In order to facilitate this we organized bi-weekly practice sessions at least a month before the tourney at a local school park which was well received with large numbers attending these practises.This then is how the 1st ever DC tag 7s came into being in May of 2002 with 10 teams vying for honours. fixtures listed in your School's dedicated sports website, with start times, Soon we were banking on this goodwill for leads on grounds, venue for evening social, food, music and importantly for teams to take part.For my part, I did a brief study of the LA and London tourney models, their history, participation figures, strength/weaknesses and identified tag-rugby, though novel at the time, as giving us the best chance to attract players and be sustainable.From the beginning we were keen to exploit the strong bond Sri Lankans had with their school’s rugby and collectively agreed on strict eligibility criteria that strengthened it. Washington Renegades Rugby, Washington D. C. 830 likes. helping to keep everyone informed and up-to-date as the competition progresses. The results will automatically appear as Thus the Sri Lankan Schools Tag Rugby 7’s Tournament held annually in DC on the Sunday before Memorial Day, is the premier sporting and family event for the Sri Lankan community in North America.The tournament has been organized by the Trinity College Kandy Alumni Association of Washington DC (TCKAA) and the DC Thomians’ (DCT) since 2002. Taking place at Dubai College as follows: U11, U12, U13, U14, and U16 competitions on Saturday, 23rd November 2019. WRRFC plays in the D3 & D4 divisions of USA Rugby and is a leading member of inclusive rugby… I incorporated this and other guidelines into the original tournament constitution and secured Textcentric from Sri Lanka to sponsor the inaugural tourney and website. Practices are held in DC and are open to players of every experience level. We are a member of the Capital Rugby Union (CRU), USA Rugby (USAR) and a founding member of International Gay Rugby (IGR). The Washington Renegades is a men's rugby union football club. The final of a competition can be played over two halves of ten minutes each, with a half-time break of two minutes.Flag sevens is a variant of the conventional sevens game that incorporates the excitement that is sevens Rugby and the recreational aspect of touch rugby. Using two flags around the waist (similar to flag football), removal of which are treated as being similar to a tackle in the full contact version; the game is made easier to referee and understand for the general public in the US. WRFC fields Division II 15s sides in the Fall and Spring, and Premier and Social 7s sides in the Summer. The 20th annual PAC Rugby sevens tournament will be played Saturday, June 29th at the Bull Run Regional Park Special Events Center in Washington DC. We field competitive sides in the Mid-Atlantic Conference (MAC) of USAR in Division III and Division IV and participate in the IGR Championship — the Mark Bingham Cup — every two years. Touted as one of the most exciting spectator sports on the market, Sevens is a knock-down, drag-out show of power, speed and agility featuring just seven players a-side covering a full-size rugby pitch. In the words of one of the founders, Dilshan Senenayake; the story of the tournament is as follows.Promptly the boys got busy getting the word out being better known than I within he wider DC Sri Lankan community to gauge up-take. The archive currently contains

While there were many from both TCK and STC who worked tireless to make this tourney a reality it is the support received from brother schools SPC, RC, Maris Stella and especially Zahira that not only helped make it happen, but a roaring success that first year”.Sevens is on the rise internationally as the newest sport to be added to the Olympic roster, debuting in Rio 2016. The Washington Renegades is a men's rugby union football club. When the draw is announced and if your School uses SOCS sport, you will see the competition's From here you can see the draw for the competition and keep track of progress through the group and final knockout stages. Dubai College Rugby Sevens Competitions Rugby sevens (commonly known as simply sevens), and originally known as seven-a-side rugby, is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of seven players playing seven minute halves, instead of the usual 15 players playing 40 minute halves. From here you can see the draw for the competition and keep track of progress through the group and final knockout stages.

It is a popular team sport with a history dating back to 1879. The Renegades have won the CRU and MAC Championships in D3 and D4, been to the USAR Fin… While a regular rugby union match lasts at least 80 minutes, a sevens match consists of two halves of seven minutes with a one-minute half-time break. The best part is, you don’t have to know anything about rugby to fall in love with the spectacle, and it doesn’t take long to figure the game out if you try.Conventional Sevens Rugby is a variant of rugby union featuring just seven players a-side, playing on a full-size field by much of the same rules as the original 15-player game. I must say the support, not only the expected one from the respective OBAs but from the wider community was massive. One of the biggest challengers in 2002 was getting potential teams to buy into the concept of tag rugby. Scoring is frequent, and feats of extreme athleticism are jammed into every play of each short game. While a regular rugby union match lasts at least 80 minutes, a sevens match consists of two halves of seven minutes with a one-minute half-time break.

This page is already connected with the Schools' Rugby Website and the sports website of every school using SOCS sport, Welcome to the Dubai College Rugby Sevens Competitions. Washington D.C. scorers as well as your team's colours using Team Kit Builder.