The Ospreys Community Rugby department have teamed up with the Ospreys Referees Society to deliver a series of fun rugby festivals to help kick-start the new season of minis rugby.
Hosted at the region’s Llandarcy HQ throughout October, the festivals will be managed by the WRU/Ospreys Player Development staff and will see clubs from the length and breadth of Ospreylia coming together to enjoy a day of rugby in a fun and friendly festival environment, with appearances from Ospreys players at each festival.
Teams signed up so far are as follows:
U9s event 7th October 9.30am – 2pm
Nantyfyllon
Cwmgors
Bryncoch
Neath Athletic
Abercrave
Tonmawr
Taibach
Tonna
Resolven
Tata
Skewen
Briton Ferry
Crynant
Banwen
Bonymaen
Gowerton
Swansea Uplands
U10s event 14th October 9.30am – 2pm
Maesteg Welsh
Cwmgors
Tata
Abercrave
Tonmawr
Briton Ferry
Pontardawe
Crynant
Skewen
Neath Athletic
South Gower
Gowerton
Swansea Uplands
Mumbles x 2
Loughor
U11s 21st October 9.30am – 3pm
Ystradgynlais
Tata
Abercrave
Crynant
Tonmawr
Aberavon Greenstars
Neath Athletic
Pontardawe
Skewen
Bonymaen
Waunarlwydd
Swansea Uplands
Gowerton
South Gower
Morriston
WRU/Ospreys Regional Development Manager, Ben Rose, said the festivals will prove an ideal way to launch the new season:
“We are going to have hundreds of children coming together at the home of the Ospreys to enjoy playing rugby with their friends in a relaxed and friendly festival environment.
“We’ve run a number of festivals for clubs and schools in the region which have always gone down well and I would expect these new season events to prove equally popular. We’ve got around 50 per cent of all our minis teams in the region already confirmed as participating, a figure that I’d expect to rise between now and when registration closes at the end of the month.”
Club coaches still to enroll their team at one of the festivals can do so by contacting their appropriate Player Development Officer as follows no later than 30th September:
Bridgend: Tom Cole, thomas.cole@ospreysrugby.com
Neath Port Talbot: Andrew Thomas, andrew.thomas@ospreysrugby.com
Swansea: Andy Williams, ADWilliams@wru.co.uk