Hey there! Welcome to the Venture County Women’s
Rugby Club website–home of the Lady Outlaws!
We are currently recruiting for our 2012-2013
Rugby-Union and Rugby-Sevens programs,
and always looking for more loyal fans! Come
join us at our next practice or drop us a line.
Lady Outlaws Rose & Chelsea Having Fun Training! Come Join Us! 
Practice Schedule:
If you live below the grade, we practice in Camarillo
on Tue & Thur. If you live above the grade, we practice
in Thousand Oaks on Mon & Wed. Players are welcome
at both locations anytime.
Tuesdays & Thursdays – Camarillo
5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Woodside Park
251 Japonica Ave.
Camarillo, CA 93012
Mondays & Wednesdays – Thousand Oaks
5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Lang Ranch Park
S/W Westlake Blvd. & Avenida de los Arboles
Thousand Oaks, CA 91362
Join the team, no experience necessary!
For More Details:
Ventura County Women’s Rugby Club, General Management
1-805-222-0069 office
rugby@vcwomensrugby.com
Dear VCRC Men,
Thank you for all your support this season…we wouldn’t have had as much fun
without your generosity, advice, and support…and congratulations on your highly
successful season, you’re an impressive group!
Club unity! The 2012 Ventura County Rugby Club, men's and women's rugby-union teams.
Looking forward to a fun rugby-sevens season and 2013…and
uniting even more with you. Thank you again.
Cheers,
The Lady Outlaws
Well, our first rugby-union season together is complete. Our final home match was
against the San Diego Surfers DII team, and our final match of the season was away
against the Tucson Lightning. With only 6 teams in our league this year the season
was more short than in years past, but we are looking forward to women’s
rugby picking up speed in our region over the next 9 months and having more teams
involved in 2013.
We will be launching our rugby-sevens program the second week of April, and
our off season training for our rugby-union team is already in motion. It’s an
exciting time for the the Lady Outlaws and Ventura County Women’s Rugby!
Thank you to all of our supporters!!! Our rugby-union team looks forward to seeing
you in 2013. Come out and support our rugby-sevens team this spring and summer!
Thank you for a great 2012 rugby-union season!
Lady Outlaws vs. Tucson Lighting, scrumming!
Lady Outlaws having fun!
Lineout, Lady Outlaws vs. San Diego Surfers DII
Lady Outlaws at home vs. San Diego Surfers DII
We put up a solid fight at home against Santa Monica last Saturday, our third match of the season. Santa Monica won 25-0, but we battled hard and earned the respect of supporters, coaches, & the sir. Both teams enjoyed a super fun social at Chuy’s in Camarillo after the match. We face San Diego for our next match on March 10th, 2012 at home…social after will be at Chuy’s Camarillo again…Kickoff time is 10am at Monte Vista Middle School: http://venturacountyrugbyclub.com/womens/?page_id=18 …see you there!
Ventura County Lady Outlaws vs. Santa Monica, Feb. 25th, 2012
We had a great experience in Las Vegas this month, on and off the pitch, despite taking our first loss of 2012. Thank you to Vegas for a good learning experience on the pitch, and a great social afterwards…competition, camaraderie, and fun!
Lady Outlaws vs. Vegas Slots, Feb. 18th 2012
The Lady Outlaws took the field for their first match of 2012 against the Temecula Mountain Lions. Final score: Lady Outlaws 24, Mountain Lions 17.
Ventura County Lady Outlaws vs. Temecula Mountain Lions
Match Summary:
“The Lady Outlaws scored the first try 15 minutes into the match after a hard fought battle by the forwards. A successful conversion kick by Emily Yoshiko Tao put the score at 7-0.
Despite momentum stopping tackles, strong pressure, and a handful of breakaway runs by The Lady Outlaws, the Mountain Lions managed two tries and completed one conversion kick before halftime…putting the Mountain Lions in the lead 12-7 at the halftime break.
After making some adjustments during the break the Lady Outlaws stormed back. Carly “Cougar” Helbert got the momentum going with a 30 meter run on the outside for a try. Shortly after rookie Janessa Martinez punched in her first ever try, tying the score at 17-17. (Fact: Janessa decided to play rugby only 48 hours prior to the match—THAT’s kickass my friends, and now she’s hooked!)
Lady Outlaws making adjustments at the break
From there, a long battled ensued between the two teams, the Lady Outlaws forwards fought hard allowing the back-line to put consistent pressure on Temecula with powerful runs and field control from centers Stephanie Cruz and Vanessa Alvarez. The Lady’s wingers complimented with strong outside pressure, and Fly-half Jessica “Kiwi” Szajner sent multiple successful passes to her fellow backs.
8-woman, Emily Yoshiko Tao, lead the forward’s charge with intense breakaway runs–and added two conversions on the day. Tao and the forward pack set up an aggressive center run towards the try-line, resulting in the go-ahead try by rookie center Vanessa Alvarez, giving the Lady Outlaws a 24-17 victory.
The pressure is on!
Alvarez’s enterprising running, tenacious tackling, and her go-ahead try earned her player of the match. Hard runs from the back-line, and consistent pressure from the Outlaws’ forward pack provided a great victory and start to the 2012 season—hard work pays off!
Overall, it was a great day for the Ventura County Rugby Club with both the women’s and men’s sides earned wins for the day.
Thank you to all supporters for coming to the matches!”
Need we say more? Ha Ha, we love it!
by Miguel Jimenez
*The Lady Outlaws and the Ventura County Rugby Club would like to give a big thank to California Lutheran University’s rugby club for allowing us to use their pitch on such a short notice due to rain—CLU men’s side scored a victory as well, congrats boys!
**The Lady Outlaws next match is Feb 18th in Las Vegas, NV vs. The Las Vegas Slots women’s club. Match schedule can be found here.
***If you or anyone else you know is interested in playing women’s rugby and joining the Lady Outlaws IT’S NOT TOO LATE! We would love to have you out. Just come to our next practice, contact us, or fill out our new player form and we’ll contact you right away—we promise you’ll fall in love with rugby! Contact info: 805-222-0069 office, rugby@vcwomensrugby.com
Some pics from the final prep going into the Lady Outlaws first match of the season:
USA RUGBY: PROFESSIONAL CONTRACTS FOR 7s!
Lady Outlaws are stoked on this!!!
http://www.pakiscorner.com/2011/11/usa-rugby-professional-contracts-for-7s.html
“This news is extremely exciting…and I firmly believe will motivate and attract
even more amazing ladies to come out and try women’s rugby, get addicted to it,
and love it like all of us have!” -Oy, G.M. Ventura Country Rugby Club: Women’s
USA Women's Sevens Rugby Training
Oy went on to mention that he and his partners are slated to launch a
women’s specific high performance women’s sevens rugby program
in Ventura County in early 2012: “This high performance program, combined with
a future women’s rugby academy in the county, will be a significant
step forward for women’s rugby in Ventura County, the Lady Outlaws,
and simultaneously USA Rugby at the highest level.”
Looking forward to the road to the Olympics for USA women’s sevens rugby!
The Lady Outlaws had a fun turnout yesterday for
their fundraiser at Presto Pasta in Camarillo, CA.
“You get so much food with your order!
Such a great value.” -Lady Outlaws
Thank you to Presto Pasta and all those that came out!
Lady Outlaws at Presto Pasta, Camarillo
Between making 45 dozen tamales for some hard earned cash
for the team, a solid group of Lady Outlaws fit in a competitive
practice this past Saturday…rounding out the 8th preseason training
of the year. Only 8 more preseason practices left in 2011! Keep
at it ladies!
