North Vista Primary School was the next destination for SRU’s Standard Chartered Bank Rugby development officers. The school was given 2 free “rugby starter” session which was held over 2 days, 8th and 15th of April 2013.North Vista Primary School was the next destination for SRU’s Standard Chartered Bank Rugby development officers. The school was given 2 free “rugby starter” session which was held over 2 days, 8th and 15th of April 2013.
There was a total of 30 students that attended the sessions. These students where new to the sport and was very keen to try the programme. North Vista Primary is one of the schools that had just started mini rugby in their school and is part of the North Zone Mini Rugby competition.
The students were taught on the basics of passing and ball familiarization on the first session and proceed on the learning about evasion and the game of Tag Rugby on the second session.
North Vista Primary will be participating in the Standard Chartered Tag Rugby Carnival on the 26th of April as a part of the programme. There will be other schools participating in the carnival as it would be a great exposure for the students to not only learn a new skill but also experience a tournament – like event.
We would like to thank North Vista Primary and teacher in charge, Miss Yeong Yi Mei, for allowing us to conduct the programme to the students.
Rugby Development Officer Ashraf Nasser led the session and was assist by Rugby Development Officer Gaspar Tan and Hisham Khalid (who is a current Singapore National Player).
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*This Rugby Starter Programme is entirely free and no coaching fees are needed for this programme. Objective of this programme is to introduce TAG rugby to students and is for schools who are interested in exposing their students to rugby. The game of TAG rugby involves fundamental motor skills of running, passing and catching, and is modified as such there is no contact involved in this game, both female and male student can participate in this programme. For more details please email gaspartan@sru.org.sg / ashrafnasser@sru.org.sg / suhaimiamran@sru.org.sg.
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Ashraf Nasser
Standard Chartered Rugby Development Officer
