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TOUCH RUGBY CLINIC

Under the guidance of the Arlington Stallions Rugby Club, the Palatine and Hoffman Estates Park Districts will be holding youth rugby clinics this June and July at Pebble Park in Hoffman Estates. These clinics are open to residents and non-residents.

Details are at http://www.palatineparkdistrict.com/summer08.pdf on page 58. Additional youth rugby clinics will be organized by the iYRA in other towns in Illinois during 2008 and these will be announced when arrangements are finalized with the local Park Districts. Currently we are in discussions with the Northbrook Park District to set up similar programs on the Chicago Northshore.

GREAT LAKES SEVENS TOURNAMENT

The Great Lakes High School Sevens Tournament will be held on July 13th at the Chicago Blaze Rugby Complex in Lemont Illinois. The Tournament will start at 9:00am.
For more information contact Nolan Day at twoday@sbcglobal.net.

MAKE A WEEKEND of it in sunny Lemont Illinois and attend the High Performance Sevens Clinic on Saturday, July 12 to be run by USA Eagles 7s Coach, Al Caravelli. The clinic will cost $40 per player and will run from Noon to 4pm at The Blaze. For more information, contact Nolan Day at twoday@sbcglobal.net.

fIREHOUSE SEVENS TOURNAMENT

The Firehouse Sevens Tournament will be held at the Chicago Blaze field in Lemont Illinois on Saturday, June 14, 2008. This first class Sevens Tournament will have a division for High School teams. A Tournament not to miss. Mark your calendars now. For more details visit http://www.chicagoblazerugby.com.

youth rugby event - ages 6-13 introducing the game

The iYRA held a youth rugby event for children from the ages of six to thirteen on Saturday October 27 to introduce the game of rugby. The emphasis was on players having fun while running with the ball, evading opponents, supporting the ball-carrier, passing, tagging the ball-carrier and scoring. It was a seven-a-side game with no tackles, no rucks, no mauls, no scrums, no line-outs and no kicking. There were games on 2 fields for the different age groups. The tackle was replaced by a tag, where the ball-carrier is touched by an opponent. Fun was had by all.

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