DeA Tigers RFC

The Minis Division would like to thank our festival sponsors

Traditional Irish food and beverage with a modern slant: Tsim Sha Tsui, Wanchai, Central and of course King's Park

Pantry Magic is THE destination in Asia-Pacific for cooking enthusiasts!

For those not yet disappeared off to start CNY celebrations, couple of quick messages!

The Hong Kong Rugby Football Union is constantly looking for ways to improve rugby in Hong Kong. Part of that process is trying to understand how we better market and communicate the HKRFU. We have set this survey up to hear from you about how you think things are going. Your feedback is key to helping us better understand where we are, and more importantly where we need to be.

We hope you will be as open and honest as possible, so feel free to tell us exactly what you think. All of the collected information in this survey will remain completely confidential and will only be used for internal purposes in helping us form our strategy for the future.

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Please note that the union has updated the laws of mini rugby.  Most changes are quite minor however you and your child should have a look and discuss with your coach if there is anything that you don't understand.  The laws are available in either the referee section of the website or the respective team section of the website. 

Last week saw the return of a nearly full strength DeA team with Jon Abel, Ivan Zenovic, Keith Robertson and Rowan Varty all returning to our first division team when they took on Football Club.  Unfortunately we drew 27-27 with Football Club after having a strong lead going into the final stages of the game so I'm sure they'll be looking for the win when they face Causeway Bay this weekend.  Come down to King's Park and cheer them on.

Division 1 CWB Rams v DeA Tigers KP 6.00pm

The other divisions are playing away this weekend, but, as always, I'm sure they'd appreciate it if supporters made the effort:

Division 3 DeA McDeA v Tradition Valley Mustangs Happy Valley 4.30pm
Division 5B TPD v DeA III Tai Hang Tung 4.30pm
Division 6 DeA Dev v Nomads II Tai Hang Tung 3:00pm

For those of you who are interested in watching some international grade rugby, it is currently being shown on Now TV Channel 676 - listings are difficult to peice together, however, there should be at least 5 good quality games on:

Saturday 17/1
4:00am Munster vs Sale
9:30pm Ulster vs. Harlequins

Sunday 18/1
1:30am London Wasps vs Leinster
9:00pm Newport vs Bath
11:00pm Gloucester vs Cardiff Blues

Monday 19/1
4:30pm French Top 14 day 15
5:00pm Munster vs Sale (Repeat)
6:45pm Ulster vs Harlequins (Repeat)

and so on with repeats of these games being played at different times during the week.

There is a charitable scholarship trust fund that has been established a number of years ago and offers support to students in need at primary, secondary or tertiary institutions in Hong Kong.  The HKRFU is again asking for applicants for the 2008-09 year.  More information can be found at http://www.hkrugby.com/hkrugby/charitable-trust-scholarship/introduction.cfm Application deadline is January 23rd, 2009

By now you should all know the times your kids are playing, the preliminary schedule is attached for your reference but in summary:
U6 9:00
U7 9:00
U8 12:30
U9 1:00
U10 9:00
U11 9:00
U12 1:00

U9/10 girls 11:15
U11/12 girls 1:00

Please let your coach know if your child is going to play and don't forget gum shields, they will not be allowed to play without it.

Dear Members

I hope you all had a fantastic Xmas holiday, but I am sure you all ate and drank to excess, unlike the committee members who took care of themselves. Therefore, it is vital that everyone comes to training on 4th January 2009, to work off the extra fat which will have accumulated in unsavoury places!!  We will award badges to the kids this Sunday in front of the clubhouse, based on performance and attendance in December, so please be prepared to stay behind for that important event. Also, training on Sunday will be important as it is the week before the Tai Po festival, which will take place at King's Park on 11th January 2009. Parents, please make sure you let the coaches or team managers know whether your child is available for that festival.

On behalf of the Minis Committee, may I wish you all a very happy and prosperous 2009!!

All the best,

Peter (Dea Minis Chair)

Please have a look at Patrick Lam's Christmas party album, he's got a great shot of a lot of the people there...hopefully it will soon be on our website but you can get it here until then .

Santa 2008

Thanks for all of you who joined DeA Minis Division Christmas party yesterday and we hope that you all had a great day.


As always a lot of hard work done by Helen Adams, Roiroi Boyd and Jim Middleton (who had the thankless job of washing the bouncy castle and getting it up and running).  Extra special thanks to Delaneys for putting on the Christmas ham and mulled wine... 

Anyone with more photos (particularly of Santa) emails to reg@deatigersrfc.com or discs next Sunday.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE