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Ameland Beach Rugby Festival
Beach rugby is played according to the codes of the rugby football union or league. It however doesn’t have a centralized regulation.
Tournaments and meets are organized all over the world with one popular meet being the Ameland Beach Rugby Festival.
It is organized In Ameland Netherlands, and is held every year in summer. The tournament has participating nations like England, France, Germany, Italy, Moldova, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Ukraine.
ENTEBBE LEADS BEACH REVOLUTION
The Entebbe Beach Rugby tournament brought together sides from all over Uganda to help the spread of rugby and various good causes. The eventual winners summed up both of these benefits of the tournament in one. The Tag Rugby Trust’s side ran out victors.
BEACH 5s READY FOR KICK OFF
Twelve teams have been invited for the International Super Beach 5’s Rugby Cup which will be held at the north eastern resort at Lignano Sabbiadoro.
The Lignano International Cup has now become a celebration of beach rugby, its supporters and its players. Cesare Zambelli, the tournament director said that they try and keep innovating the tournament in order to make it more appealing to watch and more exciting to play.
GREAT YARMOUTH HOST BEACH TOURNAMENT
Great Yarmouth hosted its third beach rugby tournament last summer. Beach Rugby is growing in the UK and is providing an opportunity for more players to get involved in the sport in a new exciting way.
The tournament took place last July on Great Yarmouth’s Central Beach. Seventeen teams from Norfolk, Suffolk and Lincolnshire competed in the tournament. The players ranged in age with the youngest participant aged just six with the oldest players being in their 50s.
SET UP YOUR OWN BEACH RUGBY TEAM
Beach rugby is quite an interesting game to play and usually follow the same rules as that of the professional rugby football. They are played all across Europe and is most popular in Italy.
Beach Rugby is usually played casually with each casual game having its own set of rules governing the game. With the popularity of beach rugby, there are beach rugby championships that are being held across various places where they make use of a field on the beach which is nearly a fraction of the size of the total rugby field.
SWANSEA HOSTS BEACH TOURNAMENT
This summer saw Swansea hosting one of the fastest growing rugby tournaments around. But while many were looking forward to the Rugby World Cup, enjoying the Tri Nations or awaiting the start of the new domestic season in Europe more than 2000 sets of eyes were on the “Beach Rugby Wales 2011” tournament.
In its fifth year the competition has grown from its humble beginnings as a 6 team tournament in 2006 to contain 36 teams this year, including 12 women’s teams. The tournament takes a 7 a side touch format and since last year has had both men’s and women’s tournaments.
EDINBURGH SIGN LAWRIE
Edinburgh have signed hooker Steven Lawrie once again to their team to strengthen it. The 27-year-old hooker left for Championship side Doncaster Knights in 2009 after four seasons in Edinburgh.
Lawrie's form last season earned him Scotland A appearances against USA Eagles and Italy A. The Free Rugby Bet website have him down at 5/2 to make the first team.
"I've stayed a fan of Edinburgh while I've been away so it's great to get the chance to come back," he said.
BEACH RUGBY TEAMS INVITED TO TOURNAMENT
Many beach rugby teams have been invited to enter into the tournament that is going to be extremely special. Eight tournaments have been planned in Yorkshire and the North East, with the finishing places in each of the competitions counting towards an overall winner.
Prizes will be awarded for the winners of each tournament and to the overall winner with the best composite tally from all events played in.
The tournaments are limited to 25 teams per event, with each squad consisting of 10 people aged over 18. Teams are of six players and the entry fee is £40 per team.
BALMY BEACH RUGBY SET FOR MAY 28
Balmy Beach rugby is all set to begin on May 28 at the Ashbridges Bay field. They came close last year with the men's premier team ousted in double overtime in the McCormick Cup semifinals.
The men's second team came even closer, although suffering an untimely loss in the Gee Gage Cup championship after winning every regular season game.
The club, however, did take some consolation in its second straight club championship, which is basically awarded to the club with the best overall performance of its men's teams.
BEACH RUGBY IN KONG KONG
More than 500 players will take part in the inaugural AirAsia Hong Kong Beach 5s at Repulse Bay from March 19-20.
The two-day event will feature 32 men's and 12 women's teams as well as 24 junior mini-rugby teams.
Beach rugby is an exciting shortened version of rugby that is becoming increasingly popular around the world, with major events held in France, Italy and the United States. At 30 meters by 20 meters, the field is a fraction of the size of a standard rugby pitch, with fewer players, shorter matches and a simplified scoring system.
