Dear All,
Socials
Union Dinner - Friday 28th April, Conrad Hotel,
$550 per person, book individually or tables of 12 - book your
tables through Cecilia on Cecilia.lai@hkrugby.com
This is an absolutely top night, with fantastic food, delectable
drink, brilliant bands, and awesome awards...so don't miss it!!!
Winners of either the G4S Union 7s or the G4S
Grand Championship get a free table of 12 - please contact Cecilia
to confirm you will attend.
If you would like to nominate anyone for the
following awards, please send names to me along with a brief outline
of their achievements over the last year before 18 April; Development
Coach of the Year Women's Coach of the Year Coach of the Year
Women's Development Player of the Year Development Player of the
Year Women's Player of the Year Player of the Year
Coaching Courses
We've got some coaching starting this month...
Elementary Training Course Phase I for over 16
yrs kicks off on 4th May, and runs for 8 weeks. This is an excellent
opportunity to get any interested new players started for next
year, and also may be of interest for parents of mini and colts
players who want to learn more about the game...
Cost is $200, check out the website for your nearest training
center, bilingual coaches available - closing date for applications
is 17 April.
Young Athlete Rugby Training Scheme
Kids aged 10-12yrs and 13-15yrs
This is for existing players who wish to improve their skills
There'll be a selection day at Happy Valley on Sunday 23 April
1.30-6.00pm, and for those selected there'll be training afterwards
at regional centers.
The course is bilingual, and would be particularly useful for
10-12 year olds interested in preparing to try for the Hong Kong
U14 team in a couple of years!
Bilingual application forms for both courses
are on the website at http://www.hkrugby.com/hkrugby/courses-and-programmes/lcsd-programmes.cfm
Tournaments & Tours
The 2006 GUANGZHOU RUGBY 10's is to be held on
Saturday, May 20 at Tien He Sports Ground. This is a great run
ashore, for more details contact rayng@kowloonsportsclub.org.hk
Rumours are flying that May will also see the
return of one of the greatest events in Asian rugby...the Macau
10s! Watch this space for details.
Into June, and the 4th annual Black Mountain
Touch American Football Tournament will be held on 10th and 11th
at HKFC...they're looking for team entries, and quite frankly
if the Americans can master the game it should be fairly straight
forward to put together a load of Europeans and win the whole
thing - for details contact football@blackmountainhr.com
Charities
Banjo O'Hara is currently running through the
desert on arguably the toughest footrace on earth. The Marathon
Des Sables is an annual event in which competitors challenge themselves
to run, walk, or crawl 243km through the Sahara desert in Morocco
(www.saharamarathon.co.uk).
It equates to roughly a marathon a day for 6 days.
Sound tough? Perhaps an even bigger challenge
Bryan is facing is his commitment to raise $US10,000 for the Child
Welfare Scheme (www.childwelfarescheme.org
).
PAYMENT METHODS: (Don't put it off - please take
a few moments to donate now!) Donations are tax deductable, please
notify CWS if you would like a receipt.
HK RESIDENTS: Online transfer to CWS Ltd HSBC:
HKD A/C No: 083-465724-001
Rugby on TV
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Cup and Guiness Premiership rugby...
Every Tuesday 10.00pm on Star Sports, tune in to "The Rugby
Show". To subscribe to The Rugby Show newsletter, click on
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ABC Asia Pacific
All Super 14 matches shown - ABC can be picked up on HKBN, NOW
TV and I-Cable.
Cheers,
Robbie McRobbie
Community Rugby Manager
Hong Kong Rugby Football Union
Tel: 2504 8343 Fax: 2576 7237
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