Friday, January 11, 2013

starting a college program

a few months back in the fall issue i believe on rugbymag.com there was an article about the next big college wave of teams should come from jc schools and the significance of having a jc program. from there a idea has been born, and my goal is to make this idea come true. i have so far spoken with 4 different college program directors/coaches. the school i am aiming for is DE ANZA COLLEGE in cupertino ca. great athletic fields and the only sport we would have to compete with for usage is track and field. so plenty of space. now that i am gaining in site on steps to take, my set of goals are to

  1. contact USA rugby by Feb.14
  2. begin writing and finishing club by laws, by April-7
  3. begin contact with school and student club department by end of April
  4. over summer get pricing of jerseys,t-shirts for player packets
  5. by end of august have my finances and budget all set and ready to go
  6. September being contact again with school and begin paper work with school/usa rugby
  7. enter team into conference, http://www.eteamz.com/norcalcollegiaterugbyconference/

its a long list but i am ready to accomplish this. now i will not be taking a HC position with this club i will be doing behind the scenes work and will look to "hire" a HC. i have accepted the fact that in our first year or two , things will be watered down with the fact we may not have the best times to train or equipment to use. my goal for yr 3 is to purchase better set of jerseys, afford track packs for the players to wear and begin to purchase better hitting pads and so forth. along with being able to compensate a HC in one form or another.

if you have any advice or would like to help (once the ink has dried i will set up a account for people to donate or help out with the $ part of all this. ) please feel free to contact me via email : sanjosebenton@yahoo.com or twitter: @sjrugby

2 comments:

  1. You are on the blog roll at ruckbottom.blogspot.com and have been pimped at facebook.com/Ruckbottom & @Nviktor1 !!! Welcome aboard!

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  2. thanks alot! im still getting use to this and learning things so bare with me. as time goes on ill update and become a pro at posting and listing videos/links.

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