By Barefoot Marketing

Freeport, Grand Bahama – This weekend (3rd and 4th May) the Freeport Rugby Football Club (FRFC) will be hosting the 4th Annual Junior Rugby International Tournament. Teams from the ages of 8 to 16 from The Cayman Islands and Key Biscayne, Florida will arrive to play with the teams in Freeport.

Every year the Cayman team has traveled for this annual event, and this year they will bring their largest group ever of one hundred and twenty players, coaches and supporters! They have chartered their own jet to get here and will also bring the National Rugby team to play The Bahamas National team during the festival.

Back again are the Key Biscayne “Rugby Rats” who will be bringing over one hundred and twenty adults along with seventy-five kids, ready to play hard for their club.

As well as watching the kids play, rugby supporters will be able to cheer on the dads who will play in a “Golden Oldies” match, for men over 35 years of age, before the special bonus of the international game between The Bahamas and The Cayman Islands being played on Saturday evening.

The club is very excited about the event, “This will be great because the kids who train in Freeport every week will get to enjoy the game all weekend and hang out with the kids from other countries” said Rob Speller, FRFC President. “Making new friends is part of the sport and on top of that they will get to enjoy a BBQ and pool party too.”

FRFC Rugby Youth Coach Nigel Kirkby noted, “Our boys have been training every Saturday morning and have worked really hard to learn all the skills for this weekend. My thanks to the moms and dads who have really supported them and the corporate sponsors who make this event possible.”

The first game will start on Saturday, May 3rd at 9:00 am. The games will continue until 3:30 pm for a round robin competition. The Golden Oldies game starts at 4pm and the day rounds off with The Bahamas V Cayman International at 5:30pm. Sunday morning games start at 10am and the Youth Festival will finish at 1pm. The club is hoping for lots of support as the visiting teams have made such a great commitment to this event and our island.

Speller added “We look forward to a wonderful weekend of Youth Rugby, thanks to Cayman and Key Biscayne for making the festival possible. We hope all the parents and

families will come out and support the kids on Saturday and Sunday”.
SCHEDULE:
Friday May 2nd – Welcome Social at the Club for Cayman / Key Biscayne – Please join us from 7pm – 9pm for a drink

Saturday May 3rd 9.00am – 3.30pmpm – Tournament Starts at 9.00am and runs through until around 3.30pm for all junior age groups. We’ll have food vendors / snack bar and BBQ running all day say please make an effort to come and support the day.

Saturday May 4th 4.00pm – 5pm – Golden Oldies Bahamas / Cayman V Key Biscayne Old Boys – Fantastic chance to see some of the legends of the past walk / jog and crawl through a veterans game. Always very entertaining!!!

Saturday May 4th – 5.30pm – 7.00pm – Rugby International The Bahamas v Cayman

Saturday May 4th – 6pm – Until – Evening Social with Dinner (Only $10). Should be a fun Night. Please come along for an early Dinner and enjoy the entertainment. Andrea Thompson is putting the Dinner together and it should be great evening for all. Please contact Andrea on 373 4139 or email [email protected] for tickets etc. As ever we would like to know approximate numbers for Andrea and the caterers.

Sunday May 5 – 10.00am – 12.30am – Finals and fun games for the Juniors and the snack / bar and BBQ will all be going.