DeA Tigers RFC

Dear Minis Members

HKFC Festival - I hope that you all had a wonderful time at the HKFC festival. Although it was rather tedious having to queue for food and beverages, the rugby that was on show was terrific. I managed to get around and see several age groups playing and the DeA teams at all age groups were excellently represented and played to a very high standard. It is great to see that we are extremely competitive at all age groups and the results we achieved were superb. A big thank you must go out to our numerous volunteer coaches and for the parents for giving so freely of their time. As a final note, the DeA U12s were tremndous in winning the Plate competition last weekend and the DeA U11/12 girls mixed as a Barbarians team with other clubs to be surprise winners of the girls' Cup competition, so well done to both teams! I am sure they will be showwing off the silverware this weekend and we shall have it put into a cabinet in the clubhouse.

Dear Tigers,

A reminder that if you don't intend going to every day of the 7s we have other Tigers who would like to go and we are very short of tickets, especially for Friday.  Please let 7stickets@deatigersrfc.com know and we will match you up with someone looking for tickets.

Thanks.

Dear DeA Minis Members

This is a final reminder that there will be no training at King's Park on Sunday, as DeA Minis will be playing at the HKFC festival, Happy Valley. Please enter the playing area via the tunnel entrance next to Happy Valley race course. Details of the playing areas for individual age groups, and the playing schedules, are outlined in the HKFC programme, which can be found on the DeA Minis website at: www.deatigersrfc.com

 Basically, the playing times for matches for each age group are:

U6 = 09.30-11.30 (please note that U6s MUST NOT wear studded boots on their pitch, so please ensure your U6 child wears training shoes)

U7 = 08.30-11.20

U8 = 08.30-11.20

U9 = 10.00-13.25

U10 = 10.00-13.50

U9/10 girls = 13.00-14.00

U11 = 13.30-16.15

U12 = 11.24-16.30

U11/12 girls = 14.30-16.45

It is important that all players are at HKFC at least 30 minutes before their first scheduled game, as coaches will need time to organise teams and to get the kids warmed up.

This is the last major tournament before the HK7s, so we hope we can have a great turn-out from the DeA Minis. We also hope that parents can offer plenty of support for our teams at all age groups, but remember that the spirit of fun and fair play should prevail, so keep your emotions in check and always smile at the referee when decisions do not go DeA's way!!