Touch tournament in Seoul July 25th 2009

Down at Jamwon....come along and bring your boots...all day from approx 10:30am...at Jamwon, see left side of the blog!

ITS 2009 Touch tournament in Seoul now open for teams to enter

Visit the http://www.koreatouch.com/ website for the latest news and click on the ITS 2009 logo (right side). The tournament will be another big one with 4 grass pitches, teams from all over, a very low (by international touch rugby comp standards) entry fee and loads of give aways (tournament T shirts, goody bags) and especially NO HIDDEN COSTS!!

Make rugby an Olypmic sport

http://www.olympic-rugby.org/

Clicking on this link will take you to a petition calling for the IOC to adopt rugby sevens as an Olympic sport. Were this to happen, it would be a very big deal for rugby in general and particularly for the sport in Korea. As an Olympic sport, rugby would start to get serious attention including money, organisational support, facilities and probably most importantly, talent management. The latter is crucial for Korea both on the playing front as well as in administration and refereeing (see earlier posts). As an Olympic sport, rugby would start to see rhyme and reason to its development in Korea...so please add yuor weight to the campaign and get friends and family and colleagues signing up too! Last time I checked, Korea only had 14 signatures...not good for a top 25 country!!

Here is another promotional video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5X2KMnZ_1s

Rugby sevens in Korea

There will be 2 Rugby tournaments in Sokcho City, Gangwon-Do.
This city is at East Seashore, near Soraksan Mountain, the most beautiful mountain in South Korea.
1) 24-26 July ; 7 a side tournament (for elite sports)
2) 25-26 July ; 7 a side tournament (for amateur clubs).
I understand foreigners' club are allowed participation, and, 2 different catagories - under 35 and over 35 year of age. I do not have any information about woman's catagories.
You may ask details at KRU.

Shanghai sets date for Touch tournament...Korea will send a team!

October 31st , 2009

6TH TNT Shanghai International

Touch Football Tournament

Dear Teams, Individual Competitors and Referees:

You cordially are invited to compete at the 2009 Annual Shanghai International Touch (Rugby)

Tournament. Following the fantastic success of our previous events we are seeking entries from

all teams or individuals interested in competing at this event.

Teams from across Asia are coming including representative players from New Zealand, and we

are expecting an exciting mix of local and international sides to turn out.

Entries are welcome for all categories, Open, Masters (35+), Women’s, Junior’s and Mixed

Teams (though the final format will be dependent on the mix of the entries).

The tournament will be contested under the International Touch rules with teams of six players

per side and referees interested in officiating at the tournament are especially welcome.

More details will be available soon!!

Start Your Planning for a Fantastic Tournament and Enjoy a Great Weekend In Shanghai!!

Register your interest or request more information by contacting:

Wang Tao: witch.wt@gmail.com

and stay updated by visiting www.shanghaitouch.com

Your Sincerely

Shanghai Touch Football

ITS 2009 set for Sept 26 and KMA again

The KMA have kindly offered themselves as hosts again and this year, it will be all on grass and all pitches close together. Sept 26th is the tournament and get signed up to help, to ref, to sponsor or to play on http://www.koreatouch.com/

All Blacks and Wallabies come to Asia again this year

JRFU will host the fourth game of this year’s Bledisloe Cup series on 31 Oct in Tokyo.

More information:
http://bledisloecuptokyo.net/en/HOME/tabid/104/language/ja-JP/Default.aspx