LATEST FROM HKRFU - October 2006

Dear All,

The waiting's over, Synovate HKCC kick-off the domestic season and the start of their league title defence against DeA Tigers in the "G4S Friday Night Thriller" at King's Park at 7.30pm.  As usual it's free entry with parking and tasty food & beverages available - the perfect start to the weekend!  On Saturday there's a full fixture list through all Divisions - details below...

Please make sure all your players are registered online before you play at the weekend - go to www.hkrugby.com and click on ADMIN - if you don't know your club password and username let me know and I will send to you along with a users guide in English or Chinese.

Meanwhile the Colts got started last Sunday with the U16s league, and there were wins for DeA, Valley Fort, DeA II, Twisters, Lions and Causeway Bay.
It was also great to see 10 new junior referees running round getting their first taste of life as a whistler...

This year is the 40th anniversary of the New Year's Day Youth Tournament, and we're looking for volunteers to help coach and manage the teams - there's U14, U16, U18 and U19 boys and U16 and U19 girls.  It's a great showcase of Hong Kong youth rugby, and loads of fun - if you'd like to get involved please bin.huang@hkrugby.com before 27 October.

HKFC Youth Section are off on an exciting tour to Kiwi legend Murray Mexted's Rugby Academy; they're off on 27 October for 1 week, and there are some places still available - if you'd like more details please contact Sanjay on slalwani@netvigator.com

Top Shelf Reading Material

Rugby Talk Magazine is now available for sale at all good newsagents!  Yes, our good friends at Bookazine have helped us launch the world's best bimonthly bilingual rugby magazine on the Hong Kong public, at the incredibly low price of $30. You can find Bookazine shops all over the place, including Prince's Building, Canton Hse, Jardine Hse, and TST Centre and they also have an excellent selection of rugby books.

Local Tournaments

Touch rugby every Sunday 4.30pm - 6.30pm on Discovery Bay beach.
Catch the 3.40pm or 4.10pm ferry from Pier 3 in Central. Games are always on, regardless of any typhoon!

Overseas Tournaments & Tours

Angkor 10s - Cambodia's top tournament is on 21 October this year, contact Angkor10s@cambodianfederationofrugby.com

The Singapore Cricket Club 7s will be on 4-5 November this year, contact matthewoakley@hotmail.com for more...

6th Borneo COBRA 10s has been postponed until 11th  and 12th November - a good level of competition, and cash prizes for the winners.  Contact
benno@ijm.com for further details.

Bangkok 10s - 17-19 February 2007, www.bangkokrugby10s.net for details

Rugby on TV

Australia Network carries Super 14s and TriNations Rugby -
www.australianetwork.com
ESPN Star Sports carries Guiness Premiership - www.espnstar.com

G4S League Fixtures by Division

Friday 6th October

Division 1
DeA Tigers v Synovate HKCC 7.30pm
King's Park

Saturday 7th October

Division 1
Laxton PLA v CBRE Club 1.00pm
Guangzhou
G4S Kowloon v Crown Valley 6.00pm
So Kon Po
CBRE Club Dragons v Generali CWB Rams 6.00pm HKFC

Division 2
G4S Kowloon Pussies v Crown Valley Knights 4.30pm
So Kon Po
CBRE Club Scorps v Synovate Aberdeen 4.30pm HKFC

Division 3
Crown Valley Mustangs v Rouse & Co Intl Typhoons 3.00pm
Happy Valley
CBRE Club Sequins v Generali CWB Pirates 3.15pm
HKFC
Police v Tanner De Witt Nomads 3.45pm PBS
City 7 v Gai Wu J 6.00pm
KP-1

Division 4
CBRE Club Bulls v Synovate Abdn II 2.00pm
HKFC
Police Panthers v Taipo Dragons 2.15pm PBS
G4S Kowloon Beavers v Crown Valley Griffins 3.15pm So
Kon Po
DeA II v University 4.30pm
KP-1

Division 5
G4S Kowloon Barbarians v Crown Valley MaJais 2.00pm So
Kon Po
Tanner De Witt Nomads II v Generali CWB Marines 2.00pm THT
Taipo Dragons II v Fire 3.00pm
Kln Bay
DeA Development v University-HKU 3.00pm
KP-1
City 7 II v Gai Wu B 3.00pm
KP-2
Guns'n'Hoses v Revolution 4.30pm
THT

Women's 15s Division
Valley/City Ladies v HKFC/CC 4.30pm
Happy Valley
DeA Ladies v Taipo/Nomads Ladies 6.00pm
THT
Gai Wu Ladies v CWB Phoenix 6.00pm
Happy Valley

Women's 10s Division
DeA Dev Ladies v Revolution Ladies 3.30pm
THT

Byes : CBRE Club Select, Macau, Kln Barbies

Cheers,
Robbie McRobbie
Community Rugby Manager
Hong Kong Rugby Football Union
Tel: 2504 8343  Fax: 2576 7237