Bajan Sun Magazine - Caribbean Entrepreneurs Vol1 Issue 7 | Page 21

BAJAN SUN Bajan Sun Magazine The divas are social butterflies and always manage to gain a fan club where ever their cleats carry them. The team is open to positive criticism where applicable and usually can be seen in deep discussion with veterans getting tips in general but especially on their particular position on the field and on just completed matches. Tries & Aspirations When given the opportunity for a match, the girls play HARD!! For every game the team goal is always to respect the match officials, the other team and whoop some behind! There is always lots of anticipation by the girls to show case what they’ve learned and the skills they have been working on at the many intense training sessions attended. Looking forward, a more long term basis, the girls have many goals and aspirations for the future of the team. There has been a focus on developing SEPT 2014 women in rugby internationally initiatives have been put in place to encourage and facilitate more females being interested and regularly playing rugby. In concert with this new initiative, the team has seen the need for more information to be available and actual rugby players to be more visible and accessible to other non-rugby playing persons, especially but not limited to other females. The team is in the process of putting a few of their many ideas on how to achieve the requests of the international bodies about the boosting of the sport in this specific demographic. Showing other women that it is possible to play rugby and you don’t have to be morbidly obese or have bus-like characteristics. Encouraging healthy lifestyles and general respect for self, body and team members is to be strongly purported by the team as they go about ways of achieving the set down goals. www.bajansunonline.com/MAGAZINE/ | [email protected] | @BajanSunOnline