Tigers Games Saturday 1st May

Game Saturday 1st May

Tigers v Dhekelia Lions

Kiniras Sports Ground KO 3.00pm

Final League Game of the Season

Drinks available

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Match Reports

Aplogies for the delay. Find below three match reports.

Paphos Tiger Vets v Old Brentwood Vets
Paphos Tigers 1st XV v Old Brentwood 1st XV
Sat 24th April 2010.

Paphos Tigers Vets were supported by Episkopi Vets and a great mixed team took the field to face their touring opposites.
It was only 2 minutes before the first score came with the Tigers starting off some great moves which must have passed through 12 pairs of hands before being touched down in the corner.
This was the first of 9 tries scored, by the Tiger Vets, and at half time 38 points had been realized. The second half continued in the same vein and the final score was Tiger Vets 64 Brentwood Vets nil.
Although the score shows a large margin the match was played in the true spirit of the game and respect must be given to the tourists in not giving up, and the large crowd of over 200 enjoyed this high scoring spectacle.

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The Tigers 1st XV took the field immediately afterwards and it was also only a couple of minutes before they scored their first try. This was not to be such a one sided affair as the first match, but the Tigers steadily increased their lead to 26 points to nil at halftime.
The second half saw the Tigers start as they finished the first with a quick try and some very unselfish passes were made amongst them for 3 more tries in this half, but full marks to Brentwood as they were determined to score and justly got a great try from a good pressurised scrum in the corner finished off under the Tigers posts, which was duly converted.
With about 10 minutes of the second half gone and the Tigers leading by 43 to 7, the Tigers decided to even up the match and a few players switched sides and a more balanced match continued and Brentwood came back and scored with switched player George "Brentwood" Agathocleous.
The final score was Tigers 43 Brentwood 12, and then all four teams went off,
(as tradition insists), to Bar Street to celebrate!!!!
Nigel Jarvis
PTRFC are sponsored by M1 Lux, Horizon Group and Mercato del Golfo

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Paphos Tigers v 2nd Princess Wales Royal regiment
Semi Final Joint Services Cup Sat 17th April 2010

Paphos Tigers 5 2PWRR 19
Probably the best two teams on the island met up again and what a shame this isn't the Cup Final. So on a hot and breezy day this match starts and the Tigers are quickly into their stride with the ball going through many handling phases and it's 8 minutes before a penalty is awarded to the Tigers which is unfortunately narrowly missed.
2 PWRR use the sun and wind at their backs very cleverly by hoisting many balls up into the blinding sun and rushing the Tigers defense trying to force mistakes. Both sides miss penalty attempts but the first score does not come until 25 minutes into what is becoming a battle royal, with first blood going to 2PWRR with another high ball bouncing awkwardly over the Tigers heads and into the arms of their winger who scores in the corner and its easily converted by their No15 to take them into a 7 – 0 lead.
Two young Tigers, Sotiris Ioannou and Danny Humphries both only 18 are playing really well, working hard and tackling brilliantly, but another long kick into the Tigers corner results in a line out well won by 2PWRR and the score they got came from a well executed pushover try. This is also converted so now they are 14 – 0 in front.
Another penalty by the Tigers is missed, and from a scrum on the half way line a good blindside break is made by the visitors and backed up by two more players who run in their third try, missing the conversion taking them up to a 19 point lead before half time.
However the Tigers are not dead yet and take a quick tap penalty which results in George Agathocleous crashing over for a try, the conversion missed, making the half time score 2PWRR 19 Tigers 5.
Although this is the final score it certainly wasn't the end of the game for both sides had players sin binned in the second half, and eventually 2PWRR had a red card as well in the dying minutes, but to many injuries are being absorbed by the Tigers, four of them carried off from this very hard and bruising encounter, and the Tigers had to resort to putting players who were still coming back from injury and not totally fit as replacements
In their effort to get back into the game the Tigers threw everything into the match and frustratingly last passes were either dropped or poorly passed or knocked on in their eagerness to score, and even more penalties missed, but catch up rugby is very hard to do against a very fit, well drilled mostly Fijian side, and the so the final whistle is blown and 2PWRR are through to the Final.
Nigel Jarvis
PTRFC are sponsored by M1 Lux, Horizon Group & Mercato del Golfo

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They are coming

“If you build it – they will come”

 

Kevin Costner – ‘Field of Dreams’

 

 

They are coming!!

 

 

Rugby 7s European Championship

 

Paphos Tournament, Cyprus

 

12-13^th June

 

 

Saturday 10.00am – 5.00pm

 

Sunday 10.00am – 4.00pm

 

Paphiakos Stadium

 

 

They are coming!!

 

France, Germany, Portugal, Georgia, Croatia,

 

Serbia, Greece, Israel, Malta and Cyprus

 

 

A Brilliant Advertising Opportunity

 

 

We are producing a good quality programme of 30-40 pages filled with rugby 7s news on:

 

times of games, team information, articles, cartoons etc.

 

 

Supporters and players will be coming from all over Europe.

 

If you wish your company to be advertised in the programme a full page is only €100.

 

A touchline banner is only €200.

 

 

Inquiries and information to secretary@cyprus-rugby.com

 

 

Tigers Games Saturday 24th April

Tigers Vets  v  Brentwood Vets (Touring from UK)
KO 1.30pm

Tigers  v  Brentwood RFC
KO 3.00pm

Burgers & Beer Available

Your Club Needs You

Funday meeting

Monday 26th April 6pm

Welcome Inn ( old Latin Centre )

If your interested in helping plan and organise

please come along or call Christine 99983845.

 

Tigers 10 Pin Bowling 
Friday 23rd April

Last 5 places call Christine 99983845.

 

Awards Dinner

29th May 10 Richter Taverna

Call to reserve tickets

Christine 99983845

 

Tigers Cup Game Tomorrow

Tigers Game Tomorrow

Against 2 Princess of Wales Royal Regiment

Semi Final Knockout Cup Game. Kick Off 2.30pm

Kiniras Sports Field, Paphos

Your club needs you!
Fun Day 12th Sept
We need Fun Day Volunteers to help organise and plan
First meeting will be on Monday 26th April ring Christine 99983845

Tigers 10 pin Bowling
Friday 23rd April 7pm
Still some places left
Ring Christine 99983845 asap

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Cyprus Moufflons on TV Wednesday

The Mighty Moufflons are on Sky TV Wednesday 7th April.
This programme is now shown in over 150 countries

Look on attached for more info:

http://www.irb.com/totalrugby/newsid=2035749.html

PTRFC are sponsored by M1 Lux, Horizon Group & Mercato del Golfo.

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Tiger Newsletter

The Cup match against 2PWRR scheduled for this Saturday the 10th April has been postponed.
We are carrying to many injuries in our forwards to honour this fixture this week so it has been
rearranged for 1st May, at Dhekelia, KO time to be confirmed.

Twelve valiant Tigers took on the might of Moscow and played 3 sevens matches against a
professional paid rugby league squad of 22 players, and although we lost the three matches
we were getting better as the games progressed. Unfortunately we had only one training session
to get ready whilst the Lokomotiv Moscow lads were training twice a day all week so they had the
upper hand. A great morning of rugby was enjoyed by the large crowd of holiday makers staying at
the Phaethon Hotel and by the loyal Tiger supporters.

Don't forget the 10 Pin Bowling night arranged for the 23rd April. Only 10 euros a head for 2 matches.
Ring Christine and book now as numbers are limited. Ring 99983845

PTRFC are sponsored by M1 Lux, Horizon group & Mercato del Golfo.

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Tigers Squads v Lokomotiv Moscow

This saturday there will be 2 x sevens teams playing in a mini tournament against 2 teams from Lokomotiv Moscow.
This is a training /playing exercise to help Lokomotiv prepare to play sevens as they usually play rugby league and have not played sevens before.
The matches will be played at the Phaetheon Beach hotel, on a grass pitch at the side of the hotel.
Garry Thomson is refereeing.
We are not aware of any changing rooms so players come prepared.
The squads are to meet at 10.30 at the hotel.
Directions - its the last hotel heading out from Paphos on the Poseidon Road, towards Ricos Beach Bar.

Squads

Agathocleous George
Ballentyne Darren
Bilton Jack
Carrington Porter Cameron
Efthymiou Fidias
Francis Joseph
Gallagher Charles
Humphries Danny
Ioannou Sotiris
Kleyn Kyle
Lowe Matt
McFarlane Dan
Miladenvic Marco
Michaels Andy

Nigel Jarvis
PTRFC are sponsored by M1 Lux, Horizpn Group & Mercato del Golfo.

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