Keeping up-to-date

So, as I should have expected, this blogging thing is a little more difficult to keep relevant and up-to-date than it looks on the surface.

I was so positive about my debut post and the idea of sharing my thoughts with anybody interested (bored) enough to read, that I followed up with a couple within as many days. 

However, in my defence, starting at the end of the season was possibly a little misplanned. I've also been flattened with sciatica which has meant I haven't made any post-season sessions, or even been to the gym myself, which I will just as keenly report on!?

We have plans to put some of the more eager girls through some general athletic fitness/conditioning sessions as, for some (as I may have mentioned), rugby at college is their first real sporting endeavor.

On a very positive note, one of our rookies has been selected for the Grizzlies U23 squad, which is a great achievement as she came to the game from soccer in November 08! I think she is a great center, very strong runner and tenacious (bordering on vicious) tackler. Unfortunately, she entered a team where we have 2 very good senior centers, so she has seen too much wing action for my liking. True to form, however, as I experienced with my experiences with the regional set up back home, the Grizzlies have designs for her to play back row! I agree, she will do the job well, but I really don't think that they will benefit from her full potential - we'll see. 

I'd love to go support her for the 2-game weekend coming up in June, but sod's law says that it conflicts with the college commencement day, at which we have 6 girls graduating!

On a different note, I'd love some ideas to help with recruitment. The university has a very small academic population and it seems difficult to get the sort of numbers that we need for a competitive squad to succeed in our division. Any ideas for events/activities/incentives to help attract new players would be greatly appreciated (I'm confident that we are pretty good at retention).

While I'm recuperating (lying on my back surfing the web) I've been hammering my usual torrent source, where there is some good, and often random rugby for fast/reliable download. It's UK based stuff, with sporadic coverage of the Guinness Premiership and some Heineken Cup. I've just finished downloading a British Lions vs South Africa 1974 test, so dying to get that going. Check out www.thebox.bz and I'd recommend www.utorrent.com as the download client.

Also for those of you who might have used Setanta broadband previously but been disillusioned with the quirky controls and unreliable playback, they've put some good effort into updating the player. Check out www.setanta-i.com. I think subs are still $14.99/mo but the on-demand library is good.

Thanks

I'll get back to more regular messages.