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2017 SoCal Griffins to Oregon

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The Griffins are SoCal Youth Rugby 's highest level representative team, made up of the top high-school aged athletes from across all of Southern California.  In 2017 we are sending four Griffins teams - Boys & Girls Varsity and Boys & Girls JV - to Oregon to compete in the Great Northwest Challenge , a top-level tournament offering the teams the chance to display our dominant SoCal rugby tradition and the individual athletes the chance to be selected to USA Rugby's High School All-American teams.

The athletes have been through a two-level selection process, first trying out for and competing with their Regional All-Star team at the recent SoCal Showcase and second, putting everything they've got into Griffins training sessions.  The Griffins coaches are faced with a plethora of talent and face the extremely challenging task each year of selecting the final squad and alternates.

Once they make the Griffins, the athletes continue to train and then travel together to Oregon to compete in the Great Northwest Challenge on June 23-24.  For most, this is a highlight of their rugby careers and our goal is to ensure that every athlete who is selected is able to participate, regardless of their family's financial means.  

SCYR relies on the generous support of our broad rugby family to ensure that the Griffins programs continue to thrive year after year.  Donations to the program are used to offset the cost of the athletes' kit (training tops, polos, match shorts & socks, etc.) as well as to directly enable athletes who could not otherwise afford to participate, to do so.  All funds received are fully spent on the Griffins program, for the direct benefit of the athletes.

Please help us make sure that every athlete who has worked so hard to make the Griffins team can take advantage of this opportunity to be viewed by National Team selectors and continue forward with their rugby dream, as well as representing all that is great about SCYR and their clubs and high school programs on the national stage!

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Alexandra Williams
Organizer
Santa Barbara, CA

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