Old Belvedere Ladies rugby team has seen a dramatic growth in the last twelve months. Last season, despite being newly promoted to AIL Division 1 the team decided to expand into a second development team, as a result Old Belvedere Ladies was the only team in Leinster to boast two teams.
With two teams taking to the pitch each week, Belvo’ is always keen to recruit new faces and players of all levels of experience are always welcome.
Last year’s open day was a great success with new players describing it as…”great fun and just like a tag session” and “a bit nerve wracking initially but that the friendly welcome made it easier”.
Some of the player’s favourite things about rugby were the nick-names, support, after game drinks, amazing parties, the sound of the studs on the concrete when leaving the changing room, the bit of nervous excitement before the match starts and the fact that sometimes you put your body on the line-not many other sports make you do that.
One of the highlights of the rugby season is the annual tour. This season the tour was to Dendermonde in Belgium. Tour is hard to describe for anyone who has never been but one of the players described it “like 6 rugby matches, in the sun, hungover, while being on a massive hen party.. basically massive fun!”
So if you like the idea of a challenging, competitive sport, improving your fitness and learning lots of new skills while meeting new people then well maybe rugby is the sport for you!
The annual Open Day for new players is being held on August 18th and if you have an interest in playing or even just finding out more, why not come along? If you can’t make the open day then we train every Tuesday and Thursday from 7 in Old Belvedere on Anglesea Road.