Stor grattis till URFCs Lene Lykke-Olesen som både blivit utsedd till en av fyra studenter som får ta emot Uppsala Universitets elitidrottsstipendium och  blivit uttagen att representera Sverige under vårens tre turneringar med 7-manna landslaget.

För studenter som studerar på minst halvtid vid Uppsala Universitet och utövar en idrott som ingår i något av Riksidrottsförbundets specialidrottsförbund och tävlar på lägst nationell mästerskapsnivå och/eller i landslag är det möjligt att söka elitidrottsstipendium på 25 000 kr. Syftet är att uppmärksamma goda förebilder inom Uppsala universitet som påvisar möjligheterna att kombinera högre studier med utövandet av elitidrott. Universitet ser till både studie- och idrottsmeriter när de utser stipendiater med övervägande fokus på studiemeriter. 2018 stipendiater består av:

• Johanna Öberg, studerande på civilingenjörsprogrammet i molekylär bioteknik och aktiv inom orientering i OK Linne

• Lene Lykke-Olesen, studerande på ämneslärarprogrammet med inriktning på gymnasieskolan och aktiv inom rugby i Uppsala Rugby FC

• Fredrik Johnsson, studerande på språkvetarprogrammet och aktiv inom rullstolsrugby i Norrbacka HIF

• Philip Ejenstam, studerande på civilingenjörsprogrammet System i teknik och samhälle och aktiv inom basket i Uppsala Basket

Lene har under de senaste fyra åren studerat på ämneslärarprogrammet med inriktning på gymnasiet i svenska och engelska samt läst två terminer i Australien. På sidan av sina studier har Lene representerat både 7- och 15-manna landslagen, opererat båda knäna och tagit sig tillbaka till respektive landslag. Efter ett år utomlands kommer Lene återigen debutera för Sverige i den Tyska turneringen som hålls i Bonn i slutet av April där lag som Tyskland, Finland, Belgien och Nederländerna finns representerade.

7-manna landslaget dam förbereder just nu inför årets European Trophy som kan förklaras som den Europeiska b-gruppen. Målet är att återigen kliva upp till Grand Prix, där Europas bästa lag spelar. Laget avancerade till Grand Prix 2016 men åkte ur igen 2017.  

Som förberedelse inför årets Trophy kommer 7-manna landslaget,  både i form av första- och akademitruppen, delta i tre turneringar: Bonn 7’s i Tyskland samt Nancy och Central 7’s i Frankrike. Nancy kommer bli en stor satsning med 2 svenska lag. Från dessa tre turneringar kommer laget till  European Trophy tas ut.

Truppen till Bonn, som spelas i April:

Victoria Peterson - Kalmar Södra

Ylva Schwartz - Kalmar Södra

Olivia Palmgren - Kalmar Södra

Lene Lykke-Olesen - Uppsala RC

Emma Skagerlind - Enköping RK

Paulina Toresäter - Enköping RK

Mikaela Korpytz - Stockholm Exiles

Mirja Brunberg - Linköping

Frida Nilsson - Pingvin RC  

Lynnia Tatu - Vänersborg RK

Viktoria Pettersson - Vänersborg RK

Länkar:

https://www.uu.se/utbildning/plugga-pa-universitetet/idrott-studier/

http://www.rugby-bonn.de/en/bonn7s

http://www.stanislas-sevens.com/en/

https://centrale7.fr/

A great weekend and kickoff for the team, bring 2018!

Rapport från Håckes cup 2018 och damlagets säsongsdebut

The 3rd and 4rd February the Swedish 7’s team has been invited to play along and against some of the world's top teams in the brand new tournament Super7’s. The tournament is played at West Bulldogs Rugby club, Sci-Fleet Stadium, Brisbane, Australia. Parttaking teams: Australia, England, Fiji, France, Japan, Spain and the United States, France’s Development team, Poland, South Africa, Sweden, Papua New Guinea and Wales. Head coach David Mobbs Smith said that this tournament is an amazing opportunity for our girls to play against some of the best players in the world such as Heather Fischer (UK), Patricia Garcia (Spain), Ellia Green (Australia) to only mention some. For young players such as Minonna Nunsted, Vänersborg RC, the tournament is a magical and significant event as her career just started. Furthermore it is a unique chance to play against teams that we don´t meet on the European scene such as PNG and South Africa.

Former URFC player Emelie Hellgren and Uppköping player Emma Skagerlind are currently down under to represent the Swedish side. Good luck to you girls and the team!

The tournament contains 20 hours of non-stop action across 2 fields over the weekend starting from 9am daily. The main event will be played from 3pm to 7pm to catch a peak international viewing audience. Note that the time difference to Brisbane is 9 hours ahead of Swedish time. It will be live streamed via Super 7s Brisbane Facebook page

Swe times live streamed:

03:22Sweden - England  (not streamed)

05:22 Sweden - South Africa 

08:02 Sweden - Papua New Guinea 

The team:

Trainers and management:

Links:

instagram:

See players for their home team’s and personal instagram.

@swedenrugby7s

@super7sbrisbane

https://www.super7sbrisbane.com/

Träningstider damlaget.

Nu har träningarna för damlaget startat upp igen och vi kör tre gånger i veckan. Gamla och nya spelare är välkomna!   

Tisagar på Ultimate Performance mellan 18:00-19:00

Torsdagar på Valsätra IP (utomhus) mellan 19:00-20:30 

Och för dom som inte kan få nog så kör vi en extraträning på Söndagar där vi kan träna på våra skills och lära oss grunderna i en stor innomhushall.  Söndagar på Johannesbäckskolan mellan 11:00-13:00.    

Följ oss också på @uppsalarugbyladies på instagram för fler uppdateringar!    

Lagbild från Finland. Maja på översta raden 6e från vänster och Woolley främre raden längst till höger.

It was an early start for Maja Framming and Angela Woolley on the 20th October as we were on our way to Finland to represent Sweden on the rugby field. 

The game was set for the 21st which gave us the Friday day and the Saturday morning to squeeze in 3 trainings before the game. 

Friday we were feeling a little nervous as we weren't sure what to expect from the weekend but also pretty excited to meet all the girls and see how we would go as a team. After the early start we arrived at the accommodation/feilds around 13.00 and was straight into our first training. This was our first training together as a team, we started off with some light handling games, then the rest of the training consisted with a forward and backs split, defense drill, then touch. It was good to see where people were playing and getting to know others "rugby game". 

Then after some food we had a theory session about how we want to play the game and certain strategies. 

At the indoor evening training we practiced what we had talked about in the theory and did some mock team runs. It was good to see the team starting to gel. Then it was to off to bed for some much needed rest. 

Saturday morning also started early with a cold swim to shock the body into waking up. 

After a quick breakfast it was back to the white board to present the team and hand out jerseys with a quick briefing over our plan of attack. After one last training session with everyone in their spots the team felt as ready as they could be with such a short time to get to know everyone. Next up was the game at 2pm. With maja and Woolley both securing starting spots and playing their first game for Sweden, the emotions were high and the focus was on point. 

The first half of the game was riddled with scrums which Sweden was dominating and even got a walk over try from a scrum. Sweden had most of the possession and went into the half time with a good lead. 

In the second half Sweden was put a bit under pressure with Finland attacking more but Sweden stayed strong and came away with a 39-10 win. 

Maja had a strong running game playing in at lock and linked up with the backs well. She was picked in the top 3 players by the coaches after the game. Fantastic start to her national career. Woolley had her first start as prop in many years and seemed to fall back into it well. Both players got a solid 50-60mins. 

After the game it was a short debrief and then into the after match function. 

Sunday morning started with breakfast as per usual then we went straight into the video analysis. It's never fun watching yourself but if gives great feedback and we pin pointed some things we did well and more importantly things that we can work on. The general feeling in the camp was that it was a pretty good effort from the team to come together and walk away with such a strong win. 

After the video analysis it was on the bus and back to the airport, home bound. 

All in all we thought it was a good weekend, a great bunch of girls and we went home feeling proud and honored to be one of the few that get to pull on the yellow and blue jersey for Swedens 15's rugby. Now we are looking forward to the next adventure in London against the British Police on the 17th Nov, which we excited to be playing along side fellow Uppsala player Josefin Devine in her debut match.

//Maja & Wooley