24 May 2012 | Events, Rugby
FREEPORT, Bahamas -- The weekend of May 12th & 13th was set up for a wonderful event. The first annual Tri Nations Junior rugby Festival with teams from the Cayman Islands, Bermuda and the Bahamas competing for the chance to be crowned the Junior Champions of rugby. It was obvious from the outset that Bermuda had come to win the competition as they arrived in Grand Bahama two days before the tournament was due to kick off to get settled and put in a couple of practice sessions. The tournament was set up by The Freeport Rugby & Football club who had hosted the Cayman Islands the previous year.
Saturday morning saw the festival part of the weekend with teams being split into size categories thereby allowing for a fair and safe competition. There was also a Barbarians side that comprised of players from all three countries who worked and played together in the true spirit of the sport.
Alltogether there was four hours of rugby played and as the festival finished some of the boys asked their coaches for more. This gave one final game where everyone came together and made up two scratch teams with players from all countries playing with and against team mates and foes. All in all there was fantastic takling, wonderful running and some amazing tries scored by all of the teams.
Sunday heralded a more serious attitude, all set off by the playing of the counties national anthems.
The Freeport Rugby & Football Club was very pleased that Sir Jack Hayward could be present for the ceremony and the games as he has continued to be a fantastic supporter of the club. Bermuda won the overall competition with Bahamas and Cayman splitting second place. Many thanks to both teams for visiting Freeport and all the sponsors and helpers who made the weekend an unforgettable one for the kids that played and the spectators and parents who watched.
Scores:
Saturday was a rugby festival format
Sores
Jnr size group
Bermuda Vs Cayman 30-0
Freeport Bahamas Vs Cayman 20-15
Bermuda Vs Freeport Bahamas 25-5
Open Size group
Freeport Bahamas Vs Bermuda 30-15
Freeport Bahamas Vs Barbarians 20-10
Bermuda Vs Barbarians 20-5
From the Sunday Games Jnr Internationals
Bermuda Vs Cayman Islands 30-5
Bermuda Vs Freeport Bahamas 20-10
Freeport Bahamas Vs Cayman 10-10
26 Sep 2011 | Rugby
WELCOME TO THE NEW SEASON AT THE FREEPORT RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB
THE 2011 / 2012 YEAR STARTS OFF THIS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH WITH THE PRESIDENTS COCKTAIL PARTY
THE EVENING PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY TO PAY YOUR MEMBERSHIP FOR THE SEASON AND TO ENJOY COMPLIMENTARY DRINKS AND SNACKS. WE HEAVILY RELY ON MEMBERSHIP INCOME TO HELP US PROVIDE ALL THE YOUTH AND SENIOR PROGRAMS WE RUN AT THE CLUB. THE EVENING STARTS AT 7.00 PM SO PLEASE MAKE AN EFFORT TO COME ALONG.
All our Youth Programs will commence in October and a full schedule will be available in the first week of October. The Donnie and Mary's girls soccer program has already started and their first weekend saw 190 young ladies sign up! Fantastic achievement and you can still sign up this Saturday from 12.30 pm.
We will also be running junior boys soccer (Wednesday's) and Junior Rugby on Saturday mornings so look out for the all the information in the next week or so. The senior ladies run around on Monday's at 6.30 pm and the Senior Soccer practice Wednesday's at the same time, finally the Rugby guys train Tuesday and Thursday's at 6.30 pm.
Hold the dates!! This year Grand Bahama's most popular summer event for kids - the Sir Jack Hayward Soccer Camp - will be held from Monday, June 25, until Friday, June 29. AND the price is being held for the sixth successive year.
The island's best summer children's activity - and the best-value camp - will again feature 30 hours of activities, with lunch each day; fresh fruit and drinks morning and afternoon; the chance to swim as well as play soccer; authentic uniforms (shirts, shorts and socks); as well as loads of fun with old friends and new. It is the island's only one-stop shop for parents looking for fun for their kids!!
Youngsters taking part will again benefit from the guidance of leading professional soccer coaches from Europe, supported by familiar local faces they meet at the girls' soccer and the boys' programmes at the rugby club and the YMCA.
The venue will be Freeport Rugby and Football Club on East Settlers Way which has the largest developed playing area on the island, meaning a lot more space for drills and games for the six-to-17-year olds, girls and boys taking part, as well as a swimming pool supervised by lifesavers.
The event will again be held with the blessing of the English Premier League, the world's leading pro soccer league, watched by hundreds of millions each week in the season, many of them living in The Bahamas. They are joined by The Football Association, the oldest soccer organisation in the world, who will be providing the visiting coaches.
The dates have been specially chosen for a few days after all the schools on the island close for the summer break allowing children to attend before heading off on their normal summer travels.
Moms and dads should ink the dates into their calendars now and watch for registration details in the island's email newsletters as well as the local Press.
See the attached Registration Form.
