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Name	Bryony Addis-Jones
Nickname	Grandma
Date of Birth	15 October 1967
Nationality	Welsh
Position	2nd Row
Playing Since	2001
Previous Clubs
Honours	Middlsex County
Best Rugby Moment	Learning to tackle!!

Name	Ruth Barton (Club Captain)
Nickname	Dewi Morris, Rootie
Date of Birth	9th March 1979
Nationality	Welsh
Position	Inside Centre, Scrum Half
Playing Since	Aged 16 (1995)
Previous Clubs	Bristol University, Clifton Ladies, Weston-Super-Mare, Cardiff Harlequins
Honours	Gloucester County, Welsh Exiles
Best Rugby Moment	Wales winning the Grand Slam 2005; personal one still to come (I hope!)

Name	Rachael Brown
Nickname
Date of Birth	5th April 1979
Nationality	English
Position	Number 8, Blindside
Playing Since	2002
Previous Clubs	None
Honours
Best Rugby Moment	Winning Challenge Cup final

Name	Kat Bruce
Nickname	Bruce
Date of Birth	10th October 1984
Nationality	Scottish
Position	Wing/Fullback
Playing Since	2003
Previous Clubs	CCWRFC - just played for my college
Honours
Best Rugby Moment	The first try was pretty special

Name	Paula Cooper
Nickname
Date of Birth	13 December 1975
Nationality	Welsh
Position	Full Back
Playing Since	1994
Previous Clubs	Teesside Uni, Met Police, Bancroft
Honours	GB Police
Best Rugby Moment	Winning the Southern Cup in 2004

Name	Dianne Crowther
Nickname	Di
Date of Birth	19th April 1980
Nationality	English
Position	Prop
Playing Since	-
Previous Clubs	Imperial College Virgins 4 years ago - on the wing!!
Honours	Putting on a London Welsh jersey
Best Rugby Moment	Reaching the final of the National Challenge Cup

Name	Jane Crowther
Nickname	Road Runner, Killer, Kebab, Kermit
Date of Birth	28 May 1980 (lie)
Nationality	British
Position	Wing
Playing Since	2005
Previous Clubs
Honours
Best Rugby Moment	Errr - too many to mention...putting a London Welsh shirt on for the first time (Ha ha ha)

Name	Debbie Curtis
Nickname	Xena
Date of Birth	7th June 1964
Nationality	English
Position	Centre, Wing
Playing Since	1997
Previous Clubs	Zurich RFC
Honours	County
Best Rugby Moment	Winning promotion to SE Div 1 with London Welsh.

Name	Adeline Daly
Nickname	Auntymad
Date of Birth	12th March 1979
Nationality	Irish
Position	Tighthead prop masquerading as a backrow forward!
Playing Since	2001
Previous Clubs	Oxford LRFC, Highfield WRFC, Cork Institute of Technology WRFC
Honours
Best Rugby Moment	Winning the Irish Colleges Title in 2002.

Name	Kristy Durbridge
Nickname	Hot Fingers
Date of Birth	4th December 1981
Nationality	English
Position	Wing and occasional Full Back
Playing Since	2000
Previous Clubs	Kingston Uni and Rosslyn Park
Honours	South Cup & North-South Cup, Middlesex County
Best Rugby Moment	Winning the South Cup Final and North-South Cup Final. Promotion to Prem 2

Name	Miriam Evans
Nickname	Blod, The Little One, Any ref to my height!
Date of Birth	16 June 1978
Nationality	Welsh
Position	Scrum Half
Playing Since	1999
Previous Clubs	Imperial University
Honours	Welsh Regional, Wales Dev, Middlesex, TV Reg
Best Rugby Moment	Finding out we play on Sundays which means I can still watch matches on Saturdays!

Name	Lucy Frearson
Nickname
Date of Birth	22nd November 1974
Nationality	English
Position	Loose Head prop / Hooker
Playing Since	1991
Previous Clubs	Bedford Hammers, Hitchin, Cambridge University, Selwyn College, Henley, Sheffield
Honours
Best Rugby Moment	Not getting pulled up for a blatant crooked feed into a scrum giving us very quick ball to the wing and a try which gave Selwyn our first

Name	Berta Hernandez
Nickname
Date of Birth	6th January 1971
Nationality	Spanish
Position	Flanker
Playing Since	1996 (with a 6 year break)
Previous Clubs	Puig Castellar, Hospitalet , Sant Boi
Honours
Best Rugby Moment	Every single tackle!

Name	Nicky Hill
Nickname	-
Date of Birth	23rd February 1983
Nationality	Northern Irish
Position	2nd Row, Back Row
Playing Since	2001
Previous Clubs	Kingston Uni, Roehampton Uni, Rosslyn Park, Richmond (briefly)
Honours	Middlesex, Thames Valley, Super 4's
Best Rugby Moment	Keep changing but it will have to be Ireland winning the grand slam this year and being there to see it!

Name	Kim Horstmanshof
Nickname	Darth Vader, Andy Farrell, The Hof
Date of Birth	22nd August1982
Nationality	English / SA
Position	LH Prop
Playing Since	March 2001
Previous Clubs	Havelock North (NZ), University of Kent, Canterbury, Imperial College
Honours	Middlesex County
Best Rugby Moment	My first try / Viadana Tour

Name	Karina Lo Dico
Nickname	Mole
Date of Birth	18th March 1976
Nationality	English
Position	Half-time Orange Monitor
Playing Since	1994
Previous Clubs	Durham University
Honours	With my degree? Yes, just.
Best Rugby Moment	Playing full back on the Isle of Wight for the opposition - best spectator seat in the house, and best view of our girls running in tries (past me).

Name	Bryoni Lynch
Nickname	Bet, Bryoni "I", PigDog...take your pick
Date of Birth	3 June 1980
Nationality	English
Position	Outside Centre, Full Back
Playing Since	2001
Previous Clubs	Imperial College Ladies Rugby
Honours	Services to chundering?
Best Rugby Moment	Scoring a hat-trick vs Teddington 2004/5 season; winning National Challenge Cup South with LW same season.

Name	Helen McAllister
Nickname	Tomato Head
Date of Birth	11th November 1977
Nationality	English
Position	12, occasionally 10 (but anywhere as long as it's
Playing Since	1995 (oh my god!)
Previous Clubs	Nottingham University and Imperial College
Honours	-
Best Rugby Moment	Watching London Welsh beat Camberley in the 2004/5 Cup Semi

Name	Erica McArthur
Nickname	Canada, Blame Canada
Date of Birth	13 November 1979
Nationality	Canadian
Position	Hooker, Prop
Playing Since	2000
Previous Clubs	Waterloo County RFC, University of Waterloo
Honours	Middlesex County, Thames Valley Regional
Best Rugby Moment	Winning Ontario University Rugby Championships (2000, 2001); beating Camberley in 2004/5 Cup Semi-Final

Name	Linda Merritt
Nickname
Date of Birth	08th Dec 1984
Nationality	British
Position	Fullback/ Centres
Playing Since	1991 (though had a 8 year break & restarted in 00)
Previous Clubs	Camberley, Richmond II, St Mary's University, Hammersmith and Fulham, Twickenham.
Honours	Surrey, Middlesex, Thames Valley, SE England
Best Rugby Moment	It's hopefully still to come!

Name	Beth Millett
Nickname	None yet.
Date of Birth	27th February 1980
Nationality	Welsh - and proud of it.
Position	Flanker - mostly
Playing Since	On and off since 1998/9
Previous Clubs	Leed Met Uni, Bristol Uni, Clifton
Honours	-
Best Rugby Moment	Scoring my first (and only!) 7s try on tour in Barcelona, 2004

Name	Leah Morley
Nickname
Date of Birth	18 January 1979
Nationality	Australian
Position	Blindside Flanker
Playing Since	September 2005
Previous Clubs
Honours
Best Rugby Moment	First rugby related black eye.

Name	Katherine Orchard
Nickname
Date of Birth	25th February 1984
Nationality	English
Position	Wing/Fullback
Playing Since	September 2005
Previous Clubs	MIT, Camberley, Cambridge University, Emmanuel College
Honours
Best Rugby Moment	Scoring against Oxfiord! Plenty more to come I hope.

Name	Rachel Platel
Nickname	Monkey
Date of Birth	19th November 1982
Nationality	English
Position	Loose-head prop / Tight-head prop
Playing Since	2002
Previous Clubs	Imperial College Ladies Rugby
Honours	-
Best Rugby Moment	Still to come, one would hope!

Name	Caroline Wolfendale
Nickname	Wolfie
Date of Birth	5th December 1979
Nationality	English
Position	Centre
Playing Since	1997
Previous Clubs	Vale of Lune, Leeds Met Uni
Honours	North-West, Lancashire, Thames Valley & Middlesex
Best Rugby Moment	Still waiting for it!!

League

Team	W	D	L	Points
BRI	0	0	0	0
CHI	0	0	0	0
LON	0	0	0	0
OAK	0	0	0	0
PLY	0	0	0	0
REA	0	0	0	0
STM	0	0	0	0
SUP	0	0	0	0

Player Points

August

Player Name	Points
Kim Horstmanshof	16
Paula Cooper	11
Bryoni Lynch	7
Bryony Addis-Jones	6
Katherine Orchard	6

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