What do these kids have in common?

That's right, they're all, erm....playing rugby

The New Year sees the introduction of rugby into the Grand Cayman communities for the first time in the history of the Cayman Rugby Football Union (CRFU).


Over the last seven years, junior rugby has become an integral part of the schools calendar, backed up by a regular Saturday morning programme at the South Sound Rugby Ground.


From January 2008, the communities of Bodden Town, East End, West Bay and Prospect, plus the already established Saturday programme will be targeted for community programme rugby development.


The aim of the Maples and Calder-sponsored programme is to create ‘Community’ based rugby teams and programmes, which will become part of an island league that will compete in regular Cayman Islands round robin based championships.


The target age groups will be girls and boys between 10 and 16 years of age. The focus of the development initially will be the Seven-a-Side game, as this is a huge participatory version of the game throughout the West Indies, with annual men and women’s regional.


Times and days for each community;


Monday- East End Community Field 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm.
Tuesday- West Bay (John A Cumber School) 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm.

Wednesday- Prospect (Prospect Primary School) 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm.
Friday- Bodden Town (BT Primary School) 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm.

Saturday- South Sound Road Rugby Facility 8:30 am to 10:00 am.


All programmes will start on the third week of January, week commencing 21 January.


Source: Cayman Net News