USA 7s team Head Coach Al Caravelli USA Rugby Head Coach is working with the Mid-Atlantic all-star coaching staff to run an open tryout for the MARFU territorial team.

The sevens camp is open to any male rugby player registered in MARFU. The individual must be CIPP registered with USA Rugby and have personal insurance. Any player under the age of 18 must have written permission by his parents and/or guardian. Each individual player must sign a Waiver and Release of Liability and Assumption of Risk Form.


MARFU MENS 7S INDIVIDUAL TESTING AND OPEN CAMP
Al Caravelli, USA Mens 7s Head Coach
Chris Harvey, MARFU Mens 7s Head Coach
Biddy Boyle, MARFU Mens 7s Assistant & Development Coach
Stephen Siano, Camp Director

OPEN CAMP DATE: Sunday June 26, 2011

OPEN CAMP AGENDA
1.    11:00 am to 11:30 am – Sign in

2.    11:30 am to 1:00 pm – USA Rugby’s Al Caravelli fitness testing
A) 20 meter sprint B) 40 meter sprint C) Yo-Yo testing

3.    1:00 pm - 2:00 pm - Lunch Break

4.    2:00 pm - 5:00 pm - MARFU Men's 7s Try Out Camp.

$20.00 per player registration fee
The open camp is sponsored in part by Surfside Sevens.

Register online
MARFU Men's 7s Head Coach Chris Harvey and his staff will be picking 12 individuals to represent the MARFU Men's 7s Team to play in the National 7s All Star Championships in Chula Vista, Calif. August 26-27. From that event, Caravelli will be selecting players for the USA 7s squad competing, for the first time ever, in the Pan Am Games.

CAMP LOCATION
Alapocas Run State Park
Blue Ball Barn
1914 W. Park Drive
Wilmington, DE 19803
Phone: 302/577-1164

FIELDS SUPPLIED BY THE DELAWARE RUGBY FOUNDATION
CAMP DIRECTIONS
From I-95 North or South
Take exit 8B Concord Pike/West Chester towards SR - 141 S/ Foulk Road
Turn left on Foulk Rd (SR-261 S)
Turn left on W Park Dr.
Arrive at 1914 W Park Dr, Wilmington, DE.
The park is one mile off of I-95 in Wilmington


Coaches/Organizers
Al Caravelli      USA Rugby Men’s 7s Head Coach

Chris Harvey      MARFU Men’s 7s Head Coach, Maryland Exiles 7s Head Coach Former Atlantis Select Side Player.

Biddy Boyle      Assistant and Development Coach for MARFU Men’s 7s, former Atlantis Select Side player, Head Coach Philadelphia/Whitemarsh Men’s 7s

Keith McLean      Captain of the 1999 Men’s’ National 7s Championship Team Philadelphia-Whitemarsh RFC; former USA Men’s’ 7s Forward Development Coach, former Atlantis Select Side player.

Marcus Respes      Former USA Eagles 7s player, Head Coach Drexel University Men’s’ Rugby Team; presently an Atlantis Select Side player.

Stephen Siano    Former USA Eagles 7s player, former Atlantis Select Side player, former MARFU Men’s 7s Coach, President Ivy Rugby Conference.

Vinny Granger      Former Maryland Exiles Men’s 7s Coach, 1989 MVP USA Men’s 7s National Championship Maryland Old Boys (MOB), Former Atlantis Select Side Player

And other Qualified 7s coaches to be announced in the near future

The Coaching Staff is targeting High School and Collegiate players

Special Thanks to Bjorn Haglid, the Delaware Rugby Foundation, Philadelphia Whtemarsh Men’s 7s team, the Wilmington Men’s 7s team and Al Caravelli USA Rugby Men’s 7s Head Coach.