Tavistock Rugby Football Club

Tavistock girls was first formed in early October 2005 due to the fact that one of our girls had been playing contact rugby for 3 years previously for the mixed team but was told she couldn’t continue playing for them after the age of 12. She was keen to keep playing and so asked around a few girls to see if they would be interested in playing contact rugby. It turned out that quite a few girls wanted to play and so Mhairi McCall decided to start up a team. Leaflets and flyers were posted and handed out in and around Tavistock advertising the first training session for Tavistock Girls. Mhairi was pleasantly surprised when 24 girls turned up to the first ever training session.
It wasn’t long before it was obvious that these girls wanted to play matches and not just train so the hunt for other girls clubs began. Although we are the only girls team in West Devon, it was not long before we discovered that there are many other girls clubs around in Devon and Cornwall.
The team has been going from strength to strength since then and now are one of the best teams in the county, beating every girls team in Devon in our last season. 9 girls represented Devon county last year, defeating the Cornish, twice, one match was even held at TRFC. 8 of those Girls then represented the South West at the National Festival held at Rugby School.
Since the club first started in 2005 we have developed two teams, the under 15’s and the under 18’s and so there is a variety of ages in our club. We hope to continue growing stronger and would welcome any newcomers to our side.

Kirsty McCall has been selected for Scotland Under 18 Development Squad. She attended trials at Murrayfield on 28 September. Kirsty is loosehead prop, sometimes number 8. She played for Devon and South West South last season.

November 20th : further news.
Kirsty attended trials at Murrayfield on 28 September and was selected to attend a training camp at Rosyth on 3rd and 4th November. From this she was further selected to be part of the SWRU U18 Development Squad 2007/2008.
Kirsty first started playing rugby at Tavistock Rugby Club when she was 10. At that time she played mixed rugby but this is only allowed up to U12 level. She didn't play for a year then Joe Flynn, Headteacher at Tavistock Community Primary School, told her of Girls' under 14 trials which were happening in Cullompton on 1 Otober 2005. Kirsty attended these trials and was selected, providing she played for a club. I, therefore, started a girls' section at Tavistock Rugby Club. We have two squads, Under 15 and U18. Altogether we have 25 girls who regularly attend training and play in matches at lease once a month, usually more. We had 11 girls play for county last season and 9 went on to be selected for South West South. This year, for various reasons, the U18's are short of players and would like to invite girls between the age of 15 and 18 to join them. ( College years 11-13) .

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