ONE of the oldest sporting organisations in the country, Freeport Rugby Football Club is all set to host one of the many events it has scheduled this year to commemorate 50 years of existence.
As a part of its 50th anniversary celebrations for 2015, the club is scheduled to host its 5th annual Junior International Rugby 2015 Festival at the club in Freeport, Grand Bahama, May 16-17.
The tournament is expected to feature six divisions ranging from under 8 to under 19.
Club president Rob Speller said the tournament is a major initiative of the youth movement to aid the development of the club and the sport on the local level.
“As we enter our 50th anniversary year, the club is experiencing a resurgence in all our youth development programmes.Over the past 10 years we have seen a record number of girls and boys playing rugby, soccer, flag football and other activities at the club and the youth festival is one of our main attractions of the year,” he said.
“Throughout the five years of the festival we have been fortunate in our friends from Cayman Rugby joining us for each of the festivals and a huge thanks goes out to everyone associated with Cayman Rugby in making this trip every year. This year we expect 80 boys and 40 adults from Cayman and we hope that once again the boys will enjoy a fantastic weekend of rugby and new friendships.”
In addition to the tournaments mainstays, he noted new participants for the 2015 edition.
“Joining us for the first time will be a group of boys and dads from Nassau and we hope that this will mark the start of something special and more boys will join us each year,” he said.
“A special thanks to everybody at the club who made this festival happen and who contributed to the organising, coaching, catering and general setting up of the festival.
“Without all this help it simply wouldn’t be the success that it has become. Our sponsors, who contribute funds and assistance in so many ways, also receive our thanks and we hope that we can make the festival a true Bahamas experience for all concerned. We hope for a safe and fun weekend and to all our visitors many thanks for making the effort and we hope you’ll leave our little island with good memories and new friendships.”
A welcome pizza reception is slated for 7pm tonight and play kicks off 9am to 4pm Saturday, followed by dinner for all teams.
The tournament finale is scheduled for 9am to 1pm Sunday.
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