It may be rugby sign-up weekend for most juniors, but for one the season has already started (as if last season ever finished).
Sydney Gregson will be playing for the London & South East U18 sevens team this weekend in the UK School Games in Sheffield. This is the first time rugby sevens has been part of the games, and is one of England's first steps towards getting together a GB team for the 2016 Olympics in Rio.
What is amazing about Syd is not only that she has been selected as one of only ten girls from the whole Division, but this will be her first taste of U18 rugby - last season she was only a U15 so she has never played at this age band before. The selectors clearly must think a lot of her!
There will be six teams in the competition, which is being played in Sheffield - the four English Divisions, plus two Welsh teams.
The only disappointing thing is that this will be the last time Sydney runs onto a field as a Letchworth player as, due to the lack of a U18 team at the club this year, she will have to move to Welwyn this season. However, despite the change of club colours, once a "legend" always a legend!
Saturday, September 03, 2011
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