Formed 2004 ... Herts 7s U14 Runners-up 2005 ... North Herts U14 team, Herts Youth Games 2005 runners-up (coached by Letchworth)... Herts Superteams U14 Runners-up 2005 ... Herts SuperTeams "Fairplay" winners 2006 ... Rochford 10s U17 Champions 2006 ... East Midlands 10s U17 Runners-up 2007 ... East Midlands 10s U17 "Fairplay" winners 2007 ... National 10s U17 5th place and "Fairplay" winners 2007 ... Herts 7s U17 Plate runners-up 2007 ... National 7s U17 Plate winners 2007 ... RFU "President's XV" Award winners 2007 ... Herts Superteams winners 2007 ... Midlands 10s U18 Runners-up 2008 ... National 10s U18 4th place 2008 ... North Herts U11 team, Herts Youth Games 2008 runners-up (coached by Letchworth girls) ... London and SE 7s U18 Plate runners-up 2008 ... Herts 7s U18s runners-up 2008 ... National 7s U18s quarter-finalists 2008 ... Gloucester City 10s U18 Bowl runner-up (6th) 2009 ... Worthing 10s U18 Plate runner-up 2009 ... National 7s U18 Plate winners 2009... Worthing 10s U15 Plate winners 2010... Worthing 10s U18 Shield winners 2010... Herts 7s U15 and U18 Bowl runners-up 2010... National 7s U18 Plate runners-up 2010...

Sunday, August 31, 2008

Nice one, Twickenham

Twickenham Ladies that is, not the antediluvian old buffers (I'm being kind about them for once - it being a new season and all) with the big stadium - or the hard-working denizens in the car park come to that.

No, a deserved shout-out is due to the aforementioned club who are justly proud of an excellent new website that they've just launched - http://www.tlrfc.co.uk - which for clarity of design, fun, and general all-around neatness beats most other club websites I have seen (male or female).

Admittedly a cool website does not necessarily guarantee a well run or successful club nor, come to that, a website that is updated regularly - which in the end is point of it all. There are any number of rather pretty sites out there from teams that either no longer exist or haven't bothered to update their site for years (Gateshead for instance) which does make things a bit pointless. However, good design is a good start - so hopefully Twickenham will go from strength to strength (maybe setting up a junior section, perhaps?).

One interesting little feature worth highlighting is their "players" page, which has brief pen-portraits of (all?) the squad. Its a nice idea as it both makes the players seem like "ordinary" people (rather than the image many non-players may have) and also makes them approachable. Joining a new club - even a new sport - is hard, so anything that makes that first step easier (as this does) is a good idea.

Certainly its a better design job than another new site - Ladies Rugby (http://www.ladiesrugby.org.uk/) - which aims to provide information on the (adult?) game across Britain (by the look of it as it includes information on Scottish and Welsh trials - but only English premiership club fixtures). Its a good enough idea, but at present contains little (well, nothing) that could not be found on official sources - let alone Women's Rugby Review. I also know that a lot of sportswomen tend to dislike the term word "ladies" (though I have never understood why). Still, early days.

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