Junior & Mini Information Page

News - Junior Section
The new season officially starts on 3rd September 2017 but most age groups will start training during July and August. Please contact the relevant age group manager for further details on how to join.

Minis Easter Tour 2017/18
This year the tour will be heading to the South Coast , more details soon.

Training Times for Minis & Juniors
All Minis & Junior squads train and play matches between 10:00AM and 12:00AM on Sundays. A number of teams also run training sessions on Wednesday.
Youth girls train currently on Friday evenings at Allianz Park 6-15PM & Sunday 12-30PM to 1-30PM at Bramley Road.
More detailed information can be found on the individual Age Group News pages.

Minis
The Minis run from U7's to U12's starting with tag rugby and gradually progressing through the age groups. Basic contact starts at U9 level with it progressing to full contact by the time they reach U12's. We now also follow the staged progression incorporated within the RFU Age Grade Rugby. The Minis play a number of friendly matches throughout the season and compete in a number of festivals, In the lower age groups, they run up to three teams giving children of all abilities the chance to play.

Juniors
The Juniors run from U13's to U17's. U14s & above field full 15 a side teams on full sized pitches. All age groups run teams which compete in the Herts and Middlesex rugby leagues. During this age range boys can be selected to go through to both Hertford and Middlesex county age groups.
Junior Girls (U13 & U15) train on Friday nights and Sunday afternoons. They also play matches on Sunday afternoons.
We are also linked into the Saracens Professional side and have a number of players playing in the Saracens Elite Professional Development Groups and others who have progressed on to the Full Saracens Academy and are now playing professional rugby.
Each Age Group has its own Parent Manager and a Head Coach who will be RFU qualified. In addition each age group will have a number of other coaches most of them qualified, and a number of assistants as well as first aiders.
All coaches, managers, first aiders and assistants are DBS checked and will complete the RFU Child Safety Course. Each age group will normally have a minimum of two fully qualified first aiders.

Registration of players
All players must be registered with the club who then register them with the RFU before they can train or take part in matches. The registration fee is currently £140 per annum for the first child and £90 for siblings. Registration gives membership to the club for the player and his family for the year and also covers insuring the player though the Clubs RFU Insurance policy.

Various Links
RFU - Rugby Safe
Youth Rugby in Middlesex
RFU Safeguarding
Saracens Herts Middlesex Junior Leagues

Contacts:
Mini & Junior Coordinator: Graham Warne graham.warne1@btopenworld.com
Minis Fixture Secretary: George Kiritopoulos g.k@zen.co.uk
Safeguarding Officer: Alison Millard alison@themillards.co.uk

The Team Managers for each age group for the 2017/18 season are as follows:

U6/7 Jason Appel - Jason.Appel@bkl.co.uk
U8 Ma’ayan Barak - maayan_barak@hotmail.com
U9 John Fazackerley - john.fazakerley@me.com
U10 Louisa Satik - louisa@satik.co.uk
& Cynthia Donegan - cyndongan@icloud.com
U11 Karim Avenat - karim_awenat@ldn.invesco.com
U12 Nara Cravanzola - narabrand@gmail.com
U13 Sam Freeman - sam.freeman@icwm.co.uk
U14 James Legg - jimplegg@gmail.com
U15 Jonty Woodward - joandjonty@waitrose.com
U16 Anna Avenell - acavenell@hotmail.com
U17 Adam Lewczynski - adam@londonpropertyinvestments.com

Graham Warne
Mini & Junior Coordinator, Saracens Amateurs RFC