Dear All,

Thanks to Tradition Valley for another excellent Valley 15s Tournament last Saturday – and congratulations to all the winners;

Division 1- CBRE Club
Women’s Division – Tradition Valley / City 7
Division 2-Inprojects Kowloon Pussies
Division 4- CBRE Club III
Division 5-Synovate HKCCIV/ InProjects Kowloon Beavers
Development Division- InProjects Kowloon Development

This Saturday the G4S league competition kicks-off, and this season we have another record number of participating teams – a total of 58 men’s and women’s teams competing in 8 divisions! This week’s fixtures are below, and all fixtures up unti Christmas are on the website at: http://www.hkrugby.com/hkrugby/fixtures/fixtures_home.cfm

With so much cheating and controversy in the world of sport at the moment, it would be good if we can try and have a good competitive season played in the positive spirit of sportsmanship – let’s keep foul play off the pitch and verbal abuse off the touchline.

Also last weekend there was the “Don’t Drop the Ball” Tournament Day at PBS with over 250 local students participating – many thanks to Dave Williams and the Police Rugby Club for their support…and on Sunday rugby featured in the Sham Shui Po District Sports Association Sports Day at Shek Kip Mei, many thanks to A-Hau and the tertiary teams who supported that event.

If you’re looking for tickets for the Tokyo Bledisloe Cup, go to the official website http://bledisloecuptokyo.net/Default.aspx?alias=bledisloecuptokyo.net/en

If you’re interested in hospitality packages, go to www.dmc.com.hk

Charities

Please click HERE for a flyer from Christina Noble with details on their special Dubai 7s tour package 1-6 December, giving the chance to enjoy a great tournament in the company of rugby legends and at the same time make a donation to help some incredibly deserving kids…

There are still tickets available for the BCC Tanner De Witt Boxing Dinner on Saturday 10th October at HKFC, proceeds to Operation Breakthrough – contact Becky Roberts [Becky@britcham.com] for details

Breast Cancer Awareness - The Club goes Pretty in Pink
Rugby players from the Hong Kong Football Club will be in pink when they scrum down against opposition as part of a fund-raising drive to support breast cancer awareness. All seven senior teams from the HKFC’s Rugby Section will wear a special pink kit for their league fixtures against DeA Tigers on 17th October, which will be followed by a black tie ‘Pretty in Pink” Ball in the evening. The day hopes to raise more than HK$200,000 for the Hong Kong Breast Cancer Foundation.

The Pretty in Pink Ball, which is open to both members and Non members of the HKFC, starts at 8:00pm at The Hong Kong Football Club in Happy Valley, on Saturday, 17th October, and features, a 4-course dinner and a charity auction. And a Prom King and Queen contest for the most original outfits. Tables of 10 cost HK$12,000 and can be reserved by calling Antony Phillips on +852 6698 4383 / email: prettyinpink@hkfc.com

Think You Can Run a Club?

Not quite a charity, but something a bit different – for all those rugby experts who reckon that running a professional rugby club would be easy, here’s a chance to put your money where your mouth is! Waterloo RFC, a well-known rugby name in England, have been on the slide in recent years and now find themselves in National 2 North, however in an effort to get back on track and to fund re-development they have embarked on an internet based fan management scheme allowing rugby enthusiasts to contribute to the running of the club by subscribing to a website and voting each week on club decisions including selection of the team. For £25 subscription on line you can be a manager of the Club and assist in making all the decisions. The website www.mywaterloorugby.com describes the idea and the history of the Club. It is actually a lot of fun being involved and every subscription will help a famous old club get back on track. I believe Dave Williams is considering a similar scheme for the Police RFC next season…

East Asian Games Rugby 7s

Come and support the Hong Kong men’s and women’s teams as they battle for a medal in the Hong Kong Stadium on 5th/6th December. Tickets are on sale now through HK Ticketing at an incredibly reasonable $100 for 2 days – click on www.hkticketing.com

Rugby on TV

Watch Jonny Wilkinson’s latest injury woes in the French Top 14 on Eurosports, and also random Guiness Premiership matches

Saturday 3rd October

G4S Division 1
inProjects Kowloon v DeA Tigers So Kon Po 6.00pm
Tradition Valley v Synovate HKCC HV 6.00pm
CBRE Club v Manulife CWB Rams HKFC 6.00pm

G4S Division 2
Nomads v DeAMcDeA So Kon Po 4.30pm
Tradition Valley Knights v Synovate HKCC II HV 4.30pm
CBRE Club I I v PLA HKFC 4.30pm

G4S Division 3
inProjects Kowloon Pussies v SJM Macau So Kon Po 3.00pm
CBRE Club IV v Tradition Valley Mustangs HKFC 1.30pm

G4S Division 4
Tradition Valley Broncos v Synovate HKCC III HV 3.00pm
Police v Gai Wu J THT 3.00pm
inProjects Kln Barbars v CBRE Club V KP-2 3.00pm
Rouse & Co Typhoons v City KP-2 4.30pm
University v Manulife CWB Pirates Sandy Bay 4.00pm

G4S Division 5
Tradition Valley Griffins v Synovate HKCC IV HV 1.30pm
Police Panthers v Nomads II (Postponed) THT 1.30pm
DeA III v Gai Wu B THT 4.30pm
inProjects Kln Beavers v CBRE Club VI KP-2 1.30pm
University II v Manulife CWB Marines Sandy Bay 2.30pm

G4S Women’s XVs
Club/TPD v Manulife CWB Phoenix HKFC 3.00pm
DeA v Gai Wu SKP 1.30pm
Revolution v Abaloon KP-2 6.00pm

Byes: CBRE Club III, BMW TPD, Valley/City Ladies

Happy National Day & Mid Autumn Festival!

Robbie