UCLA WRAA WELCOMING OUR

NEW PRESIDENT JULIA NOTAR

UPCOMING EVENTS

AND MORE!

THE END OF AN ERA

UCLA WOMEN’S RUGBYTHE FLYING NINJAS OF

INSIDE:

QUARTERLY

WINTER 2013, VOL. 3

It’s the beginning of a new year, and though we might

be focused on our personal goals for the months ahead, I’d like to take a moment to thank you all on behalf of the WRAA officers for a great first year

in 2012. It has been a bit of an uphill battle getting

WRAA off the ground, but after our first 12 months, I’m happy to say that we’ve gained some momentum and continue to grow with every new club event. That’s

thanks to you folks who have come out to games, BBQs, and supported the club through your dues and participation in fundraisers. We started the year with a forest of red tape and scattered contact information for hundreds of potential alums and affiliates. We ended it with the Alum Weekend and our first t-shirt fundraiser (see more info, later this issue), which so far has been a success in raising money for the current team! It’s been a pleasure for us officers to get this tradition started and we’re excited to see new leadership—officers who will surely raise the bar and make this alum group stronger than it is now. As a club we’ve got lots of ambition, and there’s no holding us back once we gain even more momentum!

I hope that most of you were able to take part in a club activity this year, in one form or another. If not, we hope to see you in the years to come, and we’ll always welcome your offers to help! It’s been fun for me to reconnect with you all this year. I rediscovered how UCLA Women’s Rugby played a significant role in my life, and realized the importance of continuing that tradition for future bruins. So, I urge you all to come out and be a part of this club. To support women’s rugby at UCLA, to stay connected with other alums, and to have a good time doing it.

Yours in rugby, Middy, but also Julia, Kelly, and Brittany

A WORD FROM OUR OUTGOINGPRESIDENT, MARISA TICE

I’ll keep it brief, since already most everything’s

been said, but as the new WRAA President taking over from Middy, I’d like to welcome you all to 2013!

Some goals we hope to make progress on this year

include, most importantly, achieving NCAA status for the current club. UCLA bureaucracy being what it is, things are still in progress, but progress is happen-ing! The proper papers have been submitted and there will hopefully be a review of our application sometime this spring.

We also want to continue to work on getting more people out to events, building our network of alumnae and strengthening connections, doing some exciting fundraisers (an update on the t-shirts later on in this issue...), and getting our history committee kickstarted.

Lastly, a warm welcome to our new officers: Laura Hurley as super-dooper VP, Dara Yung as fancy-schmancy Treasurer, and Michelle Kwandham as our inimitable new Secretary. We’re all excited and looking forward to getting the WRAA a little further off the ground this year.

Hope to see you at the home games this spring!

I wanna live a life of danger,

Julia

A WORD FROM OUR INCOMINGPRESIDENT, JULIA NOTAR

2012 UCLA WRAA ALUMNAE GAMESATURDAY, DECEMBER 8THBY KELLY GRIFFIN

Despite rain the day before the UCLA WRAA Alumnae game was fun for all. The Alumnae side had exactly 15 players to start plus a half dozen alumnae supporters cheering on the side. The last 10 minutes of the game the Alums brought in ringer Lisa Rowe in her khaki pants and sneakers! The fans participated in a half-time expedition game with the youth Hollywood School House Flag Rugby team. The Bruins put of a good fi ght but the experience and size of the Alumnae squad was too much for the current Bruins. Perhaps next year the current team will break the Alumnae’s 3 year winning streak?

Post game the festivities were moved to the Rowe-Vath house for a BBQ. Delicious steak donated by Julia Chui was grilled to perfection by Lisa Rowe. I am pretty sure the alumnae won the helicopter pilot competition too!

A big thanks goes out to everyone who helped organize the game (especially Marni Vath, Lisa Rowe and Julia Notar plus our awesome ref Gary Patterson). And, thanks to all the players, current and past who came out for the event! We are looking forward to next year!

ALUMNI GAME RECAP

ANNUAL ALUMNI AND

TEAM BBQ - NOT

TO BE MISSED

TO

ALUMNI TOUCHRUGBY GAME!

ALUMNAE ONLY TOUCH 7s AND SOCIALThis is a new event for us this year. After the last UCLA home game, this alumnae only event is for networking, fundraising, reminiscing... and some rugby, of course! The Bruins are looking at their funds for nationals, and with the potential for an extra trip to Albuquerque for a Western/Pacifi c seed playoffs even before Sweet 16s, we want to get everyone together to help them out! There will be a small fee (TBA) to participate that will go straight to the team’s fund for Nationals. More information coming soon -- watch your email!

REMINDER! GO TO THE UCLA WRAA WEBSITE TO PICK A DATE AND TIME...

MEET THE NEW TEAM!

2012 - 2013 UCLA WOMEN’S RUGBY TEAM

THE CURRENT TEAMDATEJAN. 27

FEB. 2

FEB. 3

FEB. 16

MARCH 3

MARCH 9

MARCH 10

MARCH 16

ROSTER (FROM

2012)

GRACE BIXBY

NOORIN DOROSTISTEFANI DROWN

SONYA ERCOUTLUCY FILIPPONE

THERESA GIOSUNDAE HOLMES

JERRIKA HUERTAKATY JONES

YUKAKO KAWAKATSUJORDAN KLEIN

BRIANA MENDOZASAMANTHA MONTANO

DANI MOORECHI NGUYEN

DIANA NGUYENLIANNE PAK

REBECCA PANANA PECK

NORA RANDALLMERILOU SALAZAR

ELLIE SANCHEZCATHERINE SCHUKNECHT

LAUREN SIONGLUCY TINWEN TOH

LINDSAY ZAPOLSKI

OPPONENTUCSD

@ASU

@U OF A

@UCSB

ASU

U OF A

@UCSD

UCSB

RESULTWIN! 61 - 0

WIN! 33 - 20

WIN! 53 - 11

DATEJAN. 27

FEB. 2

FEB. 3

FEB. 16

MARCH 3

MARCH 9

MARCH 10

MARCH 16

OPPONENTUCSD

@ASU

@U OF A

@UCSB

ASU

U OF A

@UCSD

UCSB

RESULTWIN! 61 - 0

WIN! 33 - 20

WIN! 53 - 11

NATIONALS PLAYOFFSApril 12 -14, 2013

NATIONALS CHAMPIONSHIPS

MAY 3-4, 2013

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TOURNAMENT

UCLA had a great pre-season start at the Stanford Tournament this January. Losing only to Stanford in pool play, they beat Cal, Davis, and Santa Barbara to go on to challenge Chico in the fi nal. It was a hard fought match that saw Chico eke out the advantage and take it, 15-7. Still, a great start for the Bruins and looks like 2013 is going to be a very exciting season!Day 1 Results:

Stanford 17-10 UCLAUC Davis 5 - 10 UCLAUCLA 15-0 UCSB

Day 2 Results:UCLA 17-7 CalChico 15-7 UCLA (Final)

Alumnae who came out to cheer on the Bruins included:Middy Tice (neé Pineda), Lotta Chan, Sonia Globerson-Lamb, Meenon Gunanayagam and also current team coaches Tia Blythe and Anita Bradbury.

STAN

FOR

D

TOURNAMENT

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DID YOU KNOW?

One of the major goals of this group is to support the current team’s bid for NCAA status, and there is good news! According to team president Diana Nguyen, the

team’s application and all the necessary paperwork have been submitted by Jason Zeck, head of UCLA Club Sports,

to the bigwigs in the UCLA Athletics offi ce.

This is great news for us and for the team. Hopefully, a decision will be forthcoming sometime this spring, but in

the meantime let’s keep showing our support for the current Bruin Rangers!

$237NCAA News

That’s how much Kelly Griffi n won in the 2012 Raffl e Contest!

What did she do with all those winnings?

Donated it to UCLA WRAA. Thanks Kelly!

We’re always proud to be Bruin Rangers! Send us a picture of you wearing your gear with pride and we’ll put it in the next quarterly, like these

fancy ladies (and puppy). Email photos to: bruin.wraa@gmail.com)

Quarterly produced by Erin Murray Hillerinmurray@gmail.com

Would you like to see yourself in the quarterly? Are you or another alum up to something awesome?

Please contact me with suggestions for features in upcoming editions.

Pictures of past, current and future ruggers welcome!

Contact usbruin.wraa@gmail.com

Check out our websitehttp://bruinrugbyalumnae.org/

How to get involved:Pay your dues! They enable us to run events.

Participate in fundraisers. Even a little helps. Want to help organize them?

Join the team history committee!Help with media and marketing! Want to write an article for this quarterly?

Go to games!

Share your ideas with us! Reach out to your fellow UCLA Women’s Rugby supporters!

Take advantage of social events!

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