8. Well done to Dave and the MO.

In the Senior Division, Dave Stone and Duncan Milne come close to securing a bronze medal in the Mens 35 losing 6-5 to France.

All the results from the Euro's can be found at Touch Euro's website

League & Cup Double

1/10/2012

The Leopards rounded off an impressive Autumn by winning both the League and Cup. With the Summer Cup win its been a very successful season. Well done to all involved.

Full details of the final placings can be found at the Aberdeen Touch website

Cup Winners

13/7/2012

The last week of the Summer League & Cup saw the Leopards take home some silverware by beating the Firebirds to win the Mixed Cup. This followed on from a great semi final win against the Meerkats. Congratulations to all those who made it happen. All the winners can from the Summer League can be found at the ATR website.

There's a break now till the Autumn League gets under way on the 6th of August.

Fun In The Sun

30/5/2012

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Saturday saw the first Aberdeen Tournie of the season down at Woodside. With a crowded Touch calendar the field was smaller than normal made up of mostly local teams but our friends from Glasgow and Stirling made the long trip north. The lovely warm weather though made for a great days Touch and a chance for some of the Italy bound Scotland players to play in the heat, not often available in Aberdeen!!!

The Leopards started off with 3 straight wins in the morning against Hoodlums, Stirling and Sparrows which left a top of the table decider against the Activity Mix Guerillas. A small squad was reduced even further due to injury so an emergency call went out to off duty Leopards to come and play and even a Meerkat was roped in along the way. In an entertaining, end to end game our rivals just pipped us to top spot, winning 5-3.

The knockout stages saw us paired with a very strong Firebirds side, containing numerous Scotland internationals past and present. Despite their strength there were some good plays from the Leopards and we managed to notch some scores, the highlight being Allan MacDonald’s trademark snake hips ghosting past several defenders. But it wasn't enough and they beat us to reach the final.

In our last game of the day we came up against the Killer B’s in a 3rd/4th place play off. Despite tired legs and a few knocks the Leopards finished in style running out comfortable winners. Unfortunately there was to be no icing on the cake, as with the hooter gone we missed out on one last score. Alan Lilly failed to ground the ball, some would say dropped, when over the line. The fines tin was hopefully suitably furnished for this indiscretion?

All in all a pleasing finish considering the small squad available and the few knocks we picked up during the day. The leagues are now in full swing but we move on next weekend to the first STS tournament of the season down in Stirling. Good luck to all those travelling and enjoy the day.

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2012 European Championships

3/5/2012

The Scotland squads for the 2012 European Championships have been announced, the following club members have been selected for the tournament that takes place in Treviso, Italy in September;

- Dave Vale (MO)
- Dave Stone (M35)
- Duncan Milne (M35)

Congratulations to all three. Full details of the squads can be found at the STA wesbite

Trends of the Game

2/5/2012

This summer the STA will be hosting ‘Trends of the Game’, a series of free workshops for players, coaches and administrators of all levels.

Learn about the latest on-field and off-field developments in touch
Get practical advice for improving your performance as a team and individuals
Quiz Scotland’s top coaches, players and referees

‘Trends of the Game’ workshops will be held from 7.30pm on the Friday night before each STS tournament this summer. The format will be presentations, using video and live models, followed by open floor question and answer sessions.

Host and presenters:

Simon Ebbett, STA High Performance Director (Host)
Robbie McKenzie, STA National Squad Coaching Director
Jaymie Mart (Optimum Nutrition), National Squad Sports Science Lead
Local representative players and referees

‘Trends of the Game’ is free and open to participants at STS tournaments and local touch leagues, of all levels and degrees of experience. Please contact the STS tournament organiser to register interest. Don’t miss this opportunity to pick the brains of Scotland’s leading practitioners and get the most out of our sport this summer

Beginners coaching and tournament

23/2/2012

Beginners’ Touch Rugby Tournament and Coaching Session – Aberdeen
You are invited to submit a team to Aberdeen’s first beginners touch rugby tournament and coaching session supported by the North East Scotland Touch Association (NESTA). The event will take place on Saturday 24th of March 2012 at Balgownie Playing fields, Bridge of Don, Aberdeen.

The event aims to introduce new players to the sport and encourage the development of new teams in the region. The day will combine an opportunity for coaching from experienced players, including Scotland internationals, and the chance to put your new found skills to good use by competing in a tournament.

Teams:

Teams should be composed of up to 14 players (with a view to having no more than 6 players on the pitch at any one time, and of the 6, no more than 3 can be men) each with less than 2 years touch rugby experience. 2 experienced players (more than 2 years experience) are allowed on each team.

If you are unable to field a full team, but would still like to take part, please email Christine Kershaw on [email protected] as it may well be possible to join small groups together to form teams.

Rules:

Federation of International Touch rules apply. For the purposes of coaching new teams and the enjoyment of the day, it is at the referees’ discretion how they apply these rules.

Games will last 20 minutes.
Referees:

Qualified referees will be supplied.
Costs:

Entry costs are £50 per team – to be paid in advance or, by arrangement, on the day. To register your team please email [email protected] before the 16th of March. It is anticipated that the day will run from 10am to 5pm, however, this will be confirmed with team captains nearer the time.

Insurance:

NESTA (the organisers) do not provide personal accident or injury insurance. Participation is at your own risk and the organisers bear no liability for loss, damage or liability to any competitor, volunteers, spectator or individual connected with the event.

Scottish women's rugby

12/2/2012

Scottish Women’s Rugby is currently looking for talented female athletes who have the potential ability, desire and passion to represent Scotland Women on the international rugby stage. Through a fast-track programme, they are aiming to identify female athletes to engage within their performance programme in preparation for the 2014 and 2018 Rugby World Cups.

They are hosting an open talent identification day on the 18th February 2012 Murrayfield, Edinburgh (10am-2pm – players should meet at the Wanderers clubhouse for registration).

They are welcoming female athletes (aged 17yrs+) from all backgrounds to attend the day, where there will be a series of assessments based around fitness, hand-eye coordination and some rugby specific skill elements.

Scottish Rugby currently has two performance teams representing Scotland on the national rugby stage; Scotland Women (senior) and the Scotland Women under-20 squad.

The Scotland Women team competes on an annual basis in the RBS 6 Nations championship, as well as the Rugby World Cup which is held every four years. After finishing 8th in the 2010 Rugby World Cup, the Scotland team is now preparing for the qualification process for the next Rugby World Cup in 2014. The Scotland Women under-20 team, now in its second year, is focusing on player development and education in order to prepare the players for the wider world of senior international rugby.

Players involved in both teams undergo individual player development, specialist coaching, squad weekends, medical protocols and strength and conditioning programmes.

If you are interested in the Performance programmes, details are given below. Queries can be directed to Ellen Dickson

Further information will be posted on www.swru.org.uk ; players can pre-register simply by e-mailing [email protected] to confirm attendance

Shire Newsletter

15/1/2012

Hi all, I have uploaded an Aberdeenshire RFC Newsletter to coaching/misc

Allan

selection policy and code of conduct

24/11/2011

Folks, documents outlining the Leopards code of conduct and selection policy have been uploaded to home/club docs.

Allan

Shire Xmas Doo

8/11/2011

Folks

Its the Shire Xmas Doo on Saturday 17th December starting at 6pm at Cafe Dag then a pub crawl round the harbour. As Leopards we're members of Shire and all invited to go along. The theme is "Xmas Jumpers - the more Wooly the better"

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Scotland Training Squads

23/9/2011

The training squads for the 2012 European Championships have been announced and several club members have been selected:

MO - Dave Vale
WO - Kristy Burnett
MXO - Lianne Campbell, Elaine Irvine
M30 - Bryan Schooling, Nick Wood
M35/40 - Dave Stone, Duncan Milne

Congratulations to those selected, commiserations to those who missed out. Full details of the squads can be found at the STA website

Aberdeen women win National Championships

3/9/2011

Congratulations to the Aberdeen Womens team (Northern Lights) in a clean sweep of wins over the other Scottish regional teams. This team had a fair number of Leopards players involved. Also, well done to the Leopards players in the Northern Darks.

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