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U11’s and U12’s Mini’s Festival

U11’s and U12’s Mini’s Festival

Megg Flexman22 Feb 2017 - 11:30
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Sunday 26th February

This year Colchester RFC are pleased to welcome clubs from across Essex and Eastern Counties to what will be the 35th year Colchester has been holding festivals at our Mill Road ground.

The games are a celebration of rugby!

Due to the sheer size of the age groups at Colchester RFC (each age group has approximately 50-60 children with 350 children in the mini section) our mini festivals are split; Under 12’s and 11’s on 26thFebruary and on March 19th the Under 7’s, 8’s, 9’s and 10’s take centre stage.

The sides visiting Mill Road this Sunday 26th February are;

Mersea
Ipswich
Ipswich YM
Stowmarket
Bury
Woodbridge
Braintree
Felixstowe
Sudbury
North Walsham
Bisphops Stortford
Woodford

There will be a total of 56 games in our festival, consisting of nearly 20 hours worth of rugby!

The format follows the RFU guidelines with the matches being played by mixed ability teams with a focus on growing confidence and self-esteem within our young players. The aim is to score tries, but the games are not scored or recorded. There are no league tables and everyone plays the same number of games. The RFU Age Grade Rugby initiative is designed to retain young players and remove the pressure of ‘winning’ and ‘losing’ until players have matured – competitions and competitive matches come later!

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