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The Mini Rugby Season (Boys & Girls)
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Mini Chairman
Jim Leung
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The first training / practice session of the season begins at Hong Kong University's Stanley Ho Sports Centre at the end of August. Training commences every Sunday at 8.00am for the U6, U7 and U8 Minis and 9.30am for U9, U10, U11 & U12 Minis. Both sessions run for 90 minutes on pitch 1 of Stanley Ho Sports Centre. The rugby season runs through to early April. Each player needs to be accompanied by a parent or guardian during training. The early Sunday morning start is usually complemented by tea, coffee and soft drink sales by and for parents and every so often egg and bacon sandwiches. On Sunday morning the Stanley Ho sports centre ground staff open a gate directly onto the field from Sha Wan Drive that you can walk through to enter the pitches.
Playing Kit
A player is required to arrive with and use:- A good quality mouth guard (available for purchase from the club house)
- Rugby (soccer) boots with studs / cleats
- Water bottle with their name on it
- Club shirt, shorts and socks
New players to the club will receive their club shirt, shorts and socks once they have registered, paid their fees and been issued their kit e-voucher. Click on the kit policy link in the registration page.
The Club provides various training equipment including balls and tackle bags, etc.
Fees and Registration
Membership fees are $600 for the player and $50 for the parent of the player.
A family discount scheme applies. If more than one player from the same family registers, the membership fee for each additional player in the family is HK$500. Adult Social Membership need only be applied for once per family.
Click here to our registration page.
Registration also ensures that appropriate player insurance cover is in place, and that you will be eligible to order Sevens tickets.
Age Groups
The Mini - Rugby Union (HKMRFU) has decreed that all players must play in their correct age group. Age groups are allocated to calendar years January to December. For clarity the age groups for the 2009 - 2010 season are:
- 1998 - U12; if your child was born in 1998, he / she plays for the U12s
- 1999 - U11
- 2000 - U10
- 2001 - U9
- 2002 - U8
- 2003 - U7
- 2004 - U6
Playing Up and Playing Down
Players can only move down or up an age group for reasons of safety, usually linked to relative size and or weight. If a player wishes to move up or down an age group the parents via the Club must apply to the Union and gain its approval. If you wish your child to play up/down or you have a concern, please speak to your child's coach or the Club Chairman.
Click here ( / 37K) to download the form for Play Up / Down.
Coaches and Team Managers
We have highly motivated coaches and a team manager for each age group - all are volunteers. On your first day of training please introduce yourself and your child to the head coach for the relevant age group.
Girls' Teams
Girl's rugby is the fastest-growing of all sections of the Hong Kong Rugby Union. For the past three seasons we have run U9/10 to U11/12 girls' teams. We would really like to further develop our girls' teams this year and are looking for players and volunteers to support the existing coaches and promote the girls' game. Any and all girls who would like to have a go at playing the great team sport of rugby are welcomed to come down and give rugby a try. Girls up to the age of 9 are encouraged to play in the relevant age group mixed teams - in our younger age groups some of our best players are girls.
Hong Kong Sevens Tickets
Membership of the club provides an opportunity to apply for tickets to the Sevens. Watch out for an update on this page in October.
Club Colours
Awards at Mini level have been made to:
- 2006 - 2007 Season:
- U12 - Nial Blair
- U12 - Adam Simpson
- U12 - Chris Mattheys
- GU12 - Sophia Banks
- GU12 - Mary Bilcliffe
- U11 - Ross Mason
- U11 - Tristan Barnard
- U11 - James Shuen
- U10 - Mathew Orr
- U10 - Guy Spanton
- U10 - John Slosar
- 2005 - 2006 Season
- U12 - Sam Roberts
- U12 - Gordon Penny
- U12 - Louis Merrit
- Gu12 - Harriet Giles
- Gu12 - Julia Mason
- U11 - Shaq Uttamchandani
- U11 - Ben Pierson-Smith
- U10 - Sean Widdowson
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