DeA Tigers RFC

Dear U12 Members

Firstly, may I thanks all of you for making such a terrific effort to support DeA U12s over the course of the season, especially at the HKFC festival on Sunday 14th March, where we had a full complement of 24 players, so that was great to see. On behalf of the U12 coaches, I would like to express how amazingly proud we were of all players, both in DeA1 and DeA2. Both teams ended the day by winning 3 matches and losing 2 and the culmination of it all was the DeA1 team lifting the Plate at the end of the day. The performances of both sides were impressive and the kids gave their all on the day, in some very tough and competitive games, so please ensure they know that they did us proud!

It will be training as usual on Sunday 21st March and again it important that we have a good turn-out. We have entered one DeA U12 team in the HK7s  and this is our last opportunity to prepare for that. On Sunday, the coaches will need confirmation from all of you about whether your kids intend to play at the HK7s and whether they have already secured tickets for this event. DeA will play FC2 from 08.03-08.15 on the Sunday of the HK7s.

Dear U12 Members

Firstly, may I thanks all of you for making such a terrific effort to support DeA U12s over the course of the season, especially at the HKFC festival on Sunday 14th March, where we had a full complement of 24 players, so that was great to see. On behalf of the U12 coaches, I would like to express how amazingly proud we were of all players, both in DeA1 and DeA2. Both teams ended the day by winning 3 matches and losing 2 and the culmination of it all was the DeA1 team lifting the Plate at the end of the day. The performances of both sides were impressive and the kids gave their all on the day, in some very tough and competitive games, so please ensure they know that they did us proud!

It will be training as usual on Sunday 21st March and again it important that we have a good turn-out. We have entered one DeA U12 team in the HK7s  and this is our last opportunity to prepare for that. On Sunday, the coaches will need confirmation from all of you about whether your kids intend to play at the HK7s and whether they have already secured tickets for this event. DeA will play FC2 from 08.03-08.15 on the Sunday of the HK7s.

Dear U12 members

 The HKFC final programme has just been released but it is too large to send via the DeA Minis website, so I have asked Brenton to place it on the DeA Minis website today. Please look for it there. This outlines the playing times for our DeA U12s on Sunday. Please all meet at HKFC main pitch at 10.50a.m. at the latest, so that Terry and Mark can organise the teams and get the players warmed up and mentally ready to play. This is a huge weekend for the U12s, so we hope that all registered players will turn up on the day. This is the big one, whereby DeA1  will be playing for the Richard Hawkes' trophy and DeA2 will be playing for the end of season Bowl. Previous festivals this season have been to rank the teams and now this all culminates in the final placings for the season, with big trophies to play for. I urge all parents to make the effort to bring your kids along. As we have 2 teams entered, we will require a minimum of 24 players, which we can just do if everyone comes!!

If you look carefully at the groupings for the Cup, i.e. the Richard Hawkes' trophy, our coaches are very confident we can do very well if the kids focus on playing the great rugby we know they can. We should not be overawed or intimidated by anyone, as we have the ability to beat them all on the day!  Please talk to your child before Sunday and instil in him the belief that they can be winners at HKFC and make what has so far been a progressive season into a successful and memorable one.

Dear U12 members

On Sunday, we have the VF festival at King's Park. U12s will play from 13.15-17.30. Therefore, we need all players to be at KP between 12.00-12.30, so that we can organise the teams and warm up. We have already got two players who are unavailable, so it is vital that everyone else comes. We will only have about 22 players on the day, so please make every effort to be there. DeA1 will have 5 games on the day, in the Cup tournament. DeA2 will have 3 games in the Bowl competition, so lots of competitive games. There will be a visiting school from Singapore, St. Andrews, taking part in the Cup competition. They will compete for the right to win the Cup on the day, so it is important we beat them. However, they will not count in the Richard Hawkes point system, for determining league places. The schedule can be found on the DeA Minis website at: www.deatigersrfc.com

 Please contact Terry, Mark or myself as soon as possible if you are unable to attend the festival this Sunday!

International Youth Tournament on Thursday 25th March

Dear U12 Members

I hope those of you who came last Sunday enjoyed the coaching by Ivan Zenovic and Fraser Smith. I think the drills they had the kids doing were very worthwhile and the kids were really focused having the senior players there.

As mentioned by Terry on Sunday, the IYT will held all day at King's Park on Thursday 25th March, i.e. the day before the HK7s. DeA have provisionally entered one U12 team for this, so that our kids may play against international and local opposition. However, we need a commitment from players that they would be prepared to miss school on that day. We can provide a letter from the HKRFU to support this initiative. Therefore, please could you confirm with the U12 coaches on Sunday whether you are prepared for your child to play in this event. We probably need about 14-15 players to cover the day.

Training will be from 08.45-10.45 this Sunday, with monthly badges/awards at 10.45, so please make the effort to come.

Many thanks,

Peter