 Beginning with only seven girls in its first year, by 2006 the section had grown to be one of the largest in the region when it lifted its first trophy - the Rochford Tens.In 2006 the club also hosted one of the largest one-day girls' rugby festivals ever - Hertfordshire Girls' Sevens.At its peak the girls' team was in the top ten in the country, reaching the semi-finals of the National Cup, the last five of the National 10s, and winning the Plate competition at the National Sevens twice, and Letchworth girls featured in representative sides at all levels.