Rush Select prepares for Rush Fest
Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 July 2012 16:17
Rush Select is preparing to again attend the Rush Fest, this time to be held by Virginia Rush in Virginia Beach. The G14 Select, with Chris Panayiotou (WI Rush) moving up from assistant to take the head coach role assisted but Steve Davis (NY) will be taking a pool of 20 players to Virginia Beach for a four day camp in conjunction with the Festival. The girls will be taking on the VA Rush ECNL teams with the group of players taken from 9 different states as well as joining in with some of the Fest activities, such as the BBQ and the Beach Soccer.The B14 Select, coached by Dave Dengerink (TX) will not be traveling to the Fest this year as they just returned from a very successful trip to Alaska, where they won the Alaska Airlines Cup in the B16 bracket. The Girls will be looking to repeat the feat of a 100% record at last year’s Fest, playing a year up.
At the U13 level, Stuart Fitzsimons (TX Rush) will be taking a group of 25 players to the U14 Fest to test their skills a year up. The team will train as a group with Stuart and assistant Dan Highstead (PP Rush) as well as join in the Festival festivities. Andy Machin (WA Rush) will be traveling with a group of B13 Select the same week to play up at the B14 age group.
The Festival provides a unique opportunity for Select players across the country to actually get together and train as a team and give the coaches a chance to input their ideas and Rush philosophies to the players.
You can follow the teams by going to the Rush Select Facebook page for updates.
