Saturday, January 6, 2024

New Girls HS Team Start-Up Support Opportunities

 USA Youth & High School Rugby supports the development of new girls high school teams with multiple programs and grant offerings.

All applications are due January 19th.

Varsity Initiative:

This offers teams a pathway towards registration and compliance with USA Rugby requirements.  Teams may register with USA Rugby for an overall $200 team fee, saving individual families some individual costs.  Idaho, Illinois, and Hamilton HS from Wisconsin take advantage of this route to compliance.

Ignite Club Fund

This offers direct funding for all kinds of youth and high school teams starting up their organization.  No team that applies for this has ever been turned away, to our knowledge.

New High School Grant Program

YHS, in partnership with the US Rugby Foundation (USRF)(which has been doing this for two decades), provide seed funding to new high school programs.  These new programs must be on campus programs via varsity status OR an affiliated club sport status recognized by the school's athletic department.


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