From: Ron James [secretary@cyprus-rugby.com]
Sent: 30 March 2010 12:18
To: Theo Lenos; michaelquain@hotmail.com; Alex Cyprus Mail; alexander mccowan; bmaxwell@spidernet.com.cy; Dunkan Kirby; Johny Stavrinou; Jonathan Pettemerides; LAVRENDIOS VASSILIADES; 'Paul Shanks'; Peter Morrish; President, Cyprus Rugby Federation; Ron James
Cc: Nigel Jarvis
Subject: Please distribute ASAP
The Moufflon Mouthpiece
Cyprus Rugby Federation General Newsletter March 2010
We did it!!!
Cyprus 59 - Azerbaijan 0
Cyprus 15 Bosnia 0
We are promoted to Division 3C next year playing
Greece, Austria, Bulgaria and Luxembourg
"Total Rugby" will play some of the Bosnia game on Sky TV on Wednesday 7th April. Look out for it.
Full match reports and photos on the CRF website http://www.cyprus-rugby.com/
Also see links
http://www.irb.com/rankings/news/newsid=2036729.html#romania+unchanged+rankings
http://www.irb.com/newsmedia/regional/newsid=2036711.html#cyprus+target+vital+promotion+grow+rugby
For lots more photos you need to join Facebook and go to 'Cyprus Rugby Fan Club'
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?v=photos&ref=search&gid=4717328497
Also see 'Message from the CRF President' in the "latest news" window of the CRF web site.
The Moufflons will now be in Division 3C where our most likely opponents will be Austria, Bulgaria, Greece and Luxembourg, and I strongly believe that none of these teams will relish the thought of playing us either at home or away.
Our results read:
· 2010 played 6 won 6
· second highest points difference in all the leagues
· one of 3 undefeated teams in European Rugby
· in the 6 games played we have conceded only 1 try, and 4 penalties for a total of 17 points
· the top defence in Europe.
· total international results. Played 12 Won 11
Retirement
Dimitri "Jimmy" Maratheftis and Warren "Deano" Dean announced their retirement from the international team. They have been stalwarts of the side and go with our best wishes. Jimmy has played in all 12 of our internationals and Deano in 11. We are sure that referees all over Europe will miss Deano's constructive advice and guidance on how to run a game.
European Rugby 7s Championship.
The 7s squad now have to prepare for a tough tournament in Bucharest, Romania 22nd-23rd May. The squad will be under the guidance of Mark Wallbyoff and will be training in UK and Cyprus.
Paphos 7s Tournament 12th - 13th June 2010
The Paphos tournament will be televised live on LTV.
This is an opportunity for local businesses to advertise on live local TV
We then have this HUGE competition in June with the CRF hosting the final qualifying leg of the European Rugby 7s Championship. France, Spain, Georgia, Germany, Croatia, Serbia, Greece, Israel, Malta and of course Cyprus will be taking part.
There are 6 tournaments held in May/June with the qualifiers going to the finals in Moscow in July. Our lads will be aiming to get there.
We have a sponsorship opportunity presentation on our website for anyone interested. This is the full programme.
| | | | | | | FINAL Tournament |
| POLAND | DENMARK | ROMANIA | UKRAINE | CROATIA | CYPRUS | RUSSIA |
| Sopot | Odense | Bucharest | Odessa | Split | Paphos | Moscow |
| 15-16 May | 22-23/May | 22-23/May | 29-30 May | 5-6 June | 12-13 June | 10-11/July |
| Italy | France | Russia | Russia | Italy | France (2) | 1 |
| Spain | Poland | Moldova | Georgia | Portugal | Spain (4) | 2 |
| Poland | Czech Rep | Romania | Moldova | Germany | Georgia (5) | 3 |
| Ukraine | Denmark | Poland | Romania | Nederlands | Germany (9) | 4 |
| Czech Rep | Lithuania | Cyprus | Ukraine | Croatia | Cyprus (12) | 5 |
| Lithuania | Switzerland | Nederland | Belgium | Denmark | Croatia (15) | 6 |
| Belgium | Luxembourg | Bosnia | Latvia | Bosnia | Serbia (21) | 7 |
| Latvia | Hungary | Greece | Switzerland | Serbia | Greece (23) | 8 |
| Hungary | Norway | Bulgaria | Bulgaria | Luxembourg | Israel (29) | 9 |
| Norway | Andorra | Israel | Malta | Andorra | Malta (30) | 10 |
| | | | | | ( ) European Ranking | 11 |
| | | | | | | 12 |
For our tournament in June the pools of teams have been decided thus
| Pool A |
| 1 | A1 | FRANCE |
| 4 | A2 | GERMANY |
| 5 | A3 | CYPRUS |
| 8 | A4 | GREECE |
| 9 | A5 | ISRAEL |
| Pool B |
| 2 | B1 | SPAIN |
| 3 | B2 | GEORGIA |
| 6 | B3 | CROATIA |
| 7 | B4 | SERBIA |
| 10 | B5 | MALTA |
New Club in Larnaca
Great news - Mark LePou is attempting to set up a new Club in Larnaca and is recruiting players and anyone that can help. Also any schools interested in playing TAG rugby in the Larnaca area please contact Mark. Email marklepou@yahoo.co.uk .
Coaching Courses
Referee Courses Level 1 and Level 2 Part 1 will take place from 17th - 19th September. More details to follow.
We are in negotiations to hold Coaching courses with the help of the Welsh RFU in late August. Details to follow.
Mini Rugby
Congratulations to Milton and Limassol RFC for holding a very successful TAG Tournament on March 14th.
ΚΥΠΡΟΣ ΡΑΓΚΠΥ.... Ἢ τὰν ἢ ἐπὶ τᾶς
Cyprus Rugby “Come back from the wars carrying your shield, or be carried on it”
Website www.cyprus-rugby.com
Any constructive comments on this newsletter gratefully received secretary@cyprus-rugby.com .
Fellow Rugby Supporters
I attach the Moufflon Mouthpiece, the official newsletter for the Cyprus Rugby Federation.
It includes a lot of information on when Sky TV will be showing the highlights of the Bosnia
match, and also masses of info about the forthcoming European Sevens Competition being
held here in Paphos in June.
Regards
Nigel Jarvis
Secretary
PTRFC are sponsored by M1 Lux , Horizon group & Mercato del Golfo
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