The youth players will play a warm up match to the championships at 9:30am on Sunday April 20th. Round 3 of the Maples Community challenge went well on Saturday with the players once again showing a large improvement from tournament 2. Tournament 4 will take place on April 12th before the fifth and final yournament on May 10th
Tournament 2 of the Maples Community program is this Saturday February 23rd starting at 8:30am. PLease note change of times for U10 & U12. Cayman Junior Rugby - Maples Community Championship information 2008.
Tournament dates: February 23rd, March 8th, April 12th & May 10th (Individual tournament sponsors: PriceWaterHouseCoopers & IRG Knight Frank) Format: U4 & U6 8:30 – 9:30am training as normal on half pitch U8 8:30 – 9:30am match play half pitch U10 & U12 8:30 – 9:30am Match play half pitch each U14 – U16 10:30 – 1pm Match play VII’s half pitch each
Districts: U14 – 16 West Bay, South Sound, Prospect, East End & Bodden Town
U14 – 16 District Match Schedule 10:30 – 1pm @ The Rugby Club 10:30 South Sound V West Bay & Prospect V East End 11:00 Bodden Town V South Sound & West Bay V Prospect 11:30 South Sound V East End & West Bay V Bodden Town 12:00 South Sound V Prospect & East End V George Town 12:30 Prospect V Bodden Town & West Bay V East End
Please have your child at the ground 15 minutes prior to their allotted start time.
Training every Thursday 5pm - 7pm
Monday commencing January 14th- East End - Community Field - 4:30pm to 6pm Tuesday commencing January 15th- West Bay - John A Cumber School - 4:30pm to 6pm Wednesday commencing January 16th- Prospect - Prospect Primary School - 4:30pm - 6pm Friday commencing January 18th- Bodden Town - Bodden Town Primary School - 4:30pm to 6pm Saturday commencing January 19th- South Sound Pitch - 8:30am - 10am 2008 programs commence Monday January 14th Register
Saturday February 9 Sponsored by PriceWaterhouseCoopers Saturday February 23 Saturday March 8 Saturday April 12 Saturday May 10 Sponsored by IRG/Knight Frank
The Maples Academy finished in third plac in the C & W summer sevens series with three third place finishes and two fourth place finishes ammasing ten tournament points. Six of the Academy were selected to represent the Cable & Wireless National Cayman VII in the November Caribbean Championships - James Geary - Ed Westin - Justin Vasquez - Richard Tressider - Ben Tressider - Jon Doak History The Maples National Sevens Academy was established to ensure that the Cayman Islands would have a development program for players emerging from the Academy to compete in the IRB Sevens World Cup, the Commonwealth games, the Caribbean championships and eventually we hope the Olympics. Academy sponsor Maples have enabled the Cayman Rugby Union to provide the players with specialized equipment and coaching as well as the opportunity to play as a team throughout the season. The Maples Academy play in the development division of the Cable and Wireless Cayman Sevens Series C & W sevens as a team. Many of the older Maples and Calder Academy players make up the core of the Cable and Wireless National Sevens team. The Maples Academy players are selected from the Greenligh Re inter schools program and the Maples community rugby club junior programs. Once identified these players are invited to become members of the Maples Sevens Academy where they undergo a strict training regime under the close and watchful eye of their coaches. |
