FriYAY Intern Corner
May 6, 2022 - one year ago
Meet Lucy & Chelsea
These legends are doing their internship with Urban Rec Wollongong and we’re STOKED to have them on board! You’ll see them around your leagues over the next month or so. They can’t wait to meet you all and help contribute to the positive vibes!
Each Friday, we’ll update the ‘FriYAY Intern Corner’ giving you a lil’ sneak peek of what they’ve been up to and what they think of all you amazing humans who play with us!
FRIDAY, 20 MAY – LUCY:
On Thursday night Urban Rec were lucky enough to trial not one… but THREE new event hosts. It was a busy night for us all, but we all came together and made the most of what was a very cold night!
My night started off at dodgeball with event host Leo, and trial host Cameron. It was great to meet Cameron and introduce him to multisport/dodgeball with good vibes all around! Cam was very enthusiastic and seems to be a great fit for the Urban Rec team, especially with his DJ skills!
We then had our multisport game of street netball where we trialled Hannah, who plays netball with us on a Wednesday! She was keen to meet everyone and work alongside Leo to help the players with this week’s sport, and most importantly to have fun!
I then headed over to Touch Footy and met Damon who was trialling with touch footy and soccer. It seemed he really enjoyed these sports and from what I saw, enjoyed the role of being an event host with Urban Rec.
Overall, these new event hosts seemed to have lots of fun with their sports and event host guides and would be a great addition to the Urban Rec crew. Be sure to say gday to them when you see them around!!
FRIDAY, 13 MAY – LUCY:
This week began with an exciting Season Launch! My first port of call was Monday Night Basketball with Event Host Patrick! With the season being a SELL OUT having a full 8 teams registered, we had a big night! Great to meet all the smiling faces returning to Urban Rec, with lots of new faces to basketball as well!
All our teams had been with us at Urban Rec before, playing a variety of sports such as soccer, netball, and multi-sport! So, it was awesome to see everyone already learning and growing in the sport of basketball, seeing lots of lay-ups, key plays and even the odd 3-pointer to boost the scoreboard! Really looking forward to getting to know each team as the season goes on, I think this is going to be a fun one!
FRIDAY, 13 MAY – CHELSEA:
Another great week down at Urban Rec! This week was my first experience becoming an Event Host. Every Thursday I will be Event hosting soccer with James. To say the weather wasn’t great was an understatement, with it absolutely pouring down rain. Luckily, we were on the synthetic hockey fields! We had some news teams including a new individual’s team which was amazing. To see and be a part of the other side of what Urban Rec does on a league night was fantastic. The night went well with everyone having fun in the rain, there were so many fun and laughable moments. I can’t wait to be an Event Host in the coming weeks.
FRIDAY, 06 MAY – LUCY:
Hey everyone! My name is Lucy and I am super excited to be on board with Urban Rec as an intern in the position of Assistant League Manager! I am currently studying a Bachelor of Sport at UOW and was lucky enough to be selected for this internship with such a great organisation! So far, I have had the pleasure with working alongside Lindsay who has allowed me to help all of you guys by getting our Autumn leagues up and running! On Monday night, I was lucky enough to head out to Illawarra Sports High to run our Netball competition with Event Host Grace. It was such a great experience talking and getting to know the teams who were coming on board with us this autumn. The spirits were high as Grace’s tunes kept the vibes happening across our three games. I can’t wait to see what this season brings, and I cannot wait to meet more of you out there!
FRIDAY, 06 MAY – CHELSEA:
On Monday was the epic launch of the Soccer and Multisport season. It was a massive evening with 2 leagues starting up and 19 teams to manage. It was quite an interesting day, seeing as the UOW graduation was on in the Sports Hub. This created quite a distraction from being able to find a car parking spot to not being able to access the office until a certain time, to the hockey fields being out of action. With being unable to access the hockey fields Multisport was relocated to the oval. Luckily the grass oval was open to play on even though it was quite squishy and slippery. This meant that three fields going all at once with the amazing event hosts DP, Leo and Morgan. To say I was a bit nervous was an understatement. The thought of being at a big launch night with so many new faces, new sports, kit bags and goals to pack the nerves started to set in. Not only this but ensuring that I understood and knew how to say the welcoming speech and be able to greet and organise all the teams. Once games started and came to an end, I had to make sure I posted fun stories on the Urban Rec Instagram. This involved asking players what the best thing was about the game or what they were looking forward to for the rest of the season.
To say the night was a success was an understatement. The ability to understand all the factors that come into consideration to make a launch night was unbelievable. To be able to interact with all the teams, hear great feedback about how much fun they were having and to the event hosts on making the games so much fun was amazing.
Massive credit must go to Lindsay because without her amazing skills and guidance I wouldn’t know a single thing to do, and the leagues wouldn’t be able to launch. I am looking forward to seeing how the rest of the season plays out.