Royal Rugby Fiesta 2012 on 3 November

The Royal College Group of ’91 is holding their annual touch rugby tournament, Royal Rugby Fiesta 2012, for the eleventh consecutive year on Saturday 3 November 2012 at CR&FC grounds, commencing at 12 noon.

The first Royal Rugby Fiesta was organised in 2002 with the prime objective of bringing various groups of past students together in order to promote goodwill and togetherness. This has been an exciting event for the old boys to get together and try their hands at their favourite sport at college. The Royal Rugby Fiesta has become one of the most important rugby events in the event calendar of the Royal College Union since the inception of this tournament.

This year’s event will be held on a grand scale as organisers plan to celebrate the 11th anniversary of the Royal Rugby Fiesta. Rugby matches will start at 12:30 p.m. and will go on until 7:30 p.m. The semi finals and final matches will be played under floodlights. Spectators can witness exciting touch rugby throughout the evening. An estimated 20-25 rugby teams and 600 spectators are expected for the event. Matches will be played under the age categories of 20-30 years (Junior Category – for the Summa Navarathnam Challenge Trophy), 31-40 Years (Mid Category – for the Group of ’91 Challenge Trophy) and 41 plus (senior category for the Senior Challenge Trophy).

Each successive year, the organising committee had made sure that novel items were introduced to make the event more attractive. This year too several new items will be included.  In case of any injury, doctors, paramedics, and an ambulance will also be available throughout the event.

This is an event for the entire family with several competitions for the ladies and children. There will be a special children’s entertainment area which includes a magic show, face painting, pony rides, bouncer, pop corn, magic balloons and clowns. There will be DJ music and a live band in action in the evening.  Several food stalls will also be present at the grounds. The organisers are also planning to have an eye-catching fireworks display to make this event more colourful.